Prime by PRI

10/22/2025

David Rosengren and Derek Jorden are in Minneapolis this week for the annual MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Inc) Forum! Motivational Interviewing trainers from around the world join to discuss, share, learn, and plan for all things MI.

Learn more about Motivational Interviewing and how it fits into Prime For Life here: https://primeforlife.org/motivational-interviewing

10/21/2025

November Continuing Education Sessions are ALL NEW and now open for registration!

View details & register: https://primeforlife.org/training-events

We have 2️⃣ special guests in the lineup on Friday, November 14:
🟢 9am ET - Examining Modern Trends in Gambling Through the Lifestyle Risk Reduction Model, with Dr. Aaron Weiner
🟢 11am ET - The Challenges and Rewards of Being Ambivalent, with Dr. Allan Zuckoff
🟢 1pm ET - Hope as Choice, with Dr. David Rosengren
🟢 3pm ET - Healing Through Self-Compassion: Navigating Loss in Addiction Treatment Work, with Dr Stan Steindl

10/20/2025

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What's a favorite quote that makes YOU think of Prime For Life? Share in the comments!.............................................................

"Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want."
- Ken Poirot

10/16/2025

"Despite the connection between heavy alcohol consumption and
several types of cancer having been well-established for many years, public awareness of this risk has been low. Awareness increased significantly early this year when then Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended adding cancer warnings to alcoholic beverage labels—a recommendation we applaud. This
announcement also prompted the media to focus more on the potential cancer risks of even low levels of drinking...

So, why aren’t the Low-Risk Guidelines in Prime For Life® (PFL) lower?"

Explore this question with Mark Nason in the latest edition of PRIME!

Read:https://primeforlife.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/PRIME%20Newsletter%20-%20Spring-Summer%202025.pdf

10/15/2025

10/14/2025

The final Prime Solutions Level I Training series of 2025 kicks off on November 6!

View details & register: https://primeforlife.org/node/6824

Explore the Prime Solutions treatment program: https://primeforlife.org/programs/primesolutions

10/10/2025

A few words of motivation as you wrap up your week or kick off a weekend of Prime For Life!

"Success isn’t overnight. It’s when every day you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up." - Dwayne Johnson

10/08/2025

Addiction can feel like a complicated web for those trapped inside, as well as for those trying to work with them. The biopsychosocial model is a conceptual solution for understanding addiction: seeing how our inner world, outer world, and physical bodies interact to create complex barriers to change.

While not all students in Prime For Life meet criteria for an “addiction,” substance use disorders are a frequent problem for the people we serve. Join Dr. Weiner and Prevention Research Institute as we unpack the biopsychosocial model of addiction and discuss how this knowledge can be applied to our work in delivering Prime For Life.

Register: https://primeforlife.org/node/6843

More sessions to join this Friday, October 10: https://primeforlife.org/training-events

10/06/2025

Looking for an alcohol and drug prevention program that's effective and simple to implement?

MyPrime might be just what you need! It's online, self-paced, and host-guided, making it both easily accessible and effective because it's delivered with fidelity every time!

Explore: https://primeforlife.org/programs/myprime
Contact: derek.jorden@primeforlife.org

Customizable For: Schools, Businesses and Other Organizations, First Responders, Community Groups

10/03/2025

"In Prime For Life and Prime Solutions we focus on the importance of values as guides and motivators for behavior. It’s a core element of what we do at PRI and part of the message we impart to participants in our programs. Not surprisingly then, I was intrigued when a recent post by organizational psychologist Adam Grant endorsed a new book by Dr. Emily Falk, 'What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change.'" - David Rosengren, PhD

Dive deeper into a new look at values and choices through the lens of neuroscience in the latest edition of PRIME!

Read:https://primeforlife.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/PRIME%20Newsletter%20-%20Spring-Summer%202025.pdf

10/01/2025

October Continuing Education Sessions are open for registration! This month's lineup includes 3 NEW sessions and 1 Extraordinary Conversation (repeated session).

View Details & Register: https://primeforlife.org/training-events

🟢 Demystifying Addiction: Understanding the Biopsychosocial Model, with Dr. Aaron Weiner *NEW
🟢 Because Knowledge is Power, with Dr. David Rosengren *NEW
🟢 Dialogue with Derek, featuring Ashly Holland: Prime Performance - Tapping Into Presence, Energy, and Authenticity *NEW
🟢 Extraordinary Conversations: The Power of Love - Part 2, with Dr. David Rosengren

09/25/2025

Prime For Life works, and our mission is to help others share it! We offer New Instructor Training Online every month, at times and dates to accommodate almost any schedule.

Check out training details at: https://primeforlife.org/new-instructor-training-online
Or reach out any time. We would be honored to be part of your efforts to prevent alcohol- and drug-related problems, and to help participants thrive!

"The material came naturally to me because it’s framed around the things I believe in: inclusion, client as expert in their own life, non-confrontational, hope, resilience, strengths, self-discovery, choice." - Prime For Life Instructor