You’ve taken the important first step: you’ve admitted that you need help. The next decision, however, is just as big. Choosing a destination where you will feel safe and get the best possible treatment for your addiction problems is vitally important. This could and should be a turning point in your life, so you need to ensure that the facility you choose is ...

Parental conflict can significantly impact children's outcomes, whether two people are married, separated or divorced. Depending on how severe parental issues are, some of these outcomes can be detrimental to the children involved. Various studies have shown that children exposed to long-lasting conflict between parents are more likely to demonstrate internalis...

Addiction is a complicated disease that requires a comprehensive treatment program to help people achieve and maintain lasting sobriety. In theory, all this sounds simple enough - in an ideal world, a person enters rehab for 30, 60, or 90 days and comes out the other end "recovered". If only the addiction recovery process were that simple. Addiction aftercar...

Our personalities shape who we are; therefore, how they develop profoundly influences how we interact with ourselves and the outside world. There's much literature and resources on understanding human personality, but these constructs vary, and many factors play a role in personality development. Defining the human personality Regardless of background, cultu...

Meditation is an ancient wellness practice that has been present in cultures all over the world for thousands of years. For generations, meditative practices have played a role in Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity in order to encourage a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. That said, many people practice it nowadays independentl...

Everyone has an inner narrative, a story they tell themselves - whether that’s thoughts that pop into our heads or our internal dialogue. However, when that “voice in our head” is persistently negative, it can take on a chronic character and become a dominant force in one’s life, leading to serious physical and mental health problems. Negativity leads t...

The term “addiction” is most widely used when talking about substances such as drugs and alcohol. So, when it is used in relation to a more abstract concept such as love, it may seem a bit farfetched to some. But what are people referring to when they talk about a love addiction? While not an official diagnosis, love addiction, sometimes known as pathologic...

Many people ask if burnout and depression are the same things. While they have several symptoms in common, there are some key differences, and being able to differentiate between them is very important as the two often get misdiagnosed. What is burnout? “Burnout” is a phrase that is commonly used in modern life, especially in high-stakes industries and a...

How can being addicted to work be a bad thing? Believe it or not, an increasing number of people are starting to think this way. That’s because modern life dictates that we must all be strivers. If you want to go backpacking across Cambodia, buy the latest tech or dine at the most popular eatery on Instagram, you need plenty of disposable income. In this day ...

If you've ever experienced anxiety (no matter how mild or extreme), you'll likely be familiar with how frightening and confusing the symptoms can sometimes be. Anxiety is a normal emotion. Anxiety is a common emotion - many of us experience periods of anxiety for various reasons and at different life stages. Perhaps you have an essential work presentation co...

Gaming may have been around for almost 50 years, but there is still a lot to be understood about its effects. It all started in the 1970s, when very simple arcade games first appeared and caught the imagination of children and teenagers, in particular, across the world. It quickly became clear that such games had the potential for addiction, as players spent a ...

“Addiction” is a word that is both widely used and misused in modern-day society. On the one hand, you might hear someone flippantly describe themselves as a “chocoholic”. Or say that they’re “addicted” to online shopping because they spend a little more than they should on online purchases. On the other, there are those that ask: “How can a wor...