An Interview with Guest Jaclyn Brown: Part One
Guest Jaclyn Brown tells the story of her painful voyage through losing her brother to addiction. She's now a podcast host and a voice for advocacy.
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Stigma – Changing the Story
Stigma is a story someone makes up about a situation. CRAFT provides a framework, and helps you take the story apart and change it, Consciously addres…
Putting a Positive Spin on Negative Thinking
Your thoughts have power. Anxiety is a thought process. The tools you need are shifting negative thinking to positive, and emanating that positivity. …
Here Come the Holidays – How Do You Deal?
Holidays. Winter. How do you deal? Start by shifting expectations about how things might go, and who might be there. Have conversations about “softâ…
The Importance of Self-Care During Conflict
Times of crisis in conflict may seem like the worst times to practice self-care - yet in those moments, taking care of yourself is key to CRAFT. The m…
Speaking Up: The Compassionate Way
How do you communicate when you see problematic behavior? The key is intention: observing behavior, and pointing it out calmly and thoughtfully. The i…
Sectioning: When to Consider Forcing Your Loved One into Treatment
"Sectioning," or using the courts to force your loved one into treatment, is an extreme tool, and not optimal. It conflicts with some of the pillars o…
Giving Your Loved One Trust and Agency
Kayla and Laurie discuss short-term vs. long-term change -- start by working on one change in yourself rather than in your loved one, like focusing on…
Asking Effective Questions
Laurie and Kayla discuss questions that create space for your loved one rather than hemming them in. We may have brilliant ideas about what others sho…
Creating a Safe Space for Decision Making
You can help your loved one make decisions by creating a safe space -- by listening, being genuinely interested in their perspective, being non-judgme…