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We discuss peer support during our podcasts, specifically Chronic Pain and Mental Health, Queer and Neurodivergent, and Men and Mental Health. More Groups will be added, with supporting podcasts.
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NCCPSS PROVIDING SUPPORT ON THE GO WHETHER ITS FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, or just someone to support you in your walk to a healthy life
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Recovery Stories: Peer support for Connection and Compassion Enabling Recovery from Alcohol and drugs
Lucia D’Ambruoso
This podcast series shares community empowerment experiences from peer supporters working with Turning Point Scotland in Aberdeenshire helping communities dealing with alcohol and drug problems. Practitioners and peer support workers share how they have used their personal experiences to help at-risk groups supporting recovery from addiction through processes of connection and compassion. Communities play critical roles in public health. The active participation of communities in health serv ...
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Join Amber Chinn and Audrey Balsor as they talk about when to disclose (a chronic illness) and how to seek accommodations at work. They explore their own experiences, research, and the lived experiences with others to chart a course to accommodations that can and should be available to people who experience a chronic illness in the workplace. If yo…
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Ryan Gould and Keith Anderson are proud to launch their new podcast - How Life Goes They will be sharing their respective journeys through mental mental health challenges. They share a mutual respect and understanding which fosters a healthy discussion. The conversation will be real and authentic, without filters.…
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In this second episode of Chronic Chronicles: The Achy Breaky Paincast, Amber and Audrey talk about how having a diagnosis of Chronic Pain can change your identity, both internally and externally, and how to navigate these changes. Link to sign up and details about the FREE Chronic Pain Peer Support Group with Amber and Audrey are here: https://www…
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Meet Amber Chinn and Audrey Balsor - Worth Living’s Chronic Pain Peer Support Facilitators - as they get personal and share their personal journeys with Chronic Pain and explore what it means to be a Chronic Pain survivor.
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Keith Anderson shares the life changing challenges of the last six months. He is grateful that he is still here with all of you.
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Di Mitchell is lead practitioner for peer support services in Banff, with Turning Point Scotland. In this podcast, Di shares her journey from engaging with the service as a client, to becoming a practitioner and professional in her own right and providing services in the Banff area. Di’s peer support work is deeply person-centred, offering opportun…
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Amanda Stephen is lead practitioner for peer support services in Fraserburgh, with Turning Point Scotland. In this podcast, Amanda shares how she initially engaged with the service during active addiction and early recovery, and how this built and led to a professional role in provision of peer support services. Amanda describes how the service sup…
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Kathleen Donaldson came to be involved in peer support volunteer services following the death of her husband. Kathleen describes being a peer supporter in her community, and how her work addresses the stigma and isolation associated with addiction that she experienced. Kathleen outlines the breadth of highly person-centred support through peer work…
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Ashley Grant came to be involved in peer support through her own journey of addiction and recovery. Following 10 years of heroin addiction, Ashley engaged with and took up peer support worker roles for recovery groups across Aberdeen City and Shire. Ashley’s peer support work promotes acceptance, integration and inclusion, empowering people to reco…
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Motivation#Look Forward
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Hoarding the new addiction
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Random thought
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Your physical and mental health are very very important so take some time for yourself
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Secret anniversaries of the heart
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Facts for Mental Health Awareness
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PTSD AWARENESS MONTH
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What anchor can do for you
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5/24/19
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COPING SKILLS FOR PTSD
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Coming together as citizen
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Admitting and understanding ADDICTION
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Cherish the ones while they are still here
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My first attempt at a podcast. I discuss how depression moved in and took hold of my mind and thus my life. But through the darkness, I am still here. As well, I provide a brief history on how and when Worth Living came to exist.
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