In this week’s episode, Beth interviews her parent coach, Heather Ross, who recently lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning. Clips of Heather’s previous podcast episodes with her daughter are heard throughout this episode.
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TIME STAMPS:
1:35 Clip #1 with Heather & Helanna from Sept. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast
2:49 Heather is driven to continue helping other families
4:40 Helanna’s childhood and background
7:35 Clip #2 with Heather & Helanna from Sept. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast
13:55 Similarities between Heather and Helanna wanting to numb out
14:30 Clip #3 with Heather & Helanna from Sept. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast
15:13 People pleasing and masking
32:09 Helanna’s rehabs and relapses
33:50 Clip #5 with Heather & Helanna from Oct. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast
35:40 Helanna’s last few days
37:41 Details about fentanyl
39:26 Getting “that phone call”
45:31 How Heather has stayed sane since her daughter’s death
50:40 Clip #6 with Heather & Helanna from Oct. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast
52:00 What Heather wishes she would’ve done differently
56:17 Destigmatizing addiction
