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Teri Potter and Catherine Borgman-Arboleda are both Conscious Parenting coaches and mothers that have had difficult journeys supporting their adolescent daughters through mental health and substance misuse struggles. They candidly discuss their own experiences, the inner work that has helped them to find peace, freedom and the ability to draw on deeper sources of wisdom that they initially weren't aware of. They draw from the work of Dr. Shefali Tsabary and Dr, Gabor Maté, who they have trained with, as well as many of the great wisdom teachers. Their aim is bring a new lens for parenting struggling kids, and provide concrete approaches and tools to support parents in making internal shifts that will in turn contribute to their ability to engage with, and guide, their young people.
TERI
Website: https://teripotter.com
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email: teri@teripotter.com
CATHERINE
Website: https://www.collaborative-insights.com/conscious-coaching
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborative_insights_coach/
email: catherine@collaborative-insights.com
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Teri and Catherine share their experiences and discuss challenges faced by parents, the importance of emotional support, and the journey of self-awareness that can help both parents and children navigate difficult times. Teri shares her personal story about her daughter's struggles and the lessons learned about being present and supportive without trying to fix the situation. Navigating the Crisis: Teri talks about the early warning signs and the year-long crisis before her daughter’s situa...
In this episode, hosts Teri and Catherine share their personal journeys as trauma-informed parents navigating the challenges of raising teens in crisis. They discuss the importance of connection, understanding mental health issues, and the tools they have learned to support their children. Catherine shares her profound experiences with her daughter, highlighting the need for acceptance and the shift from fear-based parenting to love-based interactions. The conversation emphasizes the signific...
In this episode of Navigating the Abyss, Teri and Catherine explore the challenges parents face when their children experience intense emotions. They share personal stories and insights on how to manage these situations, emphasizing the importance of emotional regulation, connection, and validation. The conversation highlights the necessity of understanding one's own emotions as a parent and the impact this has on children. The hosts provide practical tools for creating safe spaces for childr...
Radical Acceptance: Letting Go and Trusting the Journey In this episode of Navigating the Abyss, hosts Teri and Catherine, both Trauma-Informed Conscious Parenting coaches, delve into the concept of Radical Acceptance. They explore the critical differences between regular acceptance and radical acceptance, sharing personal experiences and parenting challenges to illustrate the transformative power of truly letting go and trusting the process. They discuss the importance of self-awareness, gr...
Every parent knows that moment—standing at your teenager's bedroom door, desperately trying to get them moving while being met with pure teenage disdain. What seems like a simple morning routine quickly reveals the complex emotional landscape we navigate as parents. In this deeply relatable episode, Teri opens up about a recent morning struggle with her 16-year-old that triggered familiar questions: Am I doing too much? Too little? Am I enabling poor behavior or showing my child they have wo...
Struggling with a partner who parents differently than you do? You're not alone. In this vulnerable conversation, Teri and Catherine dive deep into one of the most challenging aspects of raising children: navigating different parenting approaches with a spouse or co-parent. Drawing from their personal experiences as trauma-informed mothers and Conscious Parenting Coaches, they explore the profound tensions that arise when one parent feels they've done more inner work than the other. Both sha...
Fear grips you when your child overdoses. The nightmare every parent dreads becomes reality, and suddenly every moment feels like walking on a tightrope across an abyss. In this deeply personal conversation, Catherine courageously shares her ongoing journey supporting her 18-year-old daughter through addiction and substance misuse, including a recent overdose that required Narcan intervention. She doesn't speak from the comfortable distance of hindsight but from the raw, vulnerable center of...
The moment your teenager rolls their eyes, retreats to their room, or responds with a dismissive "whatever" can trigger something deep and primal within you. That feeling of invisibility, of being taken for granted after all you've sacrificed – it's a universal parental wound that cuts especially deep for those of us raising adolescents through mental health crises. In this raw, heartfelt conversation, we explore what happens when our teenagers need space from us and how their natural biolog...
Have you ever felt paralyzed by conflicting advice about your struggling teen while your own parental voice gets drowned out? That gut-wrenching feeling of being told the "experts" know better than you do about your own child? This raw, vulnerable conversation dives deep into how parents become disempowered when navigating mental health systems for their children. We share personal stories about moments when our desperate desire to keep our children safe led us to override our intuition and ...
What if the way forward with your struggling teen isn't through control, but through connection? Catherine's powerful new guide "Conscious Parenting: Struggling Teens" offers a compassionate framework for parents feeling overwhelmed by their teenager's challenges. We often believe good parenting means fixing our children's problems. Yet Catherine reveals how this approach can actually deepen disconnection, sending the unintended message that our teens are incapable of navigating their own jo...
What if the bravest thing a parent can do is listen without trying to fix? Teri Potter and Catherine Borgman-Arboleda sit down with Catherine's daughter, Caya, who has lived the realities of anxiety, addiction, and the mental health system. Her candour cuts through platitudes as she explains how algorithms fuel risk, why peer groups often shape choices more than families, and what actually helps when a teen is spiralling: non‑judgmental curiosity, consistent safety, and love that doesn’t with...
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