62. How to Unshame the Identified Patient in Your Home With David Bedrick - Part 2

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

Sending your kid away to treatment often comes with a lot of shame. The shame of not being a good enough parent, not being the person that can help them, and so on. This inner critic shows up in your head and can be incredibly loud, right?

I’m continuing my conversation with David Bedrick and we invite you to have a different look at this inner critic and the blame and shame we put on the decisions we’ve made. Because what is it really giving you? Is it helpful for you to blame yourself? Is it in any way helpful for your kid or your family? The answer is no, it isn’t.

Come and join this second part of my conversation with David in which we dive deeper into this and other concepts like seeing your kid both as a student and a teacher and unshaming the identified patient in your family. Embrace yourself to dive deep!

In this episode on unshaming the identified patient in your family, we discuss:

• Unshaming the identified patient in your family;
• The shame around sending your kid away;
• The unhelpful inner critic in our head;
• Seeing your kid as both a student and a teacher.

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And remember parents, the change begins with us.

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