straight from my heart; you don’t get to tap out on yourself, with Brenda Zane
Sharing from my heart today...I decided to bump the episode I had planned as the first in Season Four of Hopestream to share a few heartfelt thoughts with you as we head into a new year.
the annual golden nuggets episode; 2022 edition
It’s the annual year-end Golden Nuggets Hopestream episode with 12 memorable guest excerpts you won’t want to miss.
creating a connected, calm life when the chaos is real; getting out of distraction and into alignment, with Lane Kennedy
If you use words like, "chaotic, busy, stressed out, or anxious" to describe yourself or your life, this is your episode. Lane Kennedy is known as a modern-day “calm maker” and shares her experiences of working with busy, stressed-out women, talks about her own journey out of addiction to alcohol, and offers some sound and achievable suggestions for us to try when life gets overwhelming and we feel like we're losing it.
recovering from COVID, podcast changes, healing power of community, documentaries and books; the casserole episode, with Brenda Zane
The episode with a little bit of everything…recovering from COVID, changes coming to the podcast, what’s up with the healing power of community, some amazing documentaries, TV series, and books; basically, it’s a podcast casserole.
things to do while your child is in treatment, for the first or 20th time, with Brenda Zane
It's a really common question parents have, "my son/daughter just went to treatment...now what?"If this is a place you find yourself, this episode will give you some assurance, guidance, and thoughts about what to do during this time of change. There can be so many mixed emotions from relief to sadness and even guilt...whether it's the first time your child is in treatment, or even if you've been down the treatment road many times.
what does it mean to be “in recovery?” why it's confusing for parents and what we should focus on to help our kids make positive change, with Brenda Zane
In honor of September being National Recovery Month, I'm sharing an episode all about the confusing topic of "recovery." Does it mean total abstinence from all drugs and alcohol, forever? Are there “flavors” of recovery? If you're a parent or love someone who's working on overcoming addiction and you're confused about what recovery actually is or isn't - this is your episode.
self-Compassion, laziness, or self-sabotage? being the right kind of good to yourself when your child struggles with drugs or alcohol, with Brenda Zane
If you're working on being a little more self-compassionate and practicing self-care, there may be times when you ask yourself, "am I just being lazy?" You might also find there are times when your so-called self-compassion might feel more like self-sabotage. SO confusing. You end up feeling guilty for not feeling guilty, or vice versa. This snack-sized episode will break down what self-compassion actually is, what it isn't, and importantly, how to tell the difference between healthy self-compassion and laziness or self-sabotage.
unapologetic, radical self-care to make life better when your child is misusing drugs or alcohol; a lighter episode, with Brenda Zane
This is a lighter-than-usual episode to get you thinking about ways you can apply radical self-care and take control of events, people and things that cause friction in your life. If you have a child who's misusing substances, you probably spend too little time on yourself and have more than enough friction, so now's the time to change all that.
when your sibling has substance use issues; finding sanity and practicing self-care, with Tina Jayes
I think one of the most important things is you have to talk about these things as much as you can, whether it's to a therapist, whether it's to each other. I mean, when you carry this stuff around, it just is a big heavy burden and you don't even know what it is. But if it was happening to my family now, I would hope to talk to the siblings and give them some information and give them coping tools because that would have been really helpful instead of acting like nothing was happening.