Recovery stories across the nation
In addition to the stories on this Virtual Recovery Center collected in our Stories of Recovery category, you can find “Real Stories, Real People” posted by the National Council on Behavioral Healthcare.
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Entries by Northern Lakes CMH
Candidate Forums Focused on Important Issues
Affordable housing, employment, health care, and public transportation were the focus of three candidate forums sponsored by Northern Lakes CMH and the Consumer Advocacy Council (CAC) during October. Consumers facilitated the events in a large variety of ways, including determining the questions to be asked of candidates: HOUSING – Affordable housing is a concern throughout […]
Get a Second Job: Busting Stress
An excerpt from “You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School” by Mac Anderson “The attitude of the leader will determine the attitude of the pack.” As a leader, however, we must manage our attitudes. Do we need to be perfect? Of course not. But, we can never underestimate the influence that our actions and […]
Ernie Reynolds, advocate extraordinaire!
We are proud to share that Ernie Reynolds was one of the featured speakers at the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards fall conference. Ernie is a Certified Peer Support Specialist at Northern Lakes and has a great deal of experience with public speaking and advocacy. Ernie has oftentimes been heard to say that […]
Art of Recovery: The Human Journey Show
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd annual ART OF RECOVERY: THE HUMAN JOURNEY show will be held at the Inside Out Gallery at 228 Garland Street in Traverse City. IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline to submit art is November 3, 2008. The show runs from November 12 to December 18, 2008. A public reception with […]