Reframing Mental Health for Improved Wellbeing: Navigating Addiction, Shame, and Recovery
Apr 13, 2023
Marsha Stone is the CEO and founder of Foundation Stone, a network of boutique-focused programs for individuals and their families struggling with mental health, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders across the U.S. Their first featured treatment center, Amend, is set to open in Austin, Texas, in the spring of 2023. Led by a team of specialized medical experts, treatment programs at Amend will aim to identify the root causes of mental health diagnoses through integrative and functional medicine. Marsha integrates her own experiences of overcoming addiction into providing effective and quality rehabilitative programming to those struggling with various mental health issues.
In episode 60 of the Dominate Your Day podcast, Dana Williams and Marsha Stone discussed the negative connotations commonly associated with the process of recovery, which can blind individuals from seeing the benefits of seeking help. As an expert on addiction recovery, intervention, family therapy, behavioral health, wellness, and ethics in treatment center management, Marsha shares her personal journey of her struggles with addiction, leading several non-profit organizations, and how she now considers herself a serial entrepreneur in the business of helping people.
By reframing the conversation around mental health and addiction, Marsha is committed to improving wellbeing and helping individuals navigate the shame and stigma that often come with seeking help. With Foundation Stone and the upcoming Amend treatment center, Marsha hopes to provide a safe and compassionate environment for individuals and their families to heal and recover.
In this episode, you’ll learn…
- Assistant District Attorney in the Southern Judicial District of Georgia to becoming the CEO of BRC Recovery in Austin, Texas, how a seismic shift changed her life and catapulted a journey in recovery.
- Rewiring your life, re-clarifying definitions of addiction, alcoholism, shame, and trauma in the world of wellbeing.
- Failure is an acceptable outcome, it cements an opportunity for learning and growth.
- Empowering women in the five areas of wellbeing.
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Episode Overview:
15:16 – Marsha's experience of running BRC Recovery programs, including supporting living and coaching programs, highlights the importance of recognizing when to pass the baton to others.
28:07 – Accepting change and being true to your core.
39:50 – A paradigm shift: how women in leadership is structurally changing
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