Managing the Aftershock of Crisis & Social Isolation | Mental Health Monday Therapist & Author, Sarah Benton of Aware Recovery Care Monday, February 6, 2023 @ 11:00 am PST Managing the Aftershock of Crisis & Social Isolation | #MentalHealthMonday In this...
GATHERING ABOUT GATHERINGS Learn more about the free and twice-daily SHE RECOVERS® Together Online Gatherings We are all recovering from something. All of who you are is welcome here. Are you new to the SHE RECOVERS Community or curious to learn more about the free...
Seeking SHE RECOVERS in Chicago Event Planning Volunteers! Are you driven by a passion for social change, smashing stigma, and making a significant impact through your work? About Us We envision a world where all women in or seeking recovery are celebrated, supported,...
GALENTINE’S DAY RECOVERY MEETING FOR WOMEN A SHE RECOVERS Together After Dark Extended Online Gathering | SHE RECOVERS® Foundation We understand that the practice of radical self love is paramount to our well-being. – SHE RECOVERS Intention & Guiding...
Recovering From Self-Doubt Julie “That voice [ of self-doubt ] is the wounded little girl who experienced abuse and trauma and never got the love and care she needed and deserved. She is lost and scared and desperately trying to protect herself.” It has...
Body Aware: Bringing the Body Into Mental Health | Mental Health Monday Movement Therapist & ‘Body Aware’ Author, Erica Hornthal Monday, January 9, 2023 @ 11:00 am PST Body Aware: Bringing the Body Into Mental Health | #MentalHealthMonday Erica...
Weaving your 2023 Recovery Patchwork | Mental Health Monday With Aubrey Mescher Monday, January 2, 2023 @ 11:00 am PST Weaving your 2023 Recovery Patchwork | #MentalHealthMonday “It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights,...
SHE RECOVERS® Wrapped 2022 Your support made all of this possible in 2022… 1. Reached over 3 million 55 thousand women online 2. 114,500 women accessed SHE RECOVERS trusted resources for trauma, mental health & substance use recovery 3. Trained an additional...
Recovering From Adverse Childhood Experiences | #MentalHealthMonday With Haesue Jo of BetterHelp Monday, December 19 @ 11:00 am PST Recovering From Adverse Childhood Experiences Adverse childhood experiences, also known as ACEs, refer to events or circumstances that...
Recognizing Jen Olmos as a SHE RECOVERS Gem SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Volunteer Recognition “I was so isolated in my addiction. I am living proof of what a welcoming and supportive community for women like me can do. Being a volunteer in this community is the...
WINTER HOLIDAY ONLINE RECOVERY MEETING FOR WOMEN SHE RECOVERS Together After Dark Winter Holiday Gatherings | SHE RECOVERS® Foundation You don’t have to recover alone – especially over the winter holidays. Are you seeking an online recovery meeting for...
Give the gift of recovery this holiday season and ensure no woman has to recover alone. SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Nika is just one of more than 325,000 women in the SHE RECOVERS® Community. When she was ready to deal with her past traumas and what drove her to drink,...
Amplifying Women’s Stories in Recovery Advocacy SAVE THE DATE | IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY The SHE RECOVERS® Foundation invites you to write a new story this March in honor of International Women’s Day. As women, our stories of recovery are about...
To Our Beloved LGBTQ+ Community SHE RECOVERS® Team “Every human in the LGBTQ+ community deserves to feel safe to be who they are, wherever they are.” To Our Beloved LGBTQ+ Family, We see, hear and love you. We are devastated by the mass shooting in Colorado Springs...
Join the Free SHE RECOVERS® Together Online Extended After Dark Gatherings Facilitated by SHE RECOVERS® Coaches For some of us, the holidays are a time of celebration and joy. For others, Thanksgiving can be a painful reminder of challenging relationships, family...
My Journey With Postpartum Depression Sara Nelson | SHE RECOVERS® Foundation “With postpartum depression, I couldn’t stop my mind from telling me stories of fear, unworthiness and despair.” It was World Mental Health Day 2018. I was scrolling through my...
Movement = Medicine Celebration With the SHE RECOVERS Community Movement=Medicine We know that trauma lives in our tissues and the body has its own story to tell. In order to heal, one of the most powerful things we can do is move. Movement is a unique and...
SHE RECOVERS Foundation Chapter Network Pre-Launch Celebration + Q & A We are officially kicking off our SHE RECOVERS Chapter Network! Facilitated by SHE RECOVERS CEO Susan Carter & Global Chapter Network Director Kelly Zelenka We welcome you to join the SHE...
Seeking a Volunteer Manager to Join the SHE RECOVERS Team! Are you driven by a passion for social change, smashing stigma, and making a significant impact through your work? We have an opportunity for a Volunteer Manager to join the SHE RECOVERS Team to help our...
Art Therapy for People in a Hurry | Mental Health Monday With Jodi Strom Monday, December 20 @ 11:00 am PST Art Therapy for People in a Hurry With Jodi Strom During this experiential session of #MentalHealthMonday, Art Therapist & Clinical Counselor Jodi Strom...
Day 2 of #12DaysofRecovery SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Accessible, Inclusive Online Support & Expanded Recovery-Focused Resources It’s day 2 of the #12DaysofRecovery. Today is all about celebrating accessible and inclusive support. When the pandemic started, we...
Recovery is a gift—and so are you. SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Give the gift of recovery this holiday season by making a donation on #GivingTuesday and receive SHE RECOVERS Partners & Friends of the Foundation holidaydiscounts and SHE RECOVERS special offers as a...
Mending Hearts: Healing From Addictive & Exploitative Relationships | Mental Health Monday With Marissa Boyce Monday, December 6 @ 11:00 am PST Mending Hearts: Healing From Addictive & Exploitative Relationships With Marissa Boyce During this session of...
Entrepreneurs Igniting Change Through Recovery | Mental Health Monday With Elora Kindred & Emily Lynn Paulson Monday, November 29 @ 11:00 am PST Entrepreneurs Igniting Change Through Recovery With Elora Kindred & Emily Lynn Paulson Through this interactive...
Join the Free SHE RECOVERS® Together Online Extended After Dark Gatherings Facilitated by SHE RECOVERS® Coaches For some of us, the holidays are a time of celebration and joy. For others, Thanksgiving can be a painful reminder of challenging relationships, family...
Writing to Heal From Sexual Trauma | Mental Health Monday With award-winning victim’s rights expert, advocate, and best-selling author Jennifer Storm Monday, November 22 @ 11:00 am PST Writing to Heal From Sexual Trauma In this session of #MentalHealthMonday,...
Let’s Normalize Therapy: BetterHelp 101 | Mental Health Monday With HaeSue Jo of BetterHelp Monday, December 13 @ 11:00 am PST Let’s Normalize Therapy | BetterHelp 101 Finding professional help such as an online therapist shouldn’t be hard. No...
Narrative Authority, Moral Injury & Pathways to Wellbeing With Fahmida Hossain | Mental Health Monday With Fahmida Hossain Monday, November 8 @ 11:00 am PST Narrative Authority, Moral Injury & Pathways to Wellbeing With Fahmida Hossain Through this...
Recovering From Intimate Partner Violence By Dawn Nickel, SHE RECOVERS Founder | SHE RECOVERS® Foundation Recovering out loud – in detail – about my past relative to intimate partner violence is new to me. But I am also realizing how important it is to me. And so here...
Shelly Dimitrijevic’s professional and philanthropic activities have always focused on improving the lives of others. She began her nursing career at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis and went on to become a LifeFlight nurse specializing in neonatal, pediatric, and cardiovascular intensive care.
Shelly has been involved with numerous charities focusing on children and education including the Charlee and the Chocolate Factory gala, The Venus Orbit, Design For A Cure, Jackson Memorial, and Impact Oasis. In 2010 she founded the Lotus program, a program that focused on educating parents on the nutritional needs of children and basic child development. Shelly also served on the Frost Science Museum gala committee for 7 years before Co-Chairing the event in 2015.
After a diagnosis of Celiac disease and subsequently receiving Certification as a Nutritional Consultant, Shelly recognized that topically applied products have an effect on her Celiac Disease and overall health. She turned her focus to developing skincare that was free of toxic and hormone-disrupting ingredients.
Since she lost her only sibling in 2012 Shelly has been determined to find a way to contribute to the recovery community in a way that can make a great impact and ensure that others have the resources necessary when they are struggling.
Shelly's substantial contributions to SHE RECOVERS of both time and resources have been instrumental and deeply appreciated.
As a result of being introduced to SHE RECOVERS through retreats and meet-ups, Kirsten will be starting her yoga teacher training in the fall. These retreats also led her to become more deeply involved with SHE RECOVERS in a volunteer capacity. Kirsten was instrumental in setting up some of the Foundation's grassroots groups and currently volunteers her time helping SHE RECOVERS Foundation to design and implement the Volunteer Chapter Network.
Kirsten and her husband recently moved from Southern California to Roswell, Georgia to be closer to Kirsten's sister and two young nieces. When she isn't spending time being an aunt, you can find Kirsten hanging out with their rescue Labrador or exploring their new state.
Mary Beth is a founding member of SHE RECOVERS Support for Legal Professionals and is active at the local level with SHE RECOVERS in the Bay Area. Mary Beth has been living a sober life in recovery for over 26 years. She also has a history of trauma and abuse, from which she’s worked hard to recover as well. 6 years into her recovery, Mary Beth attended Berkeley Law. She worked at a large firm in Silicon Valley, then litigated class actions for the federal government. In 2014 Mary Beth was appointed an Administrative Law Judge. She recently retired, so she could devote her time to completing her writing and being more active in the recovery community.
She regularly speaks on behalf of LifeRing and develops relationships with organizations supportive of the multiple pathways approach. In August 2020, Mary Beth had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, I Beat Addiction without God, where she described building a personal recovery plan by combining ideas from LifeRing, Women for Sobriety, and Narcotics Anonymous. In November 2020 she had an op-ed published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, I was a federal judge, and I support Safehouse. Here’s why. She is currently working on a full-length memoir.
Taryn Strong is a founder of SHE RECOVERS® Foundation as well as a trauma-informed yoga instructor, recovery coach, aromatherapist, and herbalist (and daughter to Mama Dawn). Taryn has developed a unique yoga retreat program and led over 40 yoga for recovery retreats since 2012. She is also the host of the SHE RECOVERS Podcast and most recently created and taught the inaugural trauma-informed SHE RECOVERS Yoga Teacher Training Program. Operating from a trauma-informed lens and a firm believer in anti-oppressive practices, Taryn brings an empathic and invitational approach to healing - empowering women to find and follow individualized pathways and patchworks of recovery.
Taryn's courageous vulnerability and passion for recovering out-loud has made her an influential voice in the global recovery movement - smashing the stigma often associated with substance use and mental health issues. Taryn creates and lives with her beloved and two dogs within the ancestral and unceded traditional territory of the Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples (Saltspring Island).
Susan is an architect of hope and healing with over 30 years of experience in providing executive-level leadership to heart-centered teams in the non-profit realm. Since joining SHE RECOVERS® Foundation as Executive Director in April 2020, Susan continues to weave her experience with her passion to help other women receive what she has been so graciously given – long-term recovery from substance use disorder, body image issues, codependency, perfectionism, and moral injury.
Susan’s work in the treatment industry quickly revealed how stigma kept women struggling with mental health issues and addiction from seeking help, and the lack of resources available to them once they did. Having served as a founding employee of Susan G. Komen for the Cure for 20 years, playing an integral role in creating the global grassroots movement that changed the way breast cancer is talked about and treated, she felt called to utilize that experience to do the same for women struggling with mental health and substance use disorders.
Celebrating more than 27 years of continuous sobriety, Susan is a Certified Peer Support Worker (CPSW) in the state of New Mexico to provide resources and peer support to those in or seeking recovery. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her fur family of four, Alex, Chaco, Bodhi, and Gracie.
Dawn Nickel, Founder of SHE RECOVERS® Foundation, is a thought leader in the women's recovery sphere as well as an accomplished leader, dedicated researcher, and visionary in the recovery moment. She holds a Ph.D. in health care policy with extensive experience in researching and writing about women experiencing substance use disorders, mental health challenges, and intimate partner violence. Dawn started her own journey of recovery from a substance use disorder and domestic violence in 1987. She is also in recovery from anxiety, grief, trauma, overworking, and cancer. Dawn's tell-it-like-it-is wisdom has created a ripple effect where you will often hear her quotes "the shit you did is just the shit you did - it's not who you are" and "recovering from all the things" resonating throughout many recovery realms.
Currently working on her first book, Dawn is living proof that in a world where all women in or seeking recovery are celebrated, supported, and deemed essential to healthy communities - anything is possible. She is fondly referred to as Mama Dawn in the SHE RECOVERS Community and to her daughters Taryn and Ashley. Dawn lives, works, and plays with her beloved grandchildren on the traditional territories of the Lkwungen speaking peoples on Vancouver Island.
Nika is just one of more than 325,000 women in the She Recovers Community.
“Alcohol is what brought me into recovery but for me, it didn't tell the full story. That is why I love SHE RECOVERS so much. We don't just talk about our demons and the drugs and the alcohol, we talk about the real issues that led us to using those things in the first place.”— Nika
When she was ready to deal with her past traumas and what drove her to drink, SHE RECOVERS was there. Sadly an estimated 34 million women are suffering from mental health/substance use disorders.