Asking for help can be a challenging process. We know that we need help but the words don’t always come easily. By the time we’ve gathered the courage to ask for help, the situation is most likely to have reached a critical point. This video takes you through the process of how to communicate that you need help, that life has become unmanageable and you cannot go on alone.
Unfortunately there is an element of shame associated with having either a drug, (which includes prescription medication addiction) and/or an alcohol problem. Admitting you are in recovery often has a stigma attached. Regardless of anything else that you have achieved, the word “addict” or “recovery” can make you feel self-conscious. Addiction is the elephant in…
To create the mindset of a functional recovery based lifestyle is actually not hard at all. New healthy routines require a timed and conscious effort to establish and sustain your personal growth agenda. Your agenda must include self-care morning practice, adopting mindful practices in your day, gut health and healthy food, social interaction, physical exercise…
Studies on mental health in many previous disease outbreaks have shown that many individuals exposed to life-threatening diseases can also experience longer-term psychological aftereffects such as PTSD, anxiety and depression that extend far beyond the active infection. During these periods of prolonged stress and uncertainty, many changes can occur in the brain and to the…
Children simply do not have the emotional filters that we have as adults, thus childhood stressors and traumatic events may leave far deeper psychological imprints in their minds. These imprints are stored in the format of feelings of the event, either being good or bad. Over time the exact record of the events may completely…
Dr Neal Barnard shares some poignant insights into his late fathers battle with Alzheimer’s and the powerful role that nutrition plays in physical and mental health and wellbeing. We have written a number of articles about gut health for recovery and the importance of maintaining healthy routines that can help to alleviate stress, anxiety and depression. In…
Opening Our Early Morning Welcome To You We would like to invite you to move from the world around you to the world within you Begin today’s class Lengthening the spine, hands relaxed on the knees, chest lifted, chin slightly in Closing your eyes or softening your gaze to in front of you Focusing on…