Guest Blog Submission Request

The SHE RECOVERS® Foundation is excited to announce that we will be accepting submissions for guest blog posts from within the SHE RECOVERS Community. We’re looking for inspiring and original content consistent with our intentions and guiding principles to connect, support and empower those in or seeking recovery from life challenges including trauma, substance use, grief and loss, eating disorders, burnout and moral injury, love addiction and mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. We also intend to inspire, educate and inform the professionals, fellow travellers, advocates and allies who strive to make recovery solutions more accessible to the people they serve. Our current goal is to publish blogs that redefine recovery through personal narratives.

In 2023 we are seeking content that explores and highlights the following themes:

Anxiety, bi-polar disorder, depression, dissociative disorders and other mental health issues
Black, Indigenous and women of color voices
Body dysmorphia and other body related issues
Brain injury
Building recovery capital
Burnout or moral injury
Chronic pain, autoimmune disorders, cancer or other illnesses
Creating recovery communities
Dysfunctional families & intergenerational trauma
Gaming, gambling or shopping addiction
Grief and loss
Health at any size approaches to recovery from disordered eating and eating disorders
LGBTQIA+ stories
Love or sex addiction
Mature women in recovery
Mental health in the workplace
Oppression
Overworking
Personal definitions of recovery
Perspectives from Veterans, first responders, healthcare & allied professionals
Post-traumatic growth
Recovering from substance misuse of cannabis, prescription narcotics and illicit drugs
Recovering from trauma: racial, intergenerational, physical, sexual, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) CTSD (Continuous Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Shame
Young people in recovery

Author Byline:

Along with your blog post, please submit a byline introducing yourself that we can include at the bottom of your article. It should include:

2-3 sentences about yourself
Up to 2 links to your website, blog, social media profiles (please be sure you include the URL for the link in your submission

Terms for Submission

Content must be unique and original
Content must be exclusively published on our blog (not on any other site)
Articles should range between 700-1200 words
Blog posts must be editable and submitted in .doc, .pages or google doc format
You may reference articles relevant to your post by linking them (please be sure you include the URL for the link in your submission)
Headshots must be provided as jpegs only and in a minimum size of 600 pixels wide by its proportional height or larger

Approval Process:

Please allow 14-21 business days for us to review your submissions. You will be notified if your submission has/has not been accepted. Once they are approved, suggested revisions may be provided. SHE RECOVERS reserves the right to edit or modify your submission for SEO, voice and tone. Your article may also be featured in our monthly newsletter distribution sent to our network of over 10,000 subscribers.

Guest Blogger Submission Request

Name*
First Last
Name of Company (if applicable)
Email*
Phone*
Name of Company
Topic of Blog Post*
Suggested Title of Blog Post*
Upload your blog post & author byline*
Please provide a Microsoft Word or Mac Pages file only.
Drop files here or

Max. file size: 256 MB.
Upload your head shot
Please be sure your photo is provided as a jpeg only and in a minimum size of 600 pixels wide by its proportional height or larger.
Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, Max. file size: 256 MB.
Consent*
I agree to the "Terms for Submission" outlined above.

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Shelly Dimitrijevic

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.

Kirsten Newquist

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 O'Connor

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

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 Carter

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

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.

Guest Blog Submission Request

In 2023 we are seeking content that explores and highlights the following themes:

Author Byline:

Terms for Submission

Approval Process:

Guest Blogger Submission Request

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Shelly Dimitrijevic

Kirsten Newquist

Mary Beth O'Connor

Taryn Strong

Susan Carter

Dawn Nickel

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