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I had been in jail for five months. I was about to be released and was very stressed out that I had nowhere to go.

Relationships have never been my strong suit. I can’t entirely pinpoint why this is considering almost everyone in my inner circle of friends and family are in strong, healthy and loving relationships, but I struggle to trust and let people in. I worry that they...

Mindfulness has been found to have many benefits on individuals as well as on our interpersonal relationships with others. First, mindfulness is a type of mediation “where one has a heightened awareness of the present moment”1 and “acknowledging and accepting one's...

As I was thinking about the differences between serving others and serving ourselves, it become more and more complex and intertwined in my mind. Surely, we can serve ourselves and others in different ways throughout our lives, but is one more important than the...

Personal boundaries are vital to healthy and close relationships. As we set limits and rules to how others can treat us or act around us, we protect our own well-being while strengthening our relationships with those who want to be close to us. “Personal boundaries...

There are several different research studies that have examined the relationship between spirituality and recovery, and most point towards the positive impact of spirituality. First, what exactly is spirituality? Spirituality is defined as “the quality of being...