10-16-2026 Refresh at Home

10-16-2026 Refresh at Home

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This chat on Levelheaded Talk zooms in on one huge piece of emotional sobriety: how you refresh your relationship with your kids, at any age. Dr Andrea Vitz and Jon Leon Guerrero keep things relaxed and very real as they talk about moving beyond routines like school runs and shared living spaces, and actually making intentional time with your children.

One story stands out: Dr Vitz remembers taking her nine-year-old daughter out, hearing her say, "Mom, you made time for this," and realising how deeply kids notice when you genuinely show up. You’ll hear them stress that refreshing a relationship starts with refreshing yourself. That means dropping expectations for a moment, sitting across from your child, looking them in the eye and being truly interested.

Whether it’s a trip to the park or a quick video call, the focus is on presence, gratitude and treating the moment as sacred. The conversation touches on how many children don’t know how to ask for more time or attention, and how adults often don’t know how to ask for connection either. Emotional sobriety here looks like choosing an emotional state of love and excitement instead of anxiety or obligation, then letting curiosity lead.

Questions like "What’s your favourite thing?" or "What are you into right now?" open doors to parts of your child’s inner life you may have missed. They also talk about letting your kids know you as a person: sharing your failures, your past mistakes, and your own struggles, so they see common ground rather than a distant authority figure.

Throughout, there’s a strong push to drop judgement and recognise your child as an individual with their own opinions, beliefs and creative life. If you’re wondering how close you really are to your kids, this episode might nudge you to ask: what are you missing, and are you ready to find out together?