Without making assumptions about your character, let’s assume you—the reader—are a decently good person. Nobody’s perfect, but hey, for the sake of this blog, we’ll …
Returning to Work After Rehab
Throughout our journey to become sober, we are usually in a cycle of reward-punishment-reward-punishment-craving-reward-punishment, and so on in perpetuity. The standard accompanying feeling through it …
Paired Addictions
Our senses, along with our synaptic memory, are truly wonders for our human experience. There’s the smell of Mom’s strawberry rhubarb pie, the way the …
Feel Afraid? Do It Anyway
The adventure of life offers all of the conditions for us to have amazing experiences, and yet how often to those adventures get the best …
Relearning Expectations
In essence, when you’re learning how to live life sober, you’re “relearning” the tools you may have let lapse during the course of your addiction. …
How to Hear Better
It’s often said that the difference between listening and hearing is vast. Listening is simply perceiving sound that is occurring. Hearing is absorbing what is …
Letting the Darkness Out
Recovery at nearly every level is about some sort of letting go, of purging unnecessary baggage and the fetters of addiction. To steal a quote …
Hypnotherapy and Addiction
Hypnotherapy, also known as hypnosis, is often glorified in television and movies. It’s depicted as a trance state where the person being hypnotized is under …
Does Therapy Really Work?
Addressing skepticism about talk therapy. Therapy, specifically talk therapy like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has become mainstream. We see therapy sessions depicted all the time …
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Ways to Optimize Your Time and Care for Yourself
How to navigate the world of multitasking and prioritize self-care. In a world of overstimulation, iPhones, and constant distractions, “business” is often worn as a …