Sharing Circle Facilitator Discovery Form

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I previously facilitated a SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circle in my local community and am interested to start again

I have not yet facilitated a SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circle in my local community and am interested to begin

I am currently facilitating a SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circle in my local community and am interested to continue

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Certified SHE RECOVERS Coach Designate (SRCD)

Certified SHE RECOVERS Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher (SRYT)

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Not currently certified by SHE RECOVERS & interested to become certified

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I am willing and able to voluntarily facilitate a Sharing Circle at least once per month

I am not willing / not able to voluntarily facilitate a Sharing Circle at least once per month

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If you are a SHE RECOVERS Certified Professional (SRCD, SRYT or SRPD) please tell us your graduation date.

Shelly Dimitrijevic

Shelly Dimitrijevic’s professional and philanthropic activities have always focused on improving the lives of others. She began her nursing career at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis and went on to become a LifeFlight nurse specializing in neonatal, pediatric, and cardiovascular intensive care.

Shelly has been involved with numerous charities focusing on children and education including the Charlee and the Chocolate Factory gala, The Venus Orbit, Design For A Cure, Jackson Memorial, and Impact Oasis. In 2010 she founded the Lotus program, a program that focused on educating parents on the nutritional needs of children and basic child development. Shelly also served on the Frost Science Museum gala committee for 7 years before Co-Chairing the event in 2015.

After a diagnosis of Celiac disease and subsequently receiving Certification as a Nutritional Consultant, Shelly recognized that topically applied products have an effect on her Celiac Disease and overall health. She turned her focus to developing skincare that was free of toxic and hormone-disrupting ingredients.

Since she lost her only sibling in 2012 Shelly has been determined to find a way to contribute to the recovery community in a way that can make a great impact and ensure that others have the resources necessary when they are struggling.

Shelly’s substantial contributions to SHE RECOVERS of both time and resources have been instrumental and deeply appreciated.

Kirsten Newquist

As a result of being introduced to SHE RECOVERS through retreats and meet-ups, Kirsten will be starting her yoga teacher training in the fall. These retreats also led her to become more deeply involved with SHE RECOVERS in a volunteer capacity. Kirsten was instrumental in setting up some of the Foundation’s grassroots groups and currently volunteers her time helping SHE RECOVERS Foundation to design and implement the Volunteer Chapter Network.

Kirsten and her husband recently moved from Southern California to Roswell, Georgia to be closer to Kirsten’s sister and two young nieces. When she isn’t spending time being an aunt, you can find Kirsten hanging out with their rescue Labrador or exploring their new state.

Mary Beth O’Connor, BA, JD

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE
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In addition to being a board member, Mary Beth is a founding member of SHE RECOVERS Support for Legal Professionals and is active at the local level with SHE RECOVERS in the Bay Area. Mary Beth has been living a sober life in recovery since 1994. She has a history of trauma and abuse, from which she’s worked hard to recover as well. Six years into her recovery, Mary Beth attended Berkeley Law. She worked at a large firm in Silicon Valley, then litigated class actions for the federal government. In 2014 Mary Beth was appointed an Administrative Law Judge, from which she retired in 2020.

Mary Beth’s award-winning memoir, From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction, was published in 2023. She also writes opinion pieces, such as I Beat Addiction without God for the Wall Street Journal and I was a federal judge, and I support Safehouse. Here’s why for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mary Beth advocates about multiple topics related to trauma, substance use disorder, and recovery. She has appeared on television, radio, and podcasts; speaks at conferences and other events; and trains judges, attorneys, and medical professionals.

Taryn Strong, RYT, CPRC

FOUNDER AND BOARD VICE-CHAIR
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Taryn Strong is co-founder of the SHE RECOVERS® Foundation and a Certified Recovery Coach, Somatic Coach, and Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher. Her work is grounded in the belief that healing must include the body.

Through somatic practices, Taryn supports others in reconnecting with their bodies, releasing patterns shaped by trauma and survival, and expanding their capacity to feel embodied, present, and alive. This approach is deeply personal, rooted in her own recovery and reconnection after years of disconnection.

She is also a Certified Aromatherapist, AromaPsychologist, Botanical Perfumer, and Community Herbalist, with a deep respect for the emotional and psychological power of scent.

Teaching yoga since 2007, Taryn has hosted over 60 women’s recovery retreats, presented internationally, and co-taught with leading voices in the field of behavioral health. She currently leads the SHE RECOVERS Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor Certification, SHE RECOVERS Embodiment Studio, and SHE RECOVERS Podcast.

Susan Carter

CEO
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I am recovering from:
Alcohol use disorder, codependency, disordered eating.

The Identity-based group I belong to:
Chronic pain & auto-immune disorder, healthcare & allied professionals.

My personal definition of recovery:
My personal definition of recovery is the continual process of expanding my awareness to grow spiritually, mentally, and physically enhancing my life-long journey to wholeness.

What led me to SHE RECOVERS:
A desire to give back what I have been so graciously given that has led to an amazing life of sustained recovery and spiritual growth. I truly believe that every moment in my life has led me here. One of my favorite stories to share is how I came to find SHE RECOVERS – or rather, how they found me. In short, it involves a spark of curiosity over coffee and a remarkable moment at a SHE RECOVERS Conference that changed the trajectory of my life both professionally and spiritually. You can hear all about it here.

Why I love being a part of this team:
It brings me immense joy to work alongside such smart, passionate and committed colleagues and volunteers. I learn so much from them. Not a day goes by where I am not deeply inspired by this team and community.

Those that know me best might describe me as:
Tenacious, resourceful, and loving.

How these qualities show up in my everyday life:
Love is the foundation for all my thoughts and actions, I am resourceful when confronted with a challenge, and I am tenacious like a “dog with a bone” – I’ll never stop chasing the dream.

Something unique you may not already know about me:
I have four kidneys and a double bladder. I have vitiligo, an auto-immune disease that destroys or suppresses pigment producing cells on the skin.

Something I am most proud of is…
Launching a global nonprofit for women in or seeking recovery from all things.

Radical self-care look for me looks like:
Being mindful of ease and learning to pause. And, pampering myself with modalities that foster a healthy body, a clear mind, a pure spirit, and service to others.

What I wanted to be when I grew up:
An artist.

Something that is inspiring me right now:
Supporting people to find, create, and nurture a relationship with the God / Creator / Higher Power of their understanding.

The SHE RECOVERS Intention & Guiding Principle resonating the most with me right now is…
Connection is our sole (soul) purpose. We’re stronger together.

My favorite SHE RECOVERS resource is…
The SHE RECOVERS Together Online Group where connection, support, and empowerment is available 24 / 7.

SRF Blogs I’ve authored:
sherecovers.org/a-peek-behind-the-curtain/

Dawn Nickel, PhD, CPRC, SRCD

ACTING CEO, CO-FOUNDER & BOARD CHAIR

she / her

I am recovering from:
Substance use, trauma including sexual assault, intimate partner violence, codependency, anxiety, and workaholism.

The identity-based group(s) I am a part of:
Healthcare & allied professional, cancer survivor, mature woman.

My personal definition of recovery:
It changes often, but these days my definition of recovery is simply that recovery is a lifelong journey of healing. I think that not having a solid, static definition is a good thing. It opens the door to empower us all to create individualized and diverse definitions for our own recovery, and it’s a reminder that recovery differs across populations, cultures, and settings.

What led me to SHE RECOVERS:
Taryn and I talk about SHE RECOVERS being our ‘accidental movement.’ So not sure what led me here other than a true desire to create a connective, supportive, and empowering space for women to think / talk about and experience recovery.

Why I love being a part of this team:
I want to leave behind a legacy of hope for women in or seeking recovery.

Those that know me best might describe me as:
Grateful, curious, and a survivor.

How these qualities show up in my everyday life:
I believe that I pass recovery on to express my gratitude, and I call upon my curiosity to figure out what else I can do to support women in recovery. Oh, and I have survived a few near death experiences including surviving cancer.

Something unique you may not already know about me:
I really dislike cilantro.

Something I am most proud of:
My daughters, more than anything.

Radical self-care look for me looks like:
Rest, hanging with other women in recovery, walking in fresh air, reading novels, long hot baths, and sweet, milky tea.

What I wanted to be when I grew up:
An actress.

Something that is inspiring me right now:
The women working or volunteering to help grow SRF.

The SHE RECOVERS Intention & Guiding Principle resonating the most with me right now is…
We are all recovering from something. It all started there!

My favorite SHE RECOVERS resource is…
Definitely the SHE RECOVERS Together Online Gatherings – they are such an amazing display of everything that we are about. Volunteerism and support, vulnerability, celebration, and information.

A few of the SRF Blogs I’ve authored:
https://sherecovers.org/recovering-from-intimate-partner-violence/
https://sherecovers.org/dear-women-in-twelve-step-programs/
https://sherecovers.org/we-are-all-recovering-from-something/
https://sherecovers.org/when-your-mother-dies/
https://sherecovers.org/do-you-know-what-workaholism-looks-like/

INTENTIONS

ATTEND A SHARING CIRCLE

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SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE

SHE RECOVERS Foundation (SRF) Sharing Circles are local community containers of support informed by the SRF Intentions & Guiding Principles. They are professionally facilitated, peer-supported, and intended for women and non-binary individuals who identify with women’s communities – who are in or seeking recovery – to connect, learn, heal, and share within a group of like-hearted individuals.

Intentions

Each SRF Sharing Circle plays an integral part of achieving the SRF Foundation’s mission and focuses on the following intentions:

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Provide a holistic and unique recovery experience that is peer-supported, topic-focused, trauma-informed, and voluntarily facilitated by SRF Certified Professionals.

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Create opportunities for women of diverse backgrounds and life experiences to connect, learn, heal and share about the practice of recovery with other like-hearted folks.

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Celebrate diversity by embracing all recovery pathways and patchworks, all races, sexual orientations, body sizes, and all those differences of life situations, backgrounds, and abilities.

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By supporting individualized recovery pathways we aim to help women build recovery capital and utilize all holistic practices and resources.

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Serve as a free healing resource within a recovery-oriented system of care that complements other professional recovery supports such as, but not limited to, trauma therapy, counseling, addiction treatment, coaching services, psychiatric and/or medical care.

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Foster co-created experiences built on a foundation of set intentions, agreements, and mutual respect for all participants, volunteers, and facilitators.

She Recovers Certified Professionals

SRF Sharing Circles are facilitated by SHE RECOVERS Certified Professionals. If you are interested in hosting an SRF Sharing Circle in your local area, be sure to complete the SHE RECOVERS Coach or the SHE RECOVERS Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training Program.

Complete the Sharing Circle Facilitator discovery form to launch an SRF Sharing Circle in your local area.

Complete the Sharing Circle Facilitator Discovery Form

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We are excited to gather once again in-person. Check out a local community SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circle near you!

CANADA

Kelowna, BC

Facilitator: Dawn Kuehn, SRCD & Jen Lebedoff, SRYT
Frequency: Varies
Time: Varies
Location: Invati Yoga,
1829 Chandler Street Kelowna, BC
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Ottawa, ON

Facilitator: Payton Kennedy, SRCD, SRYT, SRDF & Julia Borgan, SRCD
Frequency: 2nd Saturday of every month
Time: 10am
Begins on: November 9, 2024
Location: Amethyst Centre Ottawa
488 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa, ON
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Saturna Island, BC

Facilitator: SHE RECOVERS Community Care & Mission Programs, Lisa Wall, SRCD, SRPD, CTP
Frequency: Dates vary
Time: Times vary
Location: Confidential, Saturna Island, BC
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Victoria, BC

Facilitator: SHE RECOVERS Founder, Dawn Nickel, PhD + SRCD
Frequency: Monthly
Time: Last Sunday of every month @ 10:30-12:00 pm PST
Location: Umbrella Society, 2675 Bridge Street, Victoria, BC

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USA

Denver, CO

Facilitator: Nancy J. McKay, SRCD
Frequency: 2nd Saturday of each month
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am
Location: Denver Women’s Recovery
3801 E. Florida Avenue, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Denver, CO 80210

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Hillsboro, OR

Facilitator: Asta Sivakumar, SRCD
Frequency: First Sunday of the month beginning June 7th
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Hillsboro Brookwood Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro OR 97124 – Boardroom meeting room, 2nd floor.

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Pennington, NJ

Facilitator: Tanya D., SRCD
Frequency: First Sunday of the month
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: The Straube Center, 110 W Franklin Ave, Conference Room I-19 (second floor), Pennington, New Jersey 08534
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Redwood City, CA

Facilitator: Mary Beth O’Connor (SRPD), Mary Wood (SRCD), Shelley Richanbach (CADC-II, SRCD)
Frequency: Monthly the second and fourth Saturday
Time:10:00 – 11:00 AM
Location: Redwood City Public Library
Upstairs Community Room
1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063

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Richmond, VA

Facilitator: Honesty Liller, CPRS, SRPD
Frequency: Every 4th Thursday
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: The McShin Foundation
2300 Dumbarton Road, Richmond, VA 23228

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Royal Oak, MI

Facilitator: Kathie Smigels, MA, LLPC, NCC, CADC, CPRM, SRCD
Frequency: Weekly
Time: Every Tuesday @ 7:00 pm
Location: Free Living Recovery, LLC / Zupac Law and Yoga
1719 Crooks Road, Royal Oak, MI
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Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Facilitator: Amy Cooper, SRCD, ICADC, NCACIP, IMAC Coach, Counselor
Frequency: 3rd Thursday of each month
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Location: Pursuit of Recovery 1414 South Hwy 283 Suite D, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
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Seattle, WA

Facilitator: Christine Soja, SRCD
Frequency: 3rd Saturday of each month
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Location: Good Shepherd Center, Room 347 (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103)
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St. Louis, MO

Facilitator: Gayla Downey. SRYT, SRCD
Frequency: First Wednesday of the month
Time: Including time zone: 5:30-6:30 PM Central
Location: Birch Tree Recovery 10324 Ladue Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
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Tacoma-Olympia, WA

Facilitator: Jennifer Olmos, SRYT
Frequency: Currently doing meetups
Time: Varies
Location: Varies
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Twin Cities, MN

Facilitator: Chris Nehotte, SRPD
Frequency: 3rd Wednesday of the month
Time: Doors open at 6:30 pm CT. Meeting starts promptly at 7 pm until 8 pm CT.
Location: The Retreat, 1221 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata MN 55391
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AUSTRALIA

Australia

Facilitator: Alison Middleton SRCD & Caroline Mosha SRCD
Frequency: Weekly on Thursdays
Time: Thursdays @ 8:00 – 9:00 PM ACST
Location: Online (contact for access)
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Tell us what you think.

Your voice matters and can help us to continue improving SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circles for all who seek to join a movement like ours.

TAKE THE SURVEY

The SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circles have been a saving grace for me. I have been missing in-person connection over the past few years. It is so healing for me to be in community with others who “get it”. I can be myself. I can share from the heart (or not if I don’t feel comfortable). I know my presence in this space impacts me and the others I have the honor of holding space for. We are stronger together.

~ SR COMMUNITY MEMBER ~

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Sharing Circles cost anything to attend?

No. Accessibility is of utmost importance to SRF. All Sharing Circles must remain free of charge.

Who is able to facilitate a SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circle?

One of the things that makes our Sharing Circles unique is the professionally facilitated and peer-supported environment. All SHE RECOVERS Coaches, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teachers, and other SHE RECOVERS Certified Professionals are welcome to facilitate.

When will I be able to host a Sharing Circle?

We are welcoming expressions of interest forms now!

Sharing Circle Facilitator Discovery Form

Shelly Dimitrijevic

Kirsten Newquist

Mary Beth O’Connor, BA, JD

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGEshe / her

Taryn Strong, RYT, CPRC

FOUNDER AND BOARD VICE-CHAIRshe / her

Susan Carter

CEOshe / her

Dawn Nickel, PhD, CPRC, SRCD

ACTING CEO, CO-FOUNDER & BOARD CHAIR

she / her

Intentions

Provide a holistic and unique recovery experience that is peer-supported, topic-focused, trauma-informed, and voluntarily facilitated by SRF Certified Professionals.

Create opportunities for women of diverse backgrounds and life experiences to connect, learn, heal and share about the practice of recovery with other like-hearted folks.

Celebrate diversity by embracing all recovery pathways and patchworks, all races, sexual orientations, body sizes, and all those differences of life situations, backgrounds, and abilities.

By supporting individualized recovery pathways we aim to help women build recovery capital and utilize all holistic practices and resources.

Serve as a free healing resource within a recovery-oriented system of care that complements other professional recovery supports such as, but not limited to, trauma therapy, counseling, addiction treatment, coaching services, psychiatric and/or medical care.

Foster co-created experiences built on a foundation of set intentions, agreements, and mutual respect for all participants, volunteers, and facilitators.

She Recovers Certified Professionals

Attend a She Recovers Sharing Circle

CANADA

Kelowna, BC

Ottawa, ON

Saturna Island, BC

Victoria, BC

USA

Denver, CO

Hillsboro, OR

Pennington, NJ

Redwood City, CA

Richmond, VA

Royal Oak, MI

Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Seattle, WA

St. Louis, MO

Tacoma-Olympia, WA

Twin Cities, MN

AUSTRALIA

Australia

Tell us what you think.

Your voice matters and can help us to continue improving SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circles for all who seek to join a movement like ours.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Sharing Circles cost anything to attend?

Who is able to facilitate a SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circle?

When will I be able to host a Sharing Circle?

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