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 women advocates across the U.S. including Lucy Battles, Tara Moreno, and Diane Scott. These incredible women ..read more

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 work focuses on developing systems and processes for grassroots organizations. The past eight years she has ..read more

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 move forward in a healthy, life-giving manner. Kate is also the author of The Red Couch, a novel about pas ..read more

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 trauma. She now focuses her speaking engagements, writing and podcast appearances on helping others naviga ..read more

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 of our calling." - Manda Carpenter In her new book, Soul Care to Save Your Life: How Radical Honesty Lead ..read more

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 is a pastor, a pastor’s wife, writer, and an itinerant speaker.  Faith is the CEO and founder of&nbs ..read more

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 we all learn about life change and transformation? In the last year alone, there has been a record of o ..read more

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 substance use disorder and mental illness. With over 25 years of experience in the field of alcoholism an ..read more

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.) in the UK, specializing in CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© Training. They support the training and implementa ..read more

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 in the U.S. What does it mean to have a heart to serve? How can this change our own journey? How can se ..read more