Success is Subjective: Real People. Raw Stories. Embracing a Non-Linear Life!
Interviews of people who took a break from life at one point or another to get help, grow up, or just to reassess their life direction. Some guests struggled with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, a death in the family, or just decided college was not the place for them. These stories are all-to-real, and yet we don't talk enough about how common it is for those who took a gap year to defer college, went to college and took a break, or those who struggled launching into the workforce post-college graduation. This goes out to all the young adults and parents of young adults who are struggling and contemplating what will happen if they walk away right now.
Success is Subjective: Real People. Raw Stories. Embracing a Non-Linear Life!
Special Parent Series: Episode 223 with “Allison”
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. As a teacher, Allison chose her career path in part to be able to have more time with her children. She never imagined she’d be sending her 12-year-old son off to wilderness therapy and therapeutic boarding school for two years. But that is exactly what happened. As a 2-year-old who was bouncing off the walls and reckless in thought and action, his challenges were apparent from an early age and only grew in magnitude the older he got. On today’s Success is Subjective episode, Joanna and Allison discuss the treatment path of Allison’s son, and how his journey encouraged Allison to become a parent coach for those with children who also struggle.
Allison’s Resources:
The Parallel Process (book)
The Journey of the Heroic Parent (book)
Connect with Joanna Lilley
Therapeutic Consulting Association
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