Beyond Risk & Back

Dr. Charles Fay and Aaron Huey review the essentials of Love and Logic and how it can provide a clear path of boundaries, consequences, and responsibility for ANY child. Dr. Fay is a parent, internationally recognized author, consultant and highly skilled public speaker. Millions of educators, mental health professionals, and parents world-wide have benefited from his practical and down-to-earth s...

Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center has another discussion with parents about kids and running away. Teens are known for risky behavior and getting into trouble. Some of this is normal rebellion and testing limits and boundaries. Sometimes, however, the limit-testing and boundary-pushing can go too far, and kids find themselves in situations and lifestyles that aren't what the...

Join as host Aaron Huey of Firemountain Residential Treatment Center gives a quick take on the realities of relapse in both children & adults. What is the reality of relapsing & what do you do when it occurs. Relapse is a part of recovery. The old dragon will show up in some form or another after your treatment. The goal is to see it! Read More www.firemountainprograms.com

Your teen is in need of an intervention...but how do you find the right one? Do you even need one? Is it like the interventions on TV? Once a teens says yes, how do you get them to the facility? Join Intervention Specialist Rob Lohman for a discussion with host Aaron Huey about the process of interventions. Rob Lohman is an Addiction Interventionist and Recovery Coach. He is also the Founder of Li...

Join host Aaron Huey on a live recording with parents discussing contracts and consequences! Helping teens & parents gain true insight & understanding of natural consequences to behaviors of teens while giving them the plans to take action and be their child's best ally.  If your boundaries are not firm, they are suggestions. As adults, when we set boundaries, we are supposed to mean it. If not we...

Creating a behavior contract with a teen my sound strange, but it provides clarity, life lessons, and a clear understanding of what happens when agreements aren’t kept! Join host Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Programs on a live recording with parents discussing contracts and consequences!  

Is there a wound that cannot be healed? Why is there such a high percent of adopted kids in recovery? How does an adoptive parent navigate the loss that a child feels but cannot put into words? Your host Aaron Huey and Aaron Schneider worked together and alongside children who have experienced what is known as the “Primal Wound” and discuss effective treatment and support for families who adopt. A...

Raw and real, Hannah tells how she wound up in 9 adolescent psychiatric programs and 3 residential programs. Heartbreaking and honest, Hannah talks about, without fear, why recovery takes a lifetime...one day at a time. Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center and host of Beyond Risk and Back discuss Hannah's journey on this poignant and refreshingly honest show.  

Marijuana has gone from being the “Devil’s Weed” to “Harmless” but what is the truth? Is there propaganda on both sides? Is it REALLY addictive? Is it REALLY medicine? Is marijuana harmless? Host Aaron Huey of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center and Avani Dilger approach it from the middle to try to discover the truth. Avani G. Dilger, MEd, LPC, BC-DMT, CACIII is Founder and Executive Direc...

Low self-esteem causes more damage than we think...but what causes low self-esteem? What about Self-Concept? Skip Lackey and Aaron dive into the troubles and solutions surrounding esteem issues in kids and teens. Do you love me now? Kids: Esteem, Confidence, & Concept discussion with Skip Lackey and your host Aaron Huey, owner of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center. Skip has been in the per...

Shari received her Master’s degree in Social Work from University of Denver in 1993 and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 1995. She has had a 28 year career as Clinical Director and Therapist.  She has run addiction treatment centers, teen mother homes, psychiatric facilities and was founder of  a teen homeless shelter in Colorado.   Shari was asked to become a consultant by the State De...

What if you could teach kids how to get high without drugs? Would it work? Would it make things better or worse? Avani Dilger has been instructing teens in brain chemistry, natural alternatives to drugs...even the hard ones, and creating a safe place for the kids who want to get high...all while staying sober. On top of all of this, she has created an outreach program with her teen leadership team...

Predators use the internet as a gateway to victims because of the anonymity and the ability to lure children with minimal detection and apprehension. This same anonymity is capitalized upon by highly trained Cheezo investigators who portray themselves as teenagers online where adults seek victims for sexual purposes. Since its inception in 2005, more than 920 arrests have been made in Jefferson Co...

Is divorce different for dads? Can we still use the excuse that we don’t know how to process feelings and therefore, men’s emotional lives get glossed over? Skip and your host Aaron Huey, owner of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center, discuss the bare bones of recovery after divorce for dads. Skip has been in the personal growth, leadership and wellness fields for over 30 plus years and has...

How does a teen do at home after treatment? Clara, a graduate of Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center talks about life after treatment and what really worked for her as a young woman in recovery. Clara Reese is a Fire Mountain Programs graduate - she came to the program in spring of 2016, lost and struggling with addiction, depression, and chronic anxiety; and then left five months later wit...

Join your host Aaron Huey with international expert Cam Adair as they discuss addiction in the gaming world. Cam Adair is a Canadian-born speaker, YouTuber and pioneer on video game addiction. He’s the founder of Game Quitters, the world’s largest support community for video game addiction, with members in over 70 countries. A talented hockey player, Cam’s life took a dramatic turn at the age of 1...

Join host Aaron Huey and guest Carmen Cool as they discuss body image and eating disorders. Carmen is a psychotherapist, educator, speaker, and a cupcake connoisseur.  In addition to being a therapist for 17 years, she has started and run a nonprofit, created youth programs, and speaks internationally on Health At Every Size ®, feminism and eating disorders, and weight stigma. Her work is focused...

Stephen Kavalkavich is a man who has been given the gift of many experiences in life. For most of his adult life, he was a 911 Paramedic. He also had the honor of serving as a rescue worker at the World Trade Center on 9-11-01 in NYC. He's seen tragedy and suffering first hand for many years. Little was he aware that he was the one who needed the saving. Through seeking peace within by using all t...

Aaron Huey 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...

Your host Aaron Huey and author Johnnie Calloway get real about addiction, recovery, sexual abuse, hitting rock bottom and making that life altering choice for personal transformation. Two strong men with powerful voices holding absolutely nothing back on this dynamic first podcast episode of Beyond Risk and Back. Johnnie Calloway grew up in a small town in Kentucky, with the population at around...