Wellness And Recovery
What Is Wellness And Recovery?
Let’s explore the ways to wellness and keys, and tips, for recovery in the articles below.
Articles About Wellness & Recovery
Anxious? Thought Stopping in COVID 19
Who hasn’t at one time or another been captured by catastrophic thinking? With shelter in place being the norm since March 2020 and families sequestered at home, who has not had an anxious thought? Whether it is the stress of not being able to have a high school...
What Makes A Great Teammate?
What makes a great Teammate? I have had the privilege of collaborating side by side with a few great folks. No doubt you have worked side by side with people we all enjoy and respect and who make work fun. I have found some of the distinguishing characteristics of...
About Consent Forms – When Your Loved One is Seeing A Therapist or In Treatment
There is not any one I know that doesn’t have questions about their loved one when there loved one is in therapy or in treatment. It's natural to want to reach out and talk with your loved one's counselor -to know what is going on. Do any of these thoughts sound...
Who Are Your People?
Dear Ones, I have been thinking about authenticity. What is it who has it and how do we achieve it? As an 18-year-old college student I came into the field having marched with Martin Luther King Jr and working as an eligibility worker for the Allegheny Country...
I Am Missing You
This morning I woke up thinking about all of you dear ones and how I am missing you. I am missing not seeing you in person, hugging you, grabbing a cup of coffee, a cool green juice, taking a walk, laughing with you, and just being in your presence, even for a...
Help a Senior – Watch Out – Scams – Fraud Victimization is RisingÂ
By now we are all realizing this is the new normal , whatever the new normal is .I finally unpacked my suitcase as I realized the farthest I was going was to my living room or my bedroom and that I was lucky to see people, places, things through the wonders of zoom....
Addiction and Mental Health Interventions – In The Age Of Social Distancing
Are Addiction and Mental Health Interventions still possible in the age of social distancing? To alleviate your concerns I want all of you to know: Yes, Interventions can and are still occurring and recovery coaching is available Yes, your loved one still can get help...
7 Misconceptions About Interventions
2020 is here, and with this new decade comes the wonderful opportunity for new beginnings. On that note, I have been thinking a lot about interventions, and the phone calls I receive from lovely folks who are terribly misinformed about what an invitation to change...
Can You Believe I was a Peacock on Mr. Rogers? 12 Things I Learned about Life, Addiction and Recovery
Over the weekend I saw Mr. Rogers and I, like the protagonist, was taken back to my childhood. I grew up in Pittsburgh and WQED was in my backyard. As an elementary school child I loved Mr. Rogers. He helped take me away from the harsh reality of my father’s suicide...
Additional Resources For Wellness
Apps to Help with Addiction Recovery
My Wooky Book
Russel Brand
Navigating Grace
Jeff Jay
Moments of Clarity
Christopher Crawford Kennedy
Broken
William Moyers
Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal
Louise Stanger
Learn To Thrive
Louise Stanger
Does The Noise in My Head Bother You?
Steven Tyler
The Sweet Spot
Christine Carter PhD
Mindfulness and the 12Â StepsÂ
Therese Jacobs-Stewart
Mindfulness for Beginners
John Kabat Zinn PhD
Wherever You Go, There You Are
John Kabat Zinn PhD
The Road Less Traveled
Scott Peck
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the 12 Steps
Kevin Griffin