LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships
If you’re a parent of a young adult, are these questions keeping you up at night;
How can I become the best parent to my kids? How can I improve my communication with them? How can we connect better? How can I help them to become more confident, resilient and independent? What can I do to motivate them? Why don't they respect me? Why don't they want to hang out with me?
If you're searching for these answers, this podcast is for you. I'm Shari Jonas and this is LAUNCH. Where I offer honest, no BS parenting tips that will help you to raise your adult child with confidence (regardless of whether they're living with you or on their own) and become the best parent you can be.
I address the most relevant, challenging and deeply personal issues that parents are facing with their young adults. Each episode offers real-life stories, research-based strategies, and no BS advice that will help you to become the parent that your adult child ALWAYS turns to, someone they love to spend time and, someone who will guide them to becoming confident, resilient, independent and capable of thriving in the world.
Join me each week as I tell it like it is. No sugar coating. Real talk. Let's face it, parenting can be hard work, especially because we're figuring it out every day. We're learning as we go, and we can always be better. I hope to inspire you, give you the confidence you need to connect with them, and to educate you when you need a little guidance. Sometimes I have amazing guests, other times, it's just me; a Mom of 2 grown kids, who practically raised my children alone. As an educator, author and parenting consultant, I know what it takes to build incredible relationships, while guiding them through life's challenges, and I want to share it all with you.
If you're ready to help your young adult overcome obstacles, while becoming the best parent you can be, listen in to LAUNCH: No BS Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Becoming Better Parents
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LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships
#19: Parenting Through Alcohol Addiction: One Mother’s Journey of Personal Growth Through Her Son’s Struggle to Sobriety
What do you do when your young adult calls and confesses that alcohol is destroying their life - and they're 1,000 miles away?
In this deeply heartfelt and insightful episode, we explore one mother’s real-life experience parenting her young adult son through alcohol addiction—and the personal growth, mindset shifts, and lessons she learned that can help other parents facing similar struggles.
This is not just a story of addiction and recovery. It’s a story of a parent who realized that her role had to shift. My guest, Kim Muench, opens up about the pain of letting go, the struggle of rewriting her limiting beliefs and the lifelong parenting patterns that Kim had to work through in order to heal herself and find the strength to help her son.
Over time, Kim realized that supporting her son meant not rescuing him, but changing herself. What emerged was a new way of showing up for her adult child—with clarity, compassion, and boundaries.
You’ll hear firsthand what it's like to love your adult child through their addiction. To stand beside them without losing yourself. To shift from control to connection.
This episode is filled with calm insights, personal reflections and grounded wisdom for any parent who is walking alongside a struggling young adult—especially when the path feels heavy, uncertain, and overwhelming. We talk about how to love without enabling, how to stay close without controlling, and how to find peace as a parent even when your child is in crisis.
Whether you're currently navigating this road, you know someone going through this, or you want to understand the deeper realities of parenting through addiction, this conversation will be a guiding light...as long as you (or they) are prepared to do the work to heal the childhood wounds.
If you want to learn how to build strength, resilience, and emotional clarity in your parenting even under the most difficult circumstances —this conversation is for you.
Kim Muench's book, "Becoming Me While Raising You: A Mother's Journey to Her Self" is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737522012?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
🫂If your young adult is struggling with alcohol, consider checking out Al-Anon. It’s a safe, anonymous space for parents to find support, clarity, and connection. Click the link here: https://al-anon.org/
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