Willis CC is Caring for Chicago

More and more conversations are stirring about the legalization of marijuana. According to a recent Gallup poll almost half of Americans a...

We continue to be a part of more conversations about the problems in the Western suburbs related to drugs. It seems that the more we learn ...

It seems that the news in the Western Suburbs are taking the Addiction issues seriously. The Daily Herald also ran our Guest Commentary. St...

We had an amazing opportunity to write a guest commentary that is being run in three different papers over the next couple of weeks. We woul...

After much careful thought and consideration  . . . . we have created a tumblr which we are enjoying much more than the blogspot. The jury i...

Recently I've found great support, friendship, & empowerment from sharing some networking moments with two amazing women entrepreneu...

Recently I found this awesome resource to help others get involved with volunteering in the city. Check it out: ChicagoCares . There are so...

"I believe we can be better. Those who died here, those who saved lives here - they help me believe. We may not be able to stop all ev...

Visit this Blog by Andrea an incredible 16 year old Chicagoan!

A few nights ago I had the priviledge of taking part in an amazing evening of communal dialogue with some Marvelous People. I most enjoyed t...

In the last couple of weeks I have been reminded of some of the amazing aspects of life in Chicago that I most love. For those of you who ha...

I had no idea there were so many unique & fascinating Towers in Kaohshiung, Taiwan! Taoism/Daoism, Confucius & More inspired the man...

Thank you sooo much to all those who attended the workshops in Kaohshiung, Taiwan! We had an awesome turn out both days! I really enjoyed my...

After finishing the workshops in Hong Kong I was introduced to some possible site seeing opportunities in the area. Some of my new friends w...

In Taiwan and giving a lecture today on Experiential Activities!! It's going great and the participants are awesome!!! :) More to come!!

After 6 hours of teaching, Dim Sum lunch, lots of great discussion the weekend was a success!Thanks so much to Wellness First Workshops ...

I had an incredible time meeting up today with my host Anthony and finishing up our preparations for Sunday. He was so gracious to give me ...

I've officially arrived in Hong Kong! Aside from some slight time vertigo of uncertainty what day I'm currently in-things are great!...

Did you know: that the average heroin user has witnessed at least 4 overdoses one of which end fatal. Deaths of peers do not teach activel...

Last week I was practicing some of my paddle strokes while kayaking. My kayak master was trying to help me practice something called a ...

Here are just a few of my favorite sayings from working with people in Recovery: "If you have one foot in the past, one foot in the ...

I’ve been working with people in recovery since 2003. Specifically, the last few years I’ve had the privilege of treating individuals with S...

Recently while flying back from Rome I was trying to beat jet lag by keeping myself awake. I came to realize after watching episodes of 30 R...

I recently attended the SAMHSA conference in downtown Chicago where I had the luxury of hearing from Francine Ward talking about esteemabl...