Connection is medicine

Making opportunities for human connection universally accessible in order to improve social health in local communities and reduce deaths of despair.

Real human connection and mutual community support are the keys to healing trauma.

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There is no mental health without social health.

Behind the opioid overdose epidemic is a much greater loneliness epidemic: an increasing lack of meaningful connection in society, and the trauma that goes hand-in-hand with isolation.

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SeekHealing has provided training or human connection to 2,474 humans.
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Since 2018, SeekHealing has hosted over 1,500 meetings, events & gatherings to promote community and human connection.
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SeekHealing has provided Listening Training retreats to 414 unique individuals.
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We are the medicine

Real human connection and mutual community support are the keys to healing trauma.

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Whether your life is in chaos and you need support, or you are feeling stable but need connection or want to volunteer, fill out the form to get started. Someone from a SeekHealing community will personally reach out to you to schedule a First Conversation.
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Former heroin user
"I have attended rehab nine times. All the months I spent in rehab, everything I learned, does not compare with how valuable one weekend with SeekHealing was for me."
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In recovery from opioids
“Through SeekHealing, I have been able to become more connected with myself and other people.”
Travis P.
Former heroin user
"Before SeekHealing, I lived my life in the shadows. Now, I live my life in the light."

Programs & services

In a new approach to the epidemic, SeekHealing addresses the social drivers of addiction. We help each other experience real human connection and we provide free access to holistic healing services.
Listening Training
Elevate your brand in an instant
From $299
First Conversations
Make a statement and stand out online.
From $5,000
Connection Missions
Websites, collateral, the works.
From $9,000
Herbal First Aid
Websites, collateral, the works.
From $9,000
The Listening Line
Websites, collateral, the works.
From $9,000
Extra Care Services
Websites, collateral, the works.
From $9,000
Harm Reduction
Websites, collateral, the works.
From $9,000

Learn the foundations of connection

Ideal for for anyone seeking to fill their life with more meaningful connection -- including those struggling with mental health or addiction challenges, as well as their family members -- Listening Training teaches a new way of relating with each other in a world where authentic relationship is scarce.
Listening Training
Cutting edge education in communication skills, harm reduction boundary-setting and relational learning. Interactive format that empowers individuals to connect with each other and experience transformational healing.

Free of charge, donations appreciated.
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Social Health Facilitation Training
12-week leadership training course to prepare for certification as a Social Health Professional. This course provides grounded, hands-on education in authentic leadership and facilitation skills.

$2,400 per person.
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Haywood County, NC, USA

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SeekHealing's hub in Haywood County is located right in downtown Waynesville. Come on out and join us!
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Upcoming events

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Listening Training II

SeekHealing’s Listening Training II is a master course in authentic leadership and human connection to be taken after Listening Training I. It’s a powerful 3-month training to prepare you for holding group spaces that support all people, especially those healing from trauma and addiction. For more details follow the Register button below.
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Listening Training Workshop

Sign-up for SeekHealing’s 2 day Listening Training course to reframe everything you think you know about addiction & emotional health, and get useful tools for how to better listen to yourself and others.
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WNC Listening Line

The WNC Listening Line provides non-crisis emotional support between community members.
Call or text any time to connect with another seeker or Peer in Western North Carolina.

(828) 547‑4547

Get educated

Articles by topic, written by the SeekHealing team and community members.

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Harm Reduction is for Everyone

The Science
October 3, 2022

The Opioid Overdose Epidemic

The Science
October 3, 2022

SeekHealing in the news

Start by Stopping
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Lead Like You Give a Damn Podcast
November 25, 2021
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‘We are the medicine’: Nonprofit uses community connection to combat addiction
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Smoky Mountain News
October 27, 2021
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Addiction and COVID-19, "twindemic" crises creates challenges for local officials
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WLOS
April 21, 2021
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"SeekHealing is dedicated to healing trauma, and it provides the necessary connections that empower people to break from that self-defeating cycle."

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SeekHealing Advisory Council

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WNC Listening Line

No therapy, no advice — just connection.

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Call or text any time to connect with another Seeker or Peer.

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