The National Reentry Coalition Podcast

Podcast Description Welcome to the NRC News & Events Update, the official podcast of the National Reentry Coalition. Join us as we share the latest news, events, training opportunities, best practices, community partnerships, and leadership initiatives designed to strengthen rehabilitation, recovery, reentry, and reintegration efforts across our communities. Learn about upcoming webinars, prof...

In this deeply personal episode, we explore the journey from trauma, addiction, and incarceration to purpose, healing, and advocacy. Growing up angry, defiant, and constantly pushing boundaries, today’s story reflects how unresolved childhood trauma and years trapped in the justice system can shape a person’s life—but not define their future. After spending 22 years cycling through arrests, conseq...

🎙️ Episode Description In this inaugural episode of the National Reentry Weekly Podcast , Dr. Barry Gregory introduces the mission behind the show and the movement driving it forward. Drawing from his own experience of being formerly incarcerated in federal prison, Dr. Gregory shares why this work is deeply personal and why supporting justice-impacted individuals is critical to building stronger c...

In this powerful debut episode of the Reentry Resources Podcast, Dr. Barry Gregory shares his deeply personal journey through loss, incarceration, and the long road back. This is not a story of overnight success—it’s a raw and honest account of what it means to lose everything: career, reputation, stability, and hope… and what it takes to rebuild your life anyway. Dr. Gregory opens up about the em...

Podcast Description Each year, hundreds of thousands of individuals leave jails and prisons and return to their communities. The question isn’t whether people will return—it’s whether they return prepared. In this episode, we explore why reentry and rehabilitation programs matter and how they can help justice-impacted individuals build stable, productive lives after incarceration. The conversation...

Podcast Description: In this episode of the CBT Coaching Podcast, Dr. Barry explores how recovery coaching can be a practical, confidential, and flexible alternative for busy executives and medical professionals seeking support outside traditional treatment programs. Recovery coaching focuses on goal-oriented strategies, accountability, and practical tools to help clients reduce or stop unwanted s...

In this episode of the CBT Coaching Podcast, Dr. Barry explores why people hire a coach and how coaching actually helps create real, lasting change. Drawing from his background as a licensed counselor turned coach, he explains how CBT-based coaching supports people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in negative thinking patterns. Listeners will learn the most common reasons people seek coachin...

In this deeply personal episode of the CBT Coaching Podcast , Dr. Barry explores the pain and complexity of grief after losing a beloved pet. Drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy principles and his own experience losing his cherished golden retriever, Sadie, he discusses why pet loss hurts so deeply, how grief affects our thoughts, emotions, body, and nervous system, and why this loss is ofte...

Podcast Episode Description CBT Coaching Strategies: How to Stop Negative Thinking and Transform Your Life In this powerful episode of The CBT Coaching Podcast , Dr. Barry, a former professor, national trainer, clinical director, author, and consultant with over 30 years of experience, breaks down the hidden force that quietly shapes your emotional life, your habits, and your success: negative, di...

🎙️ Podcast Episode Description: “Moving Beyond the Pain of Regrets.” In this powerful episode of The CBT Coaching Podcast , Dr. Barry M. Gregory Ed. D., M.Ed., BA guides you through one of the deepest human struggles: regret . Whether it’s a relationship you stayed in too long, an opportunity you walked away from, or a version of yourself you abandoned, regret can feel like a lifelong sentence — b...

Podcast Description Welcome to The CBT Podcast with Dr. Barry M. Gregory, Ed. D., M.Ed., BA. Each week, Dr. Gregory shares practical, science-based Cognitive Behavioral tools to help adults create a healthier, happier, and more successful life. Recent episodes have explored Smart Love strategies for parents and families, but this week’s episode takes a different direction. In this focused session,...

Episode Summary: In this episode, Empowering Change at Home: How Parents Can Help Their Adult Children Rise and Thrive , Dr. Barry Gregory Ed. D., M.Ed., BA breaks down why so many young adults become stuck at home—isolating in their rooms, avoiding work or school, and losing motivation—and how this pattern quietly harms the entire family. Barry explains the “reinforcement trap” that keeps everyon...

How Parents and Family Members Can Use Contingency Management to Support Recovery In this episode of the CBT Coaching Podcast , host Barry Gregory introduces one of the most effective and research-backed tools in addiction science: Contingency Management (CM) . Listeners will learn how CM uses simple, immediate rewards to reinforce positive recovery behaviors—and why it consistently outperforms wi...

Episode Summary: How Reinforcement Shapes Addiction and Recovery In this episode of Break Free From Addiction , host Barry M. Gregory breaks down one of psychology’s most powerful principles— reinforcement —and explains how it shapes both addiction and enabling. Drawing from B.F. Skinner’s behaviorism, Barry explores why addicted individuals continue using, why parents (especially moms and dads) u...

Podcast Episode Description: In this episode of the CBT Coaching Podcast, Barry Gregory, Ed. D., M.Ed., BA, a professional CBT-Based Recovery Coach, challenges the outdated “tough love” approach and introduces SMART Love—a smarter, evidence-based way for families to support a loved one with addiction without enabling. Discover why tough love often backfires by increasing shame, isolation, secrecy,...

This episode of the CBT Coaching Podcast introduces the Smart Love approach, an Informative, compassionate, and empowering approach for parents and families coping with a loved one's active addiction. Host Dr. Barry Gregory Ed. D., M.Ed., BA explains that common "rescuing" behaviors stem in part from deep fear, guilt, and trauma-driven thoughts and beliefs (informed by CBT), which, though loving i...

Description The CBT Coaching Podcast Addiction is a relentless destroyer, claiming more American lives each year than the combined fatalities from World War I, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It shatters families, fuels fatal overdoses, and traps millions in cycles of alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, gambling, pornography, internet, and phone addiction—often in silence, as society's big se...