This entry was shared with us by Matt G over at Thee Adventures of Matt. Matt wrote this for his blog and shared it with us to feature on Know Your Why. In this post Matt starts the conversation about men’s mental health. We hope our readers can keep it going!
Matt is a content creator, mental health advocate, and media contributor with a passion for defeating stigma. Stayed tuned for more collabortations with Matt and KYW, including a live Q&A in a few weeks. Read more below!
Below we have another guest blog. This one comes from our friend Mikey Crichton from Creative Isolation Lofts and was originally posted in a mutual Facebook group. It was written around New Year’s 2020 and he reflects on 10 important concepts he learned in the past decade. Though a year old now the information is still highly reflective and relevant.
We hate recycling content here at KnowYourWhy. However, this article, which was previously written last year and then shared at the launch of our site 6 months ago, is timely and useful.
This article was written by the creator of Know Your Why Recovery and was featured by our friends at Social and Relevant. The original publication link is https://socialandrelevant.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/guest-writer-chris-dorian/ The focus of this article is creating change in the new year but is relevant at any time change is needed. Read more below!
Rosemary Callahan is back with her second entry on Know Your Why Recovery titled “The war on Traumatized People”. Rosemary discussed the War on Drugs and how it relates to trauma, or rather perpetuates trauma on people struggling with a substance use disorder. She also offers up some suggestions on how to start to remedy the situation.
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*Guest posts may not reflect the specific viewpoints or stances of Know Your Why Recovery and its staff. We welcome multiple viewpoints and love the discussion generated around them.
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Read below for one of the first submissions, a special guest blog post by Rosemary Callahan MA, CADC, CODP-I, CRSS titled “Do Your Part: Reflections on Mental Health Stigma”. In this post Rosemary tackles mental health stigma, some history behind it, and what we can do moving forward to help eliminate stigma in what reads like a passionate speech. We would love to hear your feedback and thoughts on the subject so comment below or email us at admin@knowyourwhyrecovery.com
*Guest posts may not reflect the specific viewpoints or stances of Know Your Why Recovery and its staff. We welcome multiple viewpoints and love the discussion generated around them.
A term you see used frequently this time of year is “gratitude.” Gratitude is important to those in recovery for various reasons. However, people on a recovery journey are not the only ones who can derive benefits from understanding and practicing gratitude. Learning to practice gratitude yields positive outcomes for our mental health and helps us find a deeper connection with our spiritual wellbeing.
According to Merriam Webster, mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of heightened or complete awareness of one’s thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis. Practicing mindfulness can help use ease stress of our hectic lives day to day, improve memory, increase awareness, lower anxiety, lower reactivity, and help use manage physical sensations like pain amongst other wellness benefits. Read below for some ideas on practicing mindfulness.
In early October, the New York Times put out an article by Austin Frakt about Portugal’s drug policy. Portugal has long been cited by advocates as a country to possibly emulate in terms of their drug law and policy as they have taken a treatment based model toward illicit drug use. Below are some highlights from the article as well as some notes on limitations or factors that need to be explored further. The full article can be accessed here.