#128 – Sandra Landau: Love and Light to the world#128 – Sandra Landau: Love and Light to the world
Recovery Survey
Sandra Landau shares how her recovery from PTSD and addiction inspired the Love and Light to the World non-profit and the Light It Up Project. The conversation focuses on visible support, daily recovery practices and community partnerships that aim to bring hope to people struggling with mental health and addiction.
32:50•7 Sept 2022
Love, Light and Yellow Wristbands: Sandra Landau’s Growing Recovery Movement
Episode Overview
- Simple, visible symbols like yellow wristbands and heart decals can reassure people struggling with mental health or addiction that they are not alone.
- Consistent routines including prayer, meditation, journaling and daily movement can support ongoing recovery from PTSD and addiction.
- Online support platforms and live story-sharing events provide accessible encouragement, practical tips and a sense of community.
- Collaboration between podcasts, coaches, authors and treatment centres can amplify recovery messages and resources.
- Scholarships and funding for abstinence-based and recovery coaching services can open doors for people who cannot afford help.
“This project has saved two lives that we know of so far.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This conversation with Sandra Landau offers a raw, hopeful snapshot of what that can look like when mental health, addiction, and community action all collide. Sandra, a registered nurse from Metro Detroit living with PTSD, anxiety, depression and addiction history, returns to Recovery Survey to share how her once tiny idea has grown into a full-scale non-profit, Love and Light to the World.
She explains that the charity’s mission is to "create awareness for emotional and mental wellness while providing support and education for mental health and addiction." The heart of her work is the Light It Up Project, using the colour yellow, a yellow heart hashtag and simple wristbands to show visible support.
Sandra becomes emotional describing how the project "has saved two lives that we know of so far," and how seeing those yellow symbols herself helped her through some of her darkest days. You’ll also hear how her support platform, Rockstar Testimony, pulls together about 20 partners—podcasts, coaches, authors and treatment centres—to share daily recovery content and host “Rockstar Wednesdays” live sessions featuring real-life resilient stories.
Sandra opens up about the practical side of her healing: routine, time with her higher power, journaling, movement, meditation and new tools like breathwork. She and host Brett Morris chat about how recovery coaching, peer support groups and abstinence-based programmes give people more options, especially for those unable to access traditional services.
If you’re looking for an honest conversation about mental health, addiction recovery and how one person’s idea can ripple out into a global message of hope, this one may spark something in you. Who in your life needs to see a visible sign that they’re not alone?
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