What happens when recovery becomes more than surviving? When joy itself becomes an act of resistance?
In this vulnerable and liberating conversation, Codi Renee Blackmon, PhD, shares how reclaiming authenticity, celebrating Black joy, and refusing to conform to the expectations of white-dominant culture transformed not only her own recovery, but the way she leads, parents, and cultivates inclusive communities.
Together, Dr. Codi Renee and SHE RECOVERS team member Lisa Wall explore:
- Why Black joy is both an act of resistance and a pathway to healing
- How authenticity became the foundation of her recovery and leadership
- Why race, trauma, and recovery cannot be separated
- How centering marginalized voices creates recovery communities where everyone has the opportunity to experience a sense of belonging
ABOUT CODI RENEE BLACKMON, PhD
Codi Renee Blackmon, PhD, is a scholar, educator, and recovery leader passionate about creating accountable, inclusive spaces where people feel seen, heard, and valued. She brings together her experiences in recovery, teaching, writing, and research to amplify marginalized voices and support multiple pathways to healing.
A Black woman celebrating recovery, Codi Renee supports people in recovery from trauma, mental health challenges, burnout, grief, codependency, and oppression. She is especially committed to supporting women, parents in recovery, neurodivergent minds, and Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and women of color.
ABOUT LISA WALL
Lisa is a certified trauma professional, somatic practitioner, educator, and SHE RECOVERS Coach with additional training in addiction medicine, sound healing, circadian biology, intimacy education, and herbalism. With more than two decades of experience in community leadership, group facilitation, and program development, she integrates evidence-based practice with deep respect for lived experience and the wisdom of nature.
As a senior leader with the SHE RECOVERS Foundation, she develops recovery-focused programming and helps inform equitable and trauma-informed standards of community care for women in recovery. Lisa lives and works on a remote island, where slow living, ritual, and reciprocity with the natural world continue to shape both her own recovery and the way she leads.
EPISODE RESOURCES
Our Recovery websitehttps://bit.ly/ourrecovery
Follow Codi Renee & Our Recovery on Instagramhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/ourrecovery
Connect on Facebookhttps://www.instagram.com/our_recovery_matters/
Unveiling Racial Dynamics: Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous & Women of Color Technical Communication Within White-Dominant Online Recovery Support Spaces by Dr. Codi Renee Blackmonhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/14021
Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise https://youtu.be/NzQtGCw49uc?si=i4ZBWg0hblv3ChmG
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