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...
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...
Behind most addictions, mental health issues and maladaptive behaviors lies a surprising culprit: codependency. While codependency can manifest in many different ways, we usually notice it most in our...
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...
While traditional medical and talk therapy can indeed be effective for treating mental health disorders, the root causes of conditions like depression, anxiety and PTSD often exist in parts...
Addiction is a toxic experience for the body, mind, soul, and spirit. As we ingest toxic substances, we poison our cells and our souls. We get sicker with every...
There is a growing and welcome trend in addiction treatment where the focus is on the underlying and root cause of the addiction rather than on the symptom of...