1. Change The Way You Think About Yourself This is probably the most important thing you can do today to make yourself feel better about you. Stop the criticizing, blaming, and negative self talk and start to say positive statements to yourself. Acknowledge what you...
A few months ago I noticed those all too familiar signs that I was starting to burnout. Burnout can look different for all of us, but for me I notice increased stress and anxiety, impatience with loved ones, difficulty turning work off after hours, and...
An area that I feel is extremely important when working with patients in early recovery from addiction is making sure we are using empowering language about addiction and recovery. Language about addiction and recovery goes back decades. However, some of this language was born out...
Addiction is a chronic, neurological brain disease that requires on-going, individualized treatment. One of the most important aspects of addiction treatment is helping the patient come to an acceptance of addiction as a chronic disease and providing them the tools to manage it long-term. When...