Beyond Risk & Back

Robin Pinard- Peer to Peer Recovery

Alton Lenee Braxton- Thinking about Feeling. the Conscious and the Subconscious

So-Called Normal. A conversation we have to have.

Mark’s TEDx talk, Why We Choose Suicide, is among the most-watched in the world with over 6 million views. His story of searching for “the man in the light brown jacket” who saved his life from a teenage suicide attempt went viral around the world. When Mark learned of products being sold on Amazon that promoted suicide, his successful online petition to have them removed garnered tens of thousands of signatures and again gained global media attention. The worldwide rights to Mark’s first boo...

Marsha Stone- The Makana Path

Impact of Addiction on Families. Dr. James DiRida

Recovery Marketing Trends and Ethics- Daniel Gemp

Maureen Cavanaugh- A Mother's Journey through her Daughter's Addiction and Recovery

Return Interview with popular guest Author Maureen Cavanaugh. Maureen's daughter dove deep into heroin addiction very quickly and Maureen stopped at nothing to get her back.

Loneliness. Dr. Nuckols

Dr. Bruce Liese- Mutual Help

Addiction or Hobby?

Alumni Episode! A 17-year-old and his mom talk about his gaming addiction and life after treatment. Addicts helping Addicts is one of the most powerful forms of recovery. What better way for a teen to connect to sobriety than through a peer who has been there. Today I sit down with a recent graduate of Fire Mountain Programs RTC to discuss his addiction to screens. When does a video game hobby turn into an addiction? Is it any less of a concern for a parent to have a teen addicted to vide...

Cigarettes and Recovery John de Miranda

Abid K Naz- A New Paradigm for Opioid Recovery

"ChemSex"- Sex and Drug Addiction Dr. David Fawcett

Dr. David Fawcett, Author of "Lust, Men, and Meth" takes us into the world of "chemsex" and recovery. When addicts mix two addictions, dangerous on their own, but together wreak havoc on families, will the recovery be twice as hard?

Stephen Andrew Compassion is the Healer

When a Child Comes Out.

BRAB's 200th Episode! National Coming Out Day. Oct. 11th, 2020 When a Child Comes Out. What has a child gone through BEFORE they come out? Is there a process to this that families can go through...step by step... to help ensure the safety and support of this child? what about family members who refuse to accept the child? John Sovec is a therapist and coach in Pasadena CA who specializes in working with LGBTQ teens and their families during the coming out process. He is the clinical consu...

Dr. Davis- How Trauma Causes Pain

Eating to Recover.

What if...recovery could be improved by what you eat? David Wiss (returning popular guest!) takes us through the huge trend in the world and business of recovery. WHAT YOU EAT can significantly alter your state of recovery and maintenance of success, while helping you avoid relapse!

Douglas Murphy- The Blues and Prison

Blues Behind Bars began conducting songwriting workshops and playing concerts at Sterling Correctional Facility in 2009. Since then, the group has completed the Colorado Department of Corrections volunteer training and is officially a DOC-approved program, giving them access to programming in correctional facilities across multiple states. Today, Blues Behind Bars regularly conducts songwriting workshops in Larimer County Jail and Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, helping the incarcerated...

Taking Care of Your Relationship.

Jayson Gaddis, Founder of The Relationship School and it's podcast talks with me about the often unchecked damage having kids that struggles do...to the relationships of the adults. Here he offers step by step work for couples to get their connection back on track and begin to find the companionship and connection they had. www.relationshipschool.com

Michael Pipich- Straight Talk Bi-polar.

Michael is one of BRAB's most popular guests! Back for his 3rd show, you will hear the straight talk on bi-polar and get the skills to navigate happiness with family members who live with it. If you work with bi-polar personally, Michael is your new best friend. Michael Pipich LMFT holds a Master of Science degree in clinical/community psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Loyola Marymount University. He is a licensed mar...

Conscious Consequences

Are kids acting up? Again? Despite all of your warnings, consequences, threats..."Didn't we discuss this? What were you thinking?!?" Now you have to get your enlightened parenting hat on and do the right thing? Without sleep? Missing work...relationship struggles of your own? HOW do we do this? Without compassion for everyone and everything in the room, INCLUDING YOURSELF, and moving past shame, what business do we have giving consequences? Where is the unconscious punishment coming from .....

Darrin Miller- Failure to Launch

Darrin Miller, Clinical Director at Red Rock Recovery Center in Colorado discuss with Host Aaron Huey the challenges facing emerging adults (young adults) in recovery. Often labeled "Failure to Launch" programs, a heavy focus on living skills, job skills, and therapy while in recovery are important!

Mara Lehnert- Me and my daughter, in recovery.

Mara is in recovery... so is her daughter. Both of them work in the recovery field. This is a fascinating story of dependency, sobriety and a dedication to supporting the addict that still struggles. Inspired by her own sobriety journey over the past 15 years, Mara Lehnert has combined her lifelong experience as a successful entrepreneur and business owner with her passion for helping other alcoholics and addicts find their way to a life of recovery. In 2005, under the training of the late...

Me and my daughter, in recovery.

Mara is in recovery... so is her daughter. Both of them work in the recovery field. This is a fascinating story of dependency, sobriety, and a dedication to supporting the addict that still struggles. Inspired by her own sobriety journey over the past 15 years, Mara Lehnert has combined her lifelong experience as a successful entrepreneur and business owner with her passion for helping other alcoholics and addicts find their way to a life of recovery. In 2005, under the training of the lat...

Dr. Watson Pt.3 The Family's Illness and Recovery

In part 3 of our series with Dr. Hans Watson, Dr. Watson discusses how the family habits and "illnesses" show up in children's behavior.

Dr. Robert Weiss- PRO-Dependance

Enabling. Co-dependance. Enmeshment. Telling a parent whose child is suffering from the disease of addiction, that they are doing these things helps them...how? Would we tell a parent of a child with cancer this? Dr. Weiss, 3 time guest on BRAB, crushes the paradigm with his groundbreaking new strategy PRODEPENDANCE and it is taking the recovery industry by storm. Robert Weiss Ph.D., LCSW (CA LCSW 17610) is an expert in the treatment of adult intimacy disorders and related addictions, most...

Jill Krush- Fixing the Family System

Therapist Jill Krush LPC, NCC, CACIII, specializes in codependency, depression, anxiety, stress management, healing trauma, and substance abuse issues for individuals, couples, and families. She maintains a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She and Aaron discuss the system breakdown among families, how it affects the children, and what family recovery looks like.

Dr. Hans Watson Part 2- Anxiety and Depression THE REAL DEAL

Part 2 of my 3 part series with Dr. Hans Watson. We discuss Anxiety and Depression in such a way that we KNOW what helps, what hurts, and what happens next. What is the job of the brain and how is it different when we have struggled with anxiety or depression?

Dr. Stephen Grinstead- Kids and Pain Meds

Dr. Stephen Grinstead sits down with Aaron and talks frankly about children and their pain meds. The opioid crisis is in full swing, but children get injured. Dr. Grinstead gives parents a process to control the meds, the feelings and the response when a child wants "more". Dr. Grinstead is an internationally recognized expert in preventing relapse related to addiction and chronic pain disorders and is the developer of the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System. He has been working with chro...

Building Resiliency in Teens

Are teens nowadays just not able to handle what we could as teens? Are they too "fragile" and get depression and anxiety over things Gen Xers and Boomers just bootstrapped and handled? Were we more resilient? Dr. Hans Watson brings us through the life and psyche of a teen in this, Part 1 of a 3 part series. In this episode we confront not just the WHY, but HOW resiliency is created in the brain and tools to help our teens develop it. Dr. Watson is a highly decorated, a combat-proven leader...

Dr. Boriskin- PTSD, The Basic Tutorial

Dr. Boriskin explains that someone can have an addictive disorder without post-traumatic stress disorder – or PTSD without substance abuse issues – but it’s very common for the conditions to co-occur. In fact, he estimates that more than 80 percent of the military veterans he treats for PTSD also have a substance-abuse disorder. “The timing of which comes first is irrelevant,” he says. “It’s imperative to come to terms with the addiction first, then start working with the PTSD issue.” He not...

Dr. Michael Barnes- What this did to the family.

The whole family is affected, effected and infected by the addiction AND recovery process. Returning guest Dr. Barnes explains how and why as well as the what next. Dr. Michael Barnes is the Chief Clinical Officer at Foundry Treatment Center-Steamboat. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Master Addiction Counselor, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. His areas of expertise include trauma-integrated addiction treatment, family trauma and addiction, a...

Christy Alten Osmera- Social Media Dangers...the Basics

Christy is a return guest on BRAB, this time, giving parents the 101 on social media dangers. Christy Alten Osmera is the adolescent Program Director at Keystone Treatment and shares her wealth of knowledge as a therapist AND a mother. This is another look into the basic dangers of Social Media and the role it plays shaping our youth...and ourselves!

EMDR... The Magic Bullet for Trauma?

EMDR is quickly becoming a VERY popular therapeutic intervention with people who are suffering from trauma. Why? It works. It works FAST. In this episode of BRAB, Aaron and Elyan discuss EMDR as a therapeutic intervention, and WHY it is working so well...with everyone. Elyan Rosenbaum completed a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT. Elyan's passion for learning and her strong interest in trauma treatment later led h...

Paul Gross- LGBTQ kids and their parents.

Paul Gross and Host Aaron Huey discuss the process of change for parents. When a child comes out, what can a parent do? What if the parent is mourning? What if the parent doesn't understand or agree? Paul takes us step by step through a process of connection and advocacy for families.

The Future of School Part 2. How Parents Can Make it Work.

Continuing our conversation of the face of school changing...we now come to the most important part...HOW WILL THIS AFFECT PARENTS? While it may work out GREAt for the kids and districts who are saving money, what about parents who are home, or have to work? How are grades done? How much should a parent help? Part 2 of this great episode with Sara and Anjilee from Mountain Point Academy. Sara and Anjilee are committed to student growth and learning. They each have a decade’s worth of exper...

Stacey Godbold- Recovery Friends

Stacey joins Host Aaron Huey to talk about "The friend group". Too many parents dislike the kids their child is hanging out with, only to forget that other parents feel the same way about their kid. WHAT IF you take a bunch of troubled kids and put them together while they try to recover? Will they just share the war stories? Will they teach each other about a new way. to use? Can they actually help each other if they all are struggling through? Such a fun episode!

The Future of School

Kids and teens were suddenly home ALL day and taking classes online. Will it EVER go back to the way things were? What are the benefits and costs to schooling online and at home? This is part 1 of a 2 part series with the founders of an online program Mountain Points Academy. Sara and Anjilee discuss with Aaron the ups, downs, ins, and outs of schooling at home...and online. Sara and Anjilee are committed to student growth and learning. They each have a decade’s worth of experience in the d...

Rob Decker & Melissa Caiyem- The Belly Brain

Rob Decker and Melissa Caiyem (PH.D. Candidate) join host Aaron Huey for an important episode about how exercise and diet can MAKE or BREAK recovery. Tiem to clean out the cabinets and get outside...and why your child's relapse...as well as your own life...depends on it.

Robby Bruza & Lindsey Chadwick- How to help the Sibilings

Lindsey and Robby work with a unique program through Hazeldon Betty Ford...they work exclusively with the younger siblings of addicts. Learn some great tools and information from these two as they return to Beyond Risk and Back and sit down with Host Aaron Huey.

Robert Bernstein- Uniquely Normal Understanding Autism and Spectrum Behavior

Author and Counselor Robert Bernstein has dedicated his practice to working with Autism and Spectrum Behavior. His book, "Uniquely Normal" helps families navigate the language of Autism in the most remarkable way and he shares his skill and grace with BRAB listeners on this special episode! 2018 IPPY Gold Medal Award Winner in the Mental/Psychology category. 2017 Best Books Award Winner in the Mental/Psychology category and 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Parenting/Family catego...

Jennifer Place- I'm struggling too.

In this very touching episode, Jennifer Place, a therapist, a mom, talks about the realities of struggle and support. Real and vulnerable! Jennifer tells it like it is and reminds us all that kids are a handful, but mom is struggling too.

Thomas Shanahan -Recovery Fitness and Relapse Prevention

Recovery Fitness and Relapse Prevention Aaron speaks with the personal trainer and sports nutritionist, Tom Shanahan, who outlines a program of action to energize, reboot, and strengthen one’s recovery, especially those who feel they may have hit a wall in their program. His new book, Spiritual Adrenaline, imparts the importance of a holistic approach to fitness, good eating habits, and connection to a personal higher power in order to optimize the guiding principles of the Twelve Steps and ...

Theresa Vera- Martial Arts and Mental Health

Host Aaron Huey and Therapist Theresa Vera discuss the use of Martial arts in Therapy. Theresa Vera is a Marriage and Family counselor as well as a CAC II who works with teens and adults in a struggling community in a VERY unique setting.

Duke Rumley- Sober AF

Aaron and Dukes discuss Duke's solution to teens and adults getting high. It's pure genius. Duke Rumley has been working in the Recovery Field for over 9 years in many different roles. He has learned from his role as an Interventionist, Alumni Manager and Marketing Director. He is a person in long-term recovery, since May 1989, and has been an active member of the recovery community from the beginning, along with an avid live music fan. After an 18 year career on Wall Street, Duke went to wor...

Dr. Marcie Chambers- Someone gave Brittney Extacy for her 16th Birthday

Dr. Marcie Chambers received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She was in private practice for a number of years, treating clients for depression, anxiety, trauma, codependency, and addiction. Her practice included treating individuals, couples and families. Dr. Chambers taught psychology at the University of Colorado, Regis University and Metro State College. Dr. Chambers opened The Rose House in Boulder County, Colorado in 2008. The Rose House is a 16 bed, ...

Dr. Marcie Chambers- Someone gave Brittney Ecstasy (MDMA) for her 16th Birthday

Dr. Marcie Chambers received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She was in private practice for a number of years, treating clients for depression, anxiety, trauma, codependency, and addiction. Her practice included treating individuals, couples and families. Dr. Chambers taught psychology at the University of Colorado, Regis University and Metro State College. Dr. Chambers opened The Rose House in Boulder County, Colorado in 2008. The Rose House is a 16 bed, ...

Rob Archuleta Harm Reduction

Rob Archuleta and Host Aaron Huey talk about Harm Reduction in recovery. Rob is the Co-Founder of Addict2Athlete and works as the Chief Innovation Officer at Crossroad's Turning Points, Inc. He has a BS in Sociology and MS in Criminology and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Advanced Studies in Human Behavior. He is a five-time Ironman, CrossFit competitor, and Ultra Spartan and marathon runner. He has worked in the field for over fifteen years.

"The Power of Agency" Can you run your family like a business?

Dr. Anthony Rao, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Vanderbilt University. For more than 20 years, Dr. Rao worked in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Children's Hospital and served as an instructor at Harvard Medical School, where he trained psychologists and physicians in the use of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, or CBT. Dr. Rao has been a featured expert on documentaries and has been interviewed for articles in The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, The Wa...

Gina Thorne- I'm not but my kid is.

Gina Thorn isn't an addict in recovery. Her son doesn't struggle. So, how can she help? If you are a parent who didn't struggle but your child is, what can you do if you don't understand? Gina has over two decades of experience working in the field of prevention, intervention, addiction treatment, and recovery. Her background in health communications and health promotions has evolved in both the public and private sectors working in local, regional and national organizations, hospitals, and i...