Format: 30-60 minute keynote or breakout session

The audience will leave with:

• The meaning and importance of “cleaning up your side of the street.”

• The ways a young person with an SUD turns their life around.

• The six crucial steps he took that opened a space for his daughter’s recovery.

• Important lessons he learned from directing Hollywood movies that have helped him and his family thrive.

• The themes from his newest film that you can apply to your lives that will bring hope, help, and healing to your family.

For those with a loved one with a substance use disorder, the main thing that parents and caregivers need to know is that they play a crucial role in recovery. Addiction is called a “family disease” for a good reason – this disease not only affects everyone, but the family and caregivers must look at their own behavior and attitudes. And when those start to change, that can open up a space for the person struggling to begin their recovery.

Rosman shares about the journey he went on when his own daughter was spiraling down with addictive substances. He shares his initial feelings of denial, fear, and being unable to set boundaries, and how that all turned around as he put down the microscope and picked up the mirror. His daughter is now over five years substance free and thriving.

Mark talks about how his personal transformation took place, the growth steps he learned, and how he put those steps into action to help his daughter and his own recovery. He also speaks about how his experiences directing many top Hollywood films taught him some vital tools that he uses in his daily life as a father and storyteller. And his talk wraps up with an exciting sneak peek into the making of his newest film “Keep Coming Back” which will be the first film ever to focus on the family’s crucial role in recovery.

Format: Workshop and Q&A

The audience will leave with:

• Steps to take to help your loved one recover

• Understanding your crucial role in your loved one's recovery

The audience will learn a lot about recovery during this informative and supportive Q&A with a veteran movie director of major Hollywood family movies and the father of a daughter who has struggled with addictive substances.  

Whether you have a host to ask questions or the audience has questions, Mark will respond to everything with honesty, wisdom, and support.

Format:  30, 45, 60 min Keynote and/or Workshop

The audience will leave with:

• Insights into how the family can take a crucial role in recovery

• The many ways parents and families are part of the problem

• The steps families and parents can take to help their loved ones recover

Mark breaks down the different themes, lessons, and steps from his script for his upcoming new movie “Keep Coming Back”.  Mark draws on the lessons he and his wife learned during the time their daughter was spiraling down with addictive substances.  He'll highlight scenes that shed light on denial, lack of boundaries, too much control, and too little involvement.  He'll review other scenes in the film which focus on what parents can and cannot control, difficulty with communication, and letting go.  

This talk can be a keynote or used in a workshop structure where scenes from the movie serve as a basis to start a discussion on all of these topics.