<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[mysite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mysite]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:48:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.edgeconsulting.app/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Build Solutions Together]]></title><description><![CDATA[What I Do I work at the seams. That means being useful about specifics. This intake form. That refusal policy. The handoff between the shelter and treatment that quietly drops a third or more of the people who go through it. It means understanding that recovery isn't a three-month problem. The people I work with carry legacies of addiction, trauma, abuse, neglect, and deep struggle. These issues developed over a lifetime. Healing takes years, not quarters. And at the root of almost everything...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/let-s-build-solutions-together</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95d1cbc2aa12b082829558</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:19:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5bd4f0_da016f4342a54e07af62f211a3b9e17d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about getting people to see your Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's all about getting people to see your Service   Old man and his hot dog stand- a classic marketing story  Selling a Service is not much different than selling hotdogs when you break it down into the fundamentals.  You don’t want to get caught up in gimmicks or short cuts.  Selling your Service has a couple of things in common with the story below.  First, you must make sure everyone knows your Service is for sale and where to find it. Next you must give them a product they want to buy at...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/it-s-all-about-getting-people-to-see-your-service</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95c6e771e31f219aac458c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:27:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5bd4f0_dfdcdb1c4f7948c7af0e652197065b2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_93,h_97,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Childhood Recordings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our Childhood Recordings Just because we grow up and become an adult doesn’t mean that the bad things that happened to us vanish.  Unfortunately, the opposite is true, when we are triggered it’s the bad things, those lessons, thoughts, or feelings that come up first in our mind or personal library.   What I mean by this is; we store everything for future reference, kind of like a library or in today’s world if you need to know something you Google it. Google list them in priority of the most...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/our-childhood-recordings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95c54f71e31f219aac4208</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:17:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe teen use of marijuana doesn't hurt them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many people think that marijuana and other drug use is harmless and even believe teen use of marijuana doesn't hurt them.  Well, that is just not the case, even casual drug use can have long term effects   Here is why.  We grew up believing that our brain tells us what to do, but actually it is what we do and our life experiences that teach our brain what to do and handle life. It begins at birth and your environment has a lot to do with what your brain tells you later in life. Our brain...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/believe-teen-use-of-marijuana-doesn-t-hurt-them</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95c3d536df210911b9e7d3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:13:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What about our children? Left Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA[I find it very disturbing that every time you turn on the radio or the TV all you hear about is the humanitarian crisis unfolding at our Southern Border.  How we can turn our back on these poor people fleeing other countries due to poverty and violence.  Then you hear our leadership talking about spending nearly $3 billion on these illegal immigrants who snuck across our unsecured border. What about our children? Well, I want to point something out. Do you know that there are currently 1.6...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/what-about-our-children-left-behind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95c007978d27f7d8e64342</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:55:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One more time won’t hurt!!!  No, it will Kill you!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[One more time won’t hurt!!!  No, it will Kill you!!!   I am tired of seeing good people die from addiction, especially drugs. Public officials, rehab directors and judges all put a band-aid on the problem that is continuing to take the lives of the young and old.    I've met 15-year old’s, and 50-year old’s who are addicted to drugs and have almost died, some have overdosed more than once. All of them have three things in common.   1.   They are all hurting inside 2.   They have all got help...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/one-more-time-won-t-hurt-no-it-will-kill-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95bd5521ca4b8be96aec1f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:45:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeless or Hopeless.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homeless or Hopeless. Many in the US today are homeless and many in society have given up on them.  Calling them Hopeless.  According to the National Alliance to End Homeless they estimate there are 1.7 million homeless in the US today.  The government numbers come in far less at about 700,000.    The cause of homeless is not what most people believe, and it could happen to anyone at any time.  The major cause of homelessness is job loss and once that happens and you can lose your home, and...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/homeless-or-hopeless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95b3ef5bedecf2a6406b14</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:05:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spokane's 7-Eleven Isn't the Problem. It's the Symptom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spokane's 7-Eleven Isn't the Problem. It's the Symptom. Last month, Spokane officials sent a letter to the owner of the 7-Eleven at Second and Division, informing him that his convenience store had been declared a "chronic nuisance property." The order cites 125 calls for police service in two months — overdoses, drug deals, disorderly conduct, welfare checks — and gives the owner ten days to respond and fifteen to submit a plan to clean the place up, or face civil infractions, a lawsuit,...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/spokane-s-7-eleven-isn-t-the-problem-it-s-the-symptom-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95b25571e31f219aac19c5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:56:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before Spokane Builds Another Youth Shelter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before Spokane Builds Another Youth Shelter, It Should Explain Why the Last One Failed For four years, a converted building on East Augusta Avenue, just off Spokane Community College's campus, was the only place in this city built specifically for homeless 18- to 24-year-olds. Volunteers of America's Young Adult Shelter opened in December 2021 with up to 44 beds, funded by a $2.7 million state Department of Commerce grant and $1.3 million in city and county capital money to buy and renovate...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/before-spokane-builds-another-youth-shelter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95afc3978d27f7d8e6204a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:46:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember Camp Hope]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it time for new players? Remember Camp Hope? The encampment was not authorized by the City of Spokane. Instead, it began in December 2021 when protesters, led by Julie Garcia and volunteers with Jewel’s Helping Hands, hijacked the WSDOT property in protest of the city’s lack of low‑barrier shelter space. This unauthorized occupation quickly grew into the state’s largest homeless encampment, with over 600 residents at its peak.    Think about this, Julie Garcia, founder and executive...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/remember-camp-hope</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95aee6978d27f7d8e61e76</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:42:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changing the Face of Addiction Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Face of Addiction There are 30 million addicts in the United States, costing the taxpayer $600 billion every year and growing.  A recent study showed addiction is growing faster than any time in history and drug overdoses have surpassed auto deaths.  Our prison system is overwhelmed, 16% of people in state prison and 18% of people in federal prison reported committing their crimes to obtain money for drugs.  www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Prisons_and_Drugs#sthash.20NHEuRC.dpuf   We have all...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/changing-the-face-of-addiction-treatment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95ae0336df210911b9b8ca</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:39:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Homeless Crush Business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spokane's 7-Eleven Isn't the Problem. It's the Symptom. Last month, Spokane officials sent a letter to the owner of the 7-Eleven at Second and Division, informing him that his convenience store had been declared a "chronic nuisance property." The order cites 125 calls for police service in two months — overdoses, drug deals, disorderly conduct, welfare checks — and gives the owner ten days to respond and fifteen to submit a plan to clean the place up, or face civil infractions, a lawsuit,...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/when-homeless-crush-business</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a95ab9d5bedecf2a64058dd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:29:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlocking the Benefits of Our Thought Leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spokane's 7-Eleven Isn't the Problem. It's the Symptom. Last month, Spokane officials sent a letter to the owner of the 7-Eleven at Second and Division, informing him that his convenience store had been declared a "chronic nuisance property." The order cites 125 calls for police service in two months — overdoses, drug deals, disorderly conduct, welfare checks — and gives the owner ten days to respond and fifteen to submit a plan to clean the place up, or face civil infractions, a lawsuit,...]]></description><link>https://www.edgeconsulting.app/post/unlocking-the-benefits-of-our-expert-services</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a923dbac7f0c93b39f24996</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:02:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5bd4f0_53675447bd18459bbcc02ea781890d34~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ed Stevenson</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>