63 - Anna Harberts

Kicking off Mental Health Awareness Month on the Recovery Podcast, brought to you by VOA Northern Rockies, host Nick Angeloff welcomes Anna Harberts, licensed addiction therapist serving patients at the Harmony House in Cheyenne, WY. Anna recounts her time working in therapeutic communities inside of a prison, providing treatment for inmates struggling from substance abuse and associated mental health disorders—and how it changed her life and career. Her passion for residential treatment is evident as she recollects moments of connection and compassion that transformed the patients she served, along with her outlook on mental health treatment.

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At Volunteers of America Northern Rockies, we engage those we serve with an intentional focus that meets needs, educates, uplifts, and inspires. We also recognize how much we all need to hear positive stories of lives transformed. That’s why we created the Recovery Podcast.

Recovery Podcast is a collection of interviews designed to share stories of recovery and faith from Volunteers of America Northern Rockies past and present. It is our honor to share them with a belief they will enlighten and encourage. From amazing testimonies of hope to educating around serving our community in need, our podcast will inform, engage, and inspire.

Many of our leaders are among the top professionals in their field, navigating their teams through the changing landscape of human services. In the coming months, we’ll hear interviews from many of them, sharing their expertise in the world of addiction treatment, homeless services, veteran support, moral injury and so much more.

We also have a diverse portfolio of partners who have joined forces with us to provide practical self-care education and spiritual direction and helped bring a deeper understanding of what it means to be true servant leaders. We will bring you special interviews with many of our current and past partners, offering insight into how they helped us grow, and we trust it will help many of you as well.

Today’s music is courtesy of the Free Music Archive. This week you heard tunes by Ketsa who also composed our theme music.