Start Healing Project

Start Healing Project

The Start Healing Project celebrates Recovery Month, 2021 with stories of Substance Use Disorder recovery, resilience, and hope in these new times. Presented by Robin's Hope, in partnership with SAARA of Virginia with support from Virginia DBHDS' Office of Recovery Services.

Episodes

September 4, 2024 51 mins

In this podcast we talk with Josh. Josh is a Peer Recovery Specialist who is interning at Robin's Hope working towards his certification. He also volunteers at NAMI sharing his story of living with chronic pain, depression and anxiety and what helps him day to day. Josh has such an inspiring story of hope and resilience! Thanks for listening.

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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...

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September 29, 2021 44 mins

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 o...

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September 22, 2021 49 mins

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 U...

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September 14, 2021 48 mins

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.

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September 8, 2021 37 mins

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...

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August 28, 2021 1 min

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...

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