Living While Loving Your Child Through Addiction

Heather Ross

heather@heatherrosscoaching.com

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Booking Overview

A parent-focused, evidence-based show about responding to a child’s substance use with compassionate, nervous-system informed approaches instead of “tough love.” The host offers practical tools (e.g., CRAFT and related skills) and creates a space for recovery-through-relationship stories.

Metrics

Episodes: 138

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Contact Information

heather@heatherrosscoaching.com

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Host

Heather Ross - Heather Ross is a coach (Heather Ross Coaching) who supports parents and families navigating a child’s substance use. Her work emphasizes compassionate, evidence-based approaches such as CRAFT, ner...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Parents/caregivers with lived experience plus credibility through education/participation in evidence-based family approaches (e.g., CRAFT/DBT, nervous system regulation) or family recovery advocacy organizations.
Required Achievements:  
Published or widely shared recovery through relationship story, Experience supporting families through CRAFT or comparable evidence-based skills, Involvement with recovery advocacy/documentary/education resources

Recent Guest Discussions

Pam Lanhart - Stopping The 'tough Love' Narrative; Relationship Repair; Impact Of Trauma On Parenting Responses; Boundaries Vs Punishment; Nervous System Regulation; CRAFT And DBT Skills; Healing After Loss And Finding Peace Without Regret.

Recent Topics

Substance Use, Recovery, Parenting, Trauma, Addiction

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Living While Loving Your Child Through Addiction
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EP134 Recovery Through Relationship With Pam Lanhart

May 11, 2026

Series: The Families We Don't Hear About: Recovery Through RelationshipFor decades, families have been told that love, support, and staying connected to a child struggling with substance use is “enabling” and that there’s only one way to help. We don’t hear enough about families that are going against that narrative and choosing recovery through relationship instead. This is the first episode in an ongoing series meant to elevate those voices.In this episode, Pam Lanhart shares what happe...

EP 133 Why Your Child's Behavior Hijacks Your Mood

April 15, 2026

If you feel like your mood, energy, and entire day depend on your child’s behavior, you’re not alone. Many parents of children struggling with substance use find themselves constantly reacting, walking on eggshells, overthinking every interaction, and waiting to see what happens next before they can feel okay.In this episode, Heather breaks down why this pattern happens and how it keeps you stuck in stress, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion. She shares how shifting out of reaction mode can he...

EP 132 You're Not Codependent

March 29, 2026

You're Not Codependent. You're Conditioned. There's a difference.If you've ever asked yourself :Why am I like this? Why can't I calm down? Why do I keep reacting when I swore I wouldn't? Those questions have answers and they're not "you're codependent" or "you just need to detach." Actual answers that finally help you understand yourself.What you'll hear in this episode is something most people in this space aren't saying. The way you respond to your child's substance use isn't a character fl...

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