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DRE'S SAFE PLACE, 6101 East Molloy Road, East Syracuse, NY (2026)

09/04/2026

𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 🍂💜

September brings a new season, and at DRE’S, it also brings a 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲.

As DRE’S continues to grow, we’re creating dedicated time for individuals, organizations, private groups, workshops, youth programs, and community events, while making it easier for you to know exactly when you can come take some time for yourself.

Our September calendar is included with this post, so 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.

𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 | 𝟭𝟭 𝗔𝗠–𝟳 𝗣𝗠
𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

And Sunday really is the perfect day for it.

It’s that space between everything you carried through the week and everything waiting for you on Monday.

A chance to 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 instead of carrying last week right into the next one.

Because sometimes you’re not in crisis.

You’re just tired.

Overwhelmed.

Frustrated.

Grieving.

Holding everything together for everybody else.

And 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

At DRE’S, you can scream, pray, meditate, break a plate, hit the punching bag, sit in the massage chair, speak something different over yourself, or simply have an hour where nobody needs anything from you.

𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲.

𝗡𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁.

And sometimes the people who walk through our doors say it better than I ever could.

Last month, someone left DRE’S saying:

“𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱.”

Another wrote:

“𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱!”

And after celebrating her birthday at DRE’S, one woman shared:

“𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱. 𝗜 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.”

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦.

You don’t have to come here because something is wrong.

Sometimes you just need somewhere to feel what you feel, release what you’ve been carrying, breathe, reconnect with yourself, and make room for what comes next.

𝗣𝗔𝗬 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗦 💜

Our monthly Pay What You Can Day will continue because 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Check the September calendar included with this post for this month’s date.

Throughout the rest of the week, DRE’S will continue welcoming organizations, agencies, private groups, workshops, retreats, youth programs, team experiences, community events, and special programs.

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟...

We’ll also be opening 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 for people who need a comfortable place to work, focus, create, connect, or simply get out of the house for a few hours.

Stay tuned.

📍 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲
6101 E. Molloy Rd.
East Syracuse, NY 13057

𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆.

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅. 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁.®

If you’ve been saying, “I need a minute,” maybe Sunday is your minute.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻.

09/02/2026

I knew we had a busy summer at DRE’S, but I did not realize the full impact until I sat down and counted.

𝟐𝟗𝟖.

From mid-May through August, 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 experienced DRE’S Safe Place.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬.

Forty-six of them experienced DRE’S when we brought our programming to Syracuse University.

That number means more to me than I can put into one post.

𝐃𝐑𝐄’𝐒 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. So when a family, school, church, or youth program trusts me with their young people, I feel both the honor and the responsibility of that trust.

Some came excited. Some came quiet. Some stood back and watched before deciding if they wanted to participate. Some did not think DRE’S would be for them until they experienced it for themselves.

Nobody was forced to tell their whole story or explain every feeling.

Through DRE’S experiential rooms and activities, they were given different ways to release, relax, rejuvenate, connect, and RESET.

They screamed.

They moved their bodies and hit punching bags.

They wrote down what they wanted to release and broke plates.

They breathed, rested, reflected, laughed, wrote affirmations, and allowed themselves to just be.

At the same time, they practiced naming what they were feeling, recognizing where stress was showing up in their bodies, identifying safe people, asking for help, choosing coping strategies, grounding themselves, and creating personal RESET plans.

𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬, youth reported knowing what to do before reacting and being able to identify a safe person they could turn to for support.

Those words matter to me because that is what I want young people to carry with them when they leave DRE’S.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐑𝐄’𝐒.

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

It is not just about breaking plates or having fun in the rooms.

It is about giving young people a place to experience their emotions without being judged for having them.

A place to discover that there is more than one way to respond when life feels heavy.

𝐀 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐑𝐄’𝐒 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡:

• Syracuse City School District programs
• PGR Foundation
• Street Addiction Institute
• Fired Up for Youth
• Tucker Missionary Youth Group
• Princess Glow Up
• Project Rise
• Rasheada’s Middle School Enrichment
• Syracuse University Pre-College Programs

Thank you to every organization, family, youth leader, facilitator, and person who opened a door, made a call, brought a group, shared a post, or trusted DRE’S enough to say, “Our young people need this.”

And thank you to every young person who gave DRE’S a chance, even when you were unsure.

As the school year begins, the pressure, expectations, and hard moments will not disappear.

But 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 had an opportunity to practice what they can do with what they feel.

How to pause.

How to release safely and choose what to do next.

How to recognize when they need support.

How to get themselves back before choosing their next move.

This is not just a summer number to me.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.

If you are a school or youth-serving organization and you know your young people need more than another conversation about emotional wellness, let them experience DRE’S.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐓.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧.

08/31/2026

Today is National Overdose Awareness Day...

Sometimes an overdose happens in minutes.

But the people who love that person can carry pieces of that moment for years.

It can be a mother replaying the last conversation, wondering what she missed.

A child trying to understand why someone they loved never came home.

A sibling feeling their stomach drop when another family member does not answer the phone.

A person in recovery trying to move forward while still carrying shame from one of the hardest chapters of their life.

A family loving the same person, grieving the same person, and still not knowing how to talk to one another about what happened.

And sometimes it is simply silence.

Because even in grief, people are still afraid of being judged when they say the word overdose.

There are parts of overdose loss we do not talk about enough.

The unanswered questions.

The guilt.

The anger.

The fear.

The “what ifs.”

The birthdays that feel different.

The phone calls you still wish you could make.

The moments when something happens and, for a second, you forget they are not there to tell.

And somewhere today, someone is carrying a loss they do not know how to talk about.

If that is you, your grief does not have to look like anyone else’s.

You can love someone and still be angry.

You can miss them and still have questions.

You can remember the good without pretending the hard parts did not happen.

If you are in recovery, the hardest chapter of your life does not erase your humanity or everything that came before and after it.

If you love someone who is struggling, your fear, exhaustion, love, frustration and hurt matter too.

And if you have ever only seen the overdose and not the person, today is a good day to look again.

Because before the substance, before the diagnosis, before the circumstances and before the way their story ended...

there was a person.

Someone with a laugh.

Someone with people they loved.

Someone with plans.

Someone with mistakes.

Someone with a story much bigger than one moment of their life.

See the person before the circumstance.

Last week we closed The Empty Chair: Until You Know My Story.

The installation ended.

The conversation should not.

Today we remember those who died.

We honor those who survived.

We hold space for the families still carrying the impact.

And we keep reminding people of something stigma too often makes us forget:

Every number had a name.
Every name had a story💜

08/30/2026

We are honored to share that DRE’S Safe Place Founder and Owner, Quinnika, has been named a 2026 Central New York 40 Over 40 Legacy Awards Honoree.

DRE’S was never built just to be a business.

It was built from love, grief, and a mother’s decision that her son’s life would continue to mean something in this world.

Drequan’s name may not be written on this award, but his life is all through it.

It is in every person who has walked through our doors carrying something heavy and left feeling lighter.

It is in every young person learning a healthier way to release what they feel.

It is in every person who found even one moment of relief, hope, strength, or connection inside this space.

DRE’S is proof that something born from one of the hardest moments of a life can become something that helps other people make it through theirs.

Thank you to the Central New York 40 Over 40 Legacy Awards for recognizing this work and including Quinnika among this year’s honorees.

And thank you to every person who has walked through our doors, trusted us, partnered with us, supported us, referred someone to us, or spoken the name DRE’S in a room we were not in.

Drequan’s life continues to reach people he never had the chance to meet.

That is bigger than an award.

That is legacy...

DRE’S Safe Place
You won’t leave how you came in❤️

08/28/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.

As The Empty Chair: Until You Know My Story comes to an end, I want to thank every family who trusted DRE’S Safe Place and me with something so personal.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.

Thank you for sharing their pictures, their stories, their memories, and pieces of who they were beyond the way they died.

I know those were not just photographs on a wall.

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

That trust meant everything.

This installation was never meant to be something people simply walked through and looked at.

It was created so people would stop, reflect, participate, challenge their assumptions, and 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

And to everyone who came through our doors and experienced it, thank you.

Every person who stopped to read a story, listen, reflect, leave a message, or sit with what they were seeing helped make sure 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.

On August 31, we will continue to remember and honor lives at the 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 @ 𝟔𝐩𝐦.

Because remembrance should not end when the display comes down.

𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚.

To the families who trusted DRE’S:

𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧.
𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧.

08/27/2026

This is what DRE’S was created for❤️ From our youth to our adults..We Healing Over Here✨️

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08/26/2026

𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱… 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱.

You become the dependable one.

The fixer.

The listener.

The one who shows up.

The one who figures it out.

And after a while, people can become so used to your strength that they forget you need care too.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲.

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁.

You are allowed to need encouragement.

You are allowed to ask for help.

You are allowed to have someone check on you without needing anything from you first.

✨️𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:✨️

𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻.

Let that sit with you.

You deserve relationships where you are not only valued for what you do, fix, provide, or hold together.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻?

08/25/2026

𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘.

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐 𝐏𝐌–𝟔 𝐏𝐌
𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 | Walk-ins welcome

“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬.”

A visitor said that after walking through 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫: 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

It was created to honor lives lost to 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 and challenge the stigma surrounding addiction.

But grief has a way of making an 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 feel familiar to more people than we expect.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬.

08/24/2026

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?

“Do I have ADHD, or am I overwhelmed?”

“Is this anxiety, depression, chronic stress, or something else?”

“Is what happened to me still affecting how I live today?”

Finding words for what you have been experiencing can feel like relief.

“Finally. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐲, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩.”

But another fear can quickly follow:

“𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐞?”

You are quiet, so they assume you are depressed.

You forget something, so they blame your ADHD.

You have a strong emotional reaction, so they blame your diagnosis.

You set a boundary, so they call it a trauma response.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚.

𝐀 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. It cannot always tell you why the pattern began, and it cannot tell anyone everything about you.

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. Their symptoms, triggers, strengths, treatment, and support needs may not look alike.

If mental health content online sounds like your life, 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠. But do not let a few relatable videos make the diagnosis for you either.

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧:

• What you are experiencing
• How often it happens
• How long it lasts
• How it affects your daily life

Then share those patterns with a qualified health care or mental health professional.

And if someone shares their diagnosis with you, please do not say:

“You don’t look like you have that.”

Ask:

“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮?”

Then listen to their answer.

𝐀 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞.

08/24/2026

Thursday our Healed Hands™ cohort made soap, talked about what real self-care looks like, and of course made candles because who doesn’t love a good handmade candle?

But Healed Hands has never really been about the craft.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

We create.
We laugh.
We check on each other.
Sometimes we cry.
We celebrate each other.
We make room for each other.

And somewhere along the way, these women became a Safe Place for one another.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵.

Sometimes you need people you don’t have to be strong around.

People you don’t have to fix anything for.
People you don’t have to explain everything to.
𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁... 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲.

And if you don’t have that kind of circle right now, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

Connection does not always start with a whole group. Sometimes it starts with 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 where you realize you don’t have to do everything alone.

So as Sunday night winds down and another week begins, ask yourself:

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱? 𝗢𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

And carry these three things with you this week:

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁.
You do not have to wait until everything is falling apart to say, “I need somebody.”

𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲.
Where you can be quiet, be honest, laugh too loud, cry if you need to, and show up without pretending.

𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗼.
If you are usually the strong one, the helper, the caregiver, or the one everybody calls, practice receiving this week without immediately trying to give something back.

At DRE’S Safe Place, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 is part of 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅. 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁.™ for a reason.

Sometimes you need to release.

Sometimes you need quiet.

And sometimes you need people, or even just 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, that reminds you that you were never supposed to carry everything by yourself❤️

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