Authors, Innovators, Humanitarians
There’s so much to learn about us. We are a mother-daughter writing team, the founders/editors of the online magazine Reach Out Recovery and publisher of self-help, recovery books, and curriculums for all ages.
Since 2011, Reach Out Recovery has been a pioneer in providing addiction and recovery, mental health, relationship, and wellness information to millions of people worldwide, making easy-to-understand mental health and relationship articles accessible in one place.
We are best-selling authors of the critically acclaimed Mother-Daughter Relationship Makeover, published by HCI in April 2024: showcased in Oprah’s Book Club and therapist recommended. In The Mother Daughter Relationship Makeover, we use our own story of addiction, recovery, estrangement, and reconciliation to help mothers and daughters everywhere understand that even if you go off track, go to war, part ways for years, you can still find your way back to friendship, understanding, and love. And we show our readers exactly how they can recover like we did.
OUR MISSION
Reach Out Recovery has a worldwide audience for its more than 1,700 original articles that simplify complicated medical and psychological information. Reach Out Recovery welcomes submissions from health and wellness organizations as well as experts on relationships, addiction, recovery, education for teens and all aspects of the healthy lifestyle. The company has published 4 books including, 100 Tips for Growing Up, My 20 Years of Recovery, The Teen Guide To Health, What Every Teen Needs to Know, The 8 C’s That Help Me Be All Right, Find Your True Colors In 12 Steps, as well as other tools for recovery and a healthy lifestyle. The website publishes new original articles day, journal prompts, interactive content, daily quotes. Our active social media platform reaches 3 million+ monthly.
OUR WORK
Books
- 12 Step Principles
- Recovery information
- 76 Soothing pictures and patterns to color
- 36 Writing prompts
- Space for journaling
5 star rating on Amazon
- 20 years of recovery experience and therapy broken down into 100 simple tips
- Each easily digestible tip includes insight from the author and space for journaling
- From basic life skills to managing work and relationships
- From learning self esteem to dreaming big and getting there
- From setting priorities to fulfilling goals
- The easy way to master self control and self-management
- Something for everyone of every age
A prevention tool that answers questions and give the facts to empower teens to make healthy lifestyle choices.
- Explains body and brain development
- Explores the three pillars of health: physical, emotional, social
- Shows how all the components of health work together
- Tells how substances and alcohol impact brain, body and emotional development
- Empowers teens to make healthy choices
See Inside the book https://www.flipsnack.com/rorecovery/teen-guide-to-health-dumw93jd1j.html
The 8 Cs That Help Me Be All Right Coloring Book
This delightful 25 page coloring book helps reassure, distract, and empower children facing frightening challenges.
- I didn’t Cause the problem
- I can’t Cure the problem
- I can’t Control the problem
- I don’t have to Contribute to the problem
- I can take care of myself
- I can connect with other people
- I can communicate my feelings
- I have choices to help myself
Curriculums
The Teen Guide To Health has a curriculum for teachers and lesson plan for after-school programs that have been used in Boys and Girls Clubs, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Science Labs, after-school programs and is headed to its first charter school in Florida.
100 Tips For Growing Up has a curriculum that has been used in recovery, rehbailitation and re-entry programs, including Homeboy Industries, A New Way of Life and more.
Please contact us at [email protected] for inquiries.
Socials
We are active on social media so follow us at:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReachoutRecovery/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reachoutecovery/
ROR ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
Reach Out Recovery (ROR) is redefining recovery as everyone is recovering from something. The site, which has seen +5 million unique visitors since 2020, is focused on addiction education, prevention, and family wellness.
Created in 2011 by recovery advocates and mother/daughter writing team, ROR crafts meaningful content for millions of people seeking a healthy lifestyle, recovery from family dysfunction, trauma, addiction, and mental illness.
The duo is transforming the narrative on recovery advocacy by creating positive solutions and promoting family wellness. Their company stands for empowering individuals and families to be their best selves.
April 2023 Announcement in Publishers Market Place
Leslie teaching Florida teens The Teen Guide To Health
Lindsey With Her 100 Tips Class From Homeboy Industries
Leslie Speaking on Mental Health at Rotary Clubs
Leslie and Stacy Ridenour giving schlarship awards
What Else We Were Up To In 2023
Leslie teaching Florida teens The Teen Guide To Health
Lindsey With Viola Davis At An Oscars Event
Launched our nonprofit
Lindsey at a Rotary Community Service Project in LA
All new expanded edition of Find Your True Colors in 12 Steps
Lindsey with 100 Tips For Growing up
Leslie With Teen Guide To Health
Newsweek Expert Panel Representing Reach Out Recovery, Leslie joins the Newsweek Expert Panel for her expertise in mental health and addiction prevention.
Spring Education series podcast Recovery Village, featuring Leslie and Lindsey. Mother/Daughter talk Repairing Relationships After addiction.
Rotary International US Task Force on Addiction Prevention Leslie becomes a founding member of the Rotary US Task Force on Addiction Prevention.
Spring/Summer High School Art/Media Competition Reach Out Recovery partners with Rotary Club of Sarasota Bay for a high school media/art contest using the Teen Guide To Health to create mental health messaging by and for teens. Interact Club of Sarasota High School hosts the contest in its first year.
Teen Guide To Health, by Leslie Glass is published.
Rotary International Action Group Mental Health Initiatives Leslie joins the international action group for mental health initiatives worldwide.
Rotary Club of Sarasota Bay District 6090 Reach Out Recovery becomes a corporate member of Rotary International.
Celebration of Service Award Returning Peace Corps Volunteers Central Florida
Social Venture Award Innovations Journal (Philadelphia)
100 Tips For Growing Up, My 20 Years of Recovery, by Lindsey Glass published just in time for Recovery Month 2019. Adults 18 and up
My Family Is Hurting What Can I Do, 8 C’s Coloring book, by Leslie Glass developed for children with adverse experiences, Ages 5-10
Find Your True Colors In 12 Steps, Recovery Activity Book 70 pages of coloring and writing that brings creativity and journaling together to support recovery and recovery literacy programs. Teen and up
ASAM Media Award winning documentary, The Secret World of Recovery, reveals life on the other side of addiction produced and directed by Leslie Glass and Lindsey Glass. All audiences. 37 minutes 2012.
PBS Station WEDU debut The Silent Majority, documentary features 5 programs that empower teens to make healthy lifestyle choices, produced and directed by Leslie Glass. Hosted by Lindsey Glass. Distributed in 2014-15 by American Public Television to all PBS stations. All audiences. Run time 47 minutes.