Language matters! Speaking highly of yourself and surrounding your daily experiences with compassion creates a safe foundation for healing. The way you speak to yourself, and the language of those interacting with you, has an impact on your ability to mend. Think passion, power, and purpose. You have the power within yourself to live your…
New leaves born from roots are unsettled in anticipation. How long for the process to be complete and feel radiant without desperation. A reminder of how the mind and heart must overcome to become one. Steady the pace and catch up to one another. The former self that overshadows, acting as the guide alongside your…
Healing from addiction comes with the gift of finding oneself, but unfamiliar is the feeling of loss and grief. Air escapes from the tired cracks worn around your soul, for it’s time to breathe again. The once sturdy bones perceived to never yield, now aching so deeply will mend once more. Memories foggy in nature,…
By Recovery Coach Michelle At a time in the season where storms and quiet collide, many of us struggle emotionally alongside the winter season. Often self-reflection is forced in hibernation, struggles surface within the storms and the feeling of change digs from within our daily monologue. Trees during fall have shed away in anticipation of…
Thanksgiving Day… says the meaning right in the name, right? It’s a day where we are supposed to focus on what we’re thankful for in our lives… But for those of us in recovery, the holiday can be a little difficult; visiting extended family or attending parties can present triggers and/or high levels of stress….
By Haley Kennedy, Recovery Coach – 10.14.2022 – I believe that recovery can be initiated in treatment, but it really happens in the community. From personal experience, I know just how important it is to my recovery, to keep myself busy in a safe environment alongside like-minded people. Luckily, over the years our community has…
