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Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
Beth Hillman | Parent Coach for Parents of Struggling Teens
176 episodes
5 days ago
When your kid keeps struggling and nothing seems to change, it’s natural to focus all your energy on them. Their choices. Their behavior. Their refusal to do things differently. But have you ever tried looking at your own part? Because even though it might feel unfair, change in families often starts with the parents. In this episode, Seth and I talk about what happens when families feel stuck in repeating patterns with your teen, even maybe after therapy, treatment, boundaries, and countless...
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When your kid keeps struggling and nothing seems to change, it’s natural to focus all your energy on them. Their choices. Their behavior. Their refusal to do things differently. But have you ever tried looking at your own part? Because even though it might feel unfair, change in families often starts with the parents. In this episode, Seth and I talk about what happens when families feel stuck in repeating patterns with your teen, even maybe after therapy, treatment, boundaries, and countless...
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Kids & Family,
Society & Culture,
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Episodes (20/176)
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
175. Stuck in Repeating Patterns With Your Teen or Young Adult? Our #1 Parenting Advice
When your kid keeps struggling and nothing seems to change, it’s natural to focus all your energy on them. Their choices. Their behavior. Their refusal to do things differently. But have you ever tried looking at your own part? Because even though it might feel unfair, change in families often starts with the parents. In this episode, Seth and I talk about what happens when families feel stuck in repeating patterns with your teen, even maybe after therapy, treatment, boundaries, and countless...
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5 days ago
24 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
174. Parenting a Teen With Borderline Personality Disorder With Mom Michelle
✨ 6-week Boundaries Masterclass ✨ Starting January 13th -- Early Bird price until December 31st! 👉🏼 Click here to sign up, or go to bethhillmancoaching.com/boundariesmasterclass I hope to see you there! If you’re parenting a teen with a mental health condition, like borderline personality disorder, you may recognize the constant confusion: Is this normal? Am I helping, or making it worse? Why does nothing seem to work? In this episode, I’m joined by Michelle Park, a mom who courageously sha...
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1 week ago
36 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
173. Deciding Whether to Send Your Teen to Treatment (Again)
It’s never an easy decision to send your struggling child to treatment, whether it’ll be their first time or their tenth. As a parent, you’re exhausted, scared, unsure what’s actually best, and constantly questioning whether things are really as bad as they feel, or if you’re just out of options. Today, Seth and I sit down for a short conversation on what so many parents silently carry: the fear of failing your child, the worry about keeping them safe, the confusion about what’s “normal,” and...
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2 weeks ago
13 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
172. Learning to Trust Yourself Again After Trauma and Conditioning, For Teens & Parents, with Jake Wood
What if the behaviors you see in your struggling teen aren’t just “problems,” but signs that the identity they were given no longer fits? What if their resistance, shut-down, or self-destructive choices are really the early stages of something Jake Wood knows all too well: the painful beginning of learning to trust yourself again after trauma, addiction, and conditioning? In today’s conversation, Jake returns to share the part of his story most parents never get to hear from their own child: ...
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3 weeks ago
47 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
171. Rethinking Labels, Teen Drug Addiction, Shame, and the Soul with Jake Wood
Before your child has the chance to understand who they truly are, the world is already telling them what they are. Jake Wood knows this firsthand, and his story turns our whole conversation about teen drug addiction upside down. In one of the favorite interviews I’ve ever done, I sit down with transformation guide Jake Wood to explore a perspective on teen drug addiction that most parents never hear: one rooted not in pathology, shame, or “fixing,” but in soul, story, and deep humanity. “Sha...
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1 month ago
51 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
170. How to Stop Negotiating With Your Teen, Break the “Just This Once” Pattern & Hold Boundaries
Does your teen always have one more promise, one more deal, or ‘just this once’ plea? You’re not imagining it. The moment you start negotiating with your teen, you’re pulled into a messy family dynamic that almost never works out the way you hope it will. In this episode, Seth and I talk about why these IOUs, bargains, and “I swear I’ll do it tomorrow” promises fall apart so quickly, and why they often leave you feeling resentful, confused, or taken advantage of. And more importantly, how can...
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1 month ago
26 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
169. How to Express Emotions to Your Child in a Healthy Way with Therapist Dana VanRenterghem
✨ Free 4-week workshop for parents of teens and young adults: Stop Enabling & Start Supporting — Your Young Adult in 2026. Hosted by Not Therapy (former “troubled teens” turned coaches who’ve supported 70+ teens/YAs) and parent coach Beth Hillman. Register for free → https://form.typeform.com/to/CR6KyeKY You want to be honest with your child… but when emotions run high, it can be hard to know where the line is between healthy emotional expression and unintentionally putting a burden on ...
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1 month ago
26 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
168. Your Teen Deserves a Fresh Start: How to Rebuild Trust After Treatment with Colin MacDonald
✨ Free 4-week workshop for parents of teens and young adults: Stop Enabling & Start Supporting — Your Young Adult in 2026. Hosted by Not Therapy (former “troubled teens” turned coaches who’ve supported 70+ teens/YAs) and parent coach Beth Hillman. Register for free → https://form.typeform.com/to/CR6KyeKY So much work happens during treatment, but the real test begins when your child comes home. The patterns that once kept your family stuck can easily reappear unless you intentionally cr...
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1 month ago
35 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
167. What Parents Need to Know About Teen Drug Addiction with Former Addicts Josh and Heidi Case
What do former addicts wish their parents had done differently? Josh and Heide Case are joining us today to explore that question. Both Heidi and Josh began using as teens and spent decades navigating addiction before finding lasting recovery. Their stories are raw, real, and filled with moments every parent of a struggling teen can learn from. Now, through their platform and podcast Sober.Buzz, they’re using those experiences to help families better understand what’s really happening beneath...
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2 months ago
43 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
166. How to Pause Before Reacting to Your Teen or Young Adult Kid
You’ve probably found yourself reacting before you even realize what’s happening countless times. I certainly have. Those fast, heated moments, when your blood boils, your breath shortens, and everything speeds up, can feel impossible to stop. And before you know it, you’re in a reactive back-and-forth with your teen or young adult kid. But what if things could go differently? In this episode, Seth and I talk about one of my favorite parenting tools of all time: learning how to pause before r...
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2 months ago
29 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
165. Don’t Loosen Boundaries When Your Teen’s Doing Well — Here’s Why
When your teen starts doing better (going to school, staying sober, following through), it’s natural to breathe a sigh of relief. It’s also natural for your teen or young adult to plead their case and ask you to loosen the boundary. But that’s the trap many parents fall into: they loosen the boundaries that helped create that progress in the first place. Today, Seth and I unpack the psychology behind this “everything’s fine now” mindset and why it can quickly unravel the stability your family...
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2 months ago
24 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
164. Parenting Your Teen After Treatment: Rebuilding Trust and Letting Go of Fear With Colin MacDonald from Not Therapy Coaching
You want to trust your teen again when they come back from treatment, but every setback and every little misstep can send your mind spiraling back to worst-case scenarios. Luckily, we’re joined again by Colin MacDonald from Not Therapy Coaching to explore what it really looks like to parent your teen after treatment, and how to make sure fear doesn’t take over. He shares powerful mindset shifts for parents and offers practical ways to focus on what’s actually happening, rather than cata...
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2 months ago
31 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
163. Teen Suicide and a Parent’s Journey Through Grief With Andy Campbell
Teen suicide is every parent’s worst nightmare. Andy Campbell lived through it when his 18-year-old son took his own life. “I used to tell my son, ‘make any decision you want, but not the irreversible decision’, until he did.” - Andy Campbell Andy shares his story with raw honesty, describing the years of living with his son’s suicidal thoughts, the heartbreaking day of his death, and the painful yet powerful lessons he has learned since. As we talk, Andy shares about the illusion of control ...
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2 months ago
47 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
162. The Truth About Wilderness Therapy With 'Forest for the Trees' Filmmakers Mark Strauss & Vince Dixon
Stories about wilderness range from life-saving transformations to devastating failures, and often, the loudest voices online lean toward fear and controversy. That’s why I’m so excited to be joined by filmmakers Mark Strauss and Vince Dixon, co-directors of the upcoming documentary Forest for the Trees: The Truth About Wilderness Therapy. With lived experience of loss, addiction, and healing in their own families, Mark and Vince share why they felt compelled to create a film that tells the w...
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3 months ago
43 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
161. Surviving Teen Addiction: One Family’s Path Through Wilderness and Recovery With Dawn McCord
When your teen is caught in the cycle of substance abuse, it can feel like you’re living in a nightmare you can’t wake up from. You find yourself wondering: Is this just normal teenage behavior? Or is something much bigger going on? I remember asking myself those same questions when my own son was struggling. That’s why this conversation with Dawn McCord resonated so deeply for me. Dawn is a fellow mom who’s walked the exhausting, heartbreaking path of teen addiction. Her son Carson went from...
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3 months ago
42 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
160. Why Psychological Testing for Teens Matters: Getting the Right Diagnosis With Liz Griffith
Misdiagnosis, trial-and-error medication, and treatment plans that miss the real issue are realities many families haave to face, even though the last thing you want is guesswork when it comes to your struggling teen’s or young adult’s care. That’s where psychological testing comes in. In this conversation with Liz Griffith, owner of Psychological Solutions, we dive into why comprehensive psychological testing for teens is such a critical piece of the puzzle. Liz shares how accurate testing h...
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3 months ago
32 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
159. Helping Your Teen Build Independence and Resilience With Virginia Townsand
You want to protect your child and give them a better life than you had. But sometimes, those good intentions backfire, leaving our teens less capable, less confident, and more dependent than we ever wanted. In this conversation with licensed clinical counselor and life coach Virginia Townsand, we explore how over-helping can unintentionally create learned helplessness, and what you can do instead to foster independence and resilience in your teen. Virginia and I talk about the difference bet...
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3 months ago
29 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
158. Are You Helping or Enabling? How to Support Your Struggling Teen Or Young Adult Kid Without Rescuing
You step in to help, ease your kid’s struggles, but is your help actually helpful or is it keeping your struggling teen or young adult from making the changes they need most? You want the best for them, but how can you influence internal change? It’s a painful truth many parents don’t realize: sometimes “help” becomes enabling. By rescuing your struggling teen from discomfort, whether through financial support, extra comforts, or stepping in to soften the consequences, you may unintentionall...
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4 months ago
28 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
157. Is This Normal Teen Behavior? A Parent’s Guide to Knowing the Difference, With Therapist Jen Murphy
Ever wondered if your teen’s latest mood swing, eye roll, or total shutdown is just part of growing up or a sign that something deeper is going on? You’re not alone. Parents ask me about normal teen behavior almost daily, especially when past struggles or treatment make it harder to tell what’s typical and what’s cause for concern. In this conversation with therapist and parent coach Jen Murphy, we explore how understanding human growth and development stages can take the guesswork (and the ...
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4 months ago
38 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
156. Understanding Why Teens Lie, With Therapist Dana VanRenterghem
When your teen lies to you, it can feel like a betrayal, whether it’s about doing the dishes, where they were last night, or something much bigger. But what if their dishonesty isn’t a sign of disrespect, but a sign of something deeper? Today, therapist Dana VanRenterghem is back to unpack the emotional complexity behind why teens lie. From little white lies to big cover-ups, together we explore what’s often happening beneath the surface: fear, shame, and the deep need for connection. And wi...
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4 months ago
31 minutes

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
When your kid keeps struggling and nothing seems to change, it’s natural to focus all your energy on them. Their choices. Their behavior. Their refusal to do things differently. But have you ever tried looking at your own part? Because even though it might feel unfair, change in families often starts with the parents. In this episode, Seth and I talk about what happens when families feel stuck in repeating patterns with your teen, even maybe after therapy, treatment, boundaries, and countless...