754: Brenda Zane: How to Talk to Your Kids About Fentanyl

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Self-improvement, How To, Business, Management, Education

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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May 9th was National Fentanyl Awareness Day. When past SMA guest, Brenda Zane, reached out to ask if we could have a conversation to raise awareness around this day, I knew I had to say yes. Talking about drugs, especially fentanyl, is scary and uncomfortable for sure. But if this conversation can help one family or save one child it’s well worth it. Brenda Zane is a family advocate, certified parent coach & facilitator with The Partnership to End Addiction, host of the podcast Hopestream, and founder of a nonprofit organization, Hopestream Community. She’s passionate about serving parents of kids who struggle with substance misuse and mental health. Brenda's oldest son struggled with an addiction to a high-risk lifestyle and illicit drugs for over 5 years. After nearly losing him to multiple fentanyl overdoses, Brenda left her marketing career to serve other families dealing with the fear, confusion, and feelings of helplessness of having a child who's misusing drugs or alcohol. Listen in to hear Brenda share: How her teen son overdosing on fentanyl twice in 3 days in 2017 informed her work today The 3 things you need to know about fentanyl as a parent Myths and truths about fentanyl and its various forms Where kids are quickly and easily getting pills online How to talk to your kids about fentanyl and what age to start the conversation How to keep open communication with your kids about drugs over the years The connection between neurodiversities and addiction What to do if you’re worried your child might be experimenting with drugs Links mentioned: Parent Prep for Pride Month 2023! Join me on Tuesday, May 16th for a virtual panel to learn how to use this Pride Month 2023 as a powerful way to increase the safety and well-being of our LGBTQ+ youth: www.PrideandJoyParents.com Connect with Brenda and her community: www.hopestreamcommunity.org Podcast: Hopestream Brenda on SMA Episode 454: Parenting Your Teen Through Addiction Book: Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.6	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 754 with Brenda Zane.
0:32.3	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode,
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0:38.3	754.
0:44.2	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:49.8	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help
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1:12.4	Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode. On today's episode, we are welcoming back
1:22.9	past Shameless Mom Academy guest Brenda Zane. So Brenda reached out to me a while ago to ask if we could
1:29.1	record a conversation specifically to erase awareness around May 9th, which was yesterday,
1:35.5	if you're listening in Lifetime, National Fentanil Awareness Day. So interestingly,
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