Many of us are animal lovers, feeling at ease when petting a dog or playing with a cat. Connecting with an animal, a horse included, can be calming and create a sense of safety and purpose. Animals affect how we feel and teach us many lessons in treatment and recovery. Focused time and working with
How Organizing Our Homes Can Help Us Organize Our Lives in Recovery
For many of us, recovery means we are starting our lives over. We may have lost some of our agency over what we did, how we behaved, where we lived, and who we shared our lives with. With this loss of control, we may have lacked any sense of stability. Without consciously realizing it, our
Moving Our Bodies With Exercise Therapy
Exercise significantly benefits us as humans. However, we live in a society in which exercise may have been pushed upon us in a very intense way at one point or another, and that could have negatively affected us. The truth is that not only can exercise be fun, but there are not any rules. Moving
How Can You Prioritize Your Mental Health?
When people talk about keeping yourself healthy or going to the doctor when you are sick, do you automatically assume they are talking about your physical body? Most would agree that the physical body is what is being implied, but what about the health of your mental state? Until recent years it was seen as
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How to Enhance Your Anxiety Treatment
If you suffer from any anxiety disorders, you can enhance your treatment plan to help provide the best results possible. These holistic tips will NOT replace your treatment, but they can improve your results with your treatment. Holistic tips for anxiety Here are some holistic tips to help enhance your anxiety treatment. Nutrition. Eating