Winning the National Peer Specialist of the Year Award from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing means a lot to me. But it’s not about one moment, it’s about the small decisions that add up over time. The same kind of decisions I see people making every day in their own recovery. As I get ready to attend NatCon 2026 in Denver, I’m reminded that real change is happening all around us, not from big breakthroughs, but from small actions that keep stacking up.