Dr. Sarah Michaud, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in central Massachusetts. After twenty years of sobriety, she was forced to confront the shame of her husband relapsing and the desperate behaviors that occur when one attempts to save another. What unfolded was a life that she could never have imagined. Sarah hosts a YouTube channel with her friend Finn Allen called Leaving CrazyTown.
Samantha Bushika is a writer, creator, coach, and living proof that rock bottom can be the foundation you rebuild your life on. After nearly two decades lost in heroin addiction and the revolving doors of jail, divinely guided, she clawed her way back into the light, one gritty, imperfect step at a time, proving them all wrong (#ProveThemAllWrong).
Today, she is ten years sober, a homeowner, a mom of two late-in-life miracles, a certified coach, a Certified Reiki, sound, & crystal healing practitioner, and a woman who refuses to let shame, fear, or society’s labels define her.
Sam is the founder of Progressing Not Perfecting, an Alternative Holistic Wellness & Personal Transformation Platform: built on raw honesty, resilience, authenticity, and transformation. Sam's work blends recovery, spirituality, and personal growth in ways that are real, unpolished, and deeply human.
Sam shares that she writes to connect. She creates to heal, and she shares because she knows what it’s like to feel broken and forgotten—and she also knows what it’s like to rise anyway. Sam doesn't preach perfection. Quite the opposite, really. She's here to prove that progress is powerful, messy, and enough.
Whether through her blog, coaching, her ember series, digital products, or guided meditations, Sam is very clear: her mission is simple: to help others find hope in their darkest places, reclaim their voice, and remember who they are because she never had that.
You can find Sam's platform at https://www.samanthabushika.com.
Carolyn Bunn is a Seattle-based marketing expert with love for travel. Her passion for helping women in business was born after she got sober in 2019 and realized clinging to the corporate ladder wasn't for her. On the side, she runs a travel blog to document her and her partner's adventures and shows that you can have a fantastic trip without the booze!
Megan Wright is a person in long-term recovery, a person living with a chronic illness, a proud mother and wife, and an avid purveyor of the philosophy ‘when was the last time you did something for the first time?’
Tamar Routly is the founder of Podcast Impact Studio, where she helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs stop performing and start connecting. A podcast producer, coach, and woman in recovery, Tamar knows that the most powerful stories are the ones we’ve been afraid to tell. She’s here because this community gets it — and so does she.
Amy Liz Harrison is a Harvard Medical School–certified lifestyle and wellness coach with a master’s degree in publishing from Western Colorado University. Having first earned her B.A. in communication at azusa Pacific university, she is now the bestselling author of 20+ books and the founder of A-Team Press, LLC. Additionally, Harrison is the mom of eight biological kids and the wife to one Australian airline executive. Harrison’s material is semi geared towards Gen Xers, but like “We Are the World,” it’s really for everyone, because she’s a lover, not a fighter. Sober since 2011, she used to like pina coladas. But as a native Californian, she has never liked getting caught in the rain.
Megan Swan is an expert at holding intuitive compassionate space for people. She loves to inspire others to live life to fullest and expand their vision of what they are capable of. She also loved dancing on top of the bar, now she just does that on Instagram.
Daniel G Garza is an Actor/Comic/Host/Patient Leader/Energy Working and has lived a life of Recovery since June 21, 2007. He went through rehab in Dickinson, Texas at Bay Area Recovery Center. He is the co-owner of, with his partner, Lilmesican Productions Inc – A Social Enterprise. They produce and host live stream shows, participate in advisory boards for cancer research, and host intuitive and mediumship events.