Hard Conversations: Have Them Today, with Cathy Cioth

Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental Health · Jul 2, 2026 · 44m

Trigger Warning: this episode discusses loss of a child due to substance use. Please decide if this is the right time to listen.

A few weeks before this episode was recorded, one of the moms in our community lost her son. He had been through treatment, through sober living and had the most supportive family. His parents had done everything possible, with grace and with love, and he still lost his battle with addiction. Cathy and I went back and forth about whether to talk about it - because we never want to add to the fear that already lives in your chest every single day.

But we’re asking…