Holding the Hope was founded in 2005 when I found myself unemployed due to grant funding being discontinued. The past 20 years has been challenging and exhilarating. (I survived the great recession and COVID and crushing insecurities!) While I navigated constant change and growth, one things remained the same.  Holding the Hope stayed laser focused on a message of recovery.  We bring recovery principles into our work with everyone from policy makers, peer supporters and agency front office & reception staff.  Everything we do always has been and always will be based on SAMHSA's Guiding Principles of Recovery. 

Hope                               Relational 

Person-Driven                Culture

Many Pathways              Addresses Trauma

Holistic                           Strengths/Responsibility          Peer Support                 Respect  

This list of principles is our bedrock and our guiding star. We know that recovery is possible and that small things make a big difference. We are proud of the role we play in bringing peer support into the behavioral health landscape. We know that trauma influences mental illness and addiction and we work hard to create training spaces where people feel safe to be vulnerable and grow. We treat each person we encounter with respect and care because we know what it's like to be disrespected and hurt. If people reconnect with their strengths during one of our events, we have done our job. We look forward to experiencing all of the cultural difference that present themselves and we learn from each of you about how to better welcome the rest of you. We don't care what path led you to us, we just want to support you finding the path that takes you to your best life - and you know better than anyone, what that path is.  When we look through the lens of recovery, we see that each one of you is a kaleidoscope of physical, mental, spiritual and emotional relationships and experiences. We are humbled to be a small part of your recovery journey.  

We continue to Hold the Hope for people who find themselves experiencing mental illness and/or addiction.  Just like we will be Holding the Hope for everyone who, in one way or another, serves those people experiencing mental illness and/or addiction.  That will not change.

Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to be a part of this grand vision of Recovery.  We cannot wait to see what's next.