All About Interventions

12/23/2025

As we stand just days away from Christmas and the beginning of a brand new year, I want to pause and send love to each of you.

This season invites us to slow down, to reflect, and to hold close the people and moments that truly matter.

May your holidays be filled with moments of peace, connection, and gentle joy, whether that looks like quiet reflection, laughter around the table, or simply giving yourself permission to rest.

And as we step into the New Year, may it bring renewed hope, healing, and the courage to move forward with compassion, for ourselves and for one another.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with light, resilience, and possibility. 🤍✨

12/22/2025

Enablism doesn’t look like harm.
It looks like love, until it isn’t.

Enablism is when fear of discomfort keeps us from telling the truth.

When protection replaces accountability.
When “helping” quietly becomes permission to stay sick.

I have watched enablism slowly dismantle lives, families doing everything they can to save someone, unknowingly standing in the way of their recovery. Not because they don’t care, but because they care so deeply.

But addiction does not heal through avoidance.
It does not heal through excuses.
And it does not heal when consequences are removed.

Real love is not rescuing.
Real love is boundaries.
Real love is courage.

Sometimes the most compassionate thing you can do is stop enabling the very behavior that is destroying the person you love, and trust that truth, structure, and accountability can open the door to healing.

If this message feels uncomfortable, pause.
That discomfort may be asking you to look closer.

Help is available. Change is possible. And no family has to walk this alone.

12/21/2025

There is hope, even when it feels impossible. 🤍

For families navigating the heartbreak, fear, and uncertainty of substance use and addiction, you are not alone.

Healing is not linear, and love does not disappear in the hard moments. It simply needs guidance, structure, and support.

For decades, Dr. Louise Stanger has walked beside families in their most vulnerable seasons, helping them find clarity, compassion, and a path forward when everything feels overwhelming.

Her work is rooted in dignity, understanding, and the belief that recovery is possible for both individuals and the families who love them.

If you are struggling, if your family is hurting, if you don’t know where to turn, she is here for you. Hope begins with one brave step. 🤍

12/20/2025

“Keep falling up.” ✨

A reminder we all need, especially during the holiday season. As the year winds down, it’s okay to reflect on what was hard, what stretched you, and what made you stronger.

Growth isn’t always graceful, but it is always meaningful when we choose to keep moving forward.

This season isn’t about perfection, it’s about resilience, gratitude, and giving ourselves permission to begin again with hope.

If you’re carrying more than you show, know this: you are not alone, and it’s never too late to fall up.

With warmth and gratitude,

If you or someone you love needs support this holiday season, reach out, ask for help, and start the conversation. Healing begins with one brave step.

12/19/2025

These spaces were created with intention, to restore balance, strengthen connection, and support lasting recovery of mind, body, and spirit. This is where healing becomes possible.

These spaces exist because of shared commitment, heart, and hope, and for that, I thank you.

12/18/2025

The holiday season isn’t just about what’s on the table or under the tree.

It’s about gratitude, for the people who stay, the lessons that shaped us, and the moments that remind us we’re still here, still growing.

This time of year can be joyful, complicated, tender, or all three. Wherever you are, let gratitude be your anchor.

It doesn’t erase the hard things, but it helps us hold them with grace.

Wishing you a season of presence, peace, and appreciation for what truly matters.

12/18/2025

And they say I can’t cook! 🔥 👩‍🍳

Turns out teamwork, good energy, and a little confidence go a long way in the kitchen.

12/17/2025

Giving you a tour of my favorite decorations, cozy details, and the tree that reminds me how much there is to be grateful for.

This season is about slowing down, appreciating what we have, and filling our homes with warmth, love, and gratitude.

Wishing you peace, joy, and moments that truly matter 🤍

12/17/2025

12/16/2025

Last night, as we lit the second candle of Hanukkah, our hearts were heavy.

Hanukkah is a time of light in the darkness, of resilience, remembrance, and hope.

And yet, as we honored this sacred tradition, we also held space for deep sorrow, grieving the lives lost in Bondi, Australia, and standing in solidarity with their families, loved ones, and community.

Moments like these remind us that light is not the absence of pain, it is our response to it. We honor those taken too soon by choosing compassion over indifference, unity over fear, and love over hate.

May the light we kindle reach those who are mourning.
May it remind us of our shared humanity.
And may it guide us toward healing.

We are deeply saddened. 🕯️💙

12/16/2025

There is a child in many families affected by addiction who becomes invisible —
not because they disappear,
but because they hold everything together.

They’re the good student.
The dependable one.
The child everyone exhales around because “at least someone is okay.”

But being okay came at a cost.

After 35+ years of working with families in crisis, I see them clearly — the sibling who learned to read a room before reading books, who made themselves small so there would be enough oxygen left for everyone else’s emergencies.

To that sibling:
Your pain is real.
Even if it never had a name.
Even if you were never “the one in crisis.”

The hypervigilance.
The guilt when something good happens.
The grief of losing a sibling while they’re still alive.
The exhaustion of being the “easy” child when nothing about this was easy.

You deserved to fall apart too.
You deserved care, not comparison.
And your healing does not need permission.

Healing isn’t a competition — and your timeline matters. 🤍