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    Sometimes It's Our Secrets That Can Kill Us: Breaking the Chains of Addiction w/ Danielle Burkett

    Michael Brown
    Michael Brown
    Michael W. Brown is the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices. He has a distinguished career spanning more than 32 years as a Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Most recently he was the DEA Headquarters staff coordinator for the Office of Foreign Operations for the Middle East-Europe-Afghanistan-India. Prior to that he served as the country attaché in India and Myanmar providing foreign advisory support for counter narcotic enforcement. He also spent 10 years in Pakistan as a special advisor to the US Embassy on various law enforcement issues. Michael is a graduate of the United States Ranger Training Battalion and has a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Technology and Management from the University of Eastern Michigan.
        

     

    Our guest, Danielle Burkett, had everything stacked against her.  Even when navigating an unstable upbringing and childhood trauma, she knew at a young age helping children in her position is something she was destined to do.  This desire stuck with her through years of substance use, mental health issues, crime, and eventually incarceration.

    Now as a single mother, who recently suffered a stroke, she is still driven by that childhood passion, achieving her master's degree in social work, and starting her own non-profit, "Unlikely Journeys, Inc." geared towards helping youth and parents.  Danielle has made it her purpose to plant seeds of compassion, love, non-judgment, and gratitude in the lives she touches through her initiative.

    Join us as we discuss: 

    • The power of having a clear mind and the ability to voice repressed trauma
    • The importance of teaching crucial aspects in schools that might be overlooked at home
    • The practice of gratitude and its transformative power
    • The concept of having a "peer coach" and its pivotal role in personal development

     



     

     

    Views expressed in this material are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Rigaku Analytical Devices.

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