What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the state of active focus on the present moment. This means increasing your awareness of thoughts, feelings, body sensations, and your surrounding environment. It is also a process of being non-judgmental towards any type of thoughts, feelings, or sensations that occur during this practice. An example of this is sitting […]

When individuals venture out to sobriety, the early stages can be the most difficult. Many of us are used to our habitual behaviors of using and when the drug or alcohol is taken away, we don’t know how to cope or what to do with ourselves. It can be a very confusing time. Fortunately, there […]

Scared of Breaking How talking about things that make us emotional; breeds the fear of being “overemotional.” Have you ever been sad or angry, and someone said to you, “It’s not that bad,” or “oh, don’t be sad?” Well. Yeah. That’s not helpful. In this one second response, we are taught to deny feelings and […]

There is nothing darker than finding yourself going against your basic values. Values that were taught to you at a young age such as “treat others how you would like to be treated” and “always tell the truth”. In addictions, we generally go against these values. It creeps up slowly and gradually from something as […]

This video below impacted me deeply. It is hard to say that when we do something for others that we will see the fruits of our labor. I feel comfort in the knowing that I did my best, tried my hardest and felt genuinely for the other person. How do you rekindle the light inside […]