1 hr 9 min
Season 2 - Episode 14 : Healing Addictions as a Creative Family Project with Beth Syverson What I Didn't Tell My Therapist - REBOOT
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- Spirituality
What do you do when Addiction plays too big a role in your family? Start a podcast of course! Beth Syverson and her son Joey have used their SAFE HOME PODCAST as a powerful tool to explore and share healing, communication and information to help other families avoid the same pitfalls they have experienced. Their podcast covers rarely discussed perspectives on addiction, adoption trauma, bullying, addiction relapse, over-the-counter addictions and so much more. In today's show Beth discusses how her own struggle with sugar and workaholism and her own healing journey with Buddhism and therapy has given her the insight to maintain a compassionate and supportive connection with Joey. She explains how the addictions have come about as a result of adoption trauma and racist bullying directed toward Joey as a Japanese-American and that these root traumas, until they are healed can cause dysregulation that needs soothing. Since his middle-school years Joey has struggled with suicidal ideation, and attempted suicide multiple times. The pain has been real and led abuse of over-the-counter drugs, psychadelics, marijuana, among other substances. Beth points out that just because a child or adult has substance abuse issues, it doesn't make them bad - but it does point out that they are in pain. And it is the pain that needs to be addressed not the character or morality of the person. During the podcast we also discuss the reality that our American culture rewards individuals for some addictions like workaholism, heavily punishes us for street drug abuse, and is neutral about sugar addiction. And there is the ironic reality that many of the pharmaceuticals that are pushed upon people with mental health challenges are as toxic and addictive and sometimes more so than marijuana or some other illegal substances. This is such an important show, because addiction touches all of us personally in ways we need to better understand!
To see how a family can maintain bonds through real life struggles, while also maintaining their own principles and prioritizing healthy and not co-dependent relationships, check out this show Episode 14 and then pop over and binge on Beth and Joey's SAFE HOME PODCAST.
Please Share the show on social media, as well as with friends and family! And take the time to subscribe and rate on either Spotify or Apple Podcasts so our message gets out to more people who need it!
You can find What I Didn't Call My Therapist on all major podcast platforms! And please subscribe, share, and RATE 5 stars where you can! You can also find us on Instagram @whatididnttellmytherapist. And stay tuned for our YouTube channel of the same name for videos of the pods - with some outtakes.
To learn more about workshops, resources for adoptive parents or contact Beth for speaking engagements, or support her and Joey's work on the podcast please visit : https://www.safehomefamilies.com/
You can also follow the Safe Home Podcast on :
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYoW-LxFFes2EX71ENcFVCQ
Instagram - @safe_home_podcast
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SafeHomePodcast
Catch Jude Gorini's :
Instagram - @jude_gorini_
The Krazy Beautiful Show podcast - on All podcast platforms & Instagram - @tkrazybeautifulshow
Catch Leela Davis's :
Website - LeelaDavis.com
Instagram - @mypeaceofsanity
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What do you do when Addiction plays too big a role in your family? Start a podcast of course! Beth Syverson and her son Joey have used their SAFE HOME PODCAST as a powerful tool to explore and share healing, communication and information to help other families avoid the same pitfalls they have experienced. Their podcast covers rarely discussed perspectives on addiction, adoption trauma, bullying, addiction relapse, over-the-counter addictions and so much more. In today's show Beth discusses how her own struggle with sugar and workaholism and her own healing journey with Buddhism and therapy has given her the insight to maintain a compassionate and supportive connection with Joey. She explains how the addictions have come about as a result of adoption trauma and racist bullying directed toward Joey as a Japanese-American and that these root traumas, until they are healed can cause dysregulation that needs soothing. Since his middle-school years Joey has struggled with suicidal ideation, and attempted suicide multiple times. The pain has been real and led abuse of over-the-counter drugs, psychadelics, marijuana, among other substances. Beth points out that just because a child or adult has substance abuse issues, it doesn't make them bad - but it does point out that they are in pain. And it is the pain that needs to be addressed not the character or morality of the person. During the podcast we also discuss the reality that our American culture rewards individuals for some addictions like workaholism, heavily punishes us for street drug abuse, and is neutral about sugar addiction. And there is the ironic reality that many of the pharmaceuticals that are pushed upon people with mental health challenges are as toxic and addictive and sometimes more so than marijuana or some other illegal substances. This is such an important show, because addiction touches all of us personally in ways we need to better understand!
To see how a family can maintain bonds through real life struggles, while also maintaining their own principles and prioritizing healthy and not co-dependent relationships, check out this show Episode 14 and then pop over and binge on Beth and Joey's SAFE HOME PODCAST.
Please Share the show on social media, as well as with friends and family! And take the time to subscribe and rate on either Spotify or Apple Podcasts so our message gets out to more people who need it!
You can find What I Didn't Call My Therapist on all major podcast platforms! And please subscribe, share, and RATE 5 stars where you can! You can also find us on Instagram @whatididnttellmytherapist. And stay tuned for our YouTube channel of the same name for videos of the pods - with some outtakes.
To learn more about workshops, resources for adoptive parents or contact Beth for speaking engagements, or support her and Joey's work on the podcast please visit : https://www.safehomefamilies.com/
You can also follow the Safe Home Podcast on :
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYoW-LxFFes2EX71ENcFVCQ
Instagram - @safe_home_podcast
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SafeHomePodcast
Catch Jude Gorini's :
Instagram - @jude_gorini_
The Krazy Beautiful Show podcast - on All podcast platforms & Instagram - @tkrazybeautifulshow
Catch Leela Davis's :
Website - LeelaDavis.com
Instagram - @mypeaceofsanity
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/widtmtpodcast/message
1 hr 9 min