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Danielle is a life coach working with women in recovery at Grace Recovery House in New Port Richey, FL.
The way we talk about recovery too often focuses on simply not using rather than healing. When we think of and support each other as whole people, recovery has the power to transform ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities.
Listen to Danielle’s insights on providing support for true healing and the impact of recovery.
If addiction were only about the substance, everyone exposed to the same drug would have the same outcome. We know that’s not how it works. One famous series of experiments, often called “Rat Park”, offers a surprisingly human lesson: our environment and our sense of belonging can dramatically shape how we relate to substances.
By February, most “new year, new you” resolutions are already fading into the background. If you’re living in or supporting recovery, that can feel discouraging—like one more reminder that change is hard. At Live Tampa Bay, we see it differently. Real growth, especially in recovery, tends to come from small, sustainable acts of self‑respect, not from trying to reinvent yourself overnight. This month, we’re inviting you to think about self‑care as “falling in love with yourself”—in a grounded, everyday way.
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