Dawn Nickel

BA (1998)


Recovery Coach and She Recovers Creator


Bio: After completing her Women's Studies degree in the mid 1990s, Dawn Nickel went on to complete a Masters in Women's History and PhD in the History of Health Care - both at UofA. She has worked as a research consultant specializing in policy and practice related to mental health, addiction and intimate partner violence. Dawn is a professionally trained recovery coach and the creator of She Recovers, a facebook page that she started in the summer of 2011; it is now the largest platform supporting women in recovery in cyberspace.The page has attracted over 260,000 engaged followers - 90% are females and the majority of those are between the ages of 24 and 54. In just five short years the She Recovers Website has also attracted a large following of women through its blog and other offerings (including an international yoga and recovery retreat program and a line of recovery mala jewelry). You can learn more about She Recovers from an article written by Alicia Cook for The Huffington Post: Mother-Daughter Team Up To Empower Women in Recovery with "She Recovers" as well as from several articles published recently by Well + Good (NY and LA): The Plus Factor: The Rise of the Sober Social Scene and How to Have a Dry January.