Many people balk at the concept of spirituality in addiction recovery. Unfortunately, this initial pushback prohibits many people from receiving the benefits that spirituality in recovery can have to offer. A famous quote in the recovery world is often attributed… Read More ›
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Finding Agency While Healing From Childhood Trauma
Individuals affected by trauma may experience a wide range of effects that interfere with their ability to live or function well in daily life. When trauma occurs during childhood, it can cause an individual to develop a weakened sense of… Read More ›
Strengthening Your Mind-Body Connection
When it comes to holistic health, it is important to pay attention to and honor the mind-body connection. Healing is not possible by focusing on just the mind or the body, as we need both to be in balance to… Read More ›
The Role of Art in Healing
Engaging in art has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety levels and have a positive impact on mental health and well-being. One of the eight components of wellness is creative wellness, and making space to embrace your inner artist… Read More ›
Discovering What You Need to Find Healing
It can be hard to know what you need to experience healing, especially if you have spent a long time feeling at war with yourself because of addiction or mental illness. Perhaps it seems as if you do not know… Read More ›
How to Prioritize Your Healing
Life is full of a thousand different distractions. When you are caught up in the distractions of life, it can be hard to prioritize what you actually need to move forward in important areas of your life, such as mental… Read More ›
The Importance of Healing as a Family
Even if just one individual is suffering from an addiction to drugs or alcohol, it can affect the whole family. While addiction can feel incredibly isolating, each family member or individual living with someone suffering from addiction will feel the… Read More ›
What it’s Like to Rediscover Yourself in Treatment
A part of addiction recovery that often goes unspoken is the fact that we change as people. We learn more about who we are, we reinvent ourselves, and we create a life that’s more fitting to what we want. In… Read More ›
Healing is a Marathon, Not a Race
From the time that we are small children, we are typically raised to look at the bright side or silver lining. We are told to rejoice in optimism when something goes wrong. Mentors explain that adversity is a teacher, and… Read More ›
How Giving Equals Healing
Its our natural instinct to act selfish and think about our self interests first. There was a speech that was recently made by a famous psychiatrist named Karl Menninger where he explained to an audience member that had asked him… Read More ›