List of Questions for Press, Radio, TV

Most Commonly Asked Questions of Susie Vanderlip regarding the LEGACY OF HOPE program and outreach to youth and families:

Many of these questions are asked of Susie by teens and adults following LEGACY OF HOPE presentations,  curious about Susie's decisions and how they reflect life lessons. Many youth and adults have identified with her characters and her story. Audiences want to learn more about their own unconscious emotional motives and family baggage that may be  influencing their own lives. After LEGACY OF HOPE presentations, both youth and adults have a raised interest in the details of the family disease of alcoholism and addiction and its impact on youth and adult children of the disease.  

Many of these questions are also discussed in Susie Vanderlip's book
               52 Ways to Protect Your Teen - 
Guiding Teens to Good Choices and Success
For additional information about the book, visit www.WaystoProtect.com .
Media may contact LEGACY to request a review copy.

MOST OFTEN ASKED QUESTIONS - Radio Stations, Parents, Teens About Susie and her story

1.      How' did I start doing Legacy of Hope in schools?

2.      How long have I been doing Legacy of Hope for schools and parents?

3.      What inspired me to do it?

4.      What is my new book called? What inspired it?

5.      How can a parent communicate better with their teenager?

6.      How does a parent protect their teen from alcohol, drugs, sexual dangers, violence,  
 drunk driving accidents, gangs, etc.?

7.      Is it different today for teenagers than when we (parents) grew up? Why?

8.      What is the biggest fear teenagers have?

9.      What is the biggest fear parents have?

10.   Is peer pressure the cause of teen problems?

11.  What is my own personal background that qualifies me to speak about these subjects?

12.  Why didn't I commit suicide the night my first husband's drinking and drug use was
      upsetting me so badly?

13.  Did I use with him?

14.  Did he hit me?

15.  Did I have any children with him and if so, what happened to them?

16.  How old am I?  

Questions Teens Ask Susie on how to handle personal situations

1. My mom smokes pot all the time, what do I do?
2. My step dad drinks and then yells at me and says everything's my fault. And my mom just agrees with him. What should I do?
3.  What if your boyfriend beats you? Forces you to have sex?
4. What if my friend smokes pot? How do I get them to stop?
5. I have a friend that is cutting. What can I do to stop her?
6. What if my friend drinks? Is sleeping around, how do I stop them?
7. My step dad/dad hits me. What should I do?
8. My mom/dad died. I don't seem to care about anything anymore, I started drinking and doing drugs. What's going on with me? Am I bad or crazy?
9. I want to find my real dad, but my mom doesn't want me to. He used to abuse her and she doesn't want me to see him. But I really want to know him.
10. My mom drinks and does cocaine. I'm afraid she'll kill herself.
11. I could go live with my real dad, but I'm afraid to leave my little brother/sister there with them. They're drunk all the time and hit each other.
12.  I cut on myself, all over my body, every time my mother and I argue and I get depressed. What should I do?
13. I have a friend that is bulimic, what should I do?

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Questions regarding Susie Vanderlip's De-Stress for Success aka Thrive, Don't Just Survive Workshops and Seminars 
(Life saving stress lessons for overwhelmed teens and adults)

50 Questions regarding Susie Vanderlip and Dr. Ken Vanderlip Workshops

1. What are the most common causes of stress?
2. What are the top ten stressors?
3. How should people deal with burn-out?
4. How do people recognize burn-out?
5. How do people balance work and family?
6. What are common physical symptoms?
7. What are common emotional symptoms?
8. What are common behavioral symptoms?
9. Is it true that stress can cause relapse for substance abusers?
10. What treatments do you use with you clients for stress?
11. How often is stress a concern for people who come in to see you for therapy?
12. Have stress levels in clients changed over your 20 years doing therapy?
13. What do you think of anti-depressants/anti-anxiety drugs in handling stress?
14. What is PTSD?
15. What is the difference between PTSD and ordinary stress?
16. Does one trigger the other?
17. How do you treat PTSD vs ordinary excess stress?
18. What is EMDR?
19. How do you use EMDR in your practice?
20. How does it relate to PTSD and other stress issues?
21. Do you believe stress is strictly a psychological issue?
22. Explain the body-mind-spirit components in handling stress.
23. What are techniques to overcome stress

                  In the body?
                  In the mind?
                  In the spirit?

24. How does work related stress affect other parts of our life?
25. How does family stress affect our work life?
26. What would be typical causes of work-related stress?
27. What would be typical causes of family-related stress?
28. Do adults and children react to stress differently?
29. Is depression stress-related? 
    Is substance-abuse stress-related?
30. Do men and women react to stress differently?
31. What is self-talk?
32. How does self-talk contribute to stress?
33. How can self-talk reduce stress?
34. What self-talk tips do you suggest to people to reduce their stress?
35. What is the HALT principle?
36. What would you tell a Type A-workaholic personality about reducing
    stress and balancing their life?
    What is worry?
37. How should people handle worry?
38. What is "awfulizing and "catastrophizing"?
39. How do they contribute to stress?
40. What should you do about them?
41. Can you give us examples of these from you professional experience?
42. How have you seen stress affect client's careers?
43. What is the affects of down-sizing in employee stress in a company?
44. What should a company do to help with this problem?
45. What should an individual do to help with this problem?
46. Do executives and management experience stress the same as other employees?
47. How dos a person's communication style/skills impact stress in their lives?
48. How does it affect relationships?
49. People often feel stressed at work due to personality conflicts. What can they do about that?
50. People often feel stressed at work due to personality conflicts. What can they do about that?