It was an honor having Master Sergeant (Retired)Crystal C. Romero on the show!

Crystal is a military veteran who has served 16 1⁄2 years in the US Army National Guard, serving full-time Active-Duty Operational Support primarily in her home state of New Mexico.

Today, she is an activist for veterans’ causes and has had a significant role in passing legislation related to military sexual assault and veterans’ mental health.

In this episode she will discuss her motivations for joining the military as well as the powerful meaningful work she has done. Crystal also get's into discussion on many of the difficult aspects of her job that took an emotional toll of her well being.

After her honorable discharge, in 2014, Crystal struggled to adjust to civilian life and found herself battling depression and PTSD. That struggle is what prompted her to start volunteering to help other veterans, who are presumably, worse off than she is. This was to be her path to redemption and the way she plans to make her mark in the veteran’s community: through her advocacy.

Crystal always stood up for what she believed what was right no matter what the implications were. Which makes her an amazing person that I have had the pleasure to meet and have as a special guest.

Crystals contact information

Travelsforchocolate.com

dezinedit@me.com

linkedin.com/in/crystalcromero

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I had the tremendous honor of having former attorney and judge Mary Beth on the show as a special guest.

Her strength and perseverance over life's challenges and barrier's is second to none as we begin learning about Mary Beths struggles and tribulations through physical, sexual, and emotional abuse that led to substance abuse and addiction.

Throughout this episode Mary Beth begins to talk about her life of drug addiction growing up in New Jersey.

Mary Beth also talks about certain parts of her book From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction, where she describes the child abuse that led to teenage meth addiction, the chaos of that addiction, and building a recovery plan that worked for her. Plus, how she became an attorney and a judge!

Mary Beth's contact information

junkietojudge.com

lawyermbo@comcast.net

linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-o-connor-8aaa4b121

Book: From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph over Trauma and Addiction

https://a.co/d/03Cb644s

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Junkie-to-Judge/Mary-Beth-OConnor/9780757324567

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In this special live Behavioral Health Integration live episode we will dive into many important career related discussions.

In this live episode we will get into the pros and cons of the mental health addiction field.

We will bring up topics around the professional concerns for the future of the behavioral health field as well as what are we optimistic about.

We will get into discussions about each other's career paths and where we got to where we are today.

As well as the struggles we have with insurance company's reimbursement rates.

Also for graduate students or future graduate students what are the different career paths or graduate programs they can enter.

Brittiany's contact information

brittainy.lindsey@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/brittainy-lindsey

Eric's contact information

inkedin.com/in/eric-nance-msw-licsw-c-pd-4a1052b0

pathwaystoyoullc.com/

youtube.com/@darksideoftherapy

darksideoftherapy.com/

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