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A podcast for parents who know their young adult was made for more — and want the mindset, strategy, and confidence to help them get there.
The King Maker Pep Talk is where parents of young adults come to regroup, reset, and get real direction.
If your son or daughter is drifting, stuck, underperforming, unmotivated, or capable of far more than they’re showing… this is your space.
Created by Richard Jones, RN — the mind behind Parenting Your Child in Recovery and the King Maker Program — this podcast offers short, powerful sessions designed to help you:
• Understand what today’s young adults are REALLY up against
• Shift from worry and frustration to structure and strategy
• Learn the “parent side” of building agency, direction, and accountability
• Support your young adult without arguing, rescuing, or controlling
• Use the principles of the King Maker Program to strengthen influence at home
• Become the steady voice that helps them move from potential to purpose
Every episode is a pep talk — direct, honest, and grounded in decades of real-world experience with young adults in crisis, transition, and transformation.
This is not another “parenting tips” podcast.
This is where parents become king makers:
Adults who know how to guide, support, and encourage young men and women into confidence, leadership, and a future they can own.
If you’ve ever said to yourself,
“I know my child can do more — I just don’t know how to reach them,”
you’re in the right place.
Welcome to The King Maker Pep Talk —
where hope becomes strategy,
and strategy becomes transformation.
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Send us a text Transformation is needed when circumstances and results suck. But how do you achieve transformation when the who, when, where, and why of change have not been defined, agreed to, or believed? In this podcast, I want to discuss the qualities of a genuine transformation, the distinction between primary and secondary transformation, and the three immediate steps necessary to bring a lasting transformation into focus and into practice. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no s...
Send us a text This podcast is a review of a show I just did with James Moffitt of the “ABCs of Parenting Adult Children” Podcast. James is a good friend who is doing magnificent work. I am proud to sponsor his show and his work. I'd like to take a few minutes to discuss my mission, my 'why,' and illustrate some of the basic tenets of Leveraged-Based, Tapered Life Management. ATTENTION: FOR PARENTS of Young Adults 17–24 at risk, in trouble, or in transition into adulthood. “You’ve T...
Send us a text Give your Young Adult A Competitive Edge Providing your young adult with a competitive edge should be your top priority. The first step is to set aside your negative perceptions, prejudices, and past injuries and focus on providing the Tools, weapons, knowledge, and Support necessary to ensure the best possible future. Anything else is a roadblock ATTENTION: FOR PARENTS of Young Adults 17–24 at risk, in trouble, or in transition into adulthood. 🚨 Substance use ?, tr...
Send us a text Your Pain Point!. The goal is not to upset you any more than you already are. The goal is to make your solution aware of the issue. The goal is to let you know that you can fix this problem, but unfortunately, we sometimes agitate feelings of guilt, shame, and blame. There is a mindset that allows you to understand this dynamic and still not waste precious moments recovering, fixing, and eliminating the source of pain. Keep reading below. Section 2: FOR PARENTS of Young A...
Send us a text When the mission is unclear, the work is that much harder. To use a football analogy, Our current system wants to teach our young adults how to do a great endzone dance and spike the ball, but we don't want to teach the basics of blocking and tackling. Blocking is recognizing and blocking out distractions. Blocking out those who have doubtful words and actions against Your child's recovery efforts. Tackling involves aggressively taking actions that change habits, which in...
Send us a text Preparing Your Young Adult to Handle Hidden Resistance One of the most overlooked but critical parts of preparing a young adult for lasting recovery—or any serious self-improvement—is helping them understand how people around them might react when they start to change. We expect enemies and strangers to doubt them. We don't always expect that some of the toughest resistance will come from people who love them. Sometimes, when a young adult starts showing real growth—building be...
Send us a text In today's podcast, I will discuss the third vital part of communication: Creativity. Communication is not limited to what you take in, hear, see, and feel, and what you put out in the form of speaking, writing, and expressions but what you put out for the work to consume. Without the ability to determine and execute your creative expression, your young adult is doomed to frustration. This seminar series is not about traditional rehab models. Instead, it’s ab...
Send us a text In today's episode, I want to throw it back to my first full podcast. I talked about the five things I wanted you to know about the show. At the start of this journey, which commences on September 14th, 2020, I didn't know what I was doing, much like now, but I was optimistic, much like now. It was always about making a team of people and doing tasks to help the families of young adults in trouble. I wanted to emphasize TEAM. I wanted to talk about PREVENTION. I wanted to join ...
Send us a text Guilt, Shame, and Blame are the cancers of the family of young adults in trouble. These three cancers inhibit forgiveness and progress. Trouble in a family is no respecter of persons or positions, and it can and will strike the best and worst of us. All three, as a team, will destroy futures and destroy happiness. They ( Guilt, Shame, and Blame) are used as weapons to mask perceived weaknesses and provide a false sense of defense. Until we learn to acknowledge these cancers, we...
Send us a text Moving forward when the way is unclear requires the right motivation and a leap of faith. Turning the lights on is not always as easy as flipping a switch. In today's Podcast we talk about initiating essential change when the people we need to help don't hear the message. This thought was born from a conversation with friends in my podcast mastermind group. Meaningful conversation for situations when failure is not an option but you don't feel heard. Raising a young adult...
Send us a text Judgment, for better or worse, is one of our most prominent human conditions. When we judge ourselves, the people we love, and the processes we build as a society, we can't see what's really important. None of us are immune to judgment, but we must develop the ability to shed judgment as quickly as possible and move toward solutions. Judgment can be a detrimental and unforgivable waste of time when our priority should be the life of someone we love. Raising a young adult in t...
Send us a text Opportunity in detrimental situations is a life-saving skill for the parents and mentors of young adults in trouble. In one minute, what seems like an inevitable disaster can lead to new opportunities and possibilities. In this podcast, we look at the "Wall" Attitude and Vision, which can turn a life around in the direst of conditions and create a life worth living. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no small task — and sometimes, it feels like the stakes couldn’t be h...
Send us a text Is a transformation just a matter of stringing together a new set of actions, or is it a complete change of one's self? As professional or volunteer helpers, we rely on suggesting a new set of actions when we look to help a young adult and their family create a new path. Does the mere implementation of these actions constitute an immediate change, or does the accumulation of these actions bring about, in time, a more profound realization of who they are? Raising a young a...
Send us a text Are you afraid to " Want " for your troubled child? What you want for your child can come from a limiting place or a place of abundance and increase. What is in your past in terms of what you deserve or what you can achieve that influences how you want for your child? Taking a look at your attitudes can accelerate the possibilities of your child's future. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no small task — and sometimes, it feels like the stakes couldn’t be higher. The ...
Send us a text Rejection is a part of life, and learning to deal with it can make all the difference between success and failure. When feelings of rejection put your family's future at risk, it is time to confront those feelings and re-see, re-design, and re-commit to a better way of handling the rejection emotion and saving your young adult's life. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no small task — and sometimes, it feels like the stakes couldn’t be higher. The King Maker Podcast is...
Send us a text On today's podcast, I wanted to associate the fire prevention acronym R.A.C.E with the emergency we experience when someone we love, our young adult, is in trouble. Setting a clear path plan that is not about blame or guilt that sets the mindset and the tone for success is possible when we start the right way. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no small task — and sometimes, it feels like the stakes couldn’t be higher. The King Maker Podcast is your dose of encouragement...
Send us a text Welcome to the "Parenting Your Child in Recovery" Podcast. Let's talk about Changing your families future and transforming your young adults life. Turning early sobriety into long-term sobriety requires more than "cheerleading." It should not include "preparing for relapse." It requires your direct involvement and a program that sends your young adult in a new direction with a new focus. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no ...
Send us a text The act of using Willpower is weak. It is a defensive position that seeks to defend the indefensible. In this show, we will discuss four other ways you and your young adult can use your power in ways that aim to make an Essential Change that moves life forward. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no small task — and sometimes, it feels like the stakes couldn’t be higher. The King Maker Podcast is your dose of encouragement, perspective, and practical wisdom. Each episod...
Send us a text Every action and reaction to addiction or behavioral problems in our adults is a form of asking for help. Today, I want to talk about the phenomenon we call " The Help Syndrome." I see it as the delicate dance between the " ASK" for help and the relation between our answers and the actually heard answers. Raising a young adult in today’s world is no small task — and sometimes, it feels like the stakes couldn’t be higher. The King Maker Podcast is your dose of encouragem...
Send us a text In today's show, " The Biggest Question in Recovery," I wanted to talk about a recent post I sent to some of the face groups I have been privileged to be a member of. I raised the question, " I had an unexpected question asked by someone I care deeply about yesterday. " Why should I bother even trying to stop drinking and doing drugs ?". How would you answer that?" There were so many exciting responses and insights. I wanted to share my thoughts. Raising a young adult in today’...
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