Where Passion and Purpose Collide
Nichole "Nikki" Lowder is a Program Manager at the South Carolina Department of Corrections. She brings both her lived experience and professional training to her work with incarcerated individuals wh...
29 Jan 202531min
SMART Spirit: Dr. Joe Gerstein on Secular Conversions
For more than 30 years Dr. Joseph Gerstein has been collecting stories from SMART participants about powerful emotional experiences related to their recovery journey. He has now written a captivating ...
16 Jan 202550min
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Research and Practice
Dr. Michael DeMarco is a licensed mental health and family therapist and has pursued additional training in the use of psychedelic medicines for those struggling with substance use disorders. He empha...
16 Dec 202451min
Living a Big and Beautiful Life
Dr. Samantha Harte was managing a busy life in recovery when tragedy struck close to home, causing her to question her whole approach to living. She decided to expand her world view and dedicate herse...
2 Dec 202451min
Can AI Be A Pathway To Recovery?
SMART believes there are multiple pathways to recovery...but does that go as far as including the use of intelligent retrieval technology, aka artificial intelligence? According to Zachary Gidwitz, CE...
19 Nov 202441min
Everyone Can Find Their Way Back
Nick Padlo only went to the college recruiting event for the promise of free food at his favorite restaurant. It turned out that no food was served, but a 3 minute video that was shown ended up changi...
23 Okt 202442min
A Revolución in Recovery
Angelo Lagares is the Founder and Director of Latino Recovery Advocates (LARA), a nonprofit organization that works to make policy changes that will increase culturally appropriate recovery services. ...
9 Okt 202439min
Yaya Por Vida: Healing, Honoring, Helping
Yamila Rollan Escalona is the founder of the nonprofit Yaya Por Vida, an organization that helps those struggling with substance use in southeast Florida. Yamila was motivated to start this effort aft...
30 Sep 202449min
