How Mindfulness Can Help Recovery There are many different ways people recover. From twelve-step recovery to healthy eating and exercise, recovery is often a holistic process that needs incorporation from many different traditions and ways of living. One that I have found helpful in my own...
4 Therapy Techniques You Can Do Without a Therapist Introduction to the Practices People often come to me looking for practical things they can implement to change their lives. Over my years as a meditation teacher and my time practicing therapy I have picked up a few...
Prayer and meditation are two important parts of spiritual practice for many people. Whether you're a religious person, spiritual, agnostic, or atheistic, some combination of prayer and meditation may be benficial to you. Especially in recovery, we may pick up prayer or learn how to...
Finding the Best Time to Meditate Meditation is certainly something many people are interested in but just don't know where to start. Especially when first learning to meditate, one of the pieces of the puzzle is that we can't seem to find the right time to...
Compassion is a bit of a buzz word, which is a good thing! The Dalai Lama famously said, "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." It's a powerful practice and quality to cultivate that can...
Shop Recovery Gifts Meditation has been one of the greatest tools in my own recovery. I discovered meditation years before getting sober, but really dove back into it with the 11th step. I eventually found that my meditation practice was the strongest tool for growth in...
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); One of the benefits of living clear-minded is that we have the opportunity to show up for others in our lives. This may be in the form of service work, but sometimes we have the opportunity to work in professions where...
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); We all have things that we want to do more often. We have the intention to take care of ourselves, but don't seem to get around to it. Maybe we keep intending to try meditation, exercise, or go to more meetings....
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