During our recovery, we may be unnecessarily hard on ourselves. “Kindness,” says Harriet Griffey, “is perhaps the most underrated of those human gifts we can…
You don’t know it, Jeffrey Kluger says in TIME Magazine’s Special Edition: Mental Health, but “you spend your life just an inch from madness.” He…
Many people, especially those struggling with a mental illness or substance use disorder, feel as though they are entirely alone. Feeling ostracized, left out, and…
College can be overwhelming. New friends, new school, new location. Many students who go away often end up feeling homesick shortly after they move in.…
How we talk about mental health matters. Unfortunately, too often many people use stigmatizing language when they talk about mental health, mental illnesses, substance use…
Negative thinking lives in all of us. It’s up to us, however, to decide if we are going to listen to the negative thoughts, or…
Have you noticed that when we slow down, we often find ourselves getting sick? Getting sick really throws a wrench in our recovery. We have…
Sleep can be hard to come by when you are in recovery. Your mind can begin to race at night with all the things you…
Each morning when we wake up, we have a bunch of thoughts racing through our heads about the day before us. It can be overwhelming…
“Everyone experiences stress, but if you’re feeling overwhelmed by everyday events, it could be affecting your wellbeing,” says nutritionist Christine Bailey for Wellness Journal magazine.…