A Summer to Bloom: Rediscovering Yourself in Recovery
A Summer to Bloom: Rediscovering Yourself in Recovery Reconnect with your body, with nature, with loved ones, and rediscover what brings your life purpose and meaning. By: Ashley Grif, LMSW Summer can be a season of new possibilities. Longer days and warmer weather often encourage us to spend more time outdoors, explore new places, and […]
Healing the Significant Other in Addiction Recovery
Healing the Significant Other in Addiction Recovery By: Michele Gonzalez Significant others – these are the spouses, partners, parents, children, siblings, and friends who often carry tremendous fear, grief, confusion, and heartbreak. They often overlook themselves as needing help, feeling if their loved one would just get better all will be good. Many have spent […]
The Parenting Paradox
The Parenting Paradox Adapted from the Active Parenting of Teens Program and the book “How to Talk so Your Kids Will Listen, and Listen so Your Kids Will Talk” “Why is parenting the ultimate paradox? You control the money, you’re bigger, you’re stronger, you’re smarter, you’re way more educated, and yet somehow you’re the one who ends up doing what you’re told,” (Graham, 2025). Parenting is seemingly full of paradoxes: When I try […]
What to Do When a Loved One is Struggling with Addiction: A Guide for Family and Friends
In modern society, the widespread issue of substance misuse and addiction cannot be overstated. It touches countless lives, spanning all demographics, geographies, and socio-economic statuses. No community is immune to its effects, and its impact reverberates not just in the lives of those directly battling this illness, but in the hearts and minds of their […]