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In-Home Coaching: An Alternative to Residential Eating Disorder Treatment
Many times, when an individual is struggling with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia nervosa, residential treatment is determined to be the best option to treat severe symptoms. ...
Help for Mental Health Disorders
Depression and anxiety affects a person's family, work, or school life; sleeping and eating habits; and general health. Depression and Anxiety becomes problematic when it starts to interfere with a...
CiR Recovery Coaches & Companions
When someone is struggling with an addiction to a substance, whether drugs or alcohol, or they have a mental health disorder, it is common a family member or loved one will reach out to us for an...
Understanding Executive Function and Dysfunction
When executive functioning skills are hindered, it can make learning, working and managing daily life difficult. Things like organization, planning, and the ability to think things through and weigh...
Celebrating Sober Moms on Mother’s Day
It’s true the path to recovery is fraught with challenges in the beginning. It’s work, discipline, commitment, peeling back layer of vulnerabilities, speaking our truth and more. It also calls for...
The Struggle with Suicidal Thoughts
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain but it's more common and harder to bear.”~ C.S. Lewis Many people struggle with suicidal thoughts during times of stress or when facing mental or...
What to Know About Self-Harm in Teenagers
Every year, between 6.4-14.8% of teenage boys and between 17.7-30.8% of teenage girls, depending on the state, report engaging in some sort of non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, or self-harm...
10 Things To Know About Eating Disorders
1. Eating disorders are complex, serious, biologically-based psychological illnesses defined by “severe disturbances in one’s eating behaviors”, according to the National Institute of Mental Health....
25% Increase in Anxiety and Depression Since Start of the COVID-19
In the two years since the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, millions of individuals globally have been forced to reconcile with its impact on their mental health. Many of us can recall the stream of unprecedented stressors we encountered: uprooting routines, experiencing financial ramifications, navigating childcare while working remotely, reducing most, if not all, in-person interactions with loved ones, and dealing with anxiety, grief, and loss directly related to the virus.
CiR Adolescent Services
Connections in Recovery in Colorado, Los Angeles, New York and Europe provides adolescent services, which includes case management, coaching and companion services. With experienced clinical...
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Sober Holidays and Mocktails
Sober Holidays and Moctails put the fun into the holiday season. One of the most difficult holidays of all, this festive time of year for us who don't drink or for those who want to limit their intake of alcoholic beverages can be challenging. You add the omicron and...
Spring-cleaning Your Emotional and Mental Space
Spring-cleaning your emotional and mental space is important to your well-being. When spring rolls around, we are reminded there’s a sense of hope, renewal, and lightheartedness. The weather improves; daylight lasts longer; birds chirp their sweet sounds bright and...
How to stay sober when traveling
Whether you are new to sobriety or in long-term recovery, sober travel for a vacation can challenge the best of us! But with some careful planning and research, it is entirely possible to stay sober — and enjoy yourself — when traveling. Travel anxiety, long...
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