The recovery process allows people to have return of a sound mind for a more virtuous, meaningful, spiritual life. Many people with psychiatric disorders who add drugs and alcohol to the mix complicate recovery. They become resistant to treatment and to medications....
In my last entry, I discussed needing to change what we feed the mind on a regular basis–mind malnutrition or stuff that makes us mentally unhealthy. Besides reading a good book to improve one’s mental diet and overall development as a person, there are a few mental...
Mental Diet? Most would feel we have enough already with nutrition, exercise, and healthy lifestyle to keep us busy and on the path to wellbeing. However, a vital aspect of nutrition is not just the supplements we feed the mind, but also what we are taking in on a...
The A380 is such a large jetliner! As it climbs to 40,000 feet, you don’t feel like you are moving very fast or elevating quickly. At that altitude, you rise above the discontent below. The heavens above now appear to be in your midst. Here one feels strangely a part...
This is blog 10 of a series of 10 blogs on this topic. We’ve been sharing some thoughts and experiences of peer counselors J, K, M, R and Y, working with Recovery Innovations Arizona (RIAZ) both as participants in the system and as coaches helping others. The WRAP...
This is blog 9 of a series of 10 blogs on this topic. What are our hopes for the future when it comes to mental health challenges? How do we define wellness? We look at redefining mental illness as a mental health challenge, an area of wellness to be regained,...
This is blog 8 of a series of 10 blogs on this topic. There are substantial numbers of people who go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, not because they are alcohol abusers, but because they heard you can get support there, that you can get acceptance there, that you...
This is blog 7 of a series of 10 blogs on this topic. We’ve been sharing some thoughts and experiences of peer counselors J, K, M, R and Y, working with Recovery Innovations Arizona (RIAZ) both as participants in the system and as coaches helping others. The WRAP...
It’s a WRAP! This is blog 6 of a series of 10 blogs on this topic. We’ve been sharing some thoughts and experiences of peer counselors J, K, M, R and Y, working with Recovery Innovations Arizona (RIAZ) both as participants in the system and as coaches helping others....
This is blog 5 of a series of 10 on this topic. Peer support and a wellness approach to mental illness have brought great changes in people’s lives. They foster a renewed sense of choice, hope and empowerment, that assist in regaining well-being. We’ve had a lot...
This is blog 4 of a series of 10 blogs on this topic. One of our biggest family secrets is a family member who’s had a psychiatric condition or mental health challenge that was either pushed under the rug or just ignored. We had relatives, “country folk,” who would...
We’ve been sharing some thoughts and experiences of counselors J, K, M, R and Y, working with Recovery Innovations both as participants in the system and as peers or coaches helping others. This is blog 3 of a series of 10 on this topic. Here are some of their...
