💛 You’re Not God, That Job Is Taken: Scott Silverman on asking for help, recovery, and the hope that’s always there.
Crisis coach Scott Silverman has spent more than forty years in recovery and in the work of helping others, and his message is simple: you’re not God, and that’s good news. We talk about why the three hardest words to say are I need help, what he calls funeral avoidance, why addiction is a disease and not a moral failing, and the long view from someone who has walked people from their lowest point back to hope.
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⏱ EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00 The one thing we’re never meant to control
01:33 Meet Scott Silverman: crisis coach and founder of Confidential Recovery
01:54 Long-term recovery since 1984 and the three hardest words: I need help
04:38 Staying in the work without burning out
07:09 The twelve-inch trip from your head to your heart
08:00 Addiction is a disease, not a moral failing
09:36 It’s okay not to be okay, and the Family navigator role
11:48 You’re Not God, That Job Is Taken: what the book frees us to do
17:45 Compassion on the front lines and the people no one reaches
23:36 Tough Love that works: dignity and “Would you hire you?”
30:00 The homeless industry and why housing first failed
34:40 Self-reflection, self-love, and learning to look in the mirror
36:15 Closing: there’s always hope and help
WHAT YOU’LL TAKE AWAY
🕊 Why the three hardest words, I need help, may be the bravest ones you say
🧠 Why addiction is a disease, not a moral failing, and what the Diabetes comparison makes clear
🪞 The mirror moment behind Tell Me No, I Dare You: “Would you hire you?”
💛 Why it’s okay not to be okay, and just as okay to be okay
🛞 A clear look at homelessness, the “homeless industry,” and why intervention has to come first
ABOUT SCOTT SILVERMAN
Scott Silverman is a crisis coach, family navigator, and the founder and CEO of Confidential Recovery, an intensive outpatient program in San Diego. In long-term recovery since 1984, he has spent more than forty years helping individuals and families move from crisis back to recovery, and he founded Second Chance and the Veterans Navigation Center along the way. He is the author of You’re Not God, That Job Is Taken and Tell Me No, I Dare You.
Best-Selling Author & Family Crisis Coach Scott H. Silverman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthsilverman/
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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Hosted and executive produced by April Chavez.
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Video production by Manlee J. Chavez.
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Music by Steve Stuntz.
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