Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed
Meet Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong — the visionaries behind Robyn Priest LIVE YOUR TRUTH (RPLYT) and Exploration Mastery. They’re launching Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed, a powerful podcast that cuts through the noise with honest conversations about mental health, substance use, recovery, and peer support. With decades of experience and innovative insights from explorationmastery.com and robynpriest.com, Robyn and Charlotte deliver practical strategies, inspiring stories, and proven tools you can apply today.
Each episode offers honest conversations, supportive insights, and practical tools — all aimed at empowering you to discover your inner strength and navigate life's challenges with resilience and hope. Whether you're a Peer Supporter, mental health advocate, or someone on a journey to live authentically, Mastery Vibes is your space to learn, connect, and grow.
Episodes
16 episodes
Episode 5: Paramedic to Peer Supporter: Navigating the Clinical World with Lived Experience
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 transform...
S2 Episode 4: Trapped, Not Treated: Compulsory Care, Restraint & the Human Right to Be Heard
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 unpa...
S2 Episode 3: Both/And: Embracing Grief, Relief & Conflicting Emotions in Peer Support
Both/And: Embracing Grief, Relief & Conflicting Emotions in Peer Support Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed – Season 2, Episode 3In this warm, honest, and deeply human conversation, Charlotte Armstrong a...
S2 Episode 2: From Struggle to Sustained Recovery: Sean Gartrell on the Transformative Power of Peer Support
From Struggle to Sustained Recovery: Sean Gartrell on the Transformative Power of Peer Support Mastery Vibes: Peer Support Unleashed – Season 2, Episode 2In this honest and uplifting conversation, Charlotte Armstrong and Roby...
S2 Episode 1: Ghost: Mediums, Voices, and the Stigma of "Madness" – Why Do We Celebrate One but Pathologize the Other?
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 Cha...
S1 Episode 10: Invitation, Not Expectation: The Fine Line Between Sharing and Oversharing
Invitation, Not Expectation: The Fine Line Between Sharing and OversharingIn 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 sp...
S1 Episode 9: The Club No One Wants to Join: Finding Hope in Peer Support After Infant and Pregnancy Loss
The Club No One Wants to Join: Finding Hope in Peer Support After Infant and Pregnancy LossIt 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 i...
S1 Episode 8: From "Fix & Save" to "Wait & Listen": A Mother-Daughter Mental Health Journey
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 unhea...
S1 Episode 7: After the Echoes: Stepping our from Under Their Past
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 t...
S1 Episode 6: Beyond Labels: Unleashing the Healing Power of Peer Support
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 experienc...
S1 Episode 5: From Clinical to Connection: Finding Passion in Peer Support
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 clini...
S1 Episode 4: Changing the Narrative on Suicide
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 harmf...
S1 Episode 3: Whose Recovery Is It Anyway? Navigating Mental Health & Family Perspectives
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 ...
S1 Episode 2: Living Loud—The Ranger System on Music, Identity & Plural Power
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 i...
S1 Episode 1: Robyn Priest and Charlotte Armstrong on the Power of Peer Support
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 thei...