Coach’s Corner: Rebuilding Body Mind and Soul
“Training helped me build myself back up and get myself motivated again.” These words were written by a Strides in Recovery team member, a week before the 5K that the group had been training for. After 3 months of regular walk/runs with her fellow residents at a Los Angeles addiction treatment program, she was asked […]
How To Heal A Brain: A Story of Trauma, Addiction, and EMDR
How To Heal A Brain, And Yes, Recovery Is Possible You can heal a brain, even though we don’t talk about it enough. Mental health is something most people prefer not to talk about unless mental illness enters the picture. If you have mental illness or addiction in your family, you know how challenging it […]
Coach’s Corner: How to Feel Free during the Pandemic
One of my favorite sayings is “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Coronavirus is happening to all of us. We can focus on all that we are no longer free to do for the foreseeable future and let that take over our mindset. The uncertainty can be […]
Coronavirus Stress Affects Us More Than You Think
Coronavirus stress affects the body in serious ways. Some stress effects shocked me. We all know about that upset stomach and tight chest- the fluttering heart that just won’t slow down until you calm down. And don’t get me started on those massive headaches. These are all common symptoms of stress and anxiety. Another sign […]
How To Stop Stress Eating In Covid 19
Stress eating may always have been your biggest weight gain problem. But now, with so many new stressors with the virus, job insecurity, and isolation at home with children or other family members, eating may be the only thing you think you can do for comfort. It doesn’t have to be this way. You can […]
Recovery-Friendly Spaces Change Culture
A change is coming to support people in recovery. Recovery Historian William White explores the new trend of bringing the recovery lifestyle into public spaces. No culture is neutral about psychoactive drugs. Such substances are placed into four overlapping categories: celebrated (ritualized, promoted, and commercialized), instrumental (regulated as to who, when, where, and how use […]