Start Healing Project

In this episode we talk with Michael James-Deramo about the Community Resilience Initiative's "Adult Resilience Building Blocks For Life" card deck and how The Robin's Hope program implements these building blocks into the "RISE" groups they offer. Our guest Michael James-Deramo is Program Director for Robin’s Hope. Michael is a certified peer recovery specialist and longtime participant of Robin’s Hope. Michael is also a Trauma Informed and Trauma Supportive Leadership trainer for the ...

It's National Recovery Month and the Start Healing Project is celebrating with stories of hope and resilience through recovery from substance use. In each episode, we'll be asking our guests what recovery means to them. We have a conversation with "Jeter" (Jason Jeter) who shares his experience with incarceration, how he found Mental Health and Substance Use recovery, the importance of community, and the power of belief.Note: This episode has bonus leaf-blower sound effects. Find resourc...

It's National Recovery Month and the Start Healing Project is celebrating with stories of hope and resilience through recovery from substance use. In each episode, we'll be asking our guests what recovery means to them. This week we talk with Kay who is in long-term recovery for Substance Use Disorder. Kay candidly shares her determined journey of recovery in the face of stigma and her message that anyone with Substance Use Disorder and/or Mental Health challenges is worthy of understanding a...

It's National Recovery Month and the Start Healing Project is celebrating with stories of hope and resilience through recovery from substance use. In each episode, we'll be asking our guests what recovery means to them. Meet Sarah who shares what life was like before her 30 year recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder. She gives us a look at how trusting her recovery process has been her way forward.Find resources mentioned in this episode, information about this podcast, show notes, and a transcr...

It's National Recovery Month and the Start Healing Project is celebrating with stories of hope and resilience through recovery from substance use. In each episode, we'll be asking our guests what recovery means to them, what life was like before recovery, and what life is like now. This week we meet Molly, a new mom who loves music and helping others. She shares her history with opioid use disorder, mental health, and the variety of recovery treatments & tools she feels privileged to have...

Welcome to Start Healing Project, a podcast about hope and resilience in recovery. This September we'll be celebrating Recovery Month, 2021 with stories about lived experience with Substance Use Disorder.Join us for frank, open conversations that examine the different ways substance use can affect a life, the many pathways recovery can take, how our guests have been impacted by stigma and the skills and coping they’ve used to get where they are today.You can find information about the S...