The Story of a Healing Spirit
This is the recovery story of Daisy Vanslyke, a gentle spirit who spends most of her time healing other people. In her every word and wisdom, she speaks from the heart: she has endured some of life's ...
20 Feb 202322min
Coordinating the Care My Community Deserves
Chandell Boyd, LADC, joins host Andrew Williams to discuss her work with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, where she's an associate director for the Substance Use Disorders Department. Boyd is also an al...
20 Feb 202317min
What Happens in Outpatient Treatment? Am I a Good Fit?
Much has changed in the world of addiction treatment. The standard model of care used to revolve around a 28-day stint inside a treatment center. But residential care isn't optimal for everyone, and w...
17 Feb 202316min
Dispelling the Myths Native Communities Recovery Equity
In this episode of Let's Talk Recovery Equity, journalist Ted Alcorn talks about his investigation into alcohol use in New Mexico, which has the worst rate of alcohol-related deaths in the country. He...
17 Feb 202321min
The Veteran's Guide to Fighting Pain and Addiction
In this episode of Let's Talk, licensed psychologist and military veteran Dustin Brockberg, PhD, and his wife, Kerry Brockberg, PhD, also a psychologist, talk about their new book, End Your Covert Mis...
16 Feb 202320min
How to Heal and Recover from Shame
Shame and addiction go hand-in-hand. Because of that, some of the most important work in recovery deals with the transformation of shame into something lighter and more actionable—guilt. Then a person...
10 Feb 202314min
Aida's Recovery Story - Trapped in the Eye of the Storm
Aida was addicted to crystal meth and too sick to evacuate when hurricane Katrina battered the coast. Her daughter and family had sheltered in Dallas, but she had to wait out the destruction alone in ...
8 Feb 202317min
How Trauma and Migration Affect the Treatment Process
Immigrants and refugees are often forced to flee from unimaginable crisis—their lives torn apart by war and other humanitarian disasters. Unfortunately, that trauma doesn't disappear when they arrive ...
8 Feb 202316min
