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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
