Educating Families in Recovery Language with Kate Duffy - Episode 8
Kate Duffy, President of Tipping Point Recovery, is an inspirational facilitator and catalyst for change who has inspired growth for over twenty-five years. She became deeply passionate about changing the language of recovery after facing her own battle with substance use. Kate’s strongest skills are engaging individuals resistant to begin recovery, and in educating families to understand recovery language to help them assist their loved one in a more impactful way.
The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help to begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.
Links and Resources from this Episode
- https://whyintervention.com/
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- https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs
Show Notes
- Her beginning helping families deal with addiction - 1:03
- Being a recovery coach - 1:20
- Helping people at the emergency room - 3:57
- Having a connection - 6:37
- Building a connection with people that have addiction problems - 7:41
- The family knowing the truth helps the addict get better - 14:10
- Speaking with the family members - 15:05
- You need to understand recovery language - 16:22
- Families need to understand the disease - 16:38
- Describing the pain - 17:15
- Understanding where the addiction lives in our brain - 17:37
- Give them an understanding of the recovery process - 19:36
- Recovery vs. feeding the addiction - 19:49
- The experience of being a recovery coach - 22:48
- Be the recovery your family wants - 26:44
- Sometimes, the family does not have the solution - 28:06
- Talking about a family program - 31:07
- Starting to adopt recovery principles - 32:11
- Are we doing something to support the addict? - 32:29
- Communicating through pain and fear? - 36:30
- Why intervention is necessary - 38:07
- Get in touch with Kate - 39:50
- How your health is impacted - 41:18
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