Recovery can give you a lot! It can give you a new lease on life. It can give you the chance to reclaim and mend broken or damaged past relationships. It can even give you your life back. In short, recovery is the gift-giver OF ALL gift givers. We all have gifts that recovery has…
Behavioral health is an industry that cares. An industry that saves lives, gives hope, and builds connections. These connections with our prospective customers and existing clients is more important, and also easier to maintain, than ever before. This is largely due to the ever-evolving landscape of mobile technology. Those in search of help have instant…
In last weeks blog I shared the experience one of my clients had in writing an Anger letter to release the pain from past experiences and find healing. Through the letter writing process the client was able to free herself from pain and past trauma and move forward towards health and healing. The client brought…
The great William White states in Recovery Support and Connection to Community, that “Recovery is not durable until it is firmly nested in the community.” Let this serve as a call to action. The Native American Wellbriety Movement speaks of the Healing Forest Model. The parable used is that of an attempt to save a…
Haven’t we all had at least one experience where we question “why me?” Why am I faced with this difficult challenge? Why did they do that to me? Why was I harmed? What have I done to deserve this? Haven’t we all had at least one experience where we question “why me?” Why am I…
There are some things in this world you just can’t explain, like how I ended up on a 500-mile pilgrimage through northern Spain, The Camino de Santiago de Compostela. My husband Todd and I spent three and a half weeks following the path our souls revealed, answering to nothing but the steps that lay ahead.…
Family members are often worried, confused, weary and unaware of how to help their loved one who is battling addiction. The purpose of the Family Program is to educate the family on the disease of addiction and arm you with coping skills to help your loved one and yourself. Addiction is a family disease, which…