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We had such an awesome time sitting down with our friends The Book Bank Foundation talking all things community, service work and what it really means to give back. To learn more about The Book Bank Foundation and what they do please visit thebbf.org Follow them on IG: @glenn toby  @ceodavidmbranch @thebbf @alexbush_9   To learn more about us please visit eternalstrengthatl.com

Listen to this new episode as our Founder and President Wes Robins chats with Carmen Grace about her journey through education and finding her own voice and path in the field of healing and growth.  learn more by visiting eternalstrengthatl.com

Listen as Kara, Wes and Zac sit down for a chat on love, breakdowns and breakthroughs.

Enjoy this deep discussion between our Founder and President Wes Robins and Rohini Ross. Rohini Ross is co-founder of “The Rewilders.” Listen to her podcast, with her partner Angus Ross, Rewilding Love. They believe too many good relationships fall apart because couples give up thinking their relationship problems can’t be solved. In this season of the Rewilding Love Podcast, Rohini and Angus help a couple on the brink of divorce due to conflict. Angus and Rohini also co-facilitate private couples’ intensives retreat program that rewild relationships back to their natural state of love. Rohini is also the author of the ebook Marriage, and she and Angus are co-founders of The 29-Day Rewilding Experience and The Rewilding Community. You can follow Rohini on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. To learn more about her work and subscribe to her blog visit: TheRewilders.org. #community #connection #revolutionizecommunityhealth

We sat down with our good friend Tamara Ancona today who is the owner of Tag Counseling Group. They are a private educational consulting practice that helps families replace the endless confusion of placement with options distinct only to their children.  Whether it be a private educational setting, a supportive or alternative learning environment, an emotional growth school, clinical treatment or a therapeutic boarding school…Tamara and her skilled team can help your family navigate the sometimes unsure path of placement. We absolutely love the compassion and energy Tamara brings to her work and it was such a pleasure to sit and talk with her on our show.  . . To learn more about Tag Counseling Group please visit tagcounseling.com @knowledgeofselfdetermination  @kara.morrissey  #educationalconsultant #familysupport #loveandlight #radicalyouthwork #growthtools

Today we chatted with our good friend Brenda Zane. Brenda is a family advocate, certified parent coach & facilitator with The Partnership to End Addiction, host of the podcast Hopestream, and founder of an online community, The Stream, for moms of kids with substance use disorder. . . Brenda's oldest son struggled with an addiction to a high-risk lifestyle and illicit drugs for over 5 years. After nearly losing him to multiple fentanyl overdoses, Brenda left her marketing career to serve other families dealing with the fear, confusion and helplessness that comes along with having a child who's misusing drugs or alcohol. . . Today, her son is thriving in a healthy life of recovery which, in part, Brenda contributes to CRAFT skills she learned along her family's journey. . . Brenda is also a Mayo Clinic Certified Health and Wellness coach and centers all of her work around mental and physical health as a way for families to heal. . . To learn more about Brenda and the amazing community she has built please visit: thestreamcommunity.com @the.stream.community . To catch the full episode please click the link in our bio! 🖤🤟🏻🏴‍☠️ . . #thestreamcommunity #hopestream #support #youthwork#parentsupport

Today we had an amazing talk with our good friend Coy Bowles. We touched on topics like sacred spaces, power within our youth, childhood inspirations, his current project: Behind The Little Red Door, a children's toolkit geared towards social-emotional competence, and much more. To watch or listen to the full episode please click the link in our bio. Learn more about Coy, his music and Behind the Little Red Door by visiting: shopcoybowles.com zacbrownband.com lakeshorelearning.com #sacredspaces #radicalyouthwork #behindthelittlereddoor

Today with sat down with our friends Kristen Raymond and Sarah Grise form the wonderful Fusion Academy to discuss topics like why and how their approach to education actually resonates with young people, the importance of self-care and how it shows up in your work, and our favorite movies. To learn more about Fusion Academy please check them out at fusionacademy.com To listen and watch the full episode, please click the link in our bio. #fusionacademy #youthcenter #radicalyouthwork

Today was amazing because we had time to sit and chat with our good friends Dave Herz & Willow Rubin, founders of Team Wonder about the true definition of experiential therapy, their approach to carving space for parents, the influence from Dave and Willow on Eternal Strength, and much more. Click the link in the bio to watch the full episode.  To learn more about Wonder and their amazing program and team please visit teamwonder.org #teamwonder #experiential #radicalyouthwork

Jason is the Co-Owner of Brightstone Transitions. He brings a wide variety of experiences and passions to the Brightstone team. Jason comes to Brightstone with years of management experience in both therapeutic programming and summer camp programs. Jason has a great deal of experience in designing and implementing programming to help young people. Jason started his career working with inner city youth in the Atlanta area in a wilderness-based programming for over seven years. Helping to develop programing for boarding schools on the East Coast became his focus before moving on to other programing areas. Through the years, Jason has had the opportunity to work with several camps and schools across the country. Jason accepted a job as the Director of Conferences, Retreats and Summer Programming for the Greater Seattle YMCA. Jason then moved to San Francisco to work with the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco where he served as Assistant Camp Director of Programs and helped to connect Bay Area inner city youth with healthier lifestyles through the outdoors. After several years of work with the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco, Jason took an opportunity to run a program near his family in North Carolina. During that work, Jason developed a passion for helping young adults that led him to Brightstone.  Jason takes an active approach to working with clients and their families and remains closely connected throughout their time with Brightstone. A major focus of his work with young adults is helping them find and pursue their individual passions. Jason understands that this often leads to young adults finding new ways to be successful. In addition to Brightstone Transitions, Jason is also the owner of Point School Puerto Rico, a hybrid gap year program in Isabella, Puerto Rico and Wisdom Ranch, a vocational gap year program in Arco, Idaho. Jason received a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a concentration in Southern Urban Minority Politics from East Carolina University. In his free time Jason enjoys the outdoors, playing golf, and spending time traveling with his son.   Jill Allen serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Brightstone Transitions. Jill obtained a bachelor’s degree from Salve Regina University in Secondary Education and is in pursuit of her Master’s degree in Human Service Administration from Bellevue University. She began her career working in therapeutic boarding schools, where she found a passion for working with those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). After finding her passion, she then focused her efforts on becoming a Behavior Specialist where she helped middle and high school students improve their behavior in the school setting. While serving as Behavior Specialist Jill provided direct intervention, created school safety protocols, and served as the Nonviolent Crisis Prevention Intervention trainer. Jill has also provided in-home supports to clients and families as a Case Manager and Supervisor with Boys Town of South Florida. While at Boys Town, Jill advocated for services for clients within their communities and provided parent support and training. Throughout Jill’s experience she has focused on how to help staff and parents see client behavior as communication of needs. Showing both families and staff that if that if they look towards what is being communicated that we can find how to both decrease the behavior and more importantly help the client is Jill’s passion. She feels that with strong relationship building, clients feel safe to seek the help they need and will be more likely to accept feedback. In addition to supporting Brightstone, Jill supports their gap year programs Point School Puerto Rico and Wisdom Ranch. When not with Brightstone young adults, Jill can be found home in Georgia with her daughter, traveling to see family in New England, reading books, or attempting to run long distances. 

Stoked to be able to sit down with our friends Todd Stumbo & Graham Skinner from Blue Ridge Mountain Recovery for a quick chat on topics like self-care, leadership, team culture, and shifts in the industry. We appreciate these guys and what their program is accomplishing in the industry.  To learn more about Todd, Graham and the rest of the Blue Ridge Team and program please visit blueridgemountainrecovery.com

We are back! Listen in as Wes and Mike chat with the Founder of Four Winds Recovery Cody Davis.  Cody Davis is a Certified Addiction Counselor(CACI) through the Georgia Addiction Counselor Association, as well as a Certified Recovery Specialist(CRS) through the International Recovery Institute. Cody has worked in various levels of care while serving a wide demographic of individuals struggling with Substance Use Disorder. Cody is highly trained and utilizes experiential modalities to connect with his clients. Cody has a primary focus of working with anger and shame-based fear, as it pertains to each of his individual clients. Cody is very passionate about working with men who suffer from the disease of addiction, which comes from his own experience of battling addiction and homelessness.  Four Winds Recovery is a Drug and Alcohol-free Recovery Residence for those who suffer from Substance Use Disorder. We at Four Winds Recovery provide personal, individualized care for each one of our participants needs. We have trained, experienced staff who are all in Recovery themselves that provide counseling, recovery coaching, employment promotion, and integration into the Recovery community. Our mission at Four Winds Recovery is to assist each individual by providing the tools they need to live successful lives free from the grips of addiction. Learn more at 4windsrecovery.com