ADDICTION OVERCOMING Long-Term Strategies for Overcoming Addiction Most people who engage in addictive behaviors and go on to develop...

OVERCOMING ADDICTION If you are trying to maintain abstinence from alcohol or drugs over a long period of time, it is important to...

STRESS MANAGEMENT SITUATIONAL STRESS Emotion-Focused and Problem-Focused Strategies Whether you’ve been dumped by your date or you’ve...

THEORIES DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY A fixation is a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of...

THEORIES BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY When bad things happen, we like to believe that we would do whatever necessary to change the situation....

Victim Thinking “Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.” Helen Keller How do...

When we move through life one of the most important things that we do is grow. The more we grow the more we align with our inner power...

THIS IS REAL LIFE Warning: This story discusses the topics of trauma, alcohol, and triggers. Please be cautious reading this story if...

In this world, there are tons of things that we struggle to accept and those things in many ways can hold us back if we put them off for...

Through small steps you can start to build habits that become stronger and over time can change your life in ways you perhaps can’t imagine.

One of the most common and destructive daily habit is to constantly compare your life and yourself to other people and their lives.

OVERCOMING ADDICTION Many women recover from alcohol and drug addiction by making a decision to replace their addictions with new...

Near-death experiences are a topic of growing interest and popularity, especially on the heels of popular movies and books that recount...

There's an old saying, "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." In other words, before you give up, take...

From navigating arguments to managing your finances, early recovery is often a crash course in the real world. Money is a huge source of...

Addiction treatment Would you recognize a predator in your own 12-Step group? Recently I was doing some research for an article and I...

MEDITATION As you go through your day, how much of your behavior is on "auto-pilot" and how much is intentional? If you're like most...

MEDITATION A Powerful Tool for Positive Change By Elizabeth Scott, MS Updated on October 01, 2018 Young woman being mindful Tony...

You may have heard of guided imagery as a stress management technique, but do you know how it works, why it's useful, and how it measures...

STRESS MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES It’s well-known in the therapeutic community that negative statements from others can erode our...