Appreciating life and recovery as seasonal, cyclical, and filled with change. Life moves in seasons and cycles, not in straight lines. We often hear the same about the recovery process. It’s not necessarily a straight line from point A to… Read More ›
Category: Healthy Living
Happy, Healthy Bacteria: Understanding the Gut-Brain Connection
Exploring the brain-body connection, digestion, and happiness. You’ve probably experienced a “gut feeling” or a “gut reaction” to something. People have been talking about the “gut-brain connection” for a while now and research keeps pouring in about the connection between… Read More ›
Types of Yoga for Various Ailments and Personality Types
Exploring the world of yoga and its many options. There’s something for everyone. Yoga has become mainstream, and for good reason. It’s a great exercise for the body, offering increased flexibility and strength. It’s also an incredible way to connect… Read More ›
Natural Ways to Boost Endorphins
It’s normal to feel down and out every once in a while. Recovery is an emotionally-charged time and our brains are adjusting to our substance-free life and new environments. After having relied on our substance(s) of choice, it can be… Read More ›
Your Ultimate Guide to Sleeping Pills: Dangers of Addiction
One of the worst feelings is not being able to sleep at night. You start tossing and turning, you can’t get your mind to “shut off”, you awaken easily, or you’re just too tense with too many things to do… Read More ›
What Self-Compassion Means and How You Can Build This in Recovery
Addiction can take such a huge toll on our livelihood, and, over time, it’s quite possible that a person can become disconnected from their mind, body and/or spirit. When one area of emphasis is disconnected, the other parts begin to… Read More ›
This Type of Massage Will Help Soothe Everything
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health explains that massage therapy is: “…Used to help manage a health condition or enhance wellness. It involves manipulating the soft tissues of the body.” Massage therapy can become an excellent addition to… Read More ›
Managing the Bad Days with the Good: Finding Ways to Stay Grounded
Day-to-day life can bring up different thoughts, feelings, situations, and emotions, and how we navigate these moments can say a lot about how we lead our lives. When addiction is involved, it’s easy to rely on alcohol or drugs to… Read More ›
Never Enough Time: 3 Excuses We Make For Not Taking Care of Our Health
When our everyday lives become flooded with worries, responsibilities, and a host of other experiences, it becomes easier than ever to put our health on the back-burner. Why wouldn’t it be? After all, everything else seems to feel more important,… Read More ›
Adjusting to a Life Without Substances: What to Expect
In a sense, we all develop some form of dependency at one point or another; whether we expect it or not, we become entrenched in a relationship, a career, shopping, eating, or a different hobby – and if we’re not… Read More ›