Our Mission
Providing guidance and guardrails during life's pivotal transitions.
Josh Flash is the Founder of ember, a company providing 24/7 live-in support & sober companionship. Based in Philadelphia and Boston, Josh and the ember team travel nationwide to help people reintegrate into their homes after rehab and also navigate times of crisis, mental health challenges, chronic illness, and major life changes.
For more than a decade, Josh has worked alongside individuals at all stages of recovery. Having personally rebuilt his own life after addiction, chronic illness, obesity, injury, and identity loss, he knows that lasting change requires far more than willpower. It requires accountability, new practical tools and dedicated guidance shaped around the individual.
His philosophy is simple: there isn’t a one-size-fits-all path to healing. With ember, he helps each person map a way forward, during each first step towards a new life.
A Bit Deeper...
Up to 80% of people leaving rehab relapse within the first year, many of them occurring in the first month. Josh Flash noticed this critical gap in the recovery process and believes A.A. and therapy alone do not provide enough day-to-day structure to sustain the change that most people need during these vulnerable times.
Our bodies and brains are wired to return to the familiar, even if it’s killing us. That’s why we stay stuck in patterns of addiction we consciously want to escape. However, creating new patterns and proper reintegration into the home takes more than most people realize. It takes building a whole new way of living. ember meets these needs and more by focusing on the foundations of wellness such as: sleep, movement, nutrition, environment, and forgiveness. And most importantly the unique needs of the individual.
With around-the-clock support, healthy routines, and constant nervous system regulation, ember’s services can disrupt destructive patterns and bridge the gap between treatment and a more fulfilling life.
When change is needed, when change is hard…
We’re here to do the hard work with you.
Why We Do This
At ember, we understand the challenges ahead because we’ve lived it. Each of us has faced our own version of hardship and found our way through, often against the odds and without support. We know how isolating and overwhelming the healing journey can be. That’s why we’re here. To make the path less lonely. To help carry the weight, and to work with you in solving the complex, beautiful puzzle that is you.
A single ember can start a fire, but without care, without breath, it can fade away. At ember we help people find that spark within themselves and give it the attention, structure, and support to burn bright.
