Kathy Lang is a retired social worker and facilitator of Family and Friends meetings for SMART Recovery, helping families learn to practice self-care while supporting their loved ones through compassion, emotional self-management, appropriate boundaries, and improved communication.


Throughout this entire conversation Kathy shares so many valuable insights gained from her career as a social worker, and from her many years facilitating SMART Recovery Friends and Family support group meetings.


Listen and learn:


  • What makes SMART Recovery different from other support groups.
  • Why detachment and disconnection are the opposite of recovery.
  • Why the belief "I can only be as happy as my unhappiest child" (that is so deeply a part of our cultural conditioning) is unhealthy and even detrimental to our loved one's recovery.
  • How using the term "enabling" pathologizes loving and caring.
  • The difference between pain and suffering.
  • Why it's not helpful or healthy to ask "why is my loved one doing this to me?"
  • Tools we can use to transform anger into compassion and so much more!


You definitely want to take notes!

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