Author: Amy Stephan
Concerned about a loved one? 5 ways to provide them support over the holidays
The holidays can be stressful for everyone. The stress can be elevated if you have a family member or friend who is in recovery, whether long-term or more recent, and especially if the behavioral issue is ongoing. In this final blog in our three-part series about how to manage holiday stress, we’ll share five tips […]
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4 ways to reduce holiday stress
The holidays are a time to show those you love how much you care, by buying gifts (sometimes unnecessarily), creating crafts and elaborate treats, hosting events in your home, saying yes to another get-together with friends or neighbors, and basically “doing it all.” The stress that comes with this can cause extreme exhaustion. Some of […]
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6 Tips to Minimize Family Drama During the Holidays
My husband and I were talking about the upcoming holidays and that we were determined to make them “good” again and to try to have a wonderful time with family. This seems to be our conversation most years and no matter what your family situation is, or what your experience has been over the holiday […]
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Helping Families Help Their Kids
Faith communities are uniquely positioned to provide parents with resources. Here at FRrē, we partner with churches and spiritual and faith communities to provide resources to families struggling with their relationships in the family system. Often, the issues causing distress center around adolescents and parents. Teenagers today are experiencing a lot of stress, and when […]
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Tips for Schools to Help a Student Struggling with Addiction or Mental Illness
Teachers and counselors have one of the busiest jobs trying to keep track of all of their students, their assignments, tests, attendance, etc. What about their students’ health, physically and mentally? So much emphasis is placed on academic achievement and college prep, I think sometimes the mental wellbeing of the student is lost. Kids today […]
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Young People Do Recover
Hear from a couple that felt lost and were at their wits end. Tim and Sue knew they needed to find help for their son who was struggling. After engaging with the staff at FRrē they quickly realized they needed to heal and grow themselves, before providing that help for their son. They learned more effective […]
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Unintended Consequences
When I came to work for Family Recovery Resource Experts in January, I knew a little bit of “therapy lingo,” but not as a licensed practitioner. Coming into the role of marketing and outreach, I began to soak up every little thing I could to be able to convey our message correctly and really understand […]
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Enabling Negative Behavior
Enabling is a term you hear quite a bit in the recovery community. It comes with a negative connotation. Family and friends are warned not to enable. When I think of enabling, I typically think, “that’s something I should stop” or “enabling is negative.” Enabling, by definition, is to give (someone or something) the authority […]
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Acceptance Is Key to Family Recovery
About a year ago, at a graduation ceremony for a recovery high school, I heard a story from a mother talking about her experience accepting her daughter’s path down the road of addiction and recovery. It resonated with me so much I remember it clearly even a year later. I want to share a version […]
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