Taylor Grant's Hope Beyond Addiction: How Divorce Impacts Children

Key Points, Top Takeaways and Memorable Quotes - “When there’s love, it usually turns to hate pretty quick.” 12:22“I'd rather feel better than than less than.” 17:31“That’s been a saving grace of mine actually, is honesty.” 26:06“I want to give people hope that my relationships are healed now.” 34:41“I pray to something greater than me.” 50:33“There’s more purpose for me in this life.” 1:01:17“You have to be open, honest, and willing to get help.” 1:03:32“Addiction is a family disease.” 1:04:14“You can only be in a healthy, loving relationship if you love yourself.” 1:06:47Guest Bio - Taylor Grant is a Southern California native and daughter to two LA litigator parents. At age 8, her parents separated and went to court over child custody. This chaotic atmosphere became normal and Taylor became accustomed to stuffing her emotions inwards. It wasn’t until early adulthood that she experienced the harm of emotional suppression in the form of addiction.Taylor attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where her first two years of college were painful as she struggled socially and suffered from severe depression and anxiety. She developed an eating disorder that lasted for two years before she found alcohol and partying as a replacement. Within 11 months, Taylor found herself a prisoner to lethal drug addiction. Despite her illness, she graduated Cal Poly in 2019 with a 3.5 GPA. Within three weeks of moving home from school, Taylor was sent to an intensive inpatient rehabilitation program.Taylor earned 18 months of sobriety and applied to graduate school to become an LMFT in 2020 with the desire to help fellow addicts. She successfully completed the first quarter, but by the second quarter, drugs found her again. Taylor withdrew and went to a rehabilitation facility in Texas that had equine therapy. She also got back into yoga and found its movement patterns nurturing, which helped her heal physically, mentally, and emotionally.After 2 years of continuous sobriety, rigorous AA step work, and self-exploration, Taylor decided to go back to Antioch University where she is in school to become an LMFT. She is eager to offer therapeutic help to fellow addicts in recovery, and is also keen to help children of divorce navigate their ways through the murky waters of a dissolving family system. Taylor is very excited to be pursuing a career in mental health where she can learn how to help people, like herself, heal.Show Notes - 150:00 - Divorce Hacker Intro0:34 - Introducing Guest Taylor Grant1:22 - WIMTS Intro1:44 - Welcome Taylor Grant2:27 - Discovering the Addictive Pattern5:17 - The Importance of a Father8:27 - High School12:30 - First Two Years of College at Cal Poly SLO14:20 - I Found Alcohol & Partying22:30 - Isolation Drinking & Blacking Out in College24:34 - MB Family Law25:38 - Summer Before Senior Year I Met a Guy29:42 - Everyone Smokes Marijuana31:17 - Introduced to Cocaine & Headed to Rehab within 11 Months36:08 - Shameful Graduation40:08 - How Were Your Parents Dealing at This Point?48:01 - It’s A Day to Day Choice48:15 - Be Better Media Commercial53:59 - A God Shot1:02:21 - Taylor of Today1:04:39 - Takeaways from Daughters of Divorce Book1:09:19 - What I Would Tell My Younger Self1:09:52 - Thank You & WIMTS ClosingFor more about Ann Grant and MB Family Law, please visit https://www.mbfamilylawyers.com/Links & Where to Find Taylor - IG - @tay1031