You're Not Beyond Help: Whole Person Change After Addiction & Homelessness — Jackie & Jeff

About this episode

Brynne discusses whole person change after addiction and homelessness with guests Jackie and Jeff from the Other Side Academy.

In this episode, I sit down with Jackie and Jeff from the Other Side Academy and Village, a nonprofit helping people coming out of incarceration, homelessness, or addiction through a two and a half year program focused on whole person behavioral change. Jackie shares 25 years of on and off homelessness, introduced to drugs young, losing her daughter, and finding relief when arrested because she'd have a bed and meals. Jeff talks about living in canyons for six years after getting stabbed, calling cops on himself to go to jail, and writing a letter to the Academy. They explain real community means people holding you up while also expecting your best, not accepting you as lesser. They discuss misconceptions like homeless people don't want help or are dangerous. Both are now coaches helping others discover who they want to become. The Academy is self-sustaining through Other Side Moving, thrift stores, and donuts. Brynne’s Social: Facebook: @Brynne Erickson - my public page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573316550355 Instagram: @brynne_erickson https://www.instagram.com/brynne_erickson/ Threads: @brynne_erickson…

People in this episode

Host: Brynne Erickson

Guests: Jackie, Jeff

Topics covered

• addiction recovery
• homelessness
• community support
• behavioral change
• personal transformation

Keywords

• addiction
• homelessness
• community
• behavioral change
• coaching
• nonprofit
• transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Other Side Academy, Village, Other Side Moving, thrift stores, donuts

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