Changing Lives: Recovery Talks

In this week's episode, host Sommer speaks to Rosie Lewis, former Deputy Director of the Angelou Centre, about her long career in activism and advocacy and the importance of tailormade recovery services for women and children.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

On this week's episode, Andy speaks to Lily and Dan about the importance of connection at individual, community and systemic levels. The discussion asks questions about the relational impact of trauma and how we need to attune to the people, systems and communities to fully understand recovery in its widest and most authentic form.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

On this week's episode, Andy speaks to Lily and Dan about the importance of connection at individual, community and systemic levels. The discussion asks questions about the relational impact of trauma and how we need to attune to the people, systems and communities to fully understand recovery in its widest and most authentic form.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

People who have been in recovery for multiple years often get asked "why do you still do it?" In this episode, Iain speaks to guest Peter who has been in recovery for over 40 years. He explores what it has been like, how it has grown, and why he is still committed to it after all these years.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In this week's episode, we talk about recovery in the community - how this is the really powerful space where sustainable and healing change does and can take place. Today's guests are Stuart Green, Drug and Alcohol Service Manager at ASPIRE, and Anne Marie Ward, CEO of Faces & Voices of Recovery UK (FAVOR-UK).

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In this two-part discussion, hosts Andy and Sommer are joined by Sohan and David to discuss how we can create recovery services that are culturally responsive, particularly to the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community. This second sepisode takes a deeper dive into the services currently available to BAME people in recovery, who commissions them and what the future holds for them.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In this two-part discussion, hosts Andy and Sommer are joined by Sohan and David to discuss how we can create recovery services that are culturally responsive, particularly to the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community. This second sepisode takes a deeper dive into the services currently available to BAME people in recovery, who commissions them and what the future holds for them.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In this two-part discussion, hosts Andy and Sommer are joined by Sohan and David to discuss how we can create recovery services that are culturally responsive, particularly to the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community. This first episode explores what recovery means to each guest, before giving a general overview of the specific issues facing culturally diverse people in recovery.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

It is widely believed that we use substances and processes to change the way we feel. In this episode, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor Marianne speaks to host Iain about how we feel about our "selves", touching on the topics of shame, guilt and self-worth and how we change those within our recovery journey.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

It is widely believed that we use substances and processes to change the way we feel. In this episode, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor Marianne speaks to host Iain about how we feel about our "selves", touching on the topics of shame, guilt and self-worth and how we change those within our recovery journey.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/