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Coming Up for Air — A Toolkit to Help with Your Loved One's Recovery from Addiction & Mental Illness — 326 episodes
CLASSICS REVISITED: Creating a Safe Space for Decision Making
CLASSICS REVISITED: How, Why, and When to Put Yourself First
CLASSICS REVISITED: Answering Listener Questions
CLASSICS REVISITED: Motivation -- What Drives Change
CLASSICS REVISITED: What is Radical Acceptance?
CLASSICS REVISITED: When Your Loved One Uses Multiple Substances
CLASSICS REVISITED: Coming Home
CLASSICS REVISITED: Unsolicited Advice: Helpful or Hurtful?
CLASSICS REVISITED: An Interview with Meme English
CLASSICS REVISITED: Conditional Love, Unconditional Love, and Shame: Part 2 -- The Antidote
CLASSICS REVISITED: When Do You Work on Use of Less-Dangerous Substances?
CLASSICS REVISITED: Conditional Love, Unconditional Love, and Shame: Part 1
CLASSICS REVISITED: Facing Obstacles Part 2: How to Not React in Tough Moments
CLASSICS REVISITED: Facing the Obstacles, Part 1
CLASSICS REVISITED: Making Changes at Your Own Pace
CLASSICS REVISITED: What CRAFT Can Do in 12 Weeks
CLASSICS REVISITED: Setting Boundaries
CLASSICS REVISITED: De-escalation Strategies
CLASSICS REVISITED: CRAFT and Decision-making: A Listener Weighs In
CLASSICS REVISITED: Treatment and Families, Pt. 2
CLASSICS REVISITED: Treatment and Families, Pt. 1
CLASSICS REVISITED: CRAFT in Romantic Partnerships, part 2
CLASSICS REVISITED: CRAFT in Romantic Partnerships, part 1
CLASSICS REVISITED: Don't Take It Personally
CRAFT REVISITED: Redefining Recovery
CLASSICS REVISITED: CRAFT as the Beginning of Treatment
CLASSICS REVISITED: Grandparents and Multigenerational Dynamics
CLASSICS REVISITED: Guest Dr. Carl Erik Fisher
CLASSICS REVISITED: When Your Loved One Is Homeless
CLASSICS REVISITED: How Do You Get Past Accumulated Trauma?
CLASSICS REVISITED: What Are the Challenges of Reflective Listening?
CLASSICS REVISITED: Reflective Listening, Intentional Dialogue & Improving Communication
CLASSICS REVISITED: How Do You Negotiate When Your Loved One is Coming Home?
CLASSICS REVISITED: Interview with Linda Aber, part 2
CLASSICS REVISITED: Interview with Linda Aber, part 1
CLASSICS REVISITED: How Do You Deal with Unknowns and Limited Contact?
CLASSICS REVISITED: Intention vs. Perception
CLASSICS REVISITED: Rupture & Repair
FAMILIES Speak: The Journey of a Love Warrior: Testimonials from Families Doing the Work and Feeling the Feelings
FAMILIES Speak: The Rabbit Hole of Worry—and How to Practice Not Going There
FAMILIES Speak: The Power of NO (Are You a Yes Person or a No Person?)
FAMILIES Speak: Get Out of That Funk!
FAMILIES Speak: Woo or Not… How Does Our Energy Affect Things?
A Message from Isabel
FAMILIES Speak: Raising Our Vibration with Humor
FAMILIES Speak: Practice CRAFT On (Literally) Everyone!
VOICES from the Front Lines: Kayla Solomon, Love Warrior
FAMILIES Speak: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
FAMILIES Speak: Doing CRAFT on Ourselves (Huh?)
FAMILIES Speak: Comparing Your Story to Others'
FAMILIES Speak: Dads Doing the Work
FAMILIES Speak : Will My Loved One Mess Up the Wedding?
VOICES from the Front Lines: Casey Fariello and Liz Reitman of Other Parents Like Me
FAMILIES Speak: What's the Opposite of Black and White Thinking?
FAMILIES Speak: Conversations on Creativity, Pt. 2
FAMILIES Speak: Conversations on Creativity, Pt. 1
VOICES from the Front Lines: Jane Clair Tyner on How Politics Are Affecting Funding for Substance Use Programs
FAMILIES Speak: If I'm Part of the Problem, I'm Part of the Solution!
FAMILIES Speak: I Said He Could Come Home — Can I Change My Mind?
FAMILIES Speak: How to Recognize Ripe Moments for Discussing Treatment
FAMILIES Speak: How Do We Deal with Uncertainty in Uncertain Times?
Partner CRAFT: When Kids Are Involved
FAMILIES Speak: Navigating Life with Our Dad Who Drinks Problematically, Part 2
FAMILIES Speak: Navigating Life with Our Dad Who Drinks Problematically, Part 1
VOICES from the Front Lines: Author Annie Highwater
FAMILIES SPEAK: How Do You Have Difficult Conversations?
FAMILIES SPEAK: These Episodes Helped Us Get Where We Are Today
FAMILIES SPEAK: Should I Give My Loved One Money?
FAMILIES SPEAK: Favorite Tools from CRAFT, Pt. 2
FAMILIES SPEAK: Favorite Tools from CRAFT, Pt. 1
VOICES from the Front Lines: Unpacking "Survival Mode" with Wellness Coach Emily Cooney
FAMILIES SPEAK: Hazel's Dilemma
FAMILIES SPEAK: Using CRAFT with Substance Use and Mental Health Issues
FAMILIES SPEAK: Handling Hard Feelings
FAMILIES SPEAK: Don't Let Perfectionism Get in the Way
FAMILIES SPEAK: What If I Believe My Loved One Isn't Capable?
Partner CRAFT: The Hokey Pokey of Rewarding
Partner CRAFT: Early Recovery
FAMILIES Speak: How Do You Make It Through the Holidays?
FAMILIES SPEAK: Recovery—Progress, not Perfection
FAMILIES SPEAK: When Your Loved One is Homeless
FAMILIES SPEAK: What You Don't Do Is Important, Too
Partner CRAFT: Self-care
Partner CRAFT: Realistic Expectations
Partner CRAFT: Why Am I Staying?
How CRAFT Works in the Mental Health Field
What About the 30 Percent?
Using Tropes: "Dry Drunk" and "Manipulation"
The Gift of Anxiety
Adulting: What Is My Loved One Capable Of?
Interview with Dr. Julie McCarthy
What If Your Loved One Can't Be Independent?
The Power of Doing Nothing
CRAFTing: CRAFT as a Verb
When You Think CRAFT Communication Won't Work
How CRAFT Helps After Detox
Don't Tell Me to Calm Down
Is Your Situation Unique?
Strong Emotions: How Do They Affect CRAFT?
What About the Fear of Death?
That Didn't Work—Now What?
The Art of CRAFT—How We Can Change Our Messaging
Interview with Christina Dent about Her Book Curious
Kayla Solomon on the Therapist's Role
Interview with Bill Carruthers
Marijuana: Is It a Problem?
Fentanyl Detox: One Family's Situation
How Do You Deal with Unknowns and Limited Contact?
CRAFT Basics: What Does "Agency" Mean?
Holding Contradictions
What are "Natural Consequences?"
A Closer Look at Two Situations
How Do You Slow Things Down if it Feels Like Your House is on Fire?
Interview with an Allies Member, Pt. 2
Interview with an Allies member, Pt. 1 of 2
Intention vs. Perception
What's a Functional Analysis?
Rupture and Repair
Well-Worn Sayings
Consistent Practice vs. "One-Offs"
Victim Stance: The "Why Me?" Episode
Do They "Have to Want It?"
What Does It Mean to Be an Ally?
You Don't Have to Be Perfect
Building Your CRAFT Muscle
What Do You Do When You've Hit the Wall?
When a Relationship Feels One-Directional
Handling the Call Saying Treatment Is Terrible
What Do You Want, and What Do You Need?
Trust, Hope, and Expectation
The Season of Expectations
Interview with Alex Ribbentrop
Filling the Gap
What Is Enmeshment?
Do You Have a Plan and a Backup Plan?
How Do You Handle Anger?
Ah-Ha Moments
What Are the Three Questions?
The Storm Before the Calm
Treat the Family, Improve the Outcome
Treatment and Recovery: the Allies View
Homelessness: A Complicated Problem
What Allies in Recovery Adds to CRAFT
Does CRAFT Work for Couples, Too?
Should I Stop CRAFT If Treatment Begins?
Interview with Kathleen Cochran
What If I Only Get 15 Minutes?
Using CRAFT When Others Aren’t
How Do I Know When They're Using?
How Do I Use "Functional Analysis?"
Interview with Brian Serna
Safety: Why It Comes First for CRAFT
OARS: Don't Get Caught Downstream!
How Do I Set Boundaries without Making My Loved One Angry?
What Are the Challenges of Reflective Listening?
So What's PIUS?
An Interview with Christina Dent
Triggers: What Are They, and How Do You Handle Them?
How Do You Get Past Accumulated Trauma?
Reflective Listening, Intentional Dialogue, and Improving Communication: Episode 69
What's Burnout, and How Do You Handle It?
What Is Chronic Disappointment, and How Do You Avoid It?
Did My Comment Make Him Drink?
How Do You Acknowledge Use Without Accusation?
CRAFT, Al-Anon, and Intervention: What's the Difference?
How Do You Move from Crisis Management to Change Over Time?
Let's Talk About Treatment
Allies in Recovery: A Community
How Do You Negotiate When Your Loved One Is Coming Home?
Interview with Linda Aber, Part 2
Interview with Linda Aber, Part 1
How Does CRAFT Work at a Distance?
What Are Natural Consequences? More on Modules 5 and 6
What Do “Using" and "Not Using” Really Mean?
How Laurie and Kayla Became Part of AIR
Handling Confrontation the CRAFT Way
Shall We Dance?
What About Family Members' Trauma?
Watching Families Progress
Collaboration vs. Ultimatum
Denial? Or Ambivalence?
Here Come the Holidays — How Do You Deal?
How Do You Stop Catastrophizing?
Guest Jaclyn Brown Returns: Part 2
Guest Jaclyn Brown Returns: Part 1
What are Wishes and Dips?
An Interview with Guest Jaclyn Brown: Part 2
An Interview with Guest Jaclyn Brown: Part 1
Stigma: Changing the Story
Putting a Positive Spin on Negative Thinking
The Importance of Self-Care During Conflict
Speaking Up the Compassionate Way
Sectioning: When to Consider Forcing Your Loved One into Treatment
Giving Your Loved One Trust and Agency
How to Ask Effective Questions
Creating a Safe Space for Decision Making
How, Why, and When to Put Yourself First
Answering Listener Questions
Motivation: What Drives Change
What is Radical Acceptance?
When Your Loved One Uses Multiple Substances
Coming Home
Unsolicited Advice: Helpful or Hurtful?
An Interview with Meme English
Conditional Love, Unconditional Love, and Shame: Part 2 -- The Antidote
When Do You Work on Use of Less-Dangerous Substances?
Conditional Love, Unconditional Love, and Shame: Part 1
Facing Obstacles Part 2: How to Not React in Tough Moments
Facing the Obstacles, Part 1
Making Changes at Your Own Pace
What CRAFT Can Do in 12 Weeks
Setting Boundaries
De-escalation Strategies
CRAFT and Decision-making: A Listener Weighs In
Treatment and Families: part 2
Treatment and Families: Part 1
CRAFT in Romantic Partnerships, part 2
CRAFT in Romantic Partnerships, part 1
Don't Take It Personally
Redefining Recovery
CRAFT as the Beginning of Treatment
Dr. Carl Erik Fisher on Addiction
The importance of reframing
What Happens When You Give Advice?
Becoming Part of the Process
Control and Consequence
How Do You Find Common Ground When You Disagree?
How Do You Release Trauma?
When to Step Away From Your Loved One
Should You Stay Connected to Your Loved One Who Is Using?
Do You Need to Know if Your Loved One Is Using?
Building a Bridge with CRAFT
Goals and Expectations
The Basics of CRAFT
What About the Other Family Members?
Suicidal Ideation vs. Substance Use
Looking for Positive Moments
Control vs. Influence
Deciding When Your Loved One Can Live at Home
Grandparents and Multigenerational Dynamics
Guest Dr. Carl Erik Fisher
Always Have a Plan
Podcast 84
Podcast #83 — SUD, the Family & the Importance of Patterns
Podcast # 82 — Crisis vs Chronic, the Sequel
Podcast #81 — When Crisis Mode Becomes Chronic, and How to Shift This
Podcast #80 — Low-Hanging Fruit: As the Family, What Actions Can You Take Today?
Podcast #79 — When Things Get Nasty, What Cards Trump the Blame Card?
Podcast #78 — Is "Addiction" a Bad Word? Removing Stigma from Our Language
Podcast #77 — How Considering 'Identity' Can Improve Things with Your Loved One with Addiction
Podcast #76 — Shame, Shame and More Shame (and Its Good Friend, Substance Use)
Podcast # 75 — Do's & Don'ts When You're On the Phone with an Addicted Loved One
Podcast # 74 — Learn How to Apply CRAFT with a Loved One Who's Far Away or Isn't in Touch
Podcast #73 First Thought, Second Thought
Podcast #72 — You Are Not Your Story: How to move out of drama and into consciousness
Podcast #71 — Dominique Interviews Annie Highwater on Her Journey Thus Far
Podcast #70 — Recovery Capital and Laurie's Journey to a New Vocation - Advocate and Peer Recovery Specialist
You're Gonna Be Lousy At It, At First: Reflective Listening, Intentional Dialogue and How to Vastly Improve Communications with Just About Everybody
Podcast #66 From Mother to Resource — with Cheryl Juaire
Podcast #68 — How Do Alanon / Naranon Differ from CRAFT? An In-depth Comparison
Podcast #67 — Positive Change with Tommy Joyce, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
Podcast #65 What is Peer Support? — With Thrive CEO Brian Bailys
Podcast #64 The 5-Actions Program — A Self-Guided Roadmap Out of Addiction
Podcast #63 Heartland High — Ohio's First Recovery School
Podcast #62 Annie Highwater & Katie Donovan - A Mother's Addiction Journey
Podcast #61 Laurie's Internal Journey
DBT Part II — The Story of DBT
What Is DBT and Who Can It Help? Interview with Lisa Bond
Podcast #58 Unpacking Module 3: What's Happening When My Loved One Uses?
I'm Desperate to Save My Loved One's Life
Podcast #56 Sam Quinones Speaks About his Award-Winning Book, Dreamland
Podcast #55 Dominique Simon-Levine—Attaching & Detaching—What Does This Even Mean?
Podcast #54 Prof. Daniel Skinner Considers Ohio's Issue #1
Podcast #53 Interview with Parent Coach Cathy Taughinbaugh
Podcast #52 What Is CRAFT & Why Do You Need It?
PODCAST #51 Not My Child! Awakening & Awareness
PODCAST #50 Let Me Get You Some Soup (or Not!!) Recognizing Signs & Symptoms and Acting Accordingly
PODCAST #49 Family Secrets—Why Do We Keep Them?
PODCAST #48 The Hosts Are The Guests! Allies in Recovery's Editor Interviews Annie & Laurie
PODCAST #47 Facing Addiction's Michael King Spreads Hope & Recovery
PODCAST #46 Feeling Sorry: Where Does It Lead? Can It Be Useful?
PODCAST #45 You Don't Know What You Don't Know—Awareness & Preparednes
PODCAST #44 Interview with Former Drug Court Judge Scott Vanderkarr
PODCAST #43 Encouraging Your Loved One into Treatment
Do You Really Want to be Well?
Who Is Your Enemy?
Conflict & Family Patterns
Accountability & SUD
Trust and SUD
Holiday Episode: When the Holidays are a Trigger
Anger vs. Wrath
Liar Liar, Pants On Fire!
Heads Up: Tips for Families with a Loved One on the Recovery Path
Interview with Chief Deputy Sheriff Rick Minerd
Victimhood and Victimizing
Interview with Richard Jones from the Recovery Cartel
The Most Overlooked Resource: Family and Friends
Interview with Pam Rickard from the Herren Project
Fake It 'Til You Make It
Codependency & Denial
Mike Duggan: Wicked Sober
Crisis: How Do I Sit Through a Meeting When My Life is Falling Apart?
Empty Nest and SUD
What's In Your Toolbox?
Grief And Disappointment: the New Normal
Enabling Non-Use
Interview with Lee Weber from Addictionblog
Interview with Activist Alicia Cook
Good-time Charlies: A Conversation on Addiction, Shame & Recovery with Rob Koebel
Interview With Laurie's Son Tommy
Interview with Annie's Son
Silver Linings: Our New Playbook
Stories Of Stigma
A House Divided Stands No Chance
Trigger Happy
Enabling Use
Feelings, Nothing More...
Leave Your Drama To The Llama
Manipulation
The CRAFT Method, with Dominique Simon-Levine
Slogans: The Language Of Recovery
Support Groups
Goals as a Family Member
Consistent Forgiveness
Friends' And Family's Reactions
Annie And Laurie's Stories