Journaling is one of the easiest, most accessible, and low-cost ways to nurture mental health. There are many ways to journal. It’s ok to experiment and play around until you…
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When I take care of myself, I take care of all. This is because each human being affects every other human being. We are interconnected at the psychic level like…
Major Depression should always be taken seriously. It is a potent and life-threatening soul signal. That being said, it is not a death sentence when it is responded to appropriately…
According to trauma researchers like Bessel Van der Kolk, author of the poignant and seminal book The Body Keeps the Score, the phenomenon of trauma is so widespread as to…
Addiction and mental health are intertwined phenomena. In some ways you could say they grow together, like plants that tend to be found together in the wild. Addiction and mental…
The addict within lies to us about many things, but most of all it lies to us about what we are doing to other people. That is why when we…
If you’re thinking about getting sober, yes, do it! You’re worth it and life is a million times better sober, it just is. Addiction is a false friend and you’ll…
Are you chemically dependent on a substance or behavior? If you are chemically dependent on drugs or alcohol, it means that when the substance or behavior isn’t available to you,…
Whatever we were looking for as we journeyed through addiction, it certainly wasn’t mindfulness. You might even say we sought mindlessness. We wanted to be “comfortably numb”, as the song…
Of all the things addiction takes from the human spirit, most devastating of all is the loss of free will. Handing ourselves over to the tyrannical rule of the addict…
