What if the first step toward healing isn’t a grand plan, but a simple, human moment—someone staying with you long enough to help you answer the call when opportunity rings? We sit down with Monica Brown, a certified peer counselor at Peers Rising, whose story threads resilience, harm reduction, and the courage to parent with clarity after growing up in chaos. Monica opens up about becoming a bonus mom and why language—and respect—matter in blended families. She honors the steadiness of her ...
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What if the first step toward healing isn’t a grand plan, but a simple, human moment—someone staying with you long enough to help you answer the call when opportunity rings? We sit down with Monica Brown, a certified peer counselor at Peers Rising, whose story threads resilience, harm reduction, and the courage to parent with clarity after growing up in chaos. Monica opens up about becoming a bonus mom and why language—and respect—matter in blended families. She honors the steadiness of her ...
What If Adversity Is Building You, Not Breaking You
Deep Dive with Dr D
41 minutes
2 months ago
What If Adversity Is Building You, Not Breaking You
The glossy highlight reel hides a harder truth: most of us are fighting battles no one can see. This solo deep dive gets honest about adversity—what it feels like to lose your footing, how shame isolates, and why the way back is built from small, stubborn choices. I share the moments that reshaped my life, from a failing sub shop and a beloved dog’s diagnosis to standing in the same courtroom years later as my felonies were vacated. The thread tying it all together is simple and repeatable: s...
Deep Dive with Dr D
What if the first step toward healing isn’t a grand plan, but a simple, human moment—someone staying with you long enough to help you answer the call when opportunity rings? We sit down with Monica Brown, a certified peer counselor at Peers Rising, whose story threads resilience, harm reduction, and the courage to parent with clarity after growing up in chaos. Monica opens up about becoming a bonus mom and why language—and respect—matter in blended families. She honors the steadiness of her ...
