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The Hardest Truth About Loving a Child With Addiction with KL Wells | EP 16

The Hardest Truth About Loving a Child With Addiction with KL Wells | EP 16

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In this episode, I sit down with leadership coach, TEDx speaker, author, and podcast host KL Wells for a powerful conversation about what it means to thrive while loving someone through addiction. KL’s experience with addiction spans generations—from growing up with a mother struggling with prescription medication, to a brother with addiction, an alcoholic husband, and eventually supporting her own son through addiction, incarceration, multiple rehabs, and recovery.Together, we explore how KL learned to stop trying to control the outcome and instead turn the lens inward. We talk about enabling, boundaries, unconditional love, emotional resilience, and why taking care of yourself isn’t abandoning the person you love. KL shares how she made the decision to build a life that could hold both the heartbreak of her son’s addiction and her own joy, purpose, and growth—and how that choice ultimately supported both of their healing._________________________________KEY TAKEAWAYS: Redefine what it means to help.Loving someone through addiction doesn’t always mean rescuing them. KL shares why saying no, stopping financial enabling, and allowing her son to experience consequences became some of the hardest—and most loving—choices she made.Their addiction doesn’t have to become your whole life. KL chose not to simply survive her son’s addiction, but to learn how to thrive alongside the uncertainty. Self-care, emotional regulation, community, and continuing to experience joy allowed her to stay grounded through years of crisis.You can’t control their recovery, but you can choose how you show up. KL couldn’t determine when or whether her son would recover, but she could choose the mother and person she wanted to be. By letting go of control while consistently reminding him that he was loved, she created a healthier relationship with both her son and herself._________________________________EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: parenting through addiction, loving someone with addiction, child addiction, young adult addiction, addiction recovery, parents of addicts, enabling addiction, addiction boundaries, stop enabling addiction, family addiction recovery, fentanyl addiction_________________________________⭐If this episode resonated with you, I invite you to subscribe and continue this journey with me. In future episodes, I’ll share personal reflections, practical tools, and conversations with other parents who are walking a similar path.You don’t have to do this alone. Let’s turn the lens inward, together._________________________________RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONEDFacebook | Voices In Courage | https://www.facebook.com/voicesincourageInstagram | KL Wells | instagram.com/kl.wellsLinkedIn | KL Wells | https://www.linkedin.com/in/klwells1/LinkedIn | Voices In Courage | https://www.linkedin.com/company/voicesincourageYouTube | Voices In Courage | https://www.youtube.com/@voicesincourageWebsite | voicesincourage.comMan’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl | https://www.amazon.ca/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X _________________________________CONNECT WITH MEFollow on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/heyitslisataylor/ Follow on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/lisa.taylor.ellet/ Check out my Website | https://www.glowingconfidence.com/ _________________________________CHAPTERS00:00 – Finding Peace During Addiction01:27 – KL’s Family Story04:03 – When Addiction Started Young06:56 – The Signs Something Was Wrong08:30 – Drug Psychosis and Jail12:12 – Choosing to Thrive14:14 – Loving Without Losing Yourself17:00 – Letting Go of Anger23:34 – Helping vs. Enabling27:15 – Rehab, Recovery and Rock Bottom36:26 – Where Parents Should Start45:17 – Taking Your Power Back
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