To Do Lists: Best Practices
A to-do list can be a great guide for us. Here we discuss best practices for maximizing this life tool. It can feel overwhelming or …
Get in Touch with Nature and Get Healthy: July Nutrition
Seasonal nutrition can guide our eating choices and help us connect with the earth. Before high-speed transportation and big agriculture, humans had to live and …
Breaking Through Stereotypes of Men in Relationships
Gender stereotypes are pervasive in our media-driven culture. Stereotypes stem from social messaging in the forms of advertising, social media, gifs, and repeated internalization of …
Creative Visualization for Recovery
Visualization is a powerful tool that can be employed for many situations including overcoming fears, pain and turmoil, inspiration, and creativity. What is visualization and …
Surrender 101: The Art of the Exhale
Using the breath as a singular moment of surrender is a powerful practice. Most of the time, breathing is an unconscious act, as our bodies …
Men and Aggression: The Difference Between Aggression and Assertion
In our culture, men are often programmed to react with aggression. Let’s undo some of that programming and figure out how to navigate difficult situations …
Yoga Poses for Reduced Stress
Yoga is a Sanskrit word that means “union.” Yoga helps us to unite our minds and bodies in order to feel more centered, calm, and …
Socializing in Recovery
When we start the recovery process, we have to adjust to new ways of interacting with ourselves and the world. Our old modes of socializing …
The Ocean and the Waves of the Mind: A Meditation
We live near one of the most mystical and intriguing things on the planet: the ocean. The ocean, like the mind, is in constant motion. …
July in Southern California: Your 2019 Guide to Orange County Events
We’re lucky enough to be located in the beautiful land of southern California, where the sun is usually shining and there is always something to …
Five Writing Exercises to Expand Your Mind
At Treehouse, we focus on writing as a form of creativity and healing. Writing our thoughts and feelings down on paper is a way to …
Expansion and Contraction: the Everchanging Journey of Recovery
Recovery, much like life, is not a straight line from point A to point B. Although sometimes we wish it were as simple and clear-cut …
The Zen of Surfing
Surfing is such a meditative practice. While surfing requires tremendous amounts of focus and a healthy dose of adventure, it also asks us to stay …
Healthy Adult Relationships Between Fathers and Sons
Parent-child relationships are some of the most rewarding, complicated, and influential interpersonal experiences. It’s not always easy to make the transition from a parent-child relationship …
Can I Lose Weight With CrossFit?
While most enthusiasts say that CrossFit isn’t about appearance, you can lose weight with CrossFit by following 5 Rules: Limit How Much You Eat: Crossfit …
Men and Disordered Eating
Our society carries around the stereotype that eating disorders only occur in women. In reality, eating disorders can impact anyone and unfortunately, male eating disorders …
Can Alcohol Withdrawal Kill You?
Alcohol Withdrawal can kill you. It’s one of only two substances that can be deadly to quit (the other being benzodiazepines such as Valium and …
Male Bonding Without the Alcohol
Alcohol has been used as a social lubricant and is woven into the fabric of most of our social interactions. Drinking and using other addictive …
Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline + Symptoms
Withdrawal happens when a person removes something that their brain has become dependent on, and upsets its natural balance. In its unbalanced state, the brain …
Healthy Habits in Recovery
Nutrition and exercise have a direct impact on our mental, physical, and emotional health. Recovery is a time of deep healing and intense work and …
The Summer Solstice and Self-Knowledge
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, or the day with the most amount of sunlight. It’s also known as midsummer. On …
Undoing Toxic Masculinity in the World of Advertising
Advertising is omnipresent in our culture. We are constantly being bombarded with images, videos, commercials, and language which sends direct messages to our subconscious minds …
Encouraging Men to Talk About Mental Health Issues
For decades, we’ve expected men to appear strong. In advertising and popular media, the alpha male or “man’s man” is strong, silent, self-reliant, doesn’t express …
Men and Mental Health: A Silent Crisis
Every year, 1 in 5 adults is diagnosed with a mental illness. While women are more likely to suffer from mental health problems, evidence reveals …