While medications might be important, they do not teach us how to feel good. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can help some people but not everybody. Mindfulness is a technique that teaches us how to ignore unwanted thoughts and choose what is healthy for ourselves.Read Article
Can your mind teach your brain how to think? According to Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz and his Four Step Program it absolutely can – through mindful awareness you can learn to overcome cravings and compulsions as you retrain your brain to stop sending such urgent messages of need. Read Article
Until you learn to deal with difficult emotions without falling into a bottle or getting high you’ll have a hard time truly breaking free. Fortunately, you can learn ‘distress tolerance’ skills and with a little practice you won’t need to run and hide from your feelings anymore. Read Article