10 Less Stressful Ways to Get Your Daily Work Done by HENRIK EDBERG “Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” Jose Ortega y Gasset “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle It is early morning. You’ve had your […]
Read more »The Wolf You Feed: Thoughts on Codependency By Jasmine Banks I am developing, through practice, the self-compassion to not lash out in the face of feeling powerlessness in my pain. Woman sitting at a window, looking at her face in a compact mirror. Photo by Alina Miroshnichenko on Unsplash Eckhart Tolle says, “addiction starts […]
Read more »No Time to Meditate? Try This… By Dr. Tae Yun Kim How do you define meditation? Some people say that in order to meditate correctly you must cross your legs in a certain way. Others say you have to breathe in a certain way or meditate for a specific period of time focusing on a […]
Read more »Cindy Feinberg a featured panelist at A Women’s Mental Health Forum presented by the UJA Federation…
NYC Women Presents A Women’s Mental Health Forum Presenting Cindy Feinberg from The Recovery Coach, along with other industry experts… Click Here to Register Location: UJA-Federation of New York, 130 East 59th Street, New York City Wednesday, May 30, 2018 • 10:30 am – 1:30 pm […]
Read more »So You Still Haven’t Discovered Your Passion and Purpose in Life…Elephant Journal… By Maria DeSalvo I don’t know what I want to do with my life. I don’t know who I want to be yet. I don’t know the answers, and I don’t expect to right now, but I would like to know what […]
Read more »Moving Beyond Opioids: 5 Lessons for the Next Drug Crisis By Tessie Castillo Once certain groups are labeled as criminal or undeserving, or “not like us,” it is easy to enforce supposedly fair and colorblind laws in a discriminatory manner, whether deliberately or subconsciously. A multi-ethnic group of people. It’s an exciting time to be […]
Read more »3 Daily Habits That Will Change Your Life It’s the little things you do that often determine success or failure. By Todd Henry What you choose to do everyday sets the tone for your life and work. CREDIT: Getty Images It’s not the big things that take out most leaders and creative pros, it’s the […]
Read more »Can Mindfulness Meditation Prevent Relapse? By Elizabeth Brico Mindfulness meditation teaches people how to accept suffering as a normal, cohesive experience, and then move on from it. A woman sits cross legged on the floor. Photo by Lena Bell on Unsplash Relapse has always been a harsh reality of addiction, but as the opioid black […]
Read more »Stay & Breathe. (Or, How Yoga Fixes My Problems) By Carolyn Evans The morning after my polygraph exam, I woke up at odds with myself – surprised that I had slept at all. The icky feeling I left the patrol station with, the afternoon before, had not dissipated one merciful bit overnight; rather, it seemed […]
Read more »How to Overcome Loneliness in Recovery By Deanna deBara 12/28/17 The intense feelings of sadness and loneliness mirrored the feelings I had in my drinking days. A person walking down a road, alone, facing away. The way I drank was isolating. No one wanted to be around me. Photo by Jacob Ufkes on Unsplash When […]
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