Beyond Risk & Back

Damsel in Defense

Home based Parties to buy Tupperware, totes and tasers? How a women's self defense party business has turned into a global resource for children and families to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Hosts Maia Huey and Aaron Huey, founder of www.firemountainprograms.com, talk with Cheryl to discover the movement and the “why” for this unique business.

Maia Huey is Aaron’s daughter, a senior in college receiving her Bachelors in Marketing, and is the founder of Sonder Marketing and Events LLC.

Maia can be contacted at info@sondermarketingllc.com.

Cheryl Lacy is a Certified Safety Instructor, Pearl Director at Damsel in Defense, Krav Maga student, Citizen's Police Academy Graduate, and Safety Workshop Facilitator. Her mission is to equip, empower and educate others to reduce their risk of becoming a victim of violence. She is active in her community and welcomes opportunities to volunteer at her local police department. As a Pearl Director, she is instrumental in training and writing education content regarding risk reduction and the Warrior Mindset. As a mother of 3 and grandmother of 6, she and her husband Jerry love to enjoy the beauty of Colorado with them in tow, hiking, biking, swimming, and playing. She loves her Flatirons church and the tremendous outreach that is available through them.

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A Dad and Daughter Talk About Sexual Harassment

A woman still thinks about what she should wear so she’s safe, what time it is, and whether or not to carry a self-defense weapon when they go out at night...men don’t. Women have to exchange freedom for safety, men don’t. Aaron Huey, the founder of www.firemountainprograms.com, talks with his daughter, Maia, about this and together begin a series of podcasts for parents about sexual-harassment, self-care, consent education, and being a woman in 2018.

Maia Huey is Aaron’s daughter, a senior in college receiving her Bachelors's in Marketing, and is the founder of Sonder Marketing and Events LLC.

Maia can be contacted at info@sondermarketingllc.com

The Eye of the Needle

Are Needle Exchange Programs working? Does giving an addict sterile needles help them quit? Does Harm reduction work?

Aaron Huey, founder of Firemountain Residential Treatment Programs, and Patty Brezovar discuss the ins and outs of needle exchanges, Aids, Hep C, and the Opioid Crisis. Patty faces the criticism and doubt with grace and compassion, the same way she supports addicts who suffer.

For the past 18 years, Patty has worked at Boulder County Public Health, as a harm reductionist in the Works Program, a syringe access program serving people who inject drugs. Beside the participants of the Works Program, she works with inmates in the local jail, the general public, law enforcement and other community partners to educate on how to reduce overdose and other harms associated with drug use, and to prevent and eliminate the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C.  She is passionate about interfacing with people who are often shamed and stigmatized for drug use.

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pbrezovar@bouldercounty.org

 

I Hurt Too

Aaron Huey, Founder of Firemountain Residential Treatment Center, has a frank conversation with Val who’s brother suffers from Schizophrenia. Honest, emotional, and a clear understanding of how mental health issues hurt everyone in the family. They help to answer the question,"When a family member is mentally ill, what happens to the rest?"

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Teens and Sex Education

Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center and the amazing people at Y.E.S., Your Empowered Sexuality talk about the current state of Sex Ed, rape culture, Consent Education and how to talk to your kids about sex.

Rebecca is a co-founder and workshop leader for Your Empowered Sexuality. She was inspired to pursue sexuality work through YES after realizing the lack of current and inclusive sex-ed she and her peers had received when they were in high-school. She has facilitated workshops for students of all ages, from pre-k into late adulthood, which covered topics such as “Body Parts & Boundaries,” “How to talk to your teens about sex,” “Diversity and Identity,” and a variety of consent workshops. Rebecca has been quoted in Vice as well as other local and national publications on her work with YES and her advice regarding coercion, consent and sexuality. 

Isy Abraham-Raveson, one of the co-founders of YES!, is a Philadelphia preschool teacher and sexuality educator.  She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in sexuality education at Widener University. In addition to her work with YES!, she facilitates trainings for parents on how to talk to their children about sexuality at a variety of locations, including the Trans Health Conference and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Recently, she facilitated a workshop about body image and thin privilege at Haverford College.  She has been quoted in Teen Vogue as an expert on consent and her workshops for Kindergarteners have been featured in national publications.  For Isy, sexuality education is social justice; she does this work because every child has the right to grow up with respect, bodily autonomy, high self-esteem, and accurate information.

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What Changes When A Parents “Adolescent Development” Primer

The expectation that teens should act a certain way, when they may not even be developmentally capable of doing it is a set up for failure! How do you know what to expect from a teen and what is the difference between “willingness and capability”?

Aaron Huey, Co-Founder, and President of Firemountain Residential Treatment Center has been working with children, teens, and parents for over 18 years. After ten years directing camps and empowerment programs around the world, Aaron opened Fire Mountain because he wanted to work with kids and families on a deeper level. Over the first few years of running programs like Teen Rites of Passage The Warrior Phoenix Challenge, and numerous cries for help from parents, Aaron realized the need to turn his efforts towards teens struggling with drugs, alcohol and the behaviors and issues related to addiction. An addict in recovery since 2000, he felt a calling to put together an expert team and open Fire Mountain. His mission is to awaken confidence and leadership. “It‘s not about being better, it‘s about giving up the struggle to be different from who you are.”

Aaron’s formal educational background is in acting. He graduated from the top acting school in the US, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1990. His skills in comedy and drama make him an influential speaker and presenter, and a favorite among the kids. His confidence, compassion, and humor set the tone for deep healing, and fun.

Aaron is also trained as an EMT, a Wilderness Survival Instructor and Martial Arts teacher, all of which he weaves into the Fire Mountain RTC curriculum.

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Bad Rap Rehabs with Dr. Judith Landau

Rehabs are in the news once again! How is a parent supposed to know what to look for when all they hear are the horror stories? Aaron Huey, Founder of Firemountain Residential Treatment Center, and Dr. Judith Landau break down the “what to look for” in a treatment program.

Judith Landau, MD, DPM, LMFT, CFLE, CIP, CAI, CRS, President and CEO of Linking Human Systems, LLC, and ARISE® Network, and President of LINC Foundation, Inc., is a child, family and community neuropsychiatrist. A former professor of psychiatry and family medicine, she has devoted her career to developing Evidence-Based, Best Practice collaborative care family and community systems and resilience models. She enjoys overcoming challenging patient, family, business and community issues, and unraveling complex systems. Dr. Landau has consulted with addiction and mental health treatment centers, mental health professionals, consultants, organizations and interventionists around the world. Former professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Rochester, and Senior Consultant to the Trauma Studies Program at NYU and Columbia, Dr. Landau draws upon 40+ years of research and experience aimed at facilitating long-term healing for addicted individuals and their families.

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Sticking to Consequences and Making Them Stick

Consequences with kids are tough! Teens are even harder!

How do you create consequences that stick?

As a parent, what is a good way to make sure you stick to those consequences?

Join host Aaron Huey on one of his live coaching shows with parents! Aaron is the founder of Firemountain Residential Treatment Programs located in beautiful Colorado.

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Stopping Traffic with Maria Trujillo

Slavery is not a thing of the past. Children and adults are trafficked all over the country to be used for illegal means. How bad is it? Aaron Huey interviews Maria Trujillo about Human Trafficking in Colorado.

Who’s doing it, what for, and what we can all do to help put an end to slavery. 

Maria A. Trujillo currently serves as the Human Trafficking Program Manager at the Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Office for Victims Programs. Ms. Trujillo overseas and coordinates the efforts of the Colorado Human Trafficking Council that was legislatively established by the Colorado General Assembly. She also was the Executive Director of the non-profit organization, United Against Human Trafficking, whose mission is to prevent and confront human trafficking by raising public awareness, training front-line professionals and empowering the community to take action. Prior to her time at UAHT, Ms. Trujillo lived in Washington, DC where she worked for an international development organization called Health Volunteers Overseas. She also obtained her master’s degree in International Communications at American University. She also holds a BA in International Relations from Claremont McKenna College. She has served as a speaker and expert technical advisor on the issue of human trafficking at the national, state and local levels, including being invited to the White House to participate in a stakeholder meeting to advise the government on their federal strategic action plan to address human trafficking. Maria has also been recognized for her work on combating human trafficking as a “Circles of Change” honoree by Building Bridges for Peace and a “Table Talk” honoree by the University of Houston’s Friends of Women’s Studies.

 

Breaking Down The "E" Word

So much shame is tied to the "E" word: Enabling. Your host, Aaron Huey of Firemountain Residential Treatment Center, gives us some straight talk for parents about natual consequences of bad choices. Tune in to find out how you can turn off enabling behavior so your teens can process their actions.

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