• Recovery Reinvented: Integrating Physical Health for Enhanced Wellbeing
    May 14 2024

    Join Kristin and Trish in an exciting new episode, where they explore how the Snap Ed, Tennessee Extension Program can help your participants achieve physical wellness. Special guest Eboné Colclough shares invaluable insights on how the program can enhance your recovery court participants' journey to overall wellness. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about taking your program to the next level! Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

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    30 mins
  • A Chat with Marshall County Judge Lee Bussart
    Jul 13 2023

    Join me as I talk with Judge Lee Bussart about what it's like to start a recovery court, including the unexpected challenges, opportunities, and rewards that go along with it. Judge Bussart also shares great advice for the legwork that must be done prior to implementation. Even if you are a seasoned recovery court professional, you will appreciate the candor, wisdom, and passion Judge Bussart shares in this interview.

    Judge Lee Bussart is the General Sessions and Juvenile judge in Marshall County, Tennessee. She presides over a recovery court and will be implementing a Mental Health Court in the next several months.

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    35 mins
  • Chat with Hybrid Lifeline Coordinator and Recovery Court Graduate, Ginger Wells
    Feb 21 2023

    Join me for a chat with Ginger Wells, the first graduate of the 22nd Judicial District Recovery Court. Ginger is now a Hybrid Lifeline Coordinator in Tennessee, helping people connect to treatment and recovery in her service area and anywhere else she needs to. Ginger knows what it's like to be in the hopeless revolving door of addiction and criminal justice. She also knows what it's like to get a chance to change it.

    If you want to know more about the Tennessee Lifeline Peer Project, you can find it here.

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    17 mins
  • Drug Testing Strategies: A Chat with Judge Greg Pinski and Sean Shea About the PharmChek Sweat Patch
    Oct 6 2022

    What are the advantages to adding the PharmChek Sweat patch to your drug testing strategies? Listen to Judge Greg Pinski, a retired judge from Montana, discuss how the sweat patch was used in his adult and veterans treatment courts. Hear from expert Sean Shea as he answers some of the product questions a recovery court professional might have when considering the patch. If you use the sweat patch in your program, are considering it, or just want to be more educated about what's available in drug testing, this conversation was a lot of fun but also educational. If you want to follow up and find out more information, you can always check PharmChek's site here.


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    29 mins
  • How a Louisiana treatment court successfully used smartphone technology to reduce participant time in Phase 1 by 40%: A 12 Month Case Study
    Jun 23 2022

    Join us as we interview Clarence McGuire, Jr., the Treatment Director of the 32nd Judicial District DWI/Drug Court in Louisiana, and Chuck Orms with Corrisoft as we talk about the case study conducted in Clarence's district using Corrisoft tech and the improved outcomes from that study.

    For more information on Corrisoft's products, like AIR that's discussed in the podcast, you can contact Chuck at corms@corrisoft.com. There's also more information on their website https://corrisoft.com/air-product-suite/


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    26 mins
  • Recovery Support Through Working Out: Chatting About How To Implement Fitness and the Benefits
    Jan 11 2022

    Join me as I chat with Bryan Owens with the Shelby County General Sessions Recovery Court (Memphis) about how Crossfit and Yoga was implemented for participants. Bryan talk about how it all got started and he witnesses in participants who take advantage of the offer.

    In the interview, Bryan mentions a group called The Phoenix, which is a National Sober Active Community, so I've included their website here for anyone interested in taking a look. While Shelby County did not do exactly what The Phoenix has done nationally, the idea is the same: to provide a safe space for people with substance use disorder to work out, connect, and thrive.

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    24 mins
  • New Director Series Conversation Two: Chatting with Lauren and Trish about Treatment
    Jul 26 2021

    Lauren and Marie cohost as they chat with Trish Breeding, Director of the Rutherford County Recovery Court Programs, about providing in-house services, and the blessings and challenges of doing so. Lauren Berens is the Director of the Davidson County General Sessions Treatment Court in Nashville, TN., and is co-hosting this special series specifically for directors and coordinators. Enjoy!

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    34 mins
  • New Director Series Conversation One: Chatting about Graduations with Lauren and Tracye
    Jun 7 2021

    This is the first of a new series of podcasts focusing on topics of interest for recovery court directors. Please join Marie and her co-host for this series, Lauren Berens, Director of the Davidson County General Sessions Recovery Court, as they chat with Director of the Sumner County Recovery Court, Tracye Bryant, about graduations. We hope you enjoy!

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    39 mins