Alternative Talk- 1150AM KKNW

Addiction is a tough topic to talk about, but it's important that we do.

The statistics are alarming - Almost 21 million Americans have at least 1 addiction, yet only 10% of them receive treatment. This means you'll most likely encounter someone with addiction in your life, and it's very possible it will affect your marriage, relationship, or family.

In this week's episode, we'll be discussing how addiction may harm even the closest relationships, as well as how to avoid it. If you're struggling to support a loved one with addiction, this episode is for you.

We have Nicholas Mathews as a guest this week. Nicholas is a substance abuse expert and addiction expert who dedicates his life to helping others get to the root of their addiction. Nicholas will be sharing some strategies for supporting a friend or loved one struggling with substance abuse.

After listening to this episode, you will understand the impact addiction can have on even the most "meant to be" relationships. You will also have actionable strategies for supporting a friend or loved one struggling with substance abuse.

Nicholas Mathews is a founder of Stillwater Behavioral Health, a Dual Diagnosis treatment facility that personalizes care to help those struggling to recover from substance addiction and mental health disorders. Nicholas abused opioids at a young age before becoming a heroin addict at age 16. It was only when he developed a life-threatening liver condition that he realized he needed to get clean.

After succeeding, he dedicated his life to guiding others into sobriety, becoming a consultant for various treatment facilities. This work made him determined to fix deficiencies in clinical care and boost the overall effectiveness of treatment programs. That’s when Stillwater was born. He intends to grow the facility to help even more people regardless of their socioeconomic background. He currently studies at Harvard Business School online.

In this episode, we're covering several key topics about how to love and support someone with an addiction, including:

What signs indicate that someone might have a substance abuse problem?

How do you properly support recovered/recovering addicts and avoid patronizing them in social contexts?

What is the first thing you should say to someone who might need help?

Learn about the root causes of addiction and how to address them

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Thursday, April 7 on Urban Forum Northwest -

*Young Song, Owner, YOUNG CONSULTING LLC, Interim President, Washington State Chapter-National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) invites minority contractors to their April 7 membership meeting on Thursday, April 7 welcome at 5:00 pm, membership meeting starts at 5:30 pm. President Song will be joined by the following NAMC Officers;

*Irene Reyes, Owner & CEO, Excel Supply Company, she is the Interim VP/Secretary WA-NAMC

*Linda Womack, Director, Tacoma Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), she is the Interim Treasurer WA-NAMC

*Bob Armstead, Armstead Consulting, Founding Member WA-NAMC and WA-NAMC Board Member

*Grover Johnson, Founding Member WA-NAMC and WA-NAMC Board Member

Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com and Alexa. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Podcast available 24/7. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye. This program will also air on Saturday 7:00-8:00 am (PDT).

The Dr. Pat Show: Talk Radio to Thrive By!: April Angels bring Miracles with The Angel Lady Sue Storm.

Website: www.TheAngelLady.net

The Personal Wisdom Show with Medha Johnson: Trust the Wisdom & Power Within You to Create Success: Creating Wisdom Based Success. Over the past few months we have been talking about learning and trusting your personal wisdom, today, I want to dive into the “why”.

https://personalwisdomcoachingnow.com/

Therapeutic Touch and its Global Reach Therapeutic Touch (TT) has its origins in the nursing world and as a nursing intervention, so TT is considered an extension of professional skills. TT was initially developed as a contemporary interpretation of several ancient healing practices by two founders, Dora Kunz and Dolores (Dee) Krieger. Dora had amazing abilities to see things that most of us don’t and recognized TT as something that could be easily taught to nurses. TT is a holistic, evidence-based practice that incorporates the intentional and compassionate use of universal energy to promote balance and well-being. Dee focused on developing a body of research that looked at quantitative markers, like hemoglobin levels. TT has a solid base in research with more than 50 doctoral and post-doctoral papers. Internationally, TT has been taught to more than 200,000 people in 104 countries. In the USA alone it has been taught at more than 60 colleges and universities, and TT has been practiced in over 50 medical centers.

Peggy Frank - Peggy was introduced to Therapeutic Touch (TT) when very ill with AIDS and attributes her survival to TT and other complementary therapies, as well as allopathic medicines. Since TT was extremely effective, even when no medicines were available, Peggy learned the methodology and the theory behind TT, as well as how to teach TT from certified programs in the US and Canada and took the training to Africa – where the impact of AIDS where HIV had horrific implications on families and communities. She studied under (and received healing sessions from) the two founders (Dolores Krieger and Dora Kuntz) and many of their students. Since 1998, she has been a recognized practitioner of TT, attaining her teaching certification in 1999. Her first goal was to teach in Africa, which she did in 2005, 2006 and 2010. TT proved to be extremely useful among home-care workers and Hospice staff and volunteers throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Much of Peggy's training has been in the United States, where she became certified to teach, as well as becoming recognized as a teacher in her home country - Canada.

Cordy Anderson, Retired RN, BSN, QTTT: Cordy began her nursing career in 1969, working in pediatrics, neo-natal intensive care, public health, and long-term care. In 1984 an opportunity presented itself to be a home health and hospice nurse. This type of nursing which included visiting the patients in their own homes spanned the next 32 years. It was also in 1984 that Therapeutic Touch magically came into her life as the “what to do when there is nothing else left to do” when working with the dying. Almost immediately she found TT an amazing adjunct to her nursing care…to ease someone’s respiratory distress…to relieve phantom pain…to help reduce a fever.

Sue Conlin, BA, QTTT Sue was introduced to Therapeutic Touch in 1990 and began practicing and teaching in earnest in 1998. Because she was not a nurse (her background is in business and management), she was not able to attend any of the TT workshops beyond the Intermediate course for many years. In 2001 Dr Dolores Krieger accepted her into a three-day Teachers’ Intensive course, and she has never looked back. Sue became one of the first non-nurse Board members of the organization when she served as Treasurer and served as its first non-nurse President from 2011-2017. She was awarded the TTIA Healer Award at the International Congress in 2015. Sue currently serves as the Operations Manager for the organization. She has been teaching and practicing virtually since the beginning of the pandemic and has been delighted to see how many new people have been able to learn TT because of our ability to teach and practice virtually.

Find out more:

https://therapeutictouch.org/

http://pegfrank.ca/

http://www.nwtti.org/

“Telepathy” coined in 1882 by Frederic William Henry Myers is the foundation in which all animals communicate with each other and us. It is a way in which Psychics, and Mediums, communicate with the living and those across the veil, which also includes animals.

Our animals are eagerly waiting to speak to us and communicate from the other side as they wait for us. Learn how you can connect with your pets, as well as humans who have passed with wisdom from Medium Cate Coffelt on this edition of Love From The Hyp.

Cate will also share her personal journey of becoming a medium and tips and tricks to connect with your own intuition. Plus, Cate will help a few lucky callers connect with their pets who have passed, so call in!

You won’t to miss this ConFURsation 🐾

Mystic Radio For Past Lives, People And Pets - Robin Alexis unlocks your Souls Wisdom by discovering what your Past Lives are, and Nels Rasmussen works with people for their pets, remotely, and assists them to restore the health and mobility to their pets when nothing else works!

Voices of Experience - 04 - 06 - 22 - What’s up with the Tacoma? & Life’s Messy… Live Happy by Alternative Talk- 1150AM KKNW

Transmutation Time with Kelly Kay: Energetic Alchemy for an Amazing Life: Transmutation for Ascension. Why transmutation of energy is KEY to the spiritual ascension process!

Kelly Kay wants to empower listeners to recognize that their past can stick with them energetically, causing them to repeat karmic patterns that keep them stuck. Most of our karmic/energetic patterning is subconscious and is difficult to recognize without a proper guide. The good news is that once it’s brought to light and ‘seen’ energetically, it can be transmuted - shifted into wisdom, healing, and transcendence from pain. It’s only when we can bring the shadow into the light can we truly heal and grow. Transmutation Time: Energetic Alchemy for an Amazing Life will help listeners consciously work on healing and transmuting pain and unhealthy patterns from their past so they can show up to life healed and whole, creating smoother family dynamics, better professional opportunities, and an easier time in romantic relationships.

https://www.enlightenmedicine.com/

Transformation and Change Radio with Dr. Kathy Obear: Choose Courage ~ Speak Your Truth ~ Live On Purpose: Dynamics of Class and Classism in Organizations: Digging Deep with guest Dr. Sonja Ardoin.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Sonja Ardoin, learner, educator, facilitator, and author, to share her insights and research about the issues and challenges faced by 1st generation, poor and working class college students from rural areas, and so much more!

https://www.sonjaardoin.com/