Part 1: Mistakes, Feeling Wrong, Overcoming Failure

Part 1: Mistakes, Feeling Wrong, Overcoming Failure

Oftentimes, in an effort to avoid future feelings of disappointment, we let opportunities pass us by. We stop trying out of fear of failing again. 

Social Media, Teens & Development

Social Media, Teens & Development

By Erica Holbrook

Understanding your teen’s vulnerability to social media now, helps you see how social media platforms can leave them feeling isolated, lonely, anxious and depressed. 

Social Media, Teens &  Definition

Social Media, Teens & Definition

By Erica Holbrook

I believe, in order to understand a problem we need to define it first. For me, I needed to define  what social media is before tackling its effects on us.

Social Media, Teens & Its Effects Intro

Social Media, Teens & Its Effects Intro

By Erica Holbrook

This increased screen time creating a perfect social media identity while constantly comparing themselves to others is now where they find value and affirmation. As a mom, you're no longer just dealing with one school or one friend group.

“I had to go through a breakdown to have a breakthrough!”

“I had to go through a breakdown to have a breakthrough!”

By Erica Holbrook

I had been on psychiatric meds most of my adult life and had sought counseling over decades. So, the journey towards mental health was not foreign to me. But this time it was different.

Life After PHP/IOP: Continuing the Journey

Life After PHP/IOP: Continuing the Journey

By Jen Kohlenberger

Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs change our daily routine and lifestyle dramatically. Whether in the programs for a few weeks or for several months, these programs interrupt our life– that’s kind of the point. What we were doing up until this point wasn’t working and things needed to change significantly.

Dealing with Addiction in the Workplace - Tips and Advice

Dealing with Addiction in the Workplace - Tips and Advice

With the number of people suffering from addiction in today’s round-the-clock work culture, it has become necessary for companies wanting to maintain a healthy office atmosphere to enact policies to prevent and mitigate drug addiction among employees.

What Medications Will Never Do For Us

What Medications Will Never Do For Us

By Brianna Riddlebarger

Medications can be a wonderfully helpful tool for mental health, sleep, and cognition. So can supplements and many other holistic medical interventions. But, medications have limits.

How Can I Switch My Attitude to Gratitude?

How Can I Switch My Attitude to Gratitude?

The answer as we face life’s challenges and/or pain, in short: gratitude is not about giddy optimism or proud moments of surviving circumstances. As we accept life’s events, we do not have to approve of them.

Should Parents Give Alcohol to Their Underage Teens?

Should Parents Give Alcohol to Their Underage Teens?

This topic has been brought to the forefront in recent months by a study that suggests that parents that serve their adolescent kids alcohol are asking for trouble. The study looked at parents who gave their underage children the occasional sip and ones that gave them full glasses of beer or wine.

7 Signs That Anxiety is Ruling Your Life

7 Signs That Anxiety is Ruling Your Life

Anxiety is a prevalent mental health disorder characterized by a constant state of worry or a strong desire to avoid danger. Everyone experiences worry about various things every now and then. Anxiety on a regular basis, on the other hand, could be more of a problem than you realize.

Why Do I Need a Sponsor?

The individuals you spent the most time with when abusing alcohol and other substances are not necessarily the people you will interact with throughout your recovery. You will be pleasantly surprised by the number of people who seem to be just like you when you arrive at our clinic.

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