Dawn McCord's guest appearances

Dawn McCord

Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors

Wilderness Therapy & Residential Treatment Center Journey

Safe Home Podcast

Unraveling Adoption

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In this week’s episode you will hear another family’s story of adolescent addiction and recovery. Dawn McCord’s son Carson had a tumultuous adolescence but he found recovery through wilderness therapy. Dawn’s new memoir "Chasing Carson: A Family's Journey through Adolescence, Addiction and Recovery," provides an honest account of their whole family’s healing process. =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: http://eepurl.com/hVIAVX =============== RESOURCES: How to find Dawn McCord and her book:  Dawn’s Chasing Carson book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasing-carson-dawn-mccord/1140795845 Dawn’s website: https://adolescentaddictionandrecovery.com/  Another book mentioned in this episode:  Balm: The Loving Path to Family Recovery by Beverly A. Buncher: https://www.amazon.com/BALM-Loving-Path-Family-Recovery/dp/0473433575  Other Resources:  Other Parents Like Me -  https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/ Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling  =============== Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson Email questions or comments to Safe Home at SafeHomePodcast@gmail.com Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube Support Safe Home on Patreon =============== TIME STAMPS: 2:05 Did Carson give his blessing for the memoir? 3:35 Dawn and Beth are committed to reducing the shame around addiction 6:25 Adolescents’ risky behavior is part of normal development 9:30 Carson’s addiction story 14:11 Compounding the addiction story with poverty or racism 16:16 Ideas for helping our struggling kids 21:30 The dangers of social media for our kids 24:45 Carson progressed to heroin and found wilderness therapy 33:25 Reorganizing home rules and revising family habits 35:38 How Dawn has stayed sane 40:00 What Dawn would have done differently (hint: smart phones)--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/safe-home-podcast/message

In this week’s episode you will hear another family’s story of adolescent addiction and recovery. Dawn McCord’s son Carson had a tumultuous adolescence but he found recovery through wilderness therapy. Dawn’s new memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Carson-Adolescence-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1662919867/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3ORGU5BX4JKF7&amp;keywords=Chasing+Carson&amp;qid=1643207699&amp;sprefix=chasing+carson%2Caps%2C312&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Chasing Carson: A Family's Journey through Adolescence, Addiction and Recovery</a>," provides an honest account of their whole family’s healing process. =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: <a href="http://eepurl.com/hVIAVX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eepurl.com/hVIAVX</a> =============== RESOURCES: How to find Dawn McCord and her book: <ul> <li>Dawn’s Chasing Carson book: <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasing-carson-dawn-mccord/1140795845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasing-carson-dawn-mccord/1140795845</a></li> <li>Dawn’s website: <a href="https://adolescentaddictionandrecovery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://adolescentaddictionandrecovery.com/</a></li> </ul> Another book mentioned in this episode: <ul> <li>Balm: The Loving Path to Family Recovery by Beverly A. Buncher: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/BALM-Loving-Path-Family-Recovery/dp/0473433575" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/BALM-Loving-Path-Family-Recovery/dp/0473433575</a></li> </ul> Other Resources: <ul> <li>Other Parents Like Me - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me</a></li> <li>Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens:<a href="https://heatherrosscoaching.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://heatherrosscoaching.com/</a></li> <li>Find a Tele-Therapist:<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling</a></li> </ul> =============== Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson Email questions or comments to Safe Home at<a href="https://SafeHomePodcast@gmail.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> SafeHomePodcast@gmail.com</a> Find us on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SafeHomePodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Facebook</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/safe_home_podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Instagram</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/SafeHomePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a>, and<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYoW-LxFFes2EX71ENcFVCQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> YouTube</a> Support Safe Home on<a href="https://patreon.com/safehome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Patreon</a> =============== TIME STAMPS: 2:05 Did Carson give his blessing for the memoir? 3:35 Dawn and Beth are committed to reducing the shame around addiction 6:25 Adolescents’ risky behavior is part of normal development 9:30 Carson’s addiction story 14:11 Compounding the addiction story with poverty or racism 16:16 Ideas for helping our struggling kids 21:30 The dangers of social media for our kids 24:45 Carson progressed to heroin and found wilderness therapy 33:25 Reorganizing home rules and revising family habits 35:38 How Dawn has stayed sane 40:00 What Dawn would have done differently (hint: smart phones)--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/safe-home-podcast/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/safe-home-podcast/message</a>

A Family's Recovery Journey with Dawn McCord - Ep 32

In today's episode, we talk with Dawn McCord, mother of Carson McCord.   Carson battled a fierce drug addiction that led him to overdoses, hospital visits, loss of hearing, parental nightmares and finally a trip to wilderness therapy and other forms of treatment.  Dawn relives and shares her harrowing true story to help us understand addiction is prevalent, especially with adolescents and there is a community to support parents.  She has written a moving book about her experience as well.  Order the book here Chasing Carson Book.

In today's episode, we talk with Dawn McCord, mother of Carson McCord.   Carson battled a fierce drug addiction that led him to overdoses, hospital visits, loss of hearing, parental nightmares and finally a trip to wilderness therapy and other forms of treatment.  Dawn relives and shares her harrowing true story to help us understand addiction is prevalent, especially with adolescents and there is a community to support parents.  She has written a moving book about her experience as well.  Order the book here <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Carson-Adolescence-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1662919867/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11TK84SD9KCTI&amp;keywords=chasing+carson&amp;qid=1644602246&amp;sprefix=chasing+carson%2Caps%2C71&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chasing Carson Book</a>.

Season 3/Episode 15: Chasing Carson - Dawn McCord and her story and book about her son's battle with addiction

Dawn McCord is the author of the new book,  "Chasing Carson: A Family's Journey through Adolescence, Addiction and Recovery," a powerful memoir about her family's experience with addiction, which includes participating in a wilderness therapy program that helped them all begin to heal.  Dawn shares the story of how her son, Carson, a natural athlete and risk-taker and, by high school, progressed to having a substance use disorder.  They had tried outpatient, inpatient, and residential treatment, but it was not until completing a wilderness therapy program and an aftercare program that he experienced longer-term sobriety.  Dawn also shares her experience of writing the book and starting a parent support organization.   Dawn's Bio from her Amazon Author Page: Dawn McCord is a wife and a fiercely loyal and protective momma bear of two sons. During their teen years the boys did what most teens do, they experimented with drugs and alcohol. However, one son quickly opened the door to addiction and the chasing began. As her family endured the ups and downs of substance use and the ins and outs of rehab, Dawn wanted to know what in the world was different with this age group and their use and why were overdoses becoming the norm. Dawn has a passion to help other parents not feel so alone in their journey by sharing their story and resources. She greatly desires to continue the conversation on how to educate our adolescents about the disease of addiction. Visit www.adolescentaddictionandrecovery.com

Dawn McCord is the author of the new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Carson-Adolescence-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1662919867/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3ORGU5BX4JKF7&amp;keywords=Chasing+Carson&amp;qid=1643207699&amp;sprefix=chasing+carson%2Caps%2C312&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "Chasing Carson: A Family's Journey through Adolescence, Addiction and Recovery</a>," a powerful memoir about her family's experience with addiction, which includes participating in a wilderness therapy program that helped them all begin to heal.  Dawn shares the story of how her son, Carson, a natural athlete and risk-taker and, by high school, progressed to having a substance use disorder.  They had tried outpatient, inpatient, and residential treatment, but it was not until completing a wilderness therapy program and an aftercare program that he experienced longer-term sobriety.  Dawn also shares her experience of writing the book and starting a <a href="https://adolescentaddictionandrecovery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">parent support organization</a>. Dawn's Bio from her <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-McCord/e/B09PGY186J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a>: Dawn McCord is a wife and a fiercely loyal and protective momma bear of two sons. During their teen years the boys did what most teens do, they experimented with drugs and alcohol. However, one son quickly opened the door to addiction and the chasing began. As her family endured the ups and downs of substance use and the ins and outs of rehab, Dawn wanted to know what in the world was different with this age group and their use and why were overdoses becoming the norm. Dawn has a passion to help other parents not feel so alone in their journey by sharing their story and resources. She greatly desires to continue the conversation on how to educate our adolescents about the disease of addiction. Visit <a href="http://www.adolescentaddictionandrecovery.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.adolescentaddictionandrecovery.com</a>