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Recovery, Hope, and the Recovery Support
Specialist Position
By: Ian Christensen When I first attended Intensive Outpatient Treatment for substance abuse, I didn’t like to talkabout my problems. I thought...
Wellness Wheels in Action
August is Happy Wellness Month and Recovery Support Specialist Maricruz shares how a Wellness Wheel helps her take care of her mental health. ...
Quit Your Phone
Get some easy and helpful suggestions for ways to ease away from your phone and reduce the anxiety and stress that often comes with being tied to...
Better Late Than Never
Selene Jones shares her experience struggling with anxiety and PTSD to remind others to take care of themselves, ask for help if they need it, and...
Why a Focus on Black Mental Health is More Important Than Ever
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected communities of color. This is seen with their increased mortality rates and underlying health conditions....
How a 12-Step Program Can Help All of Us Through the Pandemic
When it became increasingly clear by mid-March that the global pandemic was going to turn life as we knew it upside down, the unthinkable happened...
Living Life With Intent
'What happened to the day?', I would wonder as I got up from the couch looking down at my pajamas and then up at the clock that read 4 pm. A smile...
From Shame to Self-Compassion
Even before I got formally diagnosed, I felt that there was something intrinsically wrong with me and that I was defective. I blamed myself for...
What I Really Needed to Know About Raising a Child With Mental Illness
Elizabeth Stone compared having a child to making the decision to have your heart forever go walking outside your body and I could not agree more as...
Mental Health Stigma and Health Care Practitioners
~ The one thing more exhausting than having a mental illness is trying to pretend that you don't have one ~When mental health patients seek...