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Ripple Retreat: Trauma Recovery Meets Sobriety and Service with guest JJ Holley, A Veteran who lives to pay it forward
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- A Contagious Smile Podcast
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- Apr 24, 2026
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- 2286
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Summary
Send us Fan Mail JJ Holley spent seven years rebuilding his life. Now, in a historic farmhouse in Maine, he's building something bigger: Ripple Retreat, an alcohol-free wellness space designed to flip the script on tourism and trauma recovery. In this walking tour episode, JJ shows us how one veteran's journey from survival to thriving is creating measurable change for entire communities, and what "paying it forward" actually looks like. A quiet town in Maine. A historic 1830s farmhouse and b...