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
163. Teen Suicide and a Parent’s Journey Through Grief With Andy Campbell
Teen suicide is every parent’s worst nightmare. Andy Campbell lived through it when his 18-year-old son took his own life.
“I used to tell my son, ‘make any decision you want, but not the irreversible decision’, until he did.” - Andy Campbell
Andy shares his story with raw honesty, describing the years of living with his son’s suicidal thoughts, the heartbreaking day of his death, and the painful yet powerful lessons he has learned since.
As we talk, Andy shares about the illusion of control so many parents carry, the lifelong impact of grief, and the difficult but necessary process of forgiveness. His story offers hope and perspective for any parent who has felt powerless while watching their teen struggle.
This episode is tender, vulnerable, and deeply human. It’s about grief, yes, but also about resilience, healing, and the importance of speaking openly about teen suicide.
⚠️ This episode includes sensitive material about suicide. Please make sure anyone who listens is old enough and ready to hear it.
In this episode on teen suicide, we discuss:
- Andy’s personal story of losing his teenage son to suicide;
- The illusion of control parents often carry;
- How grief shapes relationships and perspective;
- The seductive nature of suicidal thoughts, and why hope matters;
- What parents need to hear when they feel powerless;
- And more.
Looking for support?
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