Personal Stories and Professional Insights on Navigating Chronic Pain

• By: Steve Miccio People USA
• April 24th, 2024
• chronic pain, coping strategies, resilience, social support, Spring 2024 Issue
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Living with chronic pain is a physically exhausting experience that extends far beyond physical discomfort. I know this both from my own lived experience with peripheral neuropathy and major nerve damage and as the CEO of People USA, a peer-led non-profit that serves individuals with behavioral...

Working Works: Considerations and Resources for Navigating Employment in the Recovery Journey

• By: Kim L. MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP Tracy A. Carney, CPS, CPRP Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
• January 22nd, 2024
• behavioral health, disability benefits, employment, holistic wellness, identity, peer support, recovery-oriented care, social support, wellness, Winter 2024 Issue
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Behavioral health best practice incorporates a whole-health perspective that emphasizes wellness, is person-centered, and focuses on the whole person and their strengths, not their illness (Swarbrick, 2006). Occupational wellness, that “personal satisfaction and enrichment derived from one’s...