This program is so well developed. The coaches are great, all very insightful. Easy to get tech support. After the first 2 wks I felt a cloud was lifting. HIGHLY recommend!!
Deb DeLong Russo
Barbara Decker’s Love Another Way™ program provides step-by-step actions for change. The life-saving support and real life strategies from fellow members and Barbara’s courses has been invaluable.
Martha B
This program has been the best investment of time, money and energy that I’ve ever experienced. I 100% recommend parents with adult children in active addiction take the course. It will change your life, and your child’s for the better.
Mary Mack Prince
Addiction & Mental Illness Programs For Parents
Empowering Parents, Transforming Lives. Discover evidence-based courses designed to help you support your loved one’s recovery from addiction or mental illness while reclaiming peace and control in your life.
Watching a loved one struggle with addiction or mental illness is heartbreaking. The worry, chaos, and uncertainty can feel overwhelming, leaving you unsure of how to help them, or yourself. That is why we have created these programs: to provide parents, especially moms, with the tools, strategies, and support needed to navigate these challenges effectively.
Our programs are grounded in a compassionate and transformative approach to boundary-setting and relationship-building. Whether you are just starting out or ready for a deeper transformation, we have a course tailored to your needs.
Getting Started Is Simple
Three straightforward steps to move from overwhelmed to empowered.
Step 1: Choose Your Program
Browse the options below and select the program that best fits your current needs and goals.
Step 2: Complete Your Purchase
Checkout is simple and secure. Once you have purchased, you will receive immediate access to our online learning portal.
Step 3: Begin Your Transformation
Log in to our online Learning Center and start at your own pace. You will have unlimited access to revisit the material any time.
What Are the Addiction & Mental Illness Programs?
Courses Designed with You in Mind
Each program is crafted to meet you where you are, offering step-by-step guidance and practical tools to empower your family dynamic and support your loved one’s healing.
All of our programs follow a course format, combining expert insights, real-life examples, and actionable strategies. From foundational guides to advanced boundary-setting workshops, these courses are designed to help you reclaim your peace while encouraging your child’s recovery.
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Flexible and Self-Paced: Learn on your schedule.
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Evidence-Based Strategies: Proven methods grounded in neuroscience and family recovery practices.
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Action-Oriented Support: Practical steps you can implement immediately.
Explore Our Programs
Seven self-paced programs, grouped by where you are right now. Tap any program to read more, watch the intro video, and enroll.
Start With the Framework
Begin with the Love Another Way approach — the entry course that lays out the framework, and the weekly practice that brings it to life.
LoveAnotherWay JumpStart Guide™
A simple, easy-to-implement strategy any parent can use to help their daughter or son recover from any addiction.
Best for: Moms new to this journey who want foundational knowledge and clear, actionable first steps.
Weekly Insights
Watch real moms apply the Love Another Way framework to real-life situations with their son or daughter — a fresh video delivered every Sunday.
Best for: Moms who want ongoing inspiration, bite-sized weekly examples, and the subtle nuances of holding Transformative Boundaries over time.
Tools for the Hard Moments
When the chaos is loud or a conversation derails, these programs give you the next move.
Manage ANY Chaos Blueprint
Simple, powerful ways to make decisions about your struggling adult child so you can respond with calm confidence — and stay in control no matter what.
Best for: Moms overwhelmed by daily crises who want immediate tools to regain control.
Communication Quick Start: Strategies in Action™
10 ways to successfully have a difficult conversation without being totally ignored or yelled at.
Best for: Anyone whose hardest conversations end in regret, and who wants a script-style toolkit they can pull from in the moment.
Inner Work for Lasting Peace
Strengthen the foundation under everything — your self-care, your emotional resilience, and the deeper transformation that makes change stick.
Self-Guided Self-Care™
A 21-day experiment to stop putting yourself last and start getting what you need — in 10 minutes a day, without guilt, shame, or struggle.
Best for: Women who have spent a lifetime taking care of others and are ready to gently turn that care inward.
Personal Peacekeeping™
The emotional-resilience program that has helped thousands of women stop living in crisis mode and start living in peace.
Best for: Moms who feel emotionally drained from pouring everything into their relationships and want to fix their emotional foundation first.
Pathway to Peace Protocol™
How to make deep and lasting changes in your life — using the same methodology behind every major invention and breakthrough of the past 500 years.
Best for: Women ready to stop putting their own needs last and develop the skills to create life on their own terms.
Three Ways to Start Getting the Support You Need
There is no single right way to start. What matters is finding the step that feels doable for you right now. Whether you want to explore ideas at your own pace, get quick insights you can use today, or join a guided workshop, there is an option here for you.
Browse the Family Recovery Learning Center
Browse our free library of articles, videos, and tools designed to help you understand addiction and mental illness from a parent’s perspective, and discover practical ways to support your family.
Free PDF: 3 Things Your Loved One Wants You to Know
Download our free guide and discover the most common challenges parents face when their adult child is struggling with addiction or mental illness, and learn practical first steps to start reclaiming your peace of mind.
Free Workshop: Discover the Love Another Way Framework
Join Barbara for a free, confidential online workshop and learn how you can support your loved one’s recovery without enabling the disease to grow stronger.
Why Most Advice Does Not Work
When your adult child is struggling with addiction or mental illness, the advice you get from friends, family, and even professionals usually boils down to two things: toughen up, or try harder to help them.
Neither works. Tough love on its own pushes them away. Trying harder to fix things for them just feeds the cycle and drains you in the process.
That is why our programs take a different approach. They are grounded in science-backed strategies that help you support your child’s recovery while protecting your own wellbeing.
No more walking on eggshells. No more wondering if you are making things worse. No more feeling like you have to choose between your child and yourself.
You do not have to choose. And you are not too late.
What Other Parents Are Saying
See how the programs have transformed the lives of parents just like you.
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