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 par

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 importanc

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

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 he

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 op

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 sti