Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC

For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. On today’s episode of Success is Subjective, Joanna hears from David, the parent of a daughter whose struggles became evident by the time she was a preteen. He talks about the challenge of distinguishing “normal pre/teen behavior” from behavior that indicates that a child may need support. David emphasizes the necessity of parents and families doing work themselves, parallel to their struggling child’s process. He also helps listeners evaluate the balance of protecting your struggling child’s privacy, while also making sure that you yourself have a supportive parent community. After a therapeutic boarding school and a wilderness therapy program, David takes pride in how far his whole family has come, and especially his daughter who is currently a high school freshman, succeeding without the support of a boarding school.

David’s Resources: 
Sky’s the Limit Fund
Rebekah Jordan of Crossbridge Education


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For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. Today’s episode is a conversation between Joanna and Claire. After the loss of her father, among other traumas, Claire’s daughter Hannah fell victim to severe depression and anxiety. It all came to a head during the isolation brought on by the Covid pandemic, when Hannah found herself struggling with the online format of education. This episode details the inspiring journey of a single mother, who spared no cost in her desperate search to find resources and support for her adult daughter. Tune in to hear Claire’s unique perspective as the parent of a 21 year old who attended residential treatment.

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For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. Today’s Success is Subjective episode is a conversation between Joanna and Jennifer Taylor. With a unique perspective as both a mom of a young adult with ADHD and Autism, and as a professional working in the therapeutic world, Jennifer brings great wisdom and insight to parents with children and teens who are struggling. She discusses her son’s journey, explaining that by 9th grade, when he was asked to leave his school, she had a crucial decision to make. Without delay in obtaining the resources her son needed in order to be successful, Jennifer and her now 23 year old son are able to enjoy the fruit of their labor after many years of turmoil. In closing, she encourages parents to befriend their grief and to practice self compassion, while remembering that progression is often incremental and sometimes it’s backward and forward.

Disclaimer: Please note that this special parent series is the parent perspective of their child’s mental health and/or substance abuse crisis. This is merely one perspective of a single story, and it’s important to know that names have been changed for the protection of the parents and the children. These episodes may include details surrounding suicide, self-harm, substance abuse including overdose, hospitalizations, psychotic episodes, and other traumatic experiences which include parts of the treatment journey. All that to say, listener discretion is advised!

Jennifer’s Resources:
JET ED Consulting 
Willows in the Wind Parent Support Group 
Upcoming release on Substack: “What do we do now?: Shitstorms in Parenting”

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For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. Having grown up as an only child, Dawn didn’t know fully what she was in for when she and her husband brought two boys into the world. When her boys were teenagers, they began experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Dawn initially thought that maybe this was just “boys being boys” or “typical teen stuff.” By his sophomore year, one of Dawn’s sons was experimenting with harder drugs and an undeniable pattern emerged: a few weeks of sobriety, followed by a bender of a similar length in time with life threatening outcomes. Dawn shares vulnerably with listeners the journey that she and her family have been on and also discusses her book, Chasing Carson, that details the family’s fight for Carson’s sobriety.

Disclaimer: Please note that this special parent series is the parent perspective of their child’s mental health and/or substance abuse crisis. This is merely one perspective of a single story, and it’s important to know that names have been changed for the protection of the parents and the children. These episodes may include details surrounding suicide, self-harm, substance abuse including overdose, hospitalizations, psychotic episodes, and other traumatic experiences which include parts of the treatment journey. All that to say, listener discretion is advised!


Dawn’s Resources and Contact Info: 
Dawn’s email: dmmcord2@ecommunity.com
Chasing Carson: A Family’s Journey Through Adolescence, Addiction and Recovery (book) 
Community Fairbanks Recovery Center
Emerald Arrow at Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness
One Oak Consulting
Balance House
Evoke Therapy 
Open Sky Wilderness 
Plumfund
Sky’s The Limit Fund
The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment (book) 


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For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. Today’s Success is Subjective guest is a parent who had not just one, but two of her children attend a therapeutic program. Helen shares the earliest signs of trouble that her son exhibited, and how self-medicating anxiety and depression escalated matters even further. After being dismissed from his boarding school, Helen took the advice of a therapeutic consultant and decided to enroll her son in a wilderness therapy program. Upon completion of the program, Helen’s daughter noticed a substantial difference in her brother and requested that she have the same therapeutic experience as he did. Tune in to hear more about this family's healing journey and why Helen feels that working with a therapeutic consultant was essential.

Disclaimer: Please note that this special series by parents is the parent perspective sharing mental health and substance abuse crisis with their adolescent or young adult children. These episodes may include content or topics around suicide, overdosing, and other traumatic experiences. Listener discretion is advised!

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For the entire month of May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Joanna is bringing you a special parent series, where she interviews parents whose children have overcome a variety of mental health challenges. Today’s episode of Success is Subjective is a conversation between Joanna and Missy, a mom of four. While Missy’s oldest three children experienced life in a way that didn’t provoke red flags, her youngest’s mental health was worrisome from an early age. “Diagnostically complicated,” determining the cause of and remedy for his challenges was anything but easy. After trying a multitude of approaches, medications and doctors, Missy’s son found acceptance and help at a residential treatment center that caters to kids with ADHD and executive functioning issues. In closing, Missy leaves parents with three powerful realizations that she wishes she had known at the start of her son’s journey. 
Disclaimer: Please note that this special series by parents is the parent perspective sharing mental health and substance abuse crisis with their adolescent or young adult children. These episodes may include content or topics around suicide, overdosing, and other traumatic experiences. Listener discretion is advised!
 
Missy’s Resources: 
Summit Achievement 
JET ED Consulting
Middlebridge School 
University of Denver - Learning Effectiveness Program
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