Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment

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  212. After Treatment Comes Real Life: Part 2 of Harrison Paletti's Story of College, Relapse, and Finding His Way Back 15.09.2026 1t 1min

  🍁 Small GROUP COACHING program starting October 6th & 7th, 2026 🍁 How to Influence Change: Small-group program for parents of struggling teens & young adults. Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groups I hope to see you there! What happens when your teen leaves treatment, goes to college, and suddenly has more freedom than they’ve had in years? For Harrison Paletta, the answer wasn’t a straight line, and his story is an important reminder that relapse aft...
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  211. A Struggling Teen's Perspective: How Harrison and His Parents Worked Together for Change - With Harrison Paletta 08.09.2026 1t 9min

  🍁 Small GROUP COACHING program starting October 6th & 7th, 2026 🍁 How to Influence Change: Small-group program for parents of struggling teens & young adults. Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groups I hope to see you there! What if you could sit down with your struggling teen and hear what was really going on inside their head? In this episode, Harrison Paletta gives us that rare perspective. When Harrison was a struggling teenager, he was using substa...
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  210. Relapse Is Imminent, But Your Teen Isn’t Back at Square One 01.09.2026 35min

  🍁 Small GROUP COACHING program starting October 6th & 7th, 2026 🍁 How to Influence Change: Small-group program for parents of struggling teens & young adults. Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groups I hope to see you there! You see old behaviors showing up again and your first thought is, “Oh no. Are we back here again?”. When you’ve worked so hard to support your struggling teen, a relapse, or even the return of an old pattern, can feel terrifying. Be...
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  209. Talking to Your Kids About Porn: Prevention Isn’t Enough With Jarrod Hoffman 25.08.2026 30min

  🍁 Small GROUP COACHING program starting October 6th & 7th, 2026 🍁 How to Influence Change: Small-group program for parents of struggling teens & young adults. Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groups I hope to see you there! Prevention isn’t going to protect your child from seeing porn. You might think that if you set parental controls, keep devices out of bedrooms, and have the “right” conversations about online safety, you can protect your child from ...
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  208. Teaching Emotional Resilience to Teens and Young Adults With Dr. Jerry Weichman 18.08.2026 41min

  🍁 Small GROUP COACHING program starting October 6th & 7th, 2026 🍁 How to Influence Change: Small-group program for parents of struggling teens & young adults. Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groups I hope to see you there! Teaching emotional resilience isn't about making your teen's life easier. On the contrary. t's about helping them discover they're capable of handling life's hardest moments. If you're parenting a struggling teen or young adult, tha...
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  207. Don't Wait for a Crisis: Building Support Before Your Teen Needs It 11.08.2026 38min

  When your family is in crisis, the last thing you want to do is start the orientation process of finding support. You need help - ASAP. So that time when things feel a bit calmer, and your teen seems to be doing okay, might actually be the best time to build the support system they'll need for the road ahead. In this episode, Seth Gottlieb joins me to explore why waiting until your family is in crisis often makes it harder to get the right help in place. We discuss the unique roles of t...
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  206. What's Behind Your Teen's Behavior? Looking Beyond the Lies, Anger & Power Struggles 04.08.2026 29min

  Your teen’s behavior is never just that. They’re not lying because they want to, they’re not missing curfew because they want to annoy you, and they’re not pulling you into power struggles because they enjoy it. There’s always something underneath the behavior, so let’s try to understand. As a parent, it's natural to react to the behavior that's right in front of you. After all, being lied to hurts. Anger feels personal. Deception feels like a betrayal. But when you stay focused on the behavi...
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  205. Your Teen Has ADHD... Now What? With Lisa Miller & Tatiana Guerreiro Ramos 28.07.2026 45min

  Receiving an ADHD diagnosis for your teen can bring a mix of relief, confusion, and a hundred new questions. What does it actually mean? How does ADHD show up beyond the stereotypes? And perhaps most importantly: how can you best support your teen without unintentionally making things harder? In this episode, I'm joined by ADHD and executive functioning specialists Lisa Miller and Tatiana Guerreiro Ramos to unpack what every parent should know about parenting a teen with ADHD. We explore why ...
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  204. Parenting a Child With Autism: The Small Moments That Shape a Lifetime With Brittany Moser & Brady Esham 21.07.2026 48min

  When your child is diagnosed with autism, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by questions about their future. Will they be okay? Am I doing enough? What actually helps? The encouraging truth is that it often isn't one big breakthrough that shapes your child's future. It's the small, everyday moments of consistency, belief, acceptance, and connection that leave the biggest impact over time. In this episode, I'm joined by Brady Esham, an autistic entrepreneur, mentor, and neuro-affirming systems arc...
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  203. Navigating Your Teen Driver's New Freedom and Responsibilities 14.07.2026 29min

  Handing your teen the keys to a car can feel like a huge milestone, for them and for you. It's exciting to watch them gain more independence, but if your teen has struggled in the past, it can also bring up a lot of fear. Can you trust them? Are you giving them too much freedom? What if something goes wrong? The truth is, there isn't one right answer. Every teen is different, every family is different, and every situation deserves its own thoughtful approach. But what if, instead of seeing a ...
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  202. Why Does My Teen Lie? Understanding the Behavior Behind the Lies 07.07.2026 39min

  Before your teen can tell the truth, they need to feel safe enough to do it. When your child lies, it's easy to feel hurt, betrayed, or even disrespected. But what if their lying isn't about manipulating you at all? What if it's simply their brain's attempt to avoid pain, shame, or consequences? In this episode, Seth and I unpack one of the most frustrating challenges parents face: lying. Drawing from our own experiences as both, believe it or not, former teens, and adults working with strugg...
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  201. Why Repairing Your Relationship With Your Teen Matters More Than Getting It Right With Emil Harker 30.06.2026 47min

  You probably spend a lot of energy trying to prevent mistakes, avoid conflict, and get parenting “right.” But what if the real goal isn’t perfection at all? In this conversation, therapist and parent coach Emil Harker and I explore why conflict, misunderstandings, and even parenting mistakes are not signs that you’re failing. In fact, they may be some of the most important opportunities you have to strengthen your relationship with your teen. We talk about the pressure parents feel to be perf...
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  200. Navigating the First 90 Days After Treatment: A Parent's Guide With Brenda Zane from Hopestream 23.06.2026 52min

  FREE online workshop - June 24 from 5-630MT Respond Like Yoda (When Your Kid Is Acting Like Vader) How to be grounded, avoid power struggles, and respond with clarity instead of reaction Register at https://bethhillmancoaching.com/yoda Bringing your teen home from treatment is something you've likely thought about for months. Maybe even longer. You miss them. You want them home. And yet, if you're honest, you're also terrified. What if they fall back into old patterns? What if treatme...
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  199. The Parenting Tools That Help Teens Build Resilience and Confidence With Dr. Jerry Weichman 16.06.2026 42min

  You want to help your teen be resilient and feel more confident and capable of handling life's challenges. But when they're struggling, whether with mental health, motivation, school, substances, or simply growing up, it's easy to slip into protection mode. You try to shield them from pain, solve their problems, and prevent mistakes before they happen. The problem? Confidence isn't built through protection. It's built through experience. In this conversation, I sit down with clinical ps...
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  198. Helping Teens Change Behavior: What Motivational Interviewing Can Teach Parents with Jarrod Hoffman 09.06.2026 37min

  Why is it that the harder you push for change, the more your teen seems to dig in their heels? If you've ever found yourself repeating the same conversations, giving advice that goes nowhere, or feeling exhausted by your teen's resistance, you're not alone. Most parents assume that if their child would just understand the consequences of their choices, they'd make better decisions. But change rarely works that way. In this episode, I sit down with therapist Jarrod Hoffman to explore what moti...
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  197. Intergenerational Narratives and Passing On Trauma to Our Children With Kellyn Smythe 02.06.2026 42min

  When you grow up inside fear, survival, instability, or emotional chaos, those experiences don’t just disappear when you become an adult. They quietly shape the stories you carry about safety, relationships, success, control, and even what it means to be a “good” parent. And without realizing it, you might begin to pass those same narratives on to your own children. In this deeply personal and thought-provoking conversation, I sit down with Kellyn Smythe to explore how intergenerational narra...
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  196. Understanding ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation in Teens & Young Adults With Debbie Murad 26.05.2026 44min

  Simple tasks that seem easy to you become overwhelming battles for your teen or young adult with ADHD. One small request turns into a massive blow-up. And when we don’t understand the ADHD brain, it can feel like they’re being disrespectful, lazy or even manipulative. In today’s episode, I’m joined by therapist and ADHD expert Debbie Murad to unpack what’s really happening underneath ADHD and emotional dysregulation in teens and young adults. Debbie explains why so many ADHD behaviors a...
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  195. Summer Scaffolding: Supporting Your Teen’s Transition Home From Treatment During Summer Break With Hilary Moses 19.05.2026 48min

  Summer can feel terrifying when you’re parenting a struggling teen or young adult. The routines disappear. Structure falls away. And suddenly you’re left wondering how to support your child without slipping into control, conflict, or constant anxiety. And if your teen is coming home from treatment? The pressure can feel even heavier. Today, I sit down with Hilary Moses to talk about what parents often misunderstand about summer break, especially when supporting a struggling teen during summer...
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  194. What It Feels Like to Come Home From Treatment (And Why Your Teen Is Struggling) With Casie Fariello 12.05.2026 39min

  You bring your child home from treatment and expect things to get better. But instead, everything feels off. They’re overwhelmed. Irritated. Withdrawn. Maybe even struggling more than you expected. You don’t understand. Why is this so hard? Did we do something wrong? This special episode will help you understand something most parents never fully see… until now. Because what your teen experiences coming home from treatment isn’t just a transition. It can feel disorienting, overstimulating, an...
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  193. Is This ODD or Normal Teen Behavior? With Brittney King 05.05.2026 41min

  Is your child pushing back, arguing over everything, ignoring rules, or seeming impossible to parent right now? It’s easy to wonder: Is this normal teen behavior… or something more serious like ODD? When conflict becomes the norm at home, many parents start fearing they’re losing their child. You might even feel like you’re failing as a parent. But not all defiance is ODD. Sometimes, what looks like defiance is actually normal development, emotional dysregulation, stress, or a family dynamic ...