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Summertime can be an awesome time of year. For many, the warm weather, lack of school for many, the unstructured free time, long evenings, beaches, parties, downtime etc. are looked forward to all year long. For many in recovery however, this period, and those same summer features are an incredibly challenging time filled with triggers, …

When you first start having feelings of or are diagnosed with depression, things can be very confusing and get out of perspective. Especially if the people around you don’t understand. Now, people without mental health issues will never know what it’s “like” or how it feels so you can’t expect them to know that, however …

LOVE yourself. You are a gift and nothing would be the same without you. There are 7.28 billion people in this world, and not one of them is you. That’s pretty impressive. Everything that you contribute in this world is important. You make a difference, so you need to give yourself some credit for it. …

Dealing with a mental illness or addiction can be tricky. There are so many things out of our control, and so many triggers that feel like they control our lives. When you’re in recovery, you will begin to notice that there a whole bunch of triggers that can alter your present mindset no matter how …

How to create successful habits. How is it that some people make it all the way to the top while others linger at the bottom or in the middle? The answer is simple. It’s their habits. Successful people simply have successful habits. What does that mean exactly? Well, instead of going out every weekend or …

How working out can actually not only make you look good, but feel even better! Do you ever just feel “blah” sometimes? Keeping healthy mind and spirit not only comes from working on yourself mentally, but also comes from working on yourself physically. When you work out, you enhance your serotonin levels as well as …