According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than half of people with substance use disorders also have a co-occurring mental health issue such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, or PTSD. Getting treatment for co-occurring mental health issues … Read More
Kundalini Yoga Practices for Mental and Emotional Health
Kundalini Yoga is an ancient yoga practice that differs from much of the yoga that’s practiced in the west. There aren’t any vinyasa flows or downward dogs. It’s based on the idea that there is latent kundalini energy at the … Read More
Connecting to the Universe: A Meditation
Meditation can connect us to a world bigger than ourselves, and even our lives on earth. When we realize that our bodies and minds are a microcosm of the universe, we begin to feel more at peace and connected. The … Read More
Science-backed Facts about Nature, Mental Health, and Recovery
When we spend a day in the woods or an afternoon at the beach, we feel better. Something shifts. Connecting with nature is the original and most available way to improve our mental health. When we feel disconnected from nature, … Read More
Catching Our Catastrophizing
Most people who are familiar with addiction are aware that individuals who suffer from the disease, very often, have histories of traumatic experiences. We can think of trauma as an event that took place which literally shattered the foundations upon … Read More
The Moment Of Letting Go
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hesse There’s an element of control to holding on and refusing to let go. Depending on what we’re holding on to, what it … Read More
Marijuana Puts Young Men’s Mental Health At Risk
Young men may be at exceptional risk for mental illness as a result of recreationally using marijuana. Science has long since proven that marijuana can have a negative effect on the brains of young people. Neurologically, the brain does not … Read More
What Happens When Our Fathers Die?
The relationship between son and father is multi-dimensional, deeply complicated, and inexpressibly important. Men who have strained relations, of any kind, with their father, often face great emotional distress and issue. The trauma of abandonment, neglect, or rejection from a … Read More
Growing With Others: Having And Being A Role Model
“I could never be like him” is something most men in early recovery have said out loud while looking, defeatedly, at someone they admire. At the beginning of the recovery journey, any other stage of recovery seems next to impossible … 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