Holidays are an emotionally charged time—old family tapes blare. Whether we’re celebrating the holidays alone, with friends, or with family, our expectations that we must have the “perfect” holiday can ambush us. But we have powerful recovery tools. Special guest Sherry Gaugler-Stewart, Family and Spiritual Development Coordinator at The Retreat Family Program, Wayzata, Minnesota, shares how planning ahead emotionally and spiritually can set us up for serenity! Learn more about Sherry’s work at http://www.theretreat.org/family-program.php.

Holidays are an emotionally charged time-old family tapes blare. Whether we're celebrating the holidays alone, with friends, or with family, our expectations that we must have the "perfect" holiday can ambush us. But we have powerful recovery tools. Special guest Sherry Gaugler-Stewart, Family and Spiritual Development Coordinator at The Retreat Family Program, Wayzata, Minnesota, shares how planning ahead emotionally and spiritually can set us up for serenity! Learn more about Sherry's work at http://www.theretreat.org/family-program.php.

Moral injury results from having to make difficult moral choices under extreme conditions, witnessing immoral acts, or behaving in ways that deeply challenge moral conscience and values. It calls for deep recovery of one’s sense of goodness and value. It calls for repairing the soul. Special guests Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D., and Col. Herman Keizer, retired army chaplain, codirectors of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School, discuss the profound importance of soul repair for war veterans and the essential role spiritual communities play. Dr. Brock is coauthor of Soul Repair: Recovering From Moral Injury After War. Visit www.brite.tcu.edu.

 

Moral injury results from having to make difficult moral choices under extreme conditions, witnessing immoral acts, or behaving in ways that deeply challenge moral conscience and values. It calls for deep recovery of one's sense of goodness and value. It calls for repairing the soul. Special guests Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D., and Col. Herman Keizer, retired army chaplain, codirectors of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School, discuss the profound importance of soul repair for war veterans and the essential role spiritual communities play. Dr. Brock is coauthor of Soul Repair: Recovering From Moral Injury After War. Visit www.brite.tcu.edu.

Peer to peer support, in addition to what is found in 12 Step fellowships, promotes high-level wellness, reduces relapse, and heals the soul. Getting connected with others living a recovery lifestyle creates a whole new world. Joe Powell, the executive director and a founding member of the Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, and a board member of Faces and Voices of Recovery, is a pioneer in championing peer-driven, peer-led recovery support. He shares how peer to peer programs work and how they create a network of strength for people in recovery. Learn more about Joe’s work at www.apaarecovery.org.

Peer to peer support, in addition to what is found in 12 Step fellowships, promotes high-level wellness, reduces relapse, and heals the soul. Getting connected with others living a recovery lifestyle creates a whole new world. Joe Powell, the executive director and a founding member of the Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, and a board member of Faces and Voices of Recovery, is a pioneer in championing peer-driven, peer-led recovery support. He shares how peer to peer programs work and how they create a network of strength for people in recovery. Learn more about Joe's work at www.apaarecovery.org.

Gratitude gets us focused on what is working well in our lives and in the world. Gratitude gets us out of fear and into love, out of the “if only’s” and into the “I can’s.” Gratitude energizes us—getting us off the sidelines and into life. With his characteristic wit and keen observations, Rev. Leo Booth shares his insights into the power of gratitude. Rev. Booth is a Unity minister and internationally acclaimed author, lecturer and trainer on all aspects of spirituality and recovery. Learn more about his work at www.fatherleo.com.

Gratitude gets us focused on what is working well in our lives and in the world. Gratitude gets us out of fear and into love, out of the "if only's" and into the "I can's." Gratitude energizes us-getting us off the sidelines and into life. With his characteristic wit and keen observations, Rev. Leo Booth shares his insights into the power of gratitude. Rev. Booth is a Unity minister and internationally acclaimed author, lecturer and trainer on all aspects of spirituality and recovery. Learn more about his work at www.fatherleo.com.

Eating disorders have devastating consequences for health, relationships and even finances. Recovery opens the way to deep nourishment—to receiving spiritual food that brings life, health and a loving life. Guest Heidi Voet Smith shares how as a young woman she contended with a long-time eating disorder and overcame it through devotion to a 12-step program. She has an abundance of inspiration, hope and practical steps to discuss. Heidi, a licensed professional counselor, is the clinical director at Burning Tree Recovery Ranch (www.burningtree.com), where she also co-created and co-facilitates the Family Program Workshop. She has been featured on A&E’s Intervention as well as the upcoming National Geographic series How Drugs Work, and blogs for Addiction Professional magazine.

Eating disorders have devastating consequences for health, relationships and even finances. Recovery opens the way to deep nourishment-to receiving spiritual food that brings life, health and a loving life. Guest Heidi Voet Smith shares how as a young woman she contended with a long-time eating disorder and overcame it through devotion to a 12-step program. She has an abundance of inspiration, hope and practical steps to discuss. Heidi, a licensed professional counselor, is the clinical director at Burning Tree Recovery Ranch (www.burningtree.com), where she also co-created and co-facilitates the Family Program Workshop. She has been featured on A&E's Intervention as well as the upcoming National Geographic series How Drugs Work, and blogs for Addiction Professional magazine.