“Thank you for inspiring me and lighting a path to follow.” Tom Hedrick – you are my friend, and I miss you and your big big heart

Rev. Jan M. Brown, the Founder and Executive Director of SpiritWorks Foundation, spoke with two of our staff about recovery, community organizing, and the importance of practice.

As a therapist who specializes in treating substance use problems and trauma, I try to practice what I preach: exercising, connecting with my emotions, getting enough sleep, and relying on my family and friends. But I’m not always successful!

Shifting the way you think about your loved one’s substance use can actually shift the way you interact with every other part of the change process. Creating long-term, sustainable change begins with this vitally important part of helping.

Distress tolerance skills help you keep yourself from ruminating, getting worked up, and making an already difficult situation even harder. By keeping yourself on more even ground, you improve your odds of being able to maintain your larger behavioral change goals.