Addiction takes a physical toll on the body, especially the brain. The brain’s normal activity can be negatively altered when substance abuse is left untreated. Neurofeedback therapy works to identify these abnormalities and reform them back to a healthy brain… Read More ›
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How to Pick an Addiction Treatment Center
If you’re ready to begin addiction treatment, it’s essential that you find the right treatment center for you. There are a variety of treatment centers available, so let’s go over some factors you should consider when determining which one is… Read More ›
Healing From Anxiety Through Holistic Therapy
Anxiety is a mental health condition that manifests as a combination of physical, emotional, and mental symptoms. From experiencing headaches and racing thoughts to rapid heartbeat and difficulty sleeping, anxiety causes individuals to miss out on experiencing their life as… Read More ›
What Happens When You Start Believing in Yourself
Mental health challenges like anxiety and depression can make it difficult to believe in yourself. You may struggle to experience greater depths of confidence, worthiness, and safety to be who you are. Disorders such as these can mask your ability… Read More ›
The Cost of Putting Off Addiction Treatment
Deciding to seek treatment for addiction and co-occurring mental illness is a difficult yet empowering choice. You may put off treatment because you feel like you’re incapable or unworthy of recovery. This is far from the truth and it’s important… Read More ›
Identifying Limiting Beliefs
Have you ever had a belief about yourself that limits you in some way? Limiting beliefs are ways of thinking that hold you back in some area of your life. Identifying what your limiting beliefs are, questioning them, and rewiring… Read More ›
The Iceberg of Anger
Individuals often experience and express anger as a secondary emotion. This means that when people feel anger, they are often feeling it in response to another emotion that drives anger as a defense mechanism. Beginning to see anger as the… Read More ›
The Importance of Feeling Emotions
There is a saying that says, “What we resist, persists.” This saying can ring true in many ways. This can be particularly applicable in the case of feeling emotions. Instead of resisting negative emotions, make peace with them by identifying… Read More ›
5 Reasons to Practice Forgiveness
Forgiving another person for the pain they have caused can be challenging. Carrying around a grudge can also be a significant burden on one’s mental health and relationships. Substance abuse may also develop as a coping mechanism. Suffering behind long-held… Read More ›
Making Peace With Your Inner Critic
Battling the voices of judgment, self-doubt, and inadequacy is exhausting. It can hold you back from doing and being all you desire. As that is true, you may wonder how can you possibly begin to experience a true sense of… Read More ›