With host, Caroline Beidler, MSW, explore what it means to be in addiction, mental health, and/or trauma recovery. Learn practical recovery tools, hear from experts, and listen to exclusive interviews celebrating your story of recovery and resilience.
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Episode 18: The Importance of Women's Recovery Housing with Tiffany Knight
Join Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with the founder of In the Meantime, a recovery residence for women in South Carolina, Tiffany Knight. Tiffany shares that: "At In the Meantime, we’ll provide a safe, substance-free recovery residence to bridge the gap, while increasing the likelihood of success on their long-term recovery journey. I have had an intimate experience with addiction and recovery. As a child of a (now deceased) recovering addict and recovering myself, I will be the first ...
13 Sept 2022
Episode 17: Celebrating Recovery Month and the Impact of Our Stories
September is National Recovery Month, a time when recovery advocates and allies celebrate the reality that recovery is possible. How do stories impact us? How can we find meaning in a shared recovery story? What impact can recovery stories have on our journey and how we show up for others? Join Caroline Beidler, MSW as she shares about her first experience of being connected to a recovery story through her friend and mentor, Florence (Flo) Hilliard. Caroline also connects with w...
2 Sept 2022
Episode 16: The Power of Voice with Sophie Otiende
Why is it important to think bigger, think globally, when we consider Recovery Month? Why should we learn more about intersecting issues like gender-based violence, trauma, and human trafficking and how do we help other women regain their voice? Join Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with Sophie Otiende, a woman whose work impacts women across the globe. Sophie Otiende is a global women's rights leader and survivor advocate for survivors of human trafficking from Nairobi, Kenya. Her wor...
22 Aug 2022
Episode 15: Healthy Grieving with Kate J. Meyer, MDiv, LPC
What does healthy grieving look like? How do we embrace all of the emotions surrounding profound loss? What is disenfranchised grief - or grief that is wrapped into the stigmatization of addiction loss? Join Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with Kate J. Meyer, MDiv, LPC, who is an ordained minister and licensed professional counselor. Kate has worked in both private practice and hospice care. She is passionate about bringing grief into the light so that all grievers know how to m...
12 Aug 2022
Episode 14: Redeeming Loss and Finding Purpose with Pattie Vargas
In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, Caroline Beidler, MSW connects with a mom who has been personally touched by overdose loss. Pattie Vargas lost her son, Joel, in November 2017, to overdose. After this tragic experience, Pattie went from managing a thriving consultancy firm into learning more about the disease of addiction. Pattie found new purpose in advocating for meaningful change in the way we address Substance Use Disorder and the accompanying stigma and tra...
27 Jul 2022
Episode 13: Being Real, Getting Healed with Manda Carpenter
Radical honesty is something that challenges our lives and the way we live day-to-day. In mental health and addiction recovery, radical honesty does lead to radical healing. Manda Carpenter knows this firsthand, surviving trauma as a child and then moving into adulthood with related trauma symptoms and other challenges. Now, she works as a foster parent to support other children who go through similar experiences. "I believe that God uses the catastrophes of our life to be the catalysts o...
29 Jun 2022
Episode 12: The Suprising Movement of God with Faith Eury Cho
Can God move in unexpected ways? Can everyone have a purpose? How can we all support women, specifically women of color, on their faith and recovery journey? Join host Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with Faith Eury Cho about the way that God moved in her life and how she is helping to equip and support others on a faith journey. "Impact is determined by the power of God." – Faith Eury Cho Faith is from Korea and has been a gospel preacher since she was 19-years-old. Currently, she i...
26 Jun 2022
Episode 11: What Happens in the Downstairs Church? (and a bit more about my book)
Join host Caroline Beidler, MSW as she explores the concept of radical vulnerability and how this is played out in the recovery community. What happens in the Downstairs Church? Find out why Caroline wrote her new book Downstairs Church: Finding Hope in the Grit of Addiction and Trauma Recovery and what happens in the radically vulnerable spaces of the addiction and mental health recovery community. How can we bring the lessons learned from the recovery community into the light? What can w...
23 Jun 2022
Episode 10: Leading with Heart with Dora Wright
Join host Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with Dora Wright, the Founder and Executive Director of the Chicago Recovering Communities Coalition about recovery, leadership and the gifts of being of service. Anyone interested in supporting recovery community development or learning more about an incredibly bright recovery story, listen up! Dora Dantzler-Wright, BS, C.A.D.C., NCRS is the Executive Director of Chicago Recovering Communities Coalition and has 34 yrs. long-term recovery from ...
18 Jun 2022
Episode 9: Family Recovery By Design with Naetha Uren
How can families recover together? Join host Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with Naetha Uren about family recovery. Naetha shares her experience living with 4 generations in recovery and how to move into a place of healing with your family. She also talks about recovery coaching and what a coach is and isn't. If you are struggling with a family member or curious about how to recover as a family, this interview is for you! Naetha Uren is the founder of Recovery Coach Academy (Ltd.) i...
1 Jun 2022
Episode 8: A Heart for Service with Dr. Mary Roberson
Join Caroline Beidler, MSW as she speaks with Dr. Mary Roberson, the founder of the North Illinois Recovery Community Organization (NIRCO). She shares a part of her own recovery journey as a woman and Veteran and also how she was moved to serve her community by starting a non-profit organization and Recovery Community Organization. NIRCO works a crisis outreach with the local PD and has other collaborative grants and projects that provide peer recovery support services in Northern Illinois ...
23 May 2022
Episode 7: Why Language Accessibility Matters with Angelo Lagares
Caroline Beidler, MSW talks with recovery advocate Angelo Lagares about why language accessibility for all Spanish speakers is important. He shares historical context, along with why having accountability with the provision of cultural and linguistic appropriate services (CLAS) is important in today's world. Join me as Angelo shares about his professional work and personal recovery journey! You can learn more about LARA here and get involved today by contacting Angelo Lagares. You ...
16 May 2022
Episode 6: Supporting Women in Recovery with Annalice Argyle
Join host Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with Annalice Argyle, Founder of TracUK and woman in recovery who lives in Middlesbrough, England, about issues that effect women in or seeking recovery from addiction, mental health, and/or trauma. Annalice also shares some ways that she has learned how to support women and why building community in recovery is so important. She has extensive experience in the substance misuse field both in community and prison environments and is a qualifie...
4 May 2022
Answering the Call to Service with Bobbi Jo Reed
Join host Caroline Beidler, MSW as she talks with founder of the Healing House, Inc, Bobbi Jo Reed about what it is like to answer the call to service in recovery. Bobbi-Jo Reed is a person in long-term recovery with 26 years of continuous sobriety. She has provided safe, transitional housing for nearly ten thousand individuals over the past 20 years. Her passion in life is to help those suffering with substance use disorders find their purpose. She is the Founder and CEO of Healing Ho...
22 Apr 2022
Finding Rest from Anxiety with Jon Seidl
Join an important conversation with Jon Seidl, the author of the best seller: Finding Rest: A Survivor's Guide to Navigating the Valleys of Anxiety, Faith, and Life Jon is an incredibly talented writer, has worked with some pretty famous people and today will be sharing a bit about his own journey. I’m going to ask him about ways to promote recovery from things that we struggle with like anxiety – I’m raising my hand here, folks – and I’d also like to chat with him about some ways that we can...
13 Apr 2022
The Beauty of the Truth Teller: A Conversation with Elisa Morgan
Author and speaker Elisa Morgan shows us that a woman of faith and dignity does not (ever) have it all together. She struggles, yet is honest about her journey. She rejoices, even in the hard times. And through all of it, she shares that no matter what we go through, we can rely on a loving God to be there. Elisa Morgan (MDiv) was named by Christianity Today as one of the top fifty women influencing today’s church and culture. She has authored over twenty-five books including The Beaut...
4 Apr 2022
Where is God in the Struggle of Addiction? A Conversation with Philip Yancey
If God is so good, then why is the world aching? Why am I in so much pain? How do I reconcile a loving God with a hurting world? In his writings, world-renowned and best-selling author and journalist, Philip Yancey shows me that with doubt, can come a new faithful beginning. With pain and hurt, redemption. God’s world can become, regardless of our experiences, “a gift to enjoy with grace-healed eyes.” Over time because of guides like Philip Yancey, other addi...
3 Apr 2022
Let's Be Friends
Why is it important to have friends in addiction and mental health recovery? How can we move past the awkwardness and fear to have real and intimate and vulnerable connections? Join your host, Caroline Beidler, MSW, as she guides you through a quick reflection on friendship in recovery and provides some practical tips for moving forward.
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