The holidays are here, and for many, this can be a difficult, isolating time. We're revisiting one of our conversations from season one with a guest who offers important insight on being supportive to those who might be struggling. 

Angie Burleson, APP, CHt, is a Community Development Specialist and Polarity Therapist committed to changing the conversation surrounding substance use and mental health by empowering individuals and connecting communities to become recovery ready through a trauma informed lens. Angie’s own journey with addiction, family experiences, and education gives her a multi-faceted and unique perspective which has inspired her to lobby for public health focused addiction policy, expand peer support, advocate for parents, those in active addiction and recovery alike, and organize educational events.

Angie is Founder of Arizona Recovers, a recovery community organization, which provides harm reduction based peer support, community, and prevention and also Project Director of AZ Adverse Childhood Experiences Consortium. 

Arizona Recovers: https://arizonarecovers.org

Sesame Street in Communities: https://sesamestreetincommunities.org

Big Bird’s Comfy Cozy Nest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciGL9fCa8uk

Center on Addiction/Partnership to End Addiction: https://drugfree.org

Center for Motivation & Change: https://motivationandchange.com/online-and-in-print-resources/

SAMHSA: https://www.samhsa.gov

PAL Support Groups: https://palgroup.org

Faces and Voices of Recovery Map: https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org

Recovery Advocacy Project: https://www.recoveryvoices.com

Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavitz

Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" by Brene Brown

The views and opinions expressed on Awareness 2 Action are those of the guests and host and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Prevention Department or Northwestern Community Services.