Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed
Meet Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong — the visionaries behind Robyn Priest LIVE YOUR TRUTH (RPLYT) and Exploration Mastery. They’re launching Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed, a powerful podcast that cuts through the noise with honest conversations about mental health, substance use, recovery, and peer support. With decades of experience and innovative insights from explorationmastery.com and robynpriest.com, Robyn and Charlotte deliver practical strategies, inspiring stories, and proven tools you can apply today.
Each episode offers honest conversations, supportive insights, and practical tools — all aimed at empowering you to discover your inner strength and navigate life's challenges with resilience and hope. Whether you're a Peer Supporter, mental health advocate, or someone on a journey to live authentically, Mastery Vibes is your space to learn, connect, and grow.
Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed
S2 Episode 2: From Struggle to Sustained Recovery: Sean Gartrell on the Transformative Power of Peer Support
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From Struggle to Sustained Recovery: Sean Gartrell on the Transformative Power of Peer Support
Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed – Season 2, Episode 2
In this honest and uplifting conversation, Charlotte Armstrong and Robyn Priest sit down with Sean Gartrell — Director of Training at Advocates for Recovery Colorado and a person living in long-term recovery — to explore what real recovery looks like when peer support is at the centre.
Sean openly shares his personal journey: starting to use substances as a young person, reaching a difficult turning point in 2015, and finding his way to sustained recovery through treatment, mutual support groups, sober living, and the deep connection of peers who truly understand.
We talk about why Peer Recovery Coaches make such a unique difference, how language and community can reduce stigma, the power of recovery social events and peer support training, and how peer-led support creates spaces of hope, choice, and belonging that traditional systems often struggle to provide.
Whether you’re walking your own recovery path, supporting a loved one through substance use or mental health challenges, or working in the field, this episode will leave you feeling hopeful and full of practical ideas you can use right away.
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