What if the behaviors you see in your struggling teen aren’t just “problems,” but signs that the identity they were given no longer fits? What if their resistance, shut-down, or self-destructive choices are really the early stages of something Jake Wood knows all too well: the painful beginning of learning to trust yourself again after trauma, addiction, and conditioning?

In today’s conversation, Jake returns to share the part of his story most parents never get to hear from their own child: what it feels like on the inside when the systems that shaped you ( family expectations, culture, religion, diagnostic labels, school, recovery programs) tell you who you’re supposed to be, while your true self is begging for air.

Jake walks us through the years he spent trying to fit into a system that convinced him he was broken… until everything collapsed. Addiction, relapse, spiritual pressure, shame, and finally a life-threatening cancer diagnosis stripped him of every identity he’d ever carried. The belief system he built his whole life on fell apart and he had to rebuild from the inside out.

For parents, this conversation is a window into what your child may be wrestling with beneath the behavior. The confusion. The shame. The feeling of being “the identified patient.” The pressure to be who the system says they should be. And the long, messy, necessary process of learning to trust themselves again after trauma and conditioning.

Jake’s journey reminds us that breakdowns in our teens aren’t always signs of failure, but can also be signs of a self being born.

If you’ve ever wondered why your child reacts the way they do, why consequences don’t “fix it,” or why their behavior seems to carry so much pain, this episode will help you see their struggle with new compassion… and perhaps see your own inner work more clearly, too.

In this episode on learning to trust yourself again after trauma and conditioning, we discuss:

• How systems (family, school, religion, culture) shape identity, and shame;
• What it feels like to be the “identified patient” in a family;
• Why teens may crumble when they can’t meet expectations;
• How addiction, relapse, and shame cycles destroy self-trust;
• The symbolic collapse of identity through Jake’s cancer journey;
• Shadow work and parts work as tools for rebuilding inner authority;
• What unconditional love looks like when everything is falling apart;
• How breakdowns can become breakthroughs for both parent and child;
• And more!

More about Jake Wood

Jake Wood is a certified Resilience and Transformation Coach who helps individuals navigate their Soul–System dynamics — the interplay between the stories they inherited and the soul’s original truth. His descent through addiction, depression, and cancer became the doorway through which his soul revealed what had been buried beneath the early system conditioning. Today, Jake walks alongside those who feel called to turn inward and discover what their own soul is revealing. 

He can be reached at coaching@lifebeyondthebrink.com.  

Looking for support?

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Before your child has the chance to understand who they truly are, the world is already telling them what they are. Jake Wood knows this firsthand, and his story turns our whole conversation about teen drug addiction upside down.

In one of the favorite interviews I’ve ever done, I sit down with transformation guide Jake Wood to explore a perspective on teen drug addiction that most parents never hear: one rooted not in pathology, shame, or “fixing,” but in soul, story, and deep humanity.

“Shame has always been my monster” - Jake Wood

Jake shares his extraordinary journey from “System Jake,” shaped by rigid rules, labels, and misdiagnoses, to “Soul Jake,” the version of himself that emerged after surviving an aggressive cancer diagnosis, and a complete identity unraveling. His insight into labels like addict, bipolar, or behavioral problem will challenge the way you see your struggling teen, and maybe even yourself.

You’ll hear how addiction often begins as a coping strategy, not a character flaw, why shame disconnects kids from their true selves, and how parents can shift from fear-based reactions to compassion, presence, and genuine connection.

Have a listen to hear what Jake has to say about supporting your struggling teen or young adult without getting lost in labels!

In this episode on teen drug addiction, we discuss:

• Why labels like “addict” can sometimes do more harm than good;
• How shame disconnects teens from themselves and others;
• Jake’s life-changing journey through addiction, recovery, and cancer;
• The difference between “System identity” and “Soul identity”;
• How Internal Family Systems (IFS) reframes addiction as a protective part;
• Why connection, not control, is the antidote to teen drug addiction;
• How parents can hold space for their teen’s pain without absorbing it;
• The generational patterns that shape kids long before behavior shows up;
• And much more.

More About Jake Wood

Jake Wood is a certified Resilience and Transformation Coach who helps individuals navigate their Soul–System dynamics — the interplay between the stories they inherited and the soul’s original truth. His descent through addiction, depression, and cancer became the doorway through which his soul revealed what had been buried beneath the early system conditioning. Today, Jake walks alongside those who feel called to turn inward and discover what their own soul is revealing. 

He can be reached at coaching@lifebeyondthebrink.com.  

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!

🤍Influence lasting change in yourself and your struggling teen with my private coaching or parent group program specifically created for parents of struggling teens.

Have a question or need support? You can email me at beth@bethhillmancoaching.com

You can support the show by:

Leaving a review

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And remember parents, the change begins with us.

Stories about wilderness range from life-saving transformations to devastating failures, and often, the loudest voices online lean toward fear and controversy.

That’s why I’m so excited to be joined by filmmakers Mark Strauss and Vince Dixon, co-directors of the upcoming documentary Forest for the Trees: The Truth About Wilderness Therapy. With lived experience of loss, addiction, and healing in their own families, Mark and Vince share why they felt compelled to create a film that tells the whole story: the good, the bad, and everything in between.

As a parent who’s walked this road myself, I can’t tell you what a relief it is to hear someone say, “Let’s look at the whole truth.” Because when you’re facing impossible choices for your child, what you need most is understanding, not judgment.

In this episode on the truth about wilderness therapy, we discuss:

• Vince’s journey from losing his sister to fentanyl poisoning to creating films that spark healing conversations;
• Why Mark and Vince believe wilderness therapy is misunderstood and often misrepresented;
• The importance of showing all sides of wilderness stories: positive, negative, and complicated;
• How parents’ desperation and deep love factor into the decision to seek treatment;
• Why this documentary is being made now, and how you can get involved in supporting it.

Resources mentioned in this episode

You can learn more about ‘Forst for the Trees’ on their website, Instagram or Facebook.

Learn more about 'Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral' on their website, or Instagram.

Learn more about Mark’s film 'The Funeral Photographer' on their website.

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!

🤍Influence lasting change in yourself and your struggling teen with my private coaching or parent group program specifically created for parents of struggling teens.

Have a question or need support? You can email me at beth@bethhillmancoaching.com

You can support the show by:

Leaving a review

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And remember parents, the change begins with us.

How do you respond when your kid is feeling sad? Will you try to fix things for them? Help them out? It might feel like the right thing to do but you’re sending out a different message than you likely intended.

Seeing your kid struggle with their emotions is hard for many reasons. You want to make them feel better. Sometimes, you might even be running out of empathy because you feel like they ‘should be over it by now’. And it gets especially hard when the behavior looks similar to pre-wilderness behavior, like staying in their room and isolating themselves.

In this episode, we’re going to dive deep into the topic of giving ourselves and others the time to feel hard feelings, and how we can model to our kids that feeling those big feelings is completely fine and normal.

In this episode on how to feel and let your kids feel, we discuss:

• How we often put a time limit on grief or other hard feelings;
• How parents tend to try to control the narrative when they get fearful;
• How do you know if your teen is processing their feelings or not?;
• The importance of context;
• Why we try to control people;
• And much more.

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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How do you live with your teen who’s using? And how do you know whether your behavior as a parent is supportive or enabling? There’s a fine line between the two… 

As if that isn’t hard enough to figure out already, additionally, many parents are afraid of losing the relationship they have with their teen by having hard conversations or sticking to their boundaries. 

It’s a difficult subject, and an even more difficult situation to be in, so what better place to talk about it than here on the podcast? Let’s dive in.

In this episode on living with your teen who’s using, we discuss:

• Looking at the patterns you see in your teen’s behavior;
• Seeing the bigger picture;
• Understanding what is your part and what isn’t;
• Getting out of black-or-white thinking;
• Upholding boundaries without judgment;
• Remaining in your parent role;
• The key to understanding what’s enabling or supportive in your family.

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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School and academics can cause a lot of tension in your household. No matter your good intentions or whether or not you have the skills and knowledge to help your teen with their school work, getting guidance and encouragement from you can be triggering for them.

On the other hand, it can also cause a lot of frustration for you as the parent when you see your child’s behavior around schoolwork. It can be hard to not let judgment shine through in your communication, which raises the emotions for your teen and leads to even more procrastination and resistance. 

In this second part of my interview with Chrissy Nichols, an amazing Executive Function coach who specializes in helping teens reintegrate into traditional learning environments, she tells us more about how an Executive Function coach can help your family. Have a listen!

In this episode on giving the gift of an Executive Function coach to your family, we discuss:

• The difference between EF coaching, academic tutoring and life coaching and how they weave together;
• Working on your teen’s confidence and self-belief;
• Taking the judgment out of helping our kids;
• Giving control to the EF coach;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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More about Chrissy Nichols

Chrissy Nichols is an executive function coach for learners of all ages but specializes in helping teens reintegrate into traditional learning environments. After more than 22 years in the classroom, Chrissy's brain hacks help clients see that there is absolutely nothing wrong with them--they just need to learn how to rewire their brain.

Chrissy's work is aimed to empower her student clients to empower themselves. For parents, this means taking school and academics off their parenting plates so they can simply love their child. 

See how Chrissy’s thought concepts can become your executive function concepts over at www.thechrissyconcept.com

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What would it feel like if you just got to love your child at the dinner table instead of having conflicts over due dates or presentations? To be able to take that completely out of the equation? An Executive Function coach might be exactly what your family needs.

Chrissy Nichols is an Executive Function coach who specializes in helping teens reintegrate into traditional learning environments. So what does that mean exactly?

In short, executive functioning is all about learning self-regulation skills like working memory, mental flexibility, and time management. In other words, Chrissy helps teens by taking big projects and helping them chunk them down into bite-sized pieces so life feels less overwhelming.

If academics feel out of your control or have turned you into the academic police at your household, make sure you have a listen to what Chrissy has to share today. Her love for kids really shines through in her words. I cannot wait for you to listen to this episode!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

In this episode on executive functioning, we discuss:

• What is an Executive Function coach?;
• Taking school and academics off your parenting plate;
• Working on your teen’s growth mindset;
• Therapeutic burnout;
• And more!

The journey your teen is on isn’t an easy one. They’re trying to make healthier choices, also when it comes to the people they hang out with. As a parent, you might feel relief when your child decides to cut ties with a ‘bad influence’, making it hard for you to empathize with them. But remember that it’s a completely different experience for them.

Even if your teen realizes that this person they’re cutting ties with isn’t a good person to be around anymore, it isn’t an easy process for them to go through. It’s a loss they’re experiencing and they go through a mourning process. 

Remember that your kid is learning and establishing what is healthy for them. That’s huge! That’s what we want our kids to do, right?! We’re trying to raise self-governing adults and this is a very important part of that.

In today’s episode, we dive deeper into how to support your child when they’re going through the loss of ending a relationship even when it feels hard for you to do. Let’s give our kids the support they need.

In this episode on supporting your teen in making healthier choices and ending ‘toxic’ friendships, we discuss:

• Putting the experience of ending a ‘toxic’ friendship into perspective;
• Relationships are not as black and white as we think;
• Learning to listen for the sake of listening, instead of for the sake of responding;
• Realizing what you have control over and what not;
• Your labels of friends might not be right;
• Gaining an understanding of your teen’s feelings around a transition in a relationship;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!

Christmas is around the corner and brings along a certain level of stress and anxiety in parents and teens alike. We want the holidays to be fun and merry and have a lot of expectations about what it will or should be like. But when not everything turns out the way we expected, it’s those expectations that bring frustration and disappointment.

Join Seth and me today in our conversation about expectations for the holidays. What do we think might happen? What desires do we have? What expectations do our teens have? And how can we all communicate our expectations so we can enjoy a merry Christmas together? Let’s have a look!

In this episode on communicating expectations during the holidays, we discuss:

• Recognizing our own expectations for the holidays;
• Our teens have their own set of expectations;
• How to communicate in your family to help the situation;
• Boundaries during the holidays;
• Teens have a given and a chosen family. They might want to spend time with both during the holidays;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Backburner issues: those little things we’re annoyed about but feel too small or irrelevant to discuss. So we put them on the backburner where they keep growing and growing until they become this big issue in our relationship. Sounds familiar? 

In this second part of my interview with Tanya Hale, who’s an incredible mid-life relationship coach, she shares her formula for talking about backburner issues. Because here’s how she sees it: We don’t want to be mean. We want to be peacekeepers. But we don’t realize that by adopting this peacekeeper’s mindset, we’re working against our relationship.

The solution? Instead of blaming and attacking, we have to learn how to bring up those backburner issues in a loving and kind way. Tanya’s formula is going to help us bring up backburner issues by owning it and still honoring what’s going on for you while communicating it to your loved ones.

In this episode on how to bring up backburner issues, we discuss:

• Are you lying to your spouse?;
• Learning to bring up backburner issues in a loving and kind way;
• Acknowledging there’s an issue;
• Recognizing and communicating that your feelings, thoughts, and points of view are not facts;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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More about Tanya Hale

Tanya Hale is a life coach who focuses on helping women in mid-life work through their tough relationships. She works with clients in all stages of divorce, those who don’t want to get divorced but are struggling to be happy in their marriage, and parents who are struggling with their adult children.   

You can learn more about Tanya’s work on her website and her podcast ‘Intentional living with Tanya Hale’!

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Are you parenting your kid as a team or does it feel more like you’re in the boxing ring with the other parent, trying to prove that you’re right and they’re wrong?

When emotions run high, it’s sometimes hard to acknowledge that you’re on the same team as the other parent. Instead of sitting down and listening to each other, we automatically shift towards an ‘I’m right and you’re wrong’ mindset. 

What if I tell you that it can be different?

My dear friend and incredible mid-life relationship coach Tanya Hale joined me today for this value-packed interview on how we can parent as a team. She’s here to help us communicate better with our spouses (or the other parent if we’re divorced) and our adult children. Oof, doesn’t that sound incredible?!

In this episode on parenting as a team, we discuss:

• Working through our differences as parents;
• How to start working together with the other parent;
• How to get to curiosity with our brains who just want to be right;
• What to do when your spouse is not doing the work;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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More about Tanya Hale

Tanya Hale is a life coach who focuses on helping women in mid-life work through their tough relationships. She works with clients in all stages of divorce, those who don’t want to get divorced but are struggling to be happy in their marriage, and parents who are struggling with their adult children.   

You can learn more about Tanya’s work on her website and her podcast ‘Intentional living with Tanya Hale’!

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How much support is too much? There’s a therapist, a tutor, an EF coach, maybe a mentor, and a basketball coach, and sometimes our kids are just like: ‘That’s enough!’. We must figure out how to listen to them and still give them the support they need. 

At a certain point, we need to give our kids the time and space to implement what they've learned, make mistakes and learn from them, and practice being independent young adults. So when is it the right time for this for your child?

Every situation is different and there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of how much support is too much. So let’s dive into all the details in today’s episode!

In this episode on how much support is too much, we discuss:

• How much support is too much?;
• When does the support start having negative effects?;
• Why it’s important to give our kids some freedom to implement what they’ve learned and become independent young adults;
• What to do when the stakes are too high?;
• What can your kid learn while making mistakes?;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Wilderness isn’t bad, nor good. Hard, nor easy. A blessing, nor a curse. These are the thoughts we might have, but they’re not the facts. 

In this episode, I’m (re)introducing the concept of facts versus thoughts (in other words, the stories we make up in our minds) in the concept of our wilderness experiences. 

The experience of wilderness is made up of a lot of facts: whether your kid was transported there or not, whether they went voluntarily or not, the weather when they were there, and so on. 

But as human beings, our experiences don’t just consist of facts. We have thoughts about these facts. We create a story in our minds which leads us to have an opinion about the facts. And these are different for each of us. 

The tricky part? When we don’t pay attention, we can confuse our own stories for facts. 

Have a listen to today’s episode, where we dive deeper into this concept and discuss how listening and being open to each other’s stories can bring us understanding and can helps us love other people for where they’re at. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• The difference between facts and stories;
• Listening and being open to other’s stories;
• How life shapes our view on the facts around us;
• The fear of being wrong;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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When your teen is caught in the cycle of substance abuse, it can feel like you’re living in a nightmare you can’t wake up from. You find yourself wondering: Is this just normal teenage behavior? Or is something much bigger going on? I remember asking myself those same questions when my own son was struggling.

That’s why this conversation with Dawn McCord resonated so deeply for me. Dawn is a fellow mom who’s walked the exhausting, heartbreaking path of teen addiction. Her son Carson went from experimenting with marijuana, to overdosing on opioids, and eventually finding healing and recovery through wilderness therapy.

Dawn and I talk about what it’s really like to live through this as a parent, the endless cycle of treatment programs, the fear of overdoses, the strain it can put on your marriage, and the impossible-feeling boundaries you sometimes have to hold. What I love most is that Dawn’s story doesn’t end in despair. Today, Carson is sober, thriving, and building a meaningful life in recovery.

Currently, Dawn, along with her film partners, is producing a film called “Forest for the Trees: The Truth about Wilderness Therapy” which is an in-depth documentary that shares the stories of families who have been positively and negatively impacted by the often-misunderstood industry. The team is in the process of procuring funding so they can start filming late fall 2025-early 2026. Please follow along at www.wildernessdocumentary.com

In this episode on surviving teen addiction, you’ll hear:

• How to know if your teen’s behavior is “normal” experimentation or signs of substance abuse;
• Why the rehab cycle can feel so endless and how to keep going without losing hope;
• The boundaries Dawn had to hold with her son, even when it broke her heart;
• How wilderness therapy became a turning point for their family;
• What it looks like to survive this season as a parent, and even find healing along the way;
• And much 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!

🤍Influence lasting change in yourself and your struggling teen with my private coaching or parent group program specifically created for parents of struggling teens.

Have a question or need support? You can email me at beth@bethhillmancoaching.com

You can support the show by:

Leaving a review

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And remember parents, the change begins with us.

Sending your kid away to treatment often comes with a lot of shame. The shame of not being a good enough parent, not being the person that can help them, and so on. This inner critic shows up in your head and can be incredibly loud, right?

I’m continuing my conversation with David Bedrick and we invite you to have a different look at this inner critic and the blame and shame we put on the decisions we’ve made. Because what is it really giving you? Is it helpful for you to blame yourself? Is it in any way helpful for your kid or your family? The answer is no, it isn’t. 

Come and join this second part of my conversation with David in which we dive deeper into this and other concepts like seeing your kid both as a student and a teacher and unshaming the identified patient in your family. Embrace yourself to dive deep!

In this episode on unshaming the identified patient in your family, we discuss:

• Unshaming the identified patient in your family;
• The shame around sending your kid away;
• The unhelpful inner critic in our head;
• Seeing your kid as both a student and a teacher.

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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As a parent, one of the hard things is living with regrets. We’re trying our best to make the right decisions for our children and always do the right thing but none of us is perfect. When I took David Bedrick’s Unshaming course, it completely changed the way I see myself and some of my past actions as a parent. It truly changed my life. So without him knowing, he became a mentor to me. 

So it goes without words that I’m beyond excited to be talking to him today on Parenting Post-Wilderness! David is the founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-based Studies and teaches people how to live a life free from shame. As David says, there’s intelligence in our actions and he’s on the podcast today to help us find it. Are you ready?

In this episode on unshaming your parent regrets, we discuss:

• How to handle role reversal in your family;
• Honoring our feelings and reactions while still showing up self-regulated;
• Using relational powers to create a genuine relationship with your child;
• Unshaming the regrets you hold as a parent;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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But Beth, how can I de-escalate my teen when they’re blaming me for something I’ve actually done?

It was one of my clients asking me this the other day. And I know she’s not alone, hearing things like:

“My basketball career is ruined because you sent me to treatment”
“I’m losing my friends because you don’t allow me to use my phone”

And yes, you DID send them to treatment. And you DID take their phone. But does that really mean it’s your fault? (Spoiler alert: often it’s not)

In today’s episode, Seth and I discuss how to handle tough situations like this. As you hear in our conversation, we make an important distinction between facts and emotions. Because the fact is, you did send them to treatment. But does that make it your fault that their basketball career is ruined? I don’t think so. 

In this episode on de-escalating your teen when it’s “your fault”, we discuss:

• Owning the facts, not the story;
• The impact of justifying and defending yourself;
• Regulating yourself no matter what you’re teen is doing;
• Revisiting the conversation after taking a pause;
• How do you know when you’re regulated enough to discuss something?;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Let’s continue our conversation on how to de-escalate ourselves and take the conversation a bit deeper. Inspired by a Brene Brown interview, Seth and I explore the importance of communicating our levels of regulation to our partners. What do each of us, at this exact moment, have the bandwidth for? We only have so much energy in the day, and knowing our own energy levels and communicating it with our partner, can help us acknowledge what we can and cannot deal with in the moment.

That is just step one. Tune in to today’s episode to learn more about recognizing the feeling of guilt in ourselves as a red flag for reacting from a place of emotion, and much more!

In this episode on how to de-escalate yourself, we discuss:

• Communicating energy levels with your partner;
• Recognizing guilt as a red flag;
• Moving past guilt and shame for effective communication;
• Processing dysregulated thoughts and emotions;
• Emotional communication within your family;
• The importance of processing emotions and taking time;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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When emotions run high, it’s not just our teens that need de-escalation. We do too. Learning how to de-escalate yourself and regulate your emotions can be revolutionary in your life and relationship with your teen. It sure was for me. 

It might seem unattainable right now (I’ve been there), but you can do it too. Believe me, you can! Let me guide you through it in today’s episode.

In this episode on de-escalating yourself, we discuss:

• My journey in learning to de-escalate myself;
• The exact tools I use to de-escalate myself;
• Intentionally focus on your feelings while processing things;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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We’re not just responsible for our kids, we’re also responsible for teaching them how to be responsible for themselves. We want to teach our kids how to solve their own problems and be self-reliant and self-governing.

I get it. It’s SO hard not to intervene when you see your teen trying to figure something out by themselves, taking the long route, and making mistakes as they go. But if you’re constantly rescuing them to provide that comfort, you’re not teaching them how to problem solve and be resilient in life. In the end, we learn more from our mistakes than from things going right. 

So let’s have a look at how we can help our kids navigate their own lives!

In this episode on letting our kids be independent, we discuss:

• Recognizing the mind frame you’re coming from when wanting to help your child;
• Becoming your child’s accountability partner;
• Helping your child make decisions and problem-solve themselves instead of doing it for them;
• Building resilience in our kids;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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The tension is building and the situation is starting to escalate from bad to worse. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? As easy as it is to join our teens in this escalation, they need us to be regulated and available in order to de-escalate. Opening up the conversation helps us create a deeper connection and enables both sides to open up a bit more about what’s going on and their perspective on the situation. 

“If you have somebody in front of you who is completely dysregulated, you are gonna want to stay regulated as much as you possibly can.”
- Beth Hillman

Let’s dive into how to do this in today’s episode!

In this episode on how to de-escalate your teen, we discuss:

• The three brain states we experience: the survival state, emotional state, and cognitive state;
• How to de-escalate your teen when they’re reacting from their survival state;
• How you can help your teen when the situation is escalating;
• Pro-actively de-escalating situations;
• How you can enable a deeper connection with your teen and get a better understanding of their perspective;
• Guiding your teen to become an independent adult;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Sometimes it’s hard to trust our teen’s journey. We might not be able to visibly see the progress our teen is going through, even though it surely is happening. At the same time, we have our own ideas of what our teen’s progress should look like.

When you hold on to your ideas of what progress should look like, and where your teen should be, the progress can seem slow. We’re inviting you to look at things differently. How can you start trusting your teen’s journey? This is what Seth and I are diving into in today’s episode.

In this episode on trusting your teen’s journey, we discuss:

• Reframing the behavior you’re looking for in your child;
• Questions to find out what your child’s goals are for themselves;
• Becoming your child’s accountability partner instead of being fearfully micromanaging them;
• Trusting the structure and the process your child has to go through;
• Examples of small shifts to look for;
• Looking at your own progress too;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Ready to start creating your very own Parent Home Plan? Don’t worry, you don’t have to start from scratch, because I’m sharing my Parent Home Plan Template with you for free! 

Click here for your free copy of my Parent Home Plan template!

In this episode on creating your parent home plan, we discuss:

• The ins and outs of my Parent Home Plan template [Get yours for free on www.bethhillmancoaching.com/homeplan];
• The ultimate goal to keep in mind while setting up your Home Plan;
• Make sure to keep your own (family) values in mind;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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We’re a few episodes into our mini-series on boundaries and creating a Parent Home Plan to be consistent and follow through on your boundaries. Now, we’re getting closer to the actualization of your own home plan! In today’s episode, I’m going to walk you through the three phases of building your Home Plan:

Phase 1: Preparation
Phase 2: Structure
Phase 3: Follow through

Have a listen to prepare yourself for next week’s episode where we'll be walking through my Parent Home Plan template together. Can't wait? Click here for your FREE download! Let’s do this, parent!

In this episode on creating an effective Home Plan, we discuss:

• The three phases of creating an effective Home Plan;
• How to prepare for your home plan;
• Setting yourself and your family up for success;
• Tips on how to structure your Parent Home Plan;
• How to consistently and kindly follow through on your plan;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Misdiagnosis, trial-and-error medication, and treatment plans that miss the real issue are realities many families haave to face, even though the last thing you want is guesswork when it comes to your struggling teen’s or young adult’s care. That’s where psychological testing comes in.

In this conversation with Liz Griffith, owner of Psychological Solutions, we dive into why comprehensive psychological testing for teens is such a critical piece of the puzzle. Liz shares how accurate testing helps families, therapists, and treatment programs move forward in your kid’s treatment with clarity, saving precious time, money, and heartache.

We explore the differences between psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists, what a full evaluation actually looks like, and how the right diagnosis can dramatically change the treatment path. Liz also opens up about her own daughter’s journey with anxiety and OCD, offering parents a real-life example of why getting clear answers matters so much.

In this episode on psychological testing for teens, we discuss:

• Why misdiagnosis is so common in teen mental health;
• The crucial differences between ADHD, autism, anxiety, and OCD;
• How testing can uncover both challenges and strengths in your teen;
• Why a “checkbox diagnosis” isn’t enough for lasting progress;
• How comprehensive evaluations give therapists the tools they need to help effectively;
• And more!

You can learn more about Psychological Solutions at www.psychologicalsolutions.org, or reach out to them through support@psychologicalsolutions.org or call 801-528-5140

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Moments of disagreement are perfectly normal when there are more than one person involved in raising a (struggling) teen. One parent wants to implement a certain boundary, while the other doesn’t. One parent wants to be more strict, while the other prefers a looser approach. 

Today, I want to propose some ideas to you about ‘same page parenting’, as I’d like to call it. Before we dive in, it’s important to understand that being on the same page, doesn’t mean you have to agree on every word and every line of that page. There’s no space for black & white thinking or ‘wrong versus right’ when you’re talking about a future no one can predict. 

In this episode on same-page parenting, we discuss:

• What does it mean to ‘be on the same page’?;
• Ideas on how to get on the same page with the other parent;
• How parents can support each other;
• Inviting curiosity into your home;
• Getting clear on your common goal;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Let’s get into action parents! Today we’re talking all about setting the stage to create a parent home plan that actually works! 

If there is one takeaway from this episode, it’s this: Boundaries are not a way to control your teen. They’re a way to control yourself. They’re a way to take up your role as a parent and lead.

The change begins with us, parents. This is it. Doing our work first, getting to a loving, healthy space so we can create loving and effective boundaries for our kids (& ourselves). 

Ready to dive in?

In this episode on setting the stage to create a Paren Home Plan that works, we talk about: 

• What will a Parent Home Plan help you with?;
• Helpful thoughts in creating a Parent Home Plan;
• Your role as a parent;
• How do you know your home plan is working?
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Some people think that being a parent coach means I have it all figured out. Hah! I’ll tell you about a situation that happened just last week that will show you how untrue this is!

Even though I’m a coach, and Seth’s a mentor, we’re not done. We’re still a work in progress. And we always will be. But by being intentional, and realizing the growth we’ve been through, we can learn to find joy, even in hard moments.

Life gets hard sometimes, and breaking the cycle of old habits and patterns isn’t easy. Hah, I noticed it myself just last week! (I’ll tell you all about it in the episode) I know you’re putting in all the hard work and are trying to help your family. And then sometimes, hard times arrive and life is difficult and overwhelming, leading to frustration. Why aren’t things going well for you? You’re trying so hard! 

Oh, I’ve been there. So has Seth. And so has every other parent on this journey. It’s completely normal. And you know what? You now have the insights to know you can take a step back and realize this is just a hard moment that will pass. Let’s learn more about this in today’s episode!

In this episode on intentionally enjoying life even though things are hard, we discuss:

• Accepting that life is hard sometimes;
• The importance of living a balanced life;
• Setting intentions around connection;
• Breaking the cycle of old patterns and habits;
• Enjoying life even though things are hard

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Many parents confuse setting boundaries with requests or expectations but they are not the same. The way you phrase your boundaries and present them to your teen is incredibly important. Let’s learn more about these common pitfalls in setting boundaries in today’s episode!

In this episode on common pitfalls in setting boundaries, we discuss:

• Understanding the difference between boundaries, requests and expectations;
• Recognizing when it’s not a boundary issue;
• Common pitfalls when it comes to setting boundaries and sticking with them;
• Ways to bypass these pitfalls;
• The outcomes for parents and teens who practice healthy boundary setting;
• Common, unhelpful thoughts we have as parents;
• Helpful thoughts that can help you set healthy boundaries and consequences and follow through;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Are you having trouble setting healthy boundaries with your teen and actually sticking to them? 

If you are, you’re not alone! It’s one of the topics I get the most questions on, and I used to be the worst at it myself! 

But I can tell you this: Setting boundaries and following through with the consequences is in the best interest of your whole family. 

Setting boundaries is one of my favorite topics to talk about so you can expect more episodes on this topic in the upcoming weeks. But let’s be honest, the concept of setting boundaries is simple, but it’s not easy. So before we dive deeper into how to actually do this, it’s important to understand why it’s so beneficial for ourselves, our teens, and really our entire family to have healthy and clear boundaries in place that we are consistent with. 

Let’s dive in, shall we?

In this episode on the benefits of boundaries for parents and teens, we discuss:

• The message we convey when we don’t clearly communicate boundaries;
• The effect it has on our teen & family when we’re inconsistent in following through with consequences;
• Why it’s important to have clear boundaries and consequences in place and follow through on them;
• How we ourselves, our teen, and our whole family benefit from clear boundaries and consistency in following through with the consequences;
• Creating an emotionally safe environment by being consistent;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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I’m continuing my conversation with Les Harris, wilderness therapist and LCW, who has some incredible insights to share about the importance of listening to the feedback our children give us.

Let’s start with an important reminder: none of us are perfect. We all mess up from time to time, and that's totally okay. 

Now, here's a game-changer: listening to our kids' feedback. By truly hearing them out and understanding their underlying message, we can better meet their emotional, physical, and relational needs. This deepens the trust and connection between us, setting the stage for beautiful growth.

In this episode on listening to our kids’ feedback, we discuss:

• Beating ourselves up over mistakes we made as a parent and the effect this has on our parenting;
• Parenting from a place of action instead of reaction;
• The power of truly listening to our kids’ feedback;
• Embracing and validating our kids' wilderness experiences
• The magic of small steps for big change
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Today, I’m joined by Les Harris, a wilderness therapist and LCW to talk about the things we can do as parents before thinking of sending our kids to wilderness. Here’s one thing both Les and I know to be true:

A regulated parent has the ability to regulate a dysregulated child.

Isn’t that what we all want to be able to do?

If this feels unattainable for you right now, know that it’s not. You can see this episode as a first stepping stone toward the parent you want to be.

In this episode on regulating a dysregulated child, we discuss:

• Labeling & diagnosing our teens;
• Things we can do in our homes before thinking about wilderness;
• Regulating your own emotions in response to your child’s behavior;
• How we sometimes send inconsistent messages to our kids;
• Tips on how parents can regulate their emotions;
• Why parents nowadays are more distracted and unavailable;
• As parents we make mistakes, and that’s okay.

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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How often do you wake up and your mind starts racing about all the things you have to do that day, leaving you paralyzed? How many times do you start thinking of everything that needs to be done this week, leaving you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted?

When tasks or to-do lists seem long and overwhelming, it can become hard to accomplish even the smallest tasks. This is the case for all of us, and maybe even more for those of us with ADHD. 

Today, we share a very simple but often overlooked strategy to conquer overwhelm: breaking our day into bite-sized pieces. It’s a very simple concept but there is more to it. In today’s episode, we take a deep-dive into why this concept works, different strategies to implement it, how we can motivate our teens to do it, and much more!

In this episode on conquering overwhelm, we discuss:

• Breaking your day or tasks into bite-sized pieces;
• Different strategies to implement this concept for ourselves and our teens;
• How can we motivate our teenagers to break up their day?;
• Looking beyond the behavior: stressors at school;
• The importance of listening and validating;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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What advice would a wilderness guide give us parents? That’s a question we’ll get answered today. Mark Adamski is back with invaluable advice about parenting and our relationship with our teens. 

With the right mindset, anything in a relationship can be fixed. That’s how Mark sees it and I couldn’t agree more. So what does this mindset entail? What do we need to do as parents to heal our relationship with our struggling teen? Have a listen to today’s episode to hear all of Mark’s top tips!

In this episode full of advice from a wilderness guide, we discuss:

• Changing our mindset to fix our relationship with our teen;
• Building the skill of modeling self-regulation;
• The foundation of changing the home environment;
• How ‘the pause’ can help us respond instead of react;
• Being curious instead of holding on to expectations about your teen’s behavior;
• The benefits of wilderness;
• And more!

You can connect with Mark on Facebook: Mark Adamski Coaching or learn more about Wilderness Reboot on their website.

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Being the sibling of a teen that’s struggling and goes to treatment isn’t easy. Mark Adamski, who is now a wilderness guide himself, experienced this first-hand. In today’s episode, he shares his experiences when his brother went to treatment for substance abuse and how this eventually led Mark to become a wilderness guide.

Mark is sharing his story of becoming a wilderness guide and shares some golden nuggets we need in order to understand our teen. Have a listen!

In this episode on going from being the younger sibling to wilderness guide, we discuss:

• The driving factors behind Mark becoming a wilderness guide;
• His experiences as ‘the younger sibling’;
• Understanding our teen’s brain to de-escalate;
• How the people around us influence us.

You can connect with Mark on Facebook: Mark Adamski Coaching, or learn more about Wilderness Reboot on their website.

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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You want to protect your child and give them a better life than you had. But sometimes, those good intentions backfire, leaving our teens less capable, less confident, and more dependent than we ever wanted.

In this conversation with licensed clinical counselor and life coach Virginia Townsand, we explore how over-helping can unintentionally create learned helplessness, and what you can do instead to foster independence and resilience in your teen.

Virginia and I talk about the difference between “doing for,” “doing with,” and letting your child “do for themselves,” and how shifting into that middle ground can build confidence, life skills, and self-advocacy. You’ll walk away with practical tools you can start using today to stop rescuing and start empowering.

In this episode on helping your teen build independence, we discuss:

• Why intention and impact often don’t match when parenting teens;
• How over-helping can lead to learned helplessness;
• The role of discomfort in building resilience and confidence in teens and young adults;
• Practical strategies to move from “doing for” to “doing with”;
• The long-term benefits of letting your teen struggle and grow;
• And more!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Connect with Virginia at www.janus-co.com

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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Every one of us has about 80.000 thoughts each day. Most of our life is created with our minds. And the more we have a specific thought, the more it tends to become a belief. So, what if you’re having negative thoughts about your teen? What if thoughts like ‘I just really don’t like my kid right now’ or ‘I can hardly stand my kid right now’ have crossed your mind? Believe me when I say, you’re not alone. Besides, these are actually very natural thoughts to have in any kind of relationship.

In this episode on creating healthy thoughts, we discuss:

• Where our thoughts come from;
• Do our thoughts define who we are?;
• The most important lesson I have learned about my thoughts;
• Changing your thought patterns about your teen;
• How our thoughts create our feelings;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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If your teen is coming up to their sobriety anniversary, or even their anniversary of going to or coming home from wilderness, you might feel the need to celebrate. But should we indeed celebrate during those anniversaries or does your teen need something else instead?

With his own 5-year sobriety anniversary coming up, Seth shared his perspective with me: his sobriety anniversary doesn’t feel like a time for celebration at all. Tune in to hear why!

In this episode on sobriety and wilderness anniversaries, we discuss:

• Why your teen might not feel like celebrating their sobriety or treatment anniversary;
• The thoughts and feelings that come up for Seth around his sobriety anniversary;
• Putting expectations on your teen that they might not want to have in their life;
• Different ways people are motivated and how Seth used this to his advantage to stay sober for 5 years and counting;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Is it time for your kid to go back to high school after treatment? Maybe the transition back to school will run flawlessly. For many families though, returning back to regular high school isn’t the preferred option. Or possibly it’s simply not working. Online education might be an excellent solution!

Today, I’m interviewing Anjilee and Sara, co-founders of Mountain Point Academy, an online school for grades 6-12 that likes to do things a bit differently. Their personalized approach can offer your teen the support and freedom they need in their education after treatment.

Online education is absolutely worth looking into for everyone who doesn’t fit the traditional mold. Have a listen to today’s episode to learn more about online education and Mountain Point Academy!

More about today’s guests:
Anjilee Ferguson and Sara Busalacchi have over a decade of experience in online learning, working in the field since its inception. They have a passion for helping students succeed which led them to co-found Mountain Point Academy, an online school for grades 6-12. Their mission is to help provide students with a personalized approach to online learning, with 1:1 support for students to find joy in learning and citizenship.   

You can find more information on Mountain Point Academy on their website, Facebook page, Instagram (@mtnpointacademy), or Linkedin page.

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If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Feelings can be described as a vibration we experience in our bodies. Often we think that those feelings are involuntary and caused by life circumstances out of our control. But actually, our feelings are caused by what we think. And the good thing about this is that we can control our thoughts pretty well! 

The pause is a space we can create in order to feel our feelings BEFORE we react to them. A space of allowance and acceptance of those feelings. A space to take ownership of what happens in our brain and body before we interact with another human being. 

I tell you all about it in today’s episode!

In this episode on learning to feel instead of react, we discuss:

• How our thoughts create our feelings;
• And how our feelings motivate actions;
• What ‘the pause’ is and how it can help us stop being so reactive;
• Getting curious about our teen’s behavior;
• And much more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Today, we’re talking about burnout, and more specifically, therapeutic burnout in both parents and teens. Not many people realize therapeutic burnout is a thing so let’s have a look at what it is and where it comes from.

In this episode on therapeutic burnout in parents and teens, we discuss:

• Seth’s experiences with therapeutic burnout;
• What therapeutic burnout looks like from the outside;
• The negative mindset of always needing to be progressing forward;
• What therapeutic burnout is like for a teen; 
• What burnout looks like for parents and how it arises;
• The main mindset you need to have as a parent to avoid burning out;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Implementing parenting tools as preventative measures, even before things get out of hand, is absolutely invaluable when it comes to parenting a struggling teen. Changing the environment, being able to regulate your own emotions differently, being able to relate to your kid’s emotions and reason with your kid differently, are all skills that can be learned. 

Today’s guest, Laura Goldstein, has developed an incredibly valuable resource for parents to learn these tools which they can employ not only for their kids but also for themselves. With the development of TheraCourses, Laura made these skills available for parents from anywhere.

In this episode on preventative measures, we discuss:

• The importance of implementing parenting strategies as preventative measures, before things get out of hand;
• Why it’s so important to put what you learn into practice;
• Learning new parenting skills and tools is a muscle that can be trained;
• How TheraCourses helps parents learn new parenting skills and implement them right away;
• Modeling the behavior you wish to see;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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More about Laura Goldstein

Laura Goldstein is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist in Rockville MD. She is the founder and Executive Director of Montgomery County Counseling Center and the founder of TheraCourses, which she will talk more about in next week’s episode! She has worked across multiple settings including in-home behavioral health services, IOPS for adolescent dual diagnosis treatment and young adults struggling to launch, and her private practice. 

You can learn more about Laura here or about TheraCourses by clicking here.

If you’re familiar with my work or have listened to my podcast before, you know how I strive to help parents see their own part and take responsibility for it. Today I’m having such a valuable conversation around this with my guest, Laura Goldstein, LMFT. She shares some amazing metaphors that will really help shift the way we think and show us the role parents play in their family’s dynamics and their child’s behavior.


Laura also provides us with a very clear explanation of different kinds of therapists out there to help you choose which one is best for your family.


In this episode on doing your own work and finding the right therapist, we discuss: 

• The difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist;
• An explanation of the difference between an LMFT, LCSW, etc.;
• Great metaphors to show the role parents play in the family dynamics and their child’s behavior;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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More about Laura Goldstein

Laura Goldstein is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist in Rockville MD. She is the founder and Executive Director of Montgomery County Counseling Center and the founder of TheraCourses, which she will talk more about in next week’s episode! She has worked across multiple settings including in-home behavioral health services, IOPS for adolescent dual diagnosis treatment and young adults struggling to launch, and her private practice. 

We’re rounding up our Wilderness series with this episode on transitioning your child home after wilderness or other treatment. Don’t forget parents, wilderness (or treatment) is not a one-stop-fix for anything. Once your child comes home, a new chapter of your family’s journey begins. 

In this episode on transitioning your child home from wilderness, we discuss:

• Beth’s story of transitioning her son home;
• The reasons why Beth and her family decided to bring her son directly home from wilderness;
• Things we would do differently;
• The honeymoon phase and what it looks like; 
• Moving towards healthier patterns in your family;
• Building your support team;
• Using a transition company;
• Having a home agreement;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Have you already thought about what’s going to happen once wilderness is over? It’s a tough decision that every wilderness parent is faced with. It might feel overwhelming or you might even feel like you don’t have any options at all. But I want you to know that you do have options to choose from! 

This episode will help you make the best decision for your teen and your family!

In this episode on options to consider after wilderness therapy, we discuss:

• Many different options to consider for your teen and family after wilderness;
• A brief explanation of each option and who this might be best for;
• The differences between Residential treatment centers & Therapeutic boarding schools;
• Why your family’s therapist can not be the same as your teen’s therapist;
• Questions to ask yourself to come to the right decision for your family;
• And more!

As promised in the episode, here are the questions to ask yourself to decide whether to bring your teen directly home from wilderness or have them go to a Residential Treatment Centre (RTC) or a Therapeutic Boarding School (TBS):

• What do I most want for my child? (big picture)
• Who and where can they best provide this for my child?
• If my child will come home at some point, would I like it to be now or later?
• What socialization is going to be potentially missed in regards to family/school/developmental dynamic when they stay in an RTC or TBS?
• Is my child safe at home? (physically and emotionally)
• Do I want to be involved in my child’s decisions, feelings, behaviors, outcomes, goals, failures, and successes on a daily basis or more like a weekly basis? What level can I show up at?
• Am I willing to experience the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful, the hard and the easy, every hour of every day?
• If there are ups and downs, which experience do I want our family to have?
• If there were no right or wrong decision, which would I choose?
• How or what do I need to change in myself to support my child in the best way possible and am I willing to do that?

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Parent Trish is back to share her experiences when her severely depressed and suicidal young-adult son came back from wilderness. It didn’t take long for things to go downhill and her son to become suicidal again. As a family, they decided on one agreement that works for them and that changed everything. This agreement is sending a very powerful message to her son and reflects exactly what Trish has learned along the way. Tune in to find out more!

In this parent interview, we discuss:

• Trish’s experiences when her son came back from wilderness;
• What her son decided to do after wilderness;
• How he became suicidal again;
• The challenging situations after wilderness;
• The one agreement they have in their family now;
• The powerful underlying message this agreement sends to her son;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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You step in to help, ease your kid’s struggles, but is your help actually helpful or is it keeping your struggling teen or young adult from making the changes they need most? You want the best for them, but how can you influence internal change?

It’s a painful truth many parents don’t realize: sometimes “help” becomes enabling. By rescuing your struggling teen from discomfort, whether through financial support, extra comforts, or stepping in to soften the consequences, you may unintentionally be preventing the internal accountability that fuels real, lasting change.

In this conversation, Seth and I unpack how easy it is to blur the line between helping and enabling, why it happens, and how you can shift toward offering the kind of support that encourages your teen to take ownership of their choices.

In this episode on helping vs. enabling your struggling teen, we discuss:

• How parents unknowingly provide comforts that block internal change;
• Why lasting transformation only happens when teens feel consequences;
• The emotional toll on parents who “rescue” and how to handle it;
• Red flags that signal you might be enabling instead of supporting;
• What true support looks like and why it often feels so hard;
• And much 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!

🤍Influence lasting change in yourself and your struggling teen with my private coaching or parent group program specifically created for parents of struggling teens.

Have a question or need support? You can email me at beth@bethhillmancoaching.com

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Leaving a review
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And remember parents, the change begins with us.

Today’s parent, Trish, got her severely depressed and suicidal, young-adult son to choose to go to wilderness. We hear her journey of offering wilderness to her just 18-year-old son and what got him to go. She openheartedly shares her relief when he was there, her experience when he ran away, and the disappointment she felt after wilderness.

Trish is full of great advice for parents and I’m super excited to share it all with you! 

In this parent interview, we discuss:

• Her son’s challenges and her own;
• How her son got to wilderness;
• Where his son’s hesitancy to get help came from;
• The support Trish felt she got from the wilderness program;
• Incredible advice for parents;
• What it was like when her son came home from wilderness;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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Even though the things that are happening and the behavior your child is showing aren’t your fault, you do have a role to play in it. And if your child comes back from wilderness into the exact same environment and you haven’t worked on anything while they were away, your family will most likely be back where you were before wilderness in no-time.

So what can you work on while your child is in wilderness or any other therapy program? And how do you go about this? That’s exactly what we’ll be talking about in today’s episode!

In this episode on what parents can work on while their child is in therapy, we cover:

• What to look for in wilderness programs when it comes to parent support;
• Realizing what you have control over and doing your work on that;
• Questions to ask yourself;
• The difference between roles and relationships;
• Working on how you want to show up as a parent and who you want to be in that relationship;
• Both parents getting on the same page; 
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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You’ve decided wilderness will be the best next step for your family to take. But there are so many programs out there and every family has their own, unique needs. You’re gonna want to find the right fit. 

In this episode, we’ll walk you through the best ways and places to gather information about specific wilderness programs so you can find the best fit for your family. And if you’re unsure what questions to ask, we’ve got you covered!

In this episode on finding the best program for your family, we discuss:

• The best places to gather information and experiences about specific programs;
• The right person to speak to when you want more information;
• How an education consultant can help you;
• Questions you should be asking your education consultant or the program you’re interested in;
• The role of a field guide & field director;
• And more!

If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.

And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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