Coaching episode: Navigating Life Post-Treatment: Boundaries With A College Age Son, Lots Of Advice And Re-Focusing On Self Care

ABOUT THE EPISODE:This coaching episode covers a lot of ground with a mom who is doing so much right, yet she questions her actions due to lots of advice from others, her mom-intuition and the heightened sense of urgency from her nephew's recent fatal fentanyl poisoning. This mom and member of The Stream Community is co-parenting her college-age son with her ex-husband and while they're not in total alignment with each other their son seems to be doing "ok" at the time. But because she knows he's using substances while he's away at college, she wonders what to do. Listen in to hear how:after going to wilderness therapy and boarding school, her son is still misusing substancesshe's learned to set and communicate her boundaries when her son comes home from collegemom wonders if she should be more forceful - or back off - about her son getting therapy or more treatmenther son isn't experiencing too many negative consequences, so what can she do?parents who have already paid a lot for treatment can maximize their investmentwe talk about what happens if her son violates her boundaries, but she still wants to spend time with himmom has a goal of getting over her night terrorsthe loss of her nephew to a fentanyl poisoning is impacting her decisions This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream CommunityLearn about The Stream, our private online community for momsFind us on Instagram hereWatch the podcast on YouTube hereDownload a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and AlcoholHopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.