Coming Up for Air — A Toolkit to Help with Your Loved One's Recovery from Addiction & Mental Illness

← Coming Up for Air — A Toolkit to Help with Your Loved One's Recovery from Addiction & Mental Illness4 sep · 27 min

CLASSICS REVISITED: Creating a Safe Space for Decision Making

CLASSICS REVISITED: Creating a Safe Space for Decision Making4 sep27 min

<p>You can help your loved one make decisions by creating a safe space -- by listening, being genuinely interested in their perspective, being non-judgmental, and allowing them to slow things down to examine their own thinking. Avoid trying to fix things yourself, and assume that they&#39;re wise enough to know what they need. Your role is to help them make their own choices.</p><p>The support group that Kayla facilitates is now offered on a sliding scale.</p><p><em>(Cost should not be a barrier—please reach out if you&#39;re interested)</em></p><p>Allies in Recovery&#39;s member site is currently &quot;on pause&quot;. <a href="https://alliesinrecovery.net/pause/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. </p><p>During this time, we have taken our entire eLearning program out from behind the paywall—the entire library of learning videos is currently available on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AlliesinrecoveryNet">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>.</p>