UTTER DEFEAT AND THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE: Healing from heroin and alcohol addiction
For the person seeking recovery from addiction or alcoholism, the term “spiritual awakening” can be unpalatable and enthralling at the same time. Consequently, ...
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LIFESTYLE CHANGE: From coffee to matcha green tea
Have you ever come across people who can't make it through the day without downing their favourite drink? Well, here’s a confession:I’m one of those people....
FROM AN EX-ADDICT: 5 ways to improve your mental health
These days, there's lots of talk about healthy living. We're no longer in the era of the TV series Mad Men, when people chain-smoked three or four packs of ciga...
DANCE FOR JOY: Use this 3-step dancing exercise to connect with your spiritual side
The earliest archeological evidence for early dance has been found in two places: India and Egypt. In ancient Egypt, dance was a part of life, played an importa...
EARLY MORNINGS: The importance of having a fulfilling morning routine
As a former night owl, I always thought evenings were the most peaceful and productive time of the day. However, since I’ve discovered the potential of quiet mo...
IT’S NOT A DIET: 4 benefits of mindful eating for recovering addicts
My childhood was a particularly troubled time. Instead of being outside with friends, trading sports cards, I'd taken a different road. I started drinking alcoh...
BINGE-PURGE: It takes small, slow steps to walk away from an eating disorder
Once upon a cigarette, I sat doing homework outside my favourite downtown Denver coffee shop, across from a boy I was trying hard to love. It was freezing that ...
WHEN FOOD IS COMFORT: 5 brain chemicals that may affect your decision to overeat
Consistent and sufficient parental nurturing in infancy and childhood plays a major role not only in the normal development of the structure of the brain region...
THE PEACE WITHIN: 7 things that could be stopping you from finding inner peace
At this point, I think most of us have begun to understand what inner peace is. It certainly sounds like a beautiful idea and a great state of mind to be in whi...