Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of Mastery Vibe: Peer Support Unleashed , hosts Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong sit down with Joe Johnson, a former paramedic of 20 years turned Peer Support Specialist in Colorado. Joe shares his transformative journey from the high-stakes, often jaded world of first responding to the heart-centered discipline of peer support. The conversation dives...

Send us Fan Mail Mastery Vibes Episode 4 Season 2: Trapped, Not Treated: Compulsory Care, Restraint & the Human Right to Be Heard  In this raw and powerful conversation, Charlotte Armstrong and Robyn Priest sit down with Cat Morgan to unpack the lasting impact of compulsory treatment, restraint, and seclusion. Cat shares her experiences starting at age 14—being treated as if she were a danger...

Send us Fan Mail Both/And: Embracing Grief, Relief & Conflicting Emotions in Peer Support  Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed – Season 2, Episode 3 In this warm, honest, and deeply human conversation, Charlotte Armstrong and Robyn Priest sit down with Janelle Cancade-White to explore one of the most common yet rarely talked-about experiences in mental health and recovery: feeling two comple...

Send us Fan Mail From Struggle to Sustained Recovery: Sean Gartrell on the Transformative Power of Peer Support  Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed – Season 2, Episode 2 In this honest and uplifting conversation, Charlotte Armstrong and Robyn Priest sit down with Sean Gartrell — Director of Training at Advocates for Recovery Colorado and a person living in long-term recovery — to explore what r...

Send us Fan Mail Ghost: Mediums, Voices, and the Stigma of "Madness" – Why Do We Celebrate One but Pathologize the Other? Kick off Season 2 with a raw, thought-provoking conversation inspired by the 1990 classic Ghost ! Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong dive deep into the film's beloved medium Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) and ask the tough questions: Why does society adore psy...

Send us Fan Mail Invitation, Not Expectation: The Fine Line Between Sharing and Oversharing In this raw and unfiltered follow-up to their previous episode on parental loss, Robyn and Charlotte peel back the curtain on what it truly means to hold space for others. What happens when an attempt to connect actually creates disconnection?  Robyn and Charlotte navigate the messy, beautiful complexities...

Send us Fan Mail The Club No One Wants to Join: Finding Hope in Peer Support After Infant and Pregnancy Loss It is a statistic that staggers the mind: 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss. Yet, it remains one of the most stigmatized and silenced conversations in our culture.  In this powerful episode, Robyn and Charlotte sit down with Michelle LaFontaine from the PAIL (Pregnancy and Infant Loss) Network...

Send us Fan Mail When mental health challenges strike a family, the instinct is often to jump in, take control, and "fix" the problem. Parents get on the "rat wheel" of worry, looking for the next crisis, while their loved ones often feel over-managed and unheard. But what happens when "helping" actually hurts?   In this episode, hosts Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armst...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel trapped by echoes of your past?  Are you still carrying the weight of someone else’s past? In Mastery Vibes Episode 7 – “After the Echoes: Stepping Out from Under Their Past” – we go deep into the invisible chains that keep us stuck: family expectations, old traumas, childhood programming, and the silent stories we inherited but never chose. This isn’t just another “let...

Send us Fan Mail In a world obsessed with diagnoses and clinical definitions, are we missing the true potential of human connection? This week, Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed challenges conventional wisdom with a provocative discussion on lived experience and the transformative power of peer support. Join hosts Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong as they sit down with Will MacPherson, a tr...

Send us Fan Mail Join Charlotte and Robyn as they welcome De from Advocates for Recovery Colorado (AFRC) for an inspiring episode of Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed. D shares their transformative journey, describing their switch from a career in the clinical world to the rewarding field of peer support. D reveals how a new role at AFRC and a chance peer support training led by Robyn and Char...

Send us Fan Mail On World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10th, join Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong for a powerful episode of Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed . In Episode 4, we confront the tough topic of suicide head-on, dismantling harmful myths, challenging stigma, and sparking open, compassionate conversations that save lives. Robyn and Charlotte explore how to shift the narrativ...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode, Charlotte and Robyn sit down with The Ranger System—a vibrant collective of seven identities (2 boys, 2 girls, and 3 non-binary folks) navigating life as a plural system. Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder in 2023 but self-aware since childhood, The Ranger System now use their voice, art, and music to illuminate the plural experience. From grow...

Send us Fan Mail In this eye-opening episode, Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong dive into one of the most complex and heartfelt dynamics in mental health and substance use recovery: the tension between personal experience and family expectations. What happens when someone living with mental health challenges or substance use defines recovery one way—and their family sees it differently? Robyn a...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when lived experience meets global impact? In the premiere episode of Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed , Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong dive deep into the heart of peer support—why it matters, how it changed their lives, and why they’ve made it their mission to train and uplift Peer Supporters and mental health advocates around the world.  If you care about...

Send us Fan Mail Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong bring decades of lived experience and bold innovation from explorationmastery.com and robynpriest.com to this transformative podcast. Each episode is packed with real talk, practical strategies, and empowering stories designed to help you thrive—not just survive. Whether you're a Peer Supporter, mental health advocate, or simply someone co...