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Healing Through Self-Forgiveness:Journey Towards Inner Renewal
Embracing self-forgiveness can help us understand and accept our human imperfections. But forgiving oneself is not just about letting go; it is about opening new doors to healing and growth.
The Importance of Mindfulness When Treating Addiction
Just as addiction involves more than substance use, its treatment also entails a multifaceted approach. Recovery goes beyond mere abstinence and necessitates addressing various factors. Mindfulness, in particular, plays a crucial role in addiction treatment and shouldn't be overlooked.
5 Tips For Breaking An Addiction to Social Media and Your Phone
Spending some time on social media each day isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But, because it’s so powerful and prominent, your social media use can quickly turn into an addiction.
At What Point Does Substance Use Turn Into An Addiction?
People want to know why occasional use stays that way for some people, while for others, it turns into a full-blown addiction. Addiction manifests for many reasons…
Can You Have Depression and Anxiety At The Same Time?
Talking about mental health is becoming less taboo to talk about throughout society. However, we still have a long way to go before the stigma is lifted. Understanding these conditions and how they can impact someone is essential. But can you have depression and anxiety at the same time?
The Impact of Substance Abuse on Children
Children, in particular, bear a significant weight when a parent is grappling with addiction. The impact of addiction isn't limited to the immediate family; it can be a lifelong presence, touching even the lives of adults who once faced the upheaval of having a parent dealing with substance abuse.
The Impact Of Holiday Grief
Many people feel an overwhelming amount of sadness during this period. Most often, this sadness stems from experiencing grief.
Keeping Stress Low While Dealing With Frustrating Family During The Holidays
Holidays can be extremely stressful for many reasons. You have gifts to buy and social obligations, not to mention you still have normal everyday life things to contend with. One of the biggest stressors of all is, ironically, family.
What is Economic Anxiety?
Especially during the end of the year, the holiday season, and the looming tax time, economic anxiety tends to intensify. As reflected by the Index, people are grappling with heightened stress about their financial situations, losing sleep, feeling stuck, and harboring pessimism about the state of economic affairs. While economic anxiety itself is not a clinical diagnosis, it can significantly exacerbate existing anxiety disorders or even lay the groundwork for new ones.
Navigating through this time of the year, marked by financial pressures and uncertainties, can indeed be a major source of stress and anxiety. The Economic Anxiety Index sheds light on these sentiments, providing a snapshot of the collective mindset during a period that can fuel financial worries and emotional distress.
Mindfulness in Daily Life: Finding Depth in the Mundane
In our fast-paced world, we often perceive our routine as nothing more than mundane. However, if and when we slow things down and immerse ourselves in the present moment, we uncover a hidden world of mindfulness in everyday simple tasks.
The Impact of Substance Abuse and Who It Affects
Addiction is vicious. It upends almost every single person in the addict’s life. You read that right: substance abuse impacts more than just the person struggling with addiction.
When someone struggles with addiction, it impacts their finances, work, friendships, relationships, and mental and physical health. It also affects all of these areas for other people as well. Let’s dive in to explore the impact of addiction and who it can impact.