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 Illness2 okt · 34 min

CLASSICS REVISITED: Speaking Up the Compassionate Way

CLASSICS REVISITED: Speaking Up the Compassionate Way2 okt34 min

<p>How do you communicate when you see (your Loved One&#39;s) problematic behavior? </p><p>We&#39;ll show you how to pay more attention to *intention* — CRAFT guides us to observe the behavior, and point it <em>calmly</em> and <em>thoughtfully </em>and <em>without adding your two cents/ personal interpretation</em>. </p><p>Once you have briefly and specifically told your Loved One how the behavior impacts you, you can then step back <em>without expectation of  an outcome</em>, and give them the dignity of processing what you&#39;ve said.  Over time, this CRAFT tool can lead to long-term change.</p><p>We explain how to do this, and <strong>when are the best times</strong> to communicate.</p><p>The support group that Kayla facilitates is now offered on a sliding scale.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Wednesdays at 6:30pm ET</strong></p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Email <strong>kaylacraftgroup@gmail.com</strong> to join or learn more</p></li></ul><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><p></p><p></p>