Using dreams are one of the more strange phenomena which come along with addiction recovery. However, when explained, they make sense. Someone who is recovering from drug and alcohol addiction and is maintaining their sobriety will have a dream about … Read More
Resolving Conflicts The Right Way
Our relationship to conflict and confrontation usually falls into one of two categories. We’re either great at confrontation or we’re terrible at confrontation. The word confrontation itself comes with an inherently negative connotation which produces imagery of a clash, a … Read More
Eating Right in 2019
A healthy diet is absolutely essential to being your best. More and more studies are finding compelling links between food and mood. Simply put, eating more nutrient rich whole foods and eating less sugary processed foods will make you feel … Read More
Winter Wonderland Wins
It gets wet and cold around this time of year here in Portland, but just because it’s officially winter now doesn’t mean that we can’t still enjoy some fun and have a good time with family and friends this winter … Read More
What is DBT
Marsha Linehan, a psychologist from the University of Washington, originally developed dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) in the 1980’s to help treat women with borderline personality disorder (BPD); over time, however, researchers found that DBT could be applied to a wide … Read More
Writing Therapy and PTSD: The Importance of Expression in Recovery
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects approximately 5.2 million people in the course of a given year. Many people with PTSD experience frightening flashbacks and nightmares, paranoia, agitation, anxiety, depression, and more, making it difficult to function in everyday life. As … Read More
Can Emotional Regulation Impact Recovery?
For those with substance dependency, treatment can be particularly challenging as a person’s mind, body, and spirit work to recover from the damage that addiction has left them. Detoxification is the first step towards recovery, and this alone can bring … Read More
Winter Blues? Take A Polar Plunge
The changing of the seasons and drop of temperature in favorite swimming spots throughout Oregon is no major shift for locals and lovers of Northwestern adventure. Aside from hot springs, Oregon water is generally cold. Our piece of the Pacific … Read More
In Through The Nose: Science Finds Nose-Breathing To Improve Memory, A Plus For Addiction Recovery
In through the nose and out through the mouth. Breathing in through the nose and breathing out through the mouth. Taking a deep breath in through the nose, hold, feel your breath, and release out through the mouth. Men in … Read More
Big Mental Health On Campus
College typically goes one of two ways when young men attend. First, men get through college successfully with a few bumps in the road. Second, men do not get through college because the bumps in the road become overwhelming trenches … Read More