Beyond the Badge: Certifications & What They Don’t Teach

Degrees, licenses, and certificates look good on paper, but recovery work is deeper than what's taught in training. In this episode, Miss Mo peels back the layers of what it really takes to do the work. From lived experience to street wisdom, we’re talking about the tools they don’t give you in class. Because in this field, healing happens in the real world not just the textbooks.

Miss Mo sits down with special guest Dorraiyah Miller a powerhouse in the recovery field with both professional credentials and deep lived experience. Together, they dive into the real-world lessons that don’t come in a training manual.

From emotional labor to street wisdom, from cultural humility to burnout, this episode is a wake-up call for anyone doing the work. Because the truth is, the most powerful tools in recovery aren’t always taught they’re earned through life, loss, and love for the people.

Whether you’re a Case Manager, peer, or just passionate about healing, this conversation is for the ones walking it like they talk it.

• What training does give you and what it doesn’t

• Lived experience as a qualification (and why it matters)

• The emotional labor of being a peer or provider

• Boundaries, burnout & being human in this work

• How to hold space without holding the whole weight

• Cultural humility vs. cultural competency

• Why textbook language doesn’t always land in the trenches

• Street smarts, intuition, and trauma-informed instincts

• Lessons from the field: wins, wounds, and wake-up calls

• What "professional" looks like through a real lens