Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
Your guide to parenting a struggling teen or young-adult, whether they’re home, transitioning home, or presently in treatment.
Parents, say goodbye to exhausting confusion, overwhelm, panic and the unhelpful patterns that keep you and your family stuck. Learn how to develop healthy responses and set healthy boundaries with your teen instead of acting out of fear and anxiety.
Experience the relationship-changing power of focusing on your own behavior instead of futile attempts to control your teen.
Your guides to Parenting Post-wilderness are Beth Hillman, a life coach for parents of struggling teens and mom to a post-wilderness teen, and part-time co-host Seth Gottlieb, a wilderness therapy guide turned teen and young-adult recovery coach. Their unique combination of experience and training yields candid conversations chock full of practical, actionable tips and tools to smooth the challenges both parents and teens experience surrounding treatment.
Every week, you can expect conversations around:
- Parenting a struggling teen or young-adult;
- Setting healthy boundaries with your teen;
- Treatment options for your struggling teen or young adult;
- Bringing your kid home from treatment;
- Parenting skills to support your struggling child;
- Teen substance abuse, drug addiction, gaming addiction, suicidal ideation, or other teen mental health concerns;
- How to end power struggles and instead foster healthy communication with your teen or young-adult;
- And much more.
Listen in to discover how parents like you have learned to influence equanimity in the home and rebuild connections with the teens they love.
Connect with Beth on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or find more information about working with Beth at www.bethhillmancoaching.com.
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
140. Parenting a Teen vs a Young Adult: Nuanced Changes at Every Stage
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There’s a distinct shift that happens when your teen becomes a young adult, and it’s not just about age. Whether your child is living at home, in college, or fresh out of treatment, the transition from parenting a teenager to parenting a young adult is one of the most nuanced and challenging shifts we make as parents.
In this episode, Seth and I talk about what that transition looks like: what needs to change, what’s okay to hold onto, and how to release the parts of parenting that no longer serve our young adult children, or us as parents.
When your child turns 18 and the training wheels come off, it’s no longer about controlling their choices, it’s about trusting them to learn from them. And that often means letting go of the urge to rescue, even when we’re terrified of what might happen if we don’t step in.
“If your college kid is not doing well and we just cover it and protect them, … and we’re stepping in all the time, we’re not letting the brain learn.” - Beth Hillman
We explore what healthy boundaries look like at each stage: from high schoolers still living under your roof, to college students navigating their newfound independence, to young adults out in the world on their own.
In this episode on parenting a teen vs a young adult, we cover:
- What shifts when your teen becomes a young adult, and what that means for your role as a parent;
- How to move from teaching values to trusting growth;
- What accountability looks like for teens vs. young adults;
- Why letting natural consequences play out is essential for development;
- How to recognize when you’re rescuing vs. supporting;
- The internal work required to stop overstepping and start letting go;
- How to raise a self-sufficient human being by leading with trust;
- And more.
Looking for support?
🗺️Need help setting healthy boundaries with your teen AND following through? My free guide will help you do so by creating your own Parent Home Plan!
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And remember, parents, the change begins with us.
🌱 LIVE Online Workshop 'Resolve The Cycle of Conflict' 🌱
May 2nd & 16th, 2025
Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/conflictworkshop
I hope to see you there!
