Joel Whiteside
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Joel Whiteside, MS, LPC, CBCC, CAMS, BHP, is a visionary leader in behavioral health whose life’s work is rooted in transformation, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of healing and positivity. He earned his Master’s in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Driven by purpose and fueled by lived experience, Joel has built a career that extends beyond traditional counseling. In 2012, he launched "Been There, Done That", a peer-driven re-entry program in Washington State designed to empower individuals to rise above their past and move toward meaningful, productive futures.
Since relocating to Arizona in 2016, Joel has provided counseling and clinical leadership across a broad spectrum of mental health, substance use, and co-occurring services for individuals in both outpatient and behavioral health group-home settings. As founder of Whiteside Healing & Wellness, his work encompasses individual counseling, behavioral health consulting, clinical leadership, mentorship, and public speaking. His message has taken him into diverse communities around the world, where he combines professional expertise, lived experience, and authentic connection to inspire meaningful change.
A self-published author of Producing Positivity: 31 Days to a New Positive You, Joel is committed both professionally and personally to spreading love and positivity wherever he goes. His mission is to create a ripple effect of hope, connection, purpose, and transformation—believing that the way we show up for others can reach far beyond a single conversation, counseling session, or stage.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
- How leaning into discomfort and walking through pain can reveal purpose and transform your future.
- Why your past does not have to define your future or limit the life you create.
- How to shift from a negative lens to a positive one through what you say, do, and believe.
- That building a private practice and consulting firm from the ground up is possible with no capital.
- Why authentic connection and lived experience are powerful tools for healing, growth, and leadership.
- How serving individuals, children, and families through counseling and consulting can create lasting ripple effects.
- That peer-driven programs like Been There, Done That empower people to rise above their past.
- How to combine professional expertise and personal resilience to inspire meaningful change for clients worldwide.
- Why spreading love and positivity through public speaking can impact communities across 30 states and 20 countries.
- That a daily practice like Producing Positivity can build a new positive mindset over 31 days.
about the show
Overcoming addiction requires discipline, clarity, and resilience — the exact qualities needed to build a successful commercial business. Clean and Thriving TV reveals how business owners in recovery translate their personal transformation into building and running real commercial enterprises.
Clean and Thriving TV is a premium television docuseries spotlighting business owners who refused to let their past define them. Honoring the grit required to overcome addiction and build a business, the series focuses on operational growth, daily execution, and commercial success beyond recovery.
The series takes viewers inside the authentic stories of business owners who turned their lives around and built thriving companies. Clean and Thriving TV serves as the definitive national stage for these entrepreneurs to share their business insights and inspire others.
