92. The Process of Change: How Teens (And Parents) Actually Change

Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment

Why do our teens keep falling back into old habits?
Whether it’s big changes like making healthier life choices or smaller ones like working out more, change is hard! But why? Why is change so hard?
And at the same time, it’s also hard to watch someone go through the stages of change, isn’t it? When your struggling teen knows their behavior isn’t working for them anymore and they want to change, they’ve taken an incredibly important step in the process of change, but they’re not there yet. Next thing you know, you’re thinking: “Well, if you know, then why aren’t you doing something about it?!”
Today, we’re walking you through the different stages of change and what this can look like. Remember, change is not a linear process and we can’t expect ourselves nor our teens to never fall back into old habits. It’s all part of the process.
So, let’s dive into today’s episode and learn more about how our teens change and how we can support them.
In this episode on how teens change, we discuss:

• How do people change? What stages do we go through when we change?;
• What is your job as the parent while your teen is going through the stages of change;
• The role of shame and guilt;
• Falling back into old behaviors is part of the process of change;
• The all-or-nothing mentality;
• And much more!

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