#16 Scott Strode: Founder of The Phoneix. CNN Hero. MHA Honoree. Author of "Rise. Recover.Thrive." Person with 28 years of Recovery.

In this episode, Scott and Kelley discuss how he’s redefining addiction and recovery as a person with 28 years of sobriety, why trauma is the #1 health crisis, how he built a marketplace for healing and designed an app to put our phones down and connect in community. He shares his experience, strength, and hope living with dyslexia, how lifting others lifts us, and rewriting your next chapter.Scott is recognized as a CNN Hero and Mental Health America recipient.Strode is the Founder of The Phoenix a sober active community that fuels resilience and harnesses the transformational power of connection.Co-Founder of NewForm Recovery the first recovery & mental well-being marketplace-connecting you to thousands of events, tools, and communities. Author of Rise. Recover. Thrive.: How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope-link to purchase book in stories.Sober a Documentary about Scott’s journey to sobriety through fitness and connection into a nationwide movement of over one million people united by the power of community in recovery.TEDx MileHigh : Finding Sobriety on a Mountain Top This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kelleykitley.substack.com