Doreen Phillips grew up in Indiana and has lived in central Vermont for almost 19 years. She now participates in the Transformative Language Arts Network (TLAN) affiliated with Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, and hopes to earn her master's degree by 2020. In collaboration with writers and storytellers across the nation, Doreen plans to use TLA and recovery work to assist others.

On this week's podcast, she reads "The Moment I Knew Something Had to Change."