Anxiety can be overcome, as can health conditions that are caused or exacerbated by it. In recovery it’s important to check in with your body whenever you’re not sure how you’re feeling.
Stop Sabotaging Love!
Childhood abuse and neglect, adolescent and young adult trauma, it all adds up in layers like sediment that can’t be permeated.
The 3 Types of Depression & How to Cope
Most of us have a limited ability to recognize depression in ourselves and others. The more we’re connecting with kindred spirits, the better our coping and friendships.
Body Work Is Vital to Recovery
Recovery is a process of holistic healing. Too often, we ignore our physical health out of the false belief, “If I ignore it, it will go away.”
Learning How to Let Go
“Letting it go” is more than a cliche. Let’s get down to the actual steps of how to do it!
When Sobriety Triggers Trauma
The best I’ve ever heard it spoken, “Every time I get sober I remember, and every time I remember, I get drunk.”
Freeing Ourselves from the Past
Despite the millions of changes that occur in the course of recovery; the last thing we change are our expectations. No matter how good things become we expect the most painful parts of our past to recur in some life-long pattern of déjà vu.
Why Happiness is a Lousy Goal
We all know that happiness isn’t a destination but we’re a society that loves the lies of romantic comedy films.
How to NOT Settle for Less
Settling is a great example of how people continue to utilize addictive thinking even in long term recovery. As the adage goes, “Everything you most want is on the other side of fear.”
The Fear of Judgment
So many of us are overly concerned with the opinions of others. We make comparisons that are invalid, project onto others what their opinion of us is, and often reject ourselves before anyone else gets a chance to.