When you think of someone with an eating disorder, you probably think of a teenage girl or a young woman starving herself to be thin. We hear a lot about unrealistic beauty standards causing young women to go to extreme … Read More
Are Your Masculine Ideals Holding You Back?
In recent years, a lot of attention has been paid to how women are portrayed in the media and how they are treated in schools and workplaces. There have been concerted efforts to broaden ideals of feminine beauty, get girls … Read More
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
There’s a lot to do when you’re recovering from addiction. There’s therapy, meetings, journaling, exercise, meditation, prayer, taking time to cook healthy meals, and many other things that may be included in your specific recovery plan. It’s also important to … Read More
How Much Sleep Do You Need?
Getting enough sleep, in fact, might be the single best thing you can do for your mental health. Getting too little can harm your mood and cognition in as little as one or two nights. Many studies have found links … Read More
How Depression Looks Different in Men
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 17 million American adults experienced an episode of major depression in the past year. [https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml] Women are slightly more likely than men to experience depression–8.7 percent of women experienced depression … Read More
Push Yourself
All good things are available to you in recovery, but only if you learn to push yourself. When you get into a pattern of substance use, you get into the bad habit of doing things the easy way. For example, … Read More
Learning to Be Happy
People thinking about getting treatment for addiction or people just starting out in recovery are often told by people with a long history of sobriety that they will be much happier sober but often, they can’t quite believe it. For … Read More
Get Real with Your MD
Very rarely does one acknowledge openly their addictions and any potential medical trouble that addiction has cause. A combination of shame and avoidances teaches us to underplay what substances have done to us; don’t let that get in the way … Read More
Communication: Taking a Look at How You Communicate With Yourself and Others
We’re constantly communicating. Whether we’re texting with a friend, participating in a 12-step meeting, or exchanging glances with a friend from across a room, communication is one way that we move through the world. In recovery, we learn that there … Read More
Why Reading is So Important for Mental Health
Most of us have been told since we were kids that reading is important. It makes us smarter, more aware of the world around us, and more in tune with ourselves. Reading broadens our vocabulary, gives us insights into other … Read More