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Corvallis, OR - In their powerful new book, The Other Twelve Steps: Building a Life Worth Living - A Guide to Post-Rehab Success, Brenda Hibbs and Jenna Smith tackle the myriad challenges that can ambush people just post-rehab or in early sobriety. Drawing from personal experience and years working in addiction recovery, Hibbs and Smith offer a compassionate, street-smart guide for staying on the path to a life well-lived after putting down the bottle or needle. Although these folks are determined to build a life free from addiction, the road ahead can be tough. Addiction killed Jenna's Rock Star dad when she was 16, leading her to heavy alcohol use in her teens, trying to create her own rock star life. Brenda explains, ?One reason for writing the book is to put everything else people in recovery need in one place. We call it ‘Life Recovery,' and cover practicalities such as paperwork, finances and legal stuff, while encouraging readers to live rewarding lives through education, volunteering and learning to say ?No? without feeling guilty. Brenda and Jenna are both looking toward the future and how they can continue supporting others in recovery, and for Jenna, how to rebuild community. ?The subtitle ?Building a Life Worth Living - A Guide to Post-Rehab Success? really is our theme.? The Other Twelve Steps, available in paperback, eBook, and audio, is available at TheOtherTwelveSteps.com along with The Other Twelve Steps Workbook. For more information about Brenda Hibbs and Jenna Smith, please visit https://theothertwelvesteps.com

San Antonio, TX - Self-actualized law enforcement officers who are in the habit of practicing ?self TLC daily? are better able to serve the public with compassion and purpose. Law enforcement officers are public servants and do well to be cognizant of their high standing. Dr. Brenya Twumasi briefs her Criminal Justice Paraprofessional Law enforcement students to take time out daily for a mini vacation of self (for approximately an hour each day). ?If one wants to serve others with care, fortitude, compassion, and empathy, one should be mindful to care for oneself daily.? Brenya lives to serve. Born in Ghana, where she attended boarding school (under the British model of education) she comes from a family of both national and international leaders. These family members taught their children resolve, hard work, service, and care for others. Tactical Ops, Brenya's consulting firm, is a security systems & Peace Gardens consulting firm. It has been awarded for the second time this year, 2024. Tactical Ops focuses on creating restorative justice principles, peace gardens, Artificial Intelligence, and security for both personal and business. Her 17 page article, Internet Radicalization of Extremists, was published March 2024 by The Journal of Forensic Sciences and Criminal Investigation. Brenya looks at the future of Tactical Ops, ?The goal is to support learning how to effectively serve members of our Global community.? For more information about Brenya Twumasi or Tactical Ops, please visit her LinkedIn profile or https://www.tacticalops.org

San Rafael, CA - Art and music are powerful tools of healing, self-discovery, and self-expression. Carey MacCarthy, MA, ATR, LPCC, Registered Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor has dedicated her life to using this powerful trauma treatment modality to help children and adults heal from trauma. As a prominent Art Therapist in the field since 2001, Carey began her career working in the front lines in psychiatric hospitals, treating patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, and dissociative identity disorder, then transitioned into Neurorehabilitation within a physical rehabilitation hospital treating stroke victims. There, she developed a protocol that helped rewire the brain from paralysis in just 3 weeks. In 2014, Carey founded START UP! Art Therapy and moved to the Native American reservations to bring her START UP! Art Therapy Whole Brain Healing System™, a Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy Trauma Treatment training program to tribal schools and behavioral health organizations to heal trauma and break the cycle of Intergenerational and historical trauma. ?The START UP! Art Therapy Whole Brain Healing System™ also develops the nervous system, which is crucial for optimal brain function and mental health and is the foundational building block for learning academia, and memory retention, especially when we are talking about Native American People restoring lost language. It is imperative to optimize children's brains to learn their language,? explains Carey. ?We're currently working on new programs for adults and adult trauma,? explains Carey. For more information about Carey MacCarthy or StartupArtTherapy, please visit https://www.startuparttherapy.com