Miami Schedule

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SHE RECOVERS in Miami Program All speaker elements take place in Country Club Ballroom
THURSDAY, 21 APRIL 2022
Time	Element	Notes
8a – 5p	SHE RECOVERS Symposium for Healing Professionals (separately ticketed event)	Empowering Women to Recover and Thrive
FRIDAY, 22 APRIL 2022
Time	Element	Notes
10a – 12p	SHE RECOVERS Coach + Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Breakfast	For Designated SRF Coaches & Yoga Teachers
2p	BOOK NOOK Sponsored by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation	Browse books by featured speakers and a wide range of recovery authors
2p	SHE MEDITATES Sponsored by Oberit	Quiet Meditation in Laguna Room (Conference Center)
2 – 4:30p	Registration	Biltmore Lobby
2 – 4:30p	SHE CONNECTS Sponsored by SHAMEBOOTH	Connect with Friends on Loggia (near Marketplace) Marketplace open for Mingle + Market
4:30 – 6p	SHE GATHERS Sponsored by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation	Poolside Welcome Reception
6:30 – 6:45p	Opening and Welcome	With Founders Dawn Nickel + Taryn Strong, Emcee René Syler
6:45 – 7:15p	SHE INSPIRES	Ester Nicholson: An Invitation to Be Your Authentic Self
7:30 – 8:30p	SHE INSPIRES	Keynote: Nadia Bolz-Weber
8:30 – 9p	Book Signing	Nadia Bolz-Weber & Ester Nicholson
9 – 10p	SHE SHARES Sponsored by The Sober School	Sharing Circle in Danielson Gallery (Conference Center)
9 – 10p	SHE RECOVERS Meet-up	Poolside Solo Travellers and Newcomers Meetup
SATURDAY, 23 APRIL 2022
Time	Element	Notes
All Day	BOOK NOOK Sponsored by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation	Browse books by featured speakers and a wide range of recovery authors
All Day	SHE MEDITATES Sponsored by Oberit	Quiet Meditation in Laguna Room (Conference Center)
7:30 – 8:30a	SHE MOVES Sponsored by No B.S.	SHE RECOVERS Trauma-informed yoga with Taryn Strong
7:30 – 8:30a	SHE RUNS	Hosted run / walk with Margaret Ward
7:30 – 8:30a	SHE SHARES Sponsored by Recovery Hour Podcast	Sharing Circle in Danielson Gallery (Conference Center)
8:30 – 10a	Registration opens
8:30 – 10a	SHE CONNECTS Sponsored by SHAMEBOOTH	Coffee with Friends on Loggia (near Marketplace) Marketplace open for Mingle + Market
9a	SHE PROMISES Sponsored by Promises Behavioral Health	Labyrinth created by Kathy Robbins (Back Lawn)
10 – 1045a	SHE INSPIRES	With Founders Dawn Nickel + Taryn Strong and CEO Susan Carter: Growing Our Movement
1045 – 1130a	SHE INSPIRES	Nikki Myers: Beyond Codependency
1130a – 12p	SHE INSPIRES	Lana Seiler: Trauma-Informed Leadership
12 – 1:30p	SHE REFUELS Sponsored by Sober Mom Squad	Buffet Lunch – Courtyard Tent
1:30 – 3p	VOICES IN THE MOVEMENT	Valerie Mason-John Pamela Rueda Devenport Paula Williams
3 – 3:30p	Book Signing	Valerie Mason-John
3 – 6p	SHE CONNECTS Sponsored by SHAMEBOOTH	Connect with Friends on Loggia (near Marketplace)j with Cold Drinks by Olipop Marketplace open for Mingle + Market
3 – 4	SHE SHARES	Sharing Circle in Danielson Gallery (Conference Center)
3:30 – 4:30p	SHE CONNECTS Sponsored by SHAMEBOOTH	Pool Plunge with Paula Williams
4:30 – 5:30p	SHE RECOVERS Dance	With Payton Kennedy
6 – 7:30p	SHE REFUELS	‘Movable Feast’ Dinner Reception – Courtyard Tent
8 – 9p	SHE INSPIRES	Keynote: Ashley Judd
9 – 11p	SHE RECOVERS Silent Disco Sponsored by WorkIt Health	With DJ Annie Love & Cold Drinks by Olipop
9 – 11p	SHE SHARES Sponsored by SoYoung	Extended Sharing Circle Danielson Gallery (Conference Center)
SUNDAY, 24 APRIL 2022
Time	Element	Notes
All Day	BOOK NOOK Sponsored by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation	Browse books by featured speakers and authors
All Day	SHE MEDITATES Sponsored by Oberit	Quiet Meditation in Laguna Room (Conference Center)
7:30 – 8:30a	SHE MOVES Sponsored by No B.S.	Y12SR w/Nikki Myers
7:30 – 8:30a	SHE SHARES Sponsored by Second Chance Initiative	Sharing Circle in Danielson Gallery (Conference Center)
7:30a	SHE PROMISES Sponsored by Promises Behavioral Health	Labyrinth created by Kathy Robbins (Back Lawn)
8:30 – 10a	SHE CONNECTS Sponsored by SHAMEBOOTH	Coffee with Friends on Loggia (near Marketplace) Marketplace open for Mingle + Market
10 – 11:30a	VOICES IN THE MOVEMENT	Elaine Alec Shari Hampton Taryn Strong
11:30a – 12p	Book Signing	Elaine Alec
11:30a – 1p	SHE REFUELS	Casual Continental Brunch – Courtyard
1 – 2p	FIRESIDE CHAT	With Dawn Nickel and Taryn Strong, followed by Community Q & A
2 – 3p	SHE INSPIRES	Keynote: Jennifer Pastiloff
3 – 3:30p	Book Signing	Jennifer Pasitloff
4 – 5p	SHE RECOVERS in Miami Closing Ceremony	SHE RECOVERS Trauma-Informed Yoga Close with Taryn Strong

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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.

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.

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Miami Schedule

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THURSDAY, 21 APRIL 2022

FRIDAY, 22 APRIL 2022

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