It comes as no surprise that alcohol has a profound impact on your brain. But conversely, so does recovery – in a way that can actually be seen using...
Addressing the damage that alcohol abuse and harmful behavioral patterns have caused to your brain is an important part of the integrated, mind-body-soul-spirit recovery process. But since your brain...
What we call our ‘spirit’, or life force, manifests in us physically as an electromagnetic field that connects us to the energies around us via our central nervous system....
Addiction isn’t just unique to those with severe substance dependencies; it’s a universal human experience – and Buddhist teachings contain plenty of wisdom on this very subject. In order...
The process of addiction recovery is a profound, uplifting, life-changing one – but one that can prove itself unsustainable without a strategy in place for what happens after rehab....
Today, over 27 million Americans take some kind of antidepressant medication – a concerning figure when you consider their side effects. But this comes as no surprise, considering conventional...
How Meditation Helps Us Move Beyond Addiction. By now, most of us well know that meditation can promote positive brain change. But did you know that it also holds...
Depression can be all-consuming: you don’t feel like yourself, it’s impossible to find joy in anything and just getting out of bed in the morning becomes an unbelievably daunting...
It might start with heart palpitations. Then, it becomes the deafening sound of your thoughts or the blood booming between your ears. Suddenly, you find yourself having a hard...