How to Draw Your Future with Patti Dobrowolski
Patti Dobrowolski is passionate about showing you how easy it is to set and achieve your goals more quickly using a simple picture. In her inspiring and catalytic style, she challenges her audiences to identify, then step into the changes they truly desire, while giving them the tools and confidence to ensure those…
A Story of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean with Amy Dresner
Amy Dresner is a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. Since 2012, she has been a contributing editor of the online addiction and recovery magazine TheFix.com. She’s also written for the Good Men Project, The Frisky, Refinery 29, and has…
Surviving Sexual Abuse, Anxiety, and Addiction
Kelley Kitley is a licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been inspiring clients for the past fifteen years. Kelley is a sought after international women's mental health expert and author who has appeared in over 100 publications, podcasts, live news, and radio including WGN, NBC, The Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post,…
Speak Your Truth
It was exactly 4 years ago today that I stepped on stage to share my story for the very first time. I remember waking up that morning wondering what the heck am I about to do? Who am I to share my story? What privilege or knowledge did I have…
I Am Not Alone
My name is Emily and I am from Beaver Dam. I have been struggling with self-harm for 3 years now and have tried things like marijuana. The first time I self-harmed, I never would have thought it would turn into what it has. I just turned 16, and Rise Together…
Taking My First Steps of Recovery from Sexual Assault, Abuse, and Addiction
My name is Selena and I was born on November 2nd 1998 in Racine, Wisconsin. It was 11:59 when I laid on my mother’s chest as a newborn for the first time. I squirmed and wiggled but never cried. The doctors knew something was wrong. Little did they know, I…
How I Beat Depression and Loneliness
Depression is a very scary and real thing. I’ve dealt with it since I was a child; mostly because all of the abuse that happened to me at home. Unfortunately, my mother struggled with addiction to methamphetamine and it put me through a lot. Luckily my father was able to…
From Guns, Gangs and Prisons to 12-step Recovery with Freddy Negrete
Freddy is a world-renowned tattoo master. He has worked on countless movie stars, musicians, and sports personalities. You can read praise for Freddy's work, and his story, from Dave Navarro, Nick Cassavetes, and Danny Trejo; stop and visit him in person at the famous Mark Mahoney’s Shamrock Tattoo off the Sunset Strip. Profiled…
Resolve to Take Care of Yourself. 4 Ideas that Will Help Change Your Life.
“I want to give up, throw in the towel, say “f” it all, and walk away. I want to quit. That's how I felt. I was in such a deep, dark, place. If seeing my father nearly die from alcoholism wasn’t enough already, I lost nearly everything that I worked so…
Drinking and the Holidays: Tips on How to Stay Safe with Dr. John Mendelson & CEO Tom Nix.
The holidays are often a time of joy and spending time with loved ones, but often people experience a high amount of stress and other pressures. While families come together for gatherings and holiday parties, traveling tends to be at the highest. Unfortunately, death rates also spike during the holidays. …