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Insightful Recovery
Practical guidance for navigating life after treatment — written from 30+ years of lived experience and community engagement.
Featured Article
Grief walked into a Dorchester barbershop and the room held it. A sister, a recovery coach, a man documenting recovery across 15 cities, and a barber with almost 30 years in the chair — with the reel from inside the room.
Tyshaun Perryman
July 28, 2026
Eight people pulled up chairs in a Dorchester barbershop and named the silence out loud. The room, the question, the chain the silence starts — with the 4-minute film from inside the session.
July 21, 2026
The free community group isn't the revenue — it's the output. Funders pay, the community gets it free. That's the whole point of the missing engagement, and the design behind The Chair Conversations pilot.
July 1, 2026
The most trusted seat in the neighborhood was never in a clinic. Barbers and cosmetologists work on three levels at once — craft, community purpose, and a higher calling. They aren't facilitators. They're Recovery Assets.
July 1, 2026
Most people in peer and recovery work build networks that run sideways — same level, same field, same rooms. Lab 5 maps who is actually in your circle, names what direction the energy moves, and identifies the leaders you have been hesitant to reach. Free 90-minute live lab. Monday May 11, 6PM ET.
May 5, 2026
Labs 1 through 3 built the inside. Lab 4 is where all of that meets the field. Trust, Agency, Connection, Tactical Tools — the four-pillar framework recovery professionals were never trained to lead from. Free 90-minute live lab. Sunday May 3, 6PM ET.
April 30, 2026
Three months of progress. One phone call. Gone. Every recovery professional has been there — and nobody trained you for what to do next. Lab 2 is a free 90-minute live session on the Rapid IOPT Model.
April 11, 2026
Your authority is not something you gain. It is something you either speak from or speak away from. A 2-hour live experience for recovery professionals and community leaders.
April 9, 2026
Every person who has done the work knows the F*ck It Moment. The moment where throwing it all away feels like the only option. The Rapid IOPT model was built to interrupt it.
April 8, 2026
Recovery Language. Clinical Language. Bureaucracy Language. Business Language. The person on the ground usually only speaks one. Healing Capital bridges all four.
April 4, 2026
You have been handed a language built around what is wrong with you. That framework was not designed to develop you. It was designed to contain you. Healing Capital Language is the replacement.
April 3, 2026
Recovery coach or therapist? They serve different functions. One treats the clinical. The other walks beside you in real life. Here is how to know which one fits.
March 29, 2026
Most peer recovery groups collapse within a year. Not because people stop caring — because nobody built the infrastructure. Here is what holds and what falls apart.
March 27, 2026
What is Healing Capital? The inner resources you already carry — and how to activate them. A framework for measuring growth beyond sobriety.
March 25, 2026
Recovery is an inside job. Not a slogan — a framework. Why external systems will never do the internal work, and how to build from within.
March 25, 2026
What a sober companion actually does — daily structure, accountability, crisis navigation, and private recovery support. How to know if it's the right move for you or your family.
March 25, 2026
Concrete steps for the critical first 3 days after leaving detox. Build structure, connect with support, and protect your recovery one day at a time.
March 1, 2026
Step-by-step guide to creating a relapse prevention plan you'll actually use. Identify real triggers, map early warning signs, and build a tiered response system.
February 26, 2026
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