Author name: Meghann Perry

In this episode, professional storyteller, storytelling teacher, and recovery coach, Meghann Perry, joins hosts Phil and Sandy Valentine. Meghann pursued her love for acting and drama in her younger years but found her way into addiction as well. Discussion covers the desire for expressing creativity in one’s life, struggles with addiction, becoming a recovery coach, […]

Revolution Recovery and the power of stories (ft. Meghann Perry) In this candid conversation Meghann speaks with podcast host, Dr. Tiffany Wynn, about:

Revolution Recovery and the power of stories (ft. Meghann Perry) “My self awareness threatens your denial” – Meghann We continue the conversation around the importance of self-narrative and play. Meghann details how she uses theater performance to help people make sense of challenges they have faced in their lives, and how through play we can

Revolution Recovery and the power of stories (ft. Meghann Perry) Meghann joins the host to discuss the fundamental issue with viewing a patient as a subject / object / recipient / commodity and the victim blaming mentality that is helping no one. We explore how substances don’t always cause addiction and that the desire for

I washed up on threshold after threshold, chaotic and unkempt, dirty brown hair and hollow brown eyes, translucent and paper-thin. Dragged against my will, violently tossed against the door, crawling on a whisper, swept in like a dry leaf. Screaming in protest or brimming with hope, always in desperation. Thresholds of homeless shelters, crack houses,

“Recovery Storytelling” combines the craft of storytelling with the advocacy and messaging of the recovery movement. I discovered the potential of this marriage of art and advocacy in 2016 at my first Moth Story Slam competition. In front of hundreds of people drinking alcohol at a comedy club, I stood alone at the microphone. I

“What you have is good enough.” If you’ve ever been in one of the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery’s Recovery Coach trainings with Phil Valentine facilitating, you’re probably familiar with this statement. And, if you’re like me, this echoes frequently in your head (always in Phil’s voice, of course). But why is this particular sentence