Have Your New Year’s Resolutions Crumbled?

Have your New Year’s resolutions crumbled? Here are some reasons why. If you are like most Americans, the New Year’s motivation and healthy behaviors have taken aback by now to older, more deeply ingrained bad habits. The question is: What do you do? Do you throw in the towel and… Read More

The Gift of Being SAGE

I am 70, a senior citizen. That almost makes me laugh. I can’t believe how fast that went. Like my grandfather used to say, “Blink once you’re 30, twice you’re 60. I don’t want to blink again.” But actually, I am grateful for all the things that happened… Read More

Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts

By Nancy Greenlee, MAPC, LCPC “I am hurt, and I’m devastated. Being married to my husband is like doing yoga on one leg,” a recent workshop participant said. “I’m trying to hold things together, but I keep crashing down.” She made an excellent analogy of what sexual betrayal, relapse,… Read More

Why Success in Achieving New Year’s Goals May Depend on Your Friends

It’s here – the one month of the year that focuses the most on weight loss, diet renewal and becoming a “new you.” In January, you’ll be bombarded by articles, deals on gyms and diet foods and experts promising you the bikini body by summer. But there is one thing… Read More

Ho, Ho, NO: Finding Real Joy This Christmas

By Laura Parrot Perry Note: The following post originally appeared on the blog In Others’ Words. The author, Laura Parrott Perry, is a mother, an art teacher, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and an advocate for fellow survivors. It is reposted here with her permission. Read More

Get Connected Toolkit

The Get Connected Toolkit results from a public-private partnership between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The organizations met with older adult consumers and health and aging services providers to gather information on how best to engage the aging services network in addressing older adults' alcohol and medication misuse and mental health needs. Read More

The REAL Meaning Behind Common Nutrition Buzzwords

Many nutrition buzzwords get thrown around. Three big ones right now are organic, local, and plant-based – all words you may have seen in articles and food labels but perhaps wondered what they meant. Are they all buzz, or do they represent something more? This month, I’d like to shed… Read More

Men’s Trauma Affects Their Recovery and Relationships

Mental health professionals can improve treatment through trauma-centered and gender-responsive approaches. When men seek treatment for addiction, depression, and mental health disorders the outcomes are often quite positive. However, there is still room for improvement, since the risk for relapse after treatment is still somewhat high. Dan Griffin, an American sociologist who has studied gender and recovery and trained at Hazelden as a chemical dependency counselor, thinks that the men would be more likely to maintain recovery if treatment programs take a more trauma-centered and gender-specific approach. Read More

Thrive After the Leap

By Lauren Mehr MS, LPC, CCTP Recently, someone I greatly admire celebrated her 60th birthday by jumping out of a plane…on purpose! She had decided that she wanted to live her 60th year as a ‘year of experiences’ and not let the number define who she is capable of being… Read More

Autumn Is a Time for Letting Go

Dr. Georgia Fourlas LCSW, LISAC, CSAT, Rio Retreat Center at The Meadows I live in Arizona, so I do not get the benefit of seeing the beautiful fall foliage colors that some of the other parts of the nation enjoy. However, I see plenty of pics of autumn colors posted all over social media from friends across the country. Read More