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Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental Health
When your teen or young adult is misusing drugs or alcohol, you need more than just tactics—you need hope, healing, and a path forward for your entire family.
Hopestream delivers expert guidance and emotional support for parents navigating their child's substance use and mental health struggles. Hosted by Brenda Zane, Mayo Clinic Certified health coach and CRAFT-trained Parent Coach who nearly lost her son to addiction, this podcast goes beyond "how to get them into treatment" to address the…
Episodes
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthCommunicate Your Boundary With Calm, Confidence And Clarity, with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You did it the way we practice it. You listened, you validated, you said the compassionate and true thing, and then named your boundary…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHope and Heartbreak: A Nurse Mom Couldn’t Fix Her Son’s Addiction, with Tara Norbeck
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You know the mantra, even if you have never said it out loud: I can only be as happy as my unhappiest child. I held that one fiercely for…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthStrategies For Parenting A Stuck Young Adult, with Kim Muench
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You have probably been scanning for it for a while. The one consequence that will finally get your 25-year-old out of their room and into a…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthKratom, 7-OH and Gas Station Drugs: What Every Parent Needs to Know, with Dean Francis
ABOUT THE EPISODE: It's the green powder in the shaker bottle, the little blue shot by the register, the "herbal supplement" your kid bought for focus. If…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthThe Surprising Power Of Non-Reactivity, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: The morning of our move, the pods were in the driveway, my dad had shown up ready to work, and my son was barely awake and in no shape to…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhat Recovery Looks Like For Parents, with Janice
ABOUT THE EPISODE: If you’re parenting a young person struggling with substance and someone tells you that you need recovery too, it can land sideways since…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthFrom Self-Harm to Healing: A Highly Sensitive Girl’s Path to Recovery, with Ciara Fanlo
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You’ve heard some version of it: Leave me alone! I know what I am doing! You don't understand me!” Ciara Fanlo said all of that to her…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthParents: You Change First, Then Them, with Brook McKenzie
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You might already know what needs to change - or at least that something definitely needs to change in the dynamic with your child…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHis Mom’s Hard Boundary Drove His Recovery, with Darren Hobbs
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You‘ve probably watched your child make a decision so obviously terrible you could not understand how it made sense to them. Darren Hobbs…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhat Are Boundaries and Why Parents Need Them, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: This week's episode is a Summer Replay originally aired in 2023. You have rules. You have said them out loud, more than once. And somehow…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthSending Your Struggling Kid To College, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: This week's episode is a Summer Replay from 2025. There is a version of August that has been living in your head since they were small. The…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthSubstance Use Isn't the Whole Story, with Dr. Graham Husick
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Your kid has been to a program. Maybe two. Maybe four. Each one handed back a diagnosis list a little longer than the last, and none of it…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthBecoming Emotionally Sturdy When Your Child Struggles, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: There is a version of a house where everyone moves quietly. You time your questions. You read the door slam before you read the room. You…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthThe Guilt That Helps You and The Guilt That Just Hurts, with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You have probably rehearsed the apology. I'm sorry I didn't catch this sooner. I'm sorry I wasn't a better parent. I'm sorry this is…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthAnger: The Emotion You're Not Supposed To Feel But Definitely Do
ABOUT THE EPISODE: There's an emotion most of us are carrying that we don't talk about, because we're pretty sure we're not allowed to feel it. Anger. Anger at…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthTHC-Induced Psychosis: What Parents Need to Know Now
ABOUT THE EPISODE: This episode is long overdue, and I know many of you have been waiting for it. Over the past two to three years, the conversations in our…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthPractical Ways To Coach Yourself When Your Child Struggles With Alcohol or Drugs, With Cathy Cioth
You find the vape pen, or the pills, or the empty bottle at the bottom of the laundry basket. You take it, because that was the boundary. Within minutes your…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHard Conversations: Have Them Today, with Cathy Cioth
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…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthAfter Treatment: What the First 90 Days Really Look Like, with Beth Hillman
When Beth Hillman's son came home from wilderness treatment, the first crisis didn’t come from him. It came from her. Standing in the driveway, anxious and…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthA Love Letter for Parenting Kids Through Addiction, with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: There are days in this journey when the weight of it all becomes almost too much to carry. You are still showing up, still trying, still…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthThe Thing Your Kid Can’t Tell You When They’re Struggling, with Enzo Narciso
When my son Enzo was using fentanyl and Xanax and blowing up every structure I tried to build around him, I kept asking the wrong question. What I wasn’t…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental Health10 Self Coaching Questions for Parents of Kids Who Struggle With Mental Health and Substances, with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: There are moments in this journey when your coach isn't available, your therapist can't be reached, and the community is quiet. It's just…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthLetting Your Child Struggle and Choosing Love Over Fear, with Dr. Wes Robins
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Dr. Wes Robins sent me a text a few weeks ago, and I stopped what I was doing and read it twice. It was a piece he had written at his…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthConnect Before You Correct: Breaking Generational Patterns, with Lacey Tezino
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Lacey Tezino grew up believing her biological mother was dead. That’s what her family told her in the ‘80s when she was adopted, and she…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthInside Your Kid's Mind: Hidden Pain Behind Substance Use, with Brad McLeod
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Brad was 17, sitting in a psych ward for the second time, when a stranger told him about a program in Tennessee. He said no. He ran from a…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthCo-Dependency Isn’t What You Think, with Rawly Glass, LCSW
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Rawly Glass grew up in a home full of violence. At 16, he made a pact that he would figure out how to do things differently. He earned a…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthStuck After Treatment: Real Options Parents Overlook, with Will White
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Will White has been doing this work since last century, and he means that literally. Licensed since 1989, he has worked in group homes…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthMisreading Your Child's Substance Use: What Parents Get Wrong with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: I have sat with hundreds of moms who came to me at completely different points in their child's substance use, and the gap between them has…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental Health4 Things You’re Probably Googling if Your Child Struggles With Substances, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: There is a specific kind of searching that happens at 2am when you are a parent in the thick of it, typing symptoms and half-formed fears…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthIs Your Anxiety Making Your Kid's Addiction Worse?, with Maya Kruger
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Maya Kruger grew up knowing, in a way children simply know things, that mothers die. Her own mother had lost her mother suddenly at 26, and…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthYour Calm Is Your Child's Best Drug, with Hunter Clarke-Fields
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Hunter Clarke-Fields was a painter. She had a graduate degree in art education, a high school teaching job, and what looked from the outside…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthUsing CRAFT, Getting Results, Still Questioning: Coaching Episode
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When Marie's son was diagnosed with ADHD at eight, she did what devoted parents do. She learned everything and got to work. By the time weed…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhy Kids Get Estranged From Loving Families, with Sally Harris
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When Sally Harris’s middle daughter started down a dangerous path at 14, she did what most devoted mothers do. She fought hard to fix it…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhat’s Tough Love and Does It Work For Addiction? With Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Tough love. Two words that get thrown around constantly in the addiction world, and yet nobody can quite agree on what they mean. Kick them…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthAddiction Makes Sense to Your Child: Here's Why, with Jeremy French
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When I first heard about a woodworking apprenticeship as an addiction recovery program, I was skeptical. And then I sat down with Jeremy…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthTen Reasons You May Not Be Getting Results Using CRAFT, with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: This solo episode is my attempt to provide answers to the question of why some families see greater change than others when using the CRAFT…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthBreaking Down Wilderness Therapy Myths and Realities, with Trish Ruggles
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When parents hear "wilderness therapy," their minds often race to worst-case scenarios: punishment, boot camps, kids forced to survive in…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhen to Stop Rescuing Your Child From Addiction, With Campbell Manning
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When Campbell Manning's middle son entered detox the day before Valentine's Day, she genuinely believed he'd be "fixed" and home within a…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHelping Your Young Adult Child Choose Treatment With Less Resistance, with Joanna Lilley
ABOUT THE EPISODE: If you've been waiting for the right moment to bring up the idea of getting your young adult some support, and you're not sure how to do it…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHow Online Adult Content Impacts Youth, with Duane Osterlind
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When your child's phone becomes their constant companion, you might dismiss it as typical teenage behavior. But Duane Osterlind, LMFT with…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthBe Ready When Your Child Is Ready To Accept Help for Addiction, With Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: You've been waiting for your child to say they're ready to get help. You've imagined that conversation a thousand times, rehearsed what…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHow To Get Young People Ready for Real-World Sobriety, with Alex Zemeckis and Cannon Kristofferson
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When your child transitions from treatment back into everyday life, the real work begins. Alex Zemeckis and Cannon Kristofferson…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthGas Station Garbage, Hidden Substances, and Helping Teens Find Healthy Connection, with Sebastian Martin
ABOUT THE EPISODE: If you’ve ever felt uncertain about what your teen or young adult might be using—and how easily accessible today’s substances have…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthUse Motivational Interviewing To Prevent Parenting Burnout, with Jennifer Ollis Blomqvist
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When Jennifer Ollis Blomqvist discovered Motivational Interviewing (MI) in a Swedish women's prison 25 years ago, she found more than a…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthThe Hidden Casualties of Family Addiction Battles, with Brenda Zane
EPISODE DESCRIPTION: "When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers." This African proverb stopped me mid-scroll during a walk, and I saw my family's…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthRecognizing Warrior Moms With Adult Kids In Addiction, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When your journey with a child's substance use stretches into its second decade, you enter what we loving call "warrior mom" (or parent)…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthA New Way To Treat Trauma and Addiction, with Jan Winhall
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When Jan Winhall landed her first job running a group for incest survivors in a psychiatric ward, she discovered something revolutionary…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthThe Telepathy Tapes: Connection Can Defy Logic, But Not Love, with Betsy Hicks-Russ
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When your child's struggles shatter every paradigm you've held about communication, consciousness, and connection, where do you turn?…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthDon’t Get Distracted: Focus on The Right Things When Your Child Is Struggling with Substances, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: There's a certain shift that occurs when you stop charging at your child's substance use and instead learn to back in quietly, treats in…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthFostering Independence With Boundaries and Discomfort, with Nicole Runyon, LMSW
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Author and therapist, Nicole Runyon, LMSW, witnessed something that reshaped her entire career: loving, intact families were producing…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhy Can’t I Fix This? Eight Steps to Move From Wishing to Planning When Your Child Struggles with Addiction, with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Your 3am Google search spiral feels beyond frustrating when you're usually the one with answers. In this week's solo episode I acknowledge…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhen Your Child Doesn't Believe They're Ill: Understanding Anosognosia and Mental Illness, with Dr. Xavier Amador
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When your child doesn't believe they need help, finding a path forward can feel nearly impossible and is exhausting in every way. Dr. Xavier…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHow to Stop Normalizing Dangerous Behavior When Your Child Struggles With Addiction and Mental Health, with Dina Cannizzaro
EPISODE DESCRIPTION: If you've ever found yourself tiptoeing through your own home, rehearsing conversations to avoid triggering an explosion, or even putting…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhy Your Struggling Child Pushes You Away: The Attachment Connection, with Todd Sarner
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When a young person you love is struggling with substances or challenging behaviors, the instinct to fix everything can feel overwhelming…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthThink Like A Negotiator When Your Child Misuses Substances, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: In this episode Cathy and I discuss unique skills from the business world that can be applied to our relationships - especially one with a…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthAmber Hollingsworth: Put The Shovel Down When Your Kid Is Misusing Drugs and Alcohol
ABOUT THE EPISODE: If someone in your life has an unhealthy relationship with drugs and/or alcohol, you likely already know my guest for today’s episode -…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhat Parents of Struggling Kids Really Need, with Brenda Zane
ABOUT THE EPISODE: When your friend or family member has a child struggling with mental health and substance use, it can feel awkward and difficult to know how…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthHow Anxious Attachment Impacts Your Struggling Child, with Trevor Hanson
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Trevor Hanson had accumulated a pretty good life - from living on a beach in Hawaii, to getting a great job at Tesla and engaged to be…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthThe Best Way To Not Say or Do The Wrong Thing, At The Wrong Time, with Cathy Cioth
ABOUT THE EPISODE: We've all been there. A tense or heated conversation where something flies out of your mouth that you don't really mean, or you inflict your…
Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental HealthWhen Your Child Says, “No Thanks” to The Faith They Were Raised With, with Heather Frazier
ABOUT THE EPISODE: Substance use and recovery can shift every aspect of a young person's life - even the faith that has been deeply ingrained in someone’s…