Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
Your guide to parenting a struggling teen or young-adult, whether they’re home, transitioning home, or presently in treatment.
Parents, say goodbye to exhausting confusion, overwhelm, panic and the unhelpful patterns that keep you and your family stuck. Learn how to develop healthy responses and set healthy boundaries with your teen instead of acting out of fear and anxiety.
Experience the relationship-changing power of focusing on your own behavior instead of futile attempts to control your teen.
Your guides to Parenting Post-wilderness are Beth Hillman, a life coach for parents of struggling teens and mom to a post-wilderness teen, and part-time co-host Seth Gottlieb, a wilderness therapy guide turned teen and young-adult recovery coach. Their unique combination of experience and training yields candid conversations chock full of practical, actionable tips and tools to smooth the challenges both parents and teens experience surrounding treatment.
Every week, you can expect conversations around:
- Parenting a struggling teen or young-adult;
- Setting healthy boundaries with your teen;
- Treatment options for your struggling teen or young adult;
- Bringing your kid home from treatment;
- Parenting skills to support your struggling child;
- Teen substance abuse, drug addiction, gaming addiction, suicidal ideation, or other teen mental health concerns;
- How to end power struggles and instead foster healthy communication with your teen or young-adult;
- And much more.
Listen in to discover how parents like you have learned to influence equanimity in the home and rebuild connections with the teens they love.
Connect with Beth on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or find more information about working with Beth at www.bethhillmancoaching.com.
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
152. Self-Care for Parents: Knowing Your Worth and Setting Boundaries
You’re probably sick of hearing about self-care, and you’ve surely heard a hundred times that “you have to take care of yourself.”
But when parenting a struggling teen or young adult, choosing yourself doesn’t always come naturally. So what does it actually look like to take care of yourself it feels like your family is in constant crisis?
In today’s conversation, Seth and I dig into the often-overlooked emotional labor parents carry, and why putting yourself last isn’t what’s best for everyone in the long run. We unpack the difference between supporting your teen and taking on their problems, and how knowing your worth can transform the way you parent, set boundaries, and show up in your life.
Self-care doesn’t have to be a spa day. It might look like saying no. Going for a walk. Sitting in the sun. Getting your eyebrows done.
If you’ve ever felt resentful, overwhelmed, or unsure where your needs fit in, this one’s for you.
In this episode on self-care for parents, we discuss:
- What self-care really means (beyond the clichés) when you’re raising a struggling teen or young adult;
- How to tell the difference between support and enmeshment;
- The connection between self-worth and healthy boundaries;
- Why parents often feel like their teen’s crisis is their crisis;
- How to model self-respect and emotional regulation for your child;
- The small, simple actions that can re-ground you, even on hard days;
- How scheduling time for yourself can actually free up energy and time;
- And more!
Looking for support?
🗺️Need help setting healthy boundaries with your teen AND following through? My free guide will help you do so by creating your own Parent Home Plan!
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