Jennifer McCrackin
Long-Term Strategies for Overcoming Addiction
ADDICTION OVERCOMING Long-Term Strategies for Overcoming Addiction Most people who engage in addictive behaviors and go on to develop...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Apr 22
- 8 min
Coping Skills for Dealing With Uncomfortable Emotions
STRESS MANAGEMENT SITUATIONAL STRESS Emotion-Focused and Problem-Focused Strategies Whether you’ve been dumped by your date or you’ve...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Psychological Obsessions & Fixations and How They Develop
THEORIES DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY A fixation is a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Apr 22
- 6 min
What Is Learned Helplessness and Why Does it Happen?
THEORIES BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY When bad things happen, we like to believe that we would do whatever necessary to change the situation....
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Apr 22
- 3 min
7 Ways To Truly Align With Your Inner Power And Truest Self
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...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Apr 22
- 6 min
A journey with recovery: how I dealt with trauma after becoming sober
THIS IS REAL LIFE Warning: This story discusses the topics of trauma, alcohol, and triggers. Please be cautious reading this story if...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Apr 22
- 6 min
22 Things You Must Come To Terms With If You Want To Live Your Best Life
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...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 23, 2020
- 6 min
An Inside Look at Near-Death Experiences
Near-death experiences are a topic of growing interest and popularity, especially on the heels of popular movies and books that recount...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 15, 2020
- 4 min
Psychologist Explains a Common Reason Relationships Fail That No One Likes to Discuss
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...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 15, 2020
- 3 min
5 Life Skills You’ll Need in Recovery and Where to Learn Them
From navigating arguments to managing your finances, early recovery is often a crash course in the real world. Money is a huge source of...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
A Cautionary Tale: Beware of the 13th Steppers
Addiction treatment Would you recognize a predator in your own 12-Step group? Recently I was doing some research for an article and I...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 11, 2020
- 6 min
What Is Kundalini Meditation?
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...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 5, 2020
- 3 min
Mindfulness: Health Benefits Beyond Stress Relief
MEDITATION A Powerful Tool for Positive Change By Elizabeth Scott, MS Updated on October 01, 2018 Young woman being mindful Tony...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 5, 2020
- 6 min
Use Guided Imagery For Relaxation
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...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Feb 5, 2020
- 3 min
How to Change Your Self-Talk and Reduce Stress
STRESS MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES It’s well-known in the therapeutic community that negative statements from others can erode our...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Jan 30, 2020
- 3 min
10 Interesting Facts About WHY Dreams are made?
SLEEP AND DREAMING 10 Interesting Facts About Dreams Dreams can be fascinating, exciting, terrifying, or just plain weird. While there is...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Jan 30, 2020
- 6 min
9 Common Dreams and What They Supposedly Mean
SLEEP AND DREAMING What do your dreams really mean? Do dreams have a deeper meaning? A surprising number of people believe that the...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Jan 25, 2020
- 6 min
8 Famous & Interesting Social Psychology Experiments
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Do people really stop to appreciate the beauty of the world? How can society encourage people to engage in healthy...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Jan 25, 2020
- 8 min
What is a Digital Detox and do you need it?
HAPPINESS A digital detox refers to a period of time when a person refrains from using tech devices such as smartphones, televisions,...
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Jennifer McCrackin
- Jan 24, 2020
- 5 min
10 Things to Stop Doing If You're Stressed
STRESS MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES Are You Sabotaging Yourself? Here's How to Stop Many of the stressors we face in life are not...
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