Stopping a Global Opioid Crisis – What Will It Take ?
Stopping a global opioid crisis was the topic of the World Affairs Council’s November 27, 2018, program. Having recently spoken at Ft. Irwin, the Army’s National Training Center, located in Ft. Irwin, CA, on the opioid epidemic in the U.S., my interest was piqued. I’d titled my Ft. Irwin program, “The Unintended Addict: Key Information to Fight…
Read MoreRecovering from Childhood Trauma – “Cracked Up” Documentary Tells the Story
Recovering from childhood trauma, now commonly known as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), can begin at any age. And it can begin when we understand that treating childhood trauma requires identifying the root causes that underly the symptoms of childhood trauma. In other words, it requires helping children and adults understand there’s a reason they engage…
Read MoreRewire Your Brain For Extraordinary Parenting
Rewire your brain. Is that really possible? And if so, how does that contribute to extraordinary parenting? Today’s guest author is Bob Lancer, Speaker/Author/Coach/Consultant and founder of BobLancer.com. He has spent 30-plus years professionally working with parents and has developed a number of programs, including The Method for Parenting. End Parent Frustration & Rewire Your Brain…
Read MoreTreating Addiction? Why a Comprehensive Approach is Essential
When it comes to treating addiction, a comprehensive approach is essential. Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease. So many factors contribute to how a person develops addiction and how addiction changes that person’s overall brain health and functioning. Therefore, there is no easy fix, nor a one-size-fits-all approach that works. BUT, addiction is…
Read MoreAre Your Parents Toxic?
Toxic parents? Being raised by toxic parents can radically change a child’s brain wiring and mapping. Brain wiring and mapping is basically the process by which the brain “connects” its roughly 100 billion brain cells (neurons) from birth through early 20s. This process determines everything that child/adolescent/young adult/adult thinks, feels, says, and does, and it…
Read MoreWhy the Secondhand Drinking – Adverse Childhood Experiences Connection Matters
Why is it so important to understand the secondhand drinking – adverse childhood experiences connection? Because experiencing secondhand drinking as a child most often results in adverse childhood experiences for that child. And experiencing adverse childhood experiences can result in toxic-stress related physical and emotional health consequences across one’s lifetime. Two of the outcomes of…
Read MoreWhich One Is the Addict?
Which one is the addict? Can you tell? Here to share her opinion on this question is guest author, MaryBeth Cichocki. She a registered nurse living in the state of Delaware and lost her youngest son, Matt, to an overdose of prescription drugs on January 3rd 2015. After his death she was unable to return…
Read MoreNational Recovery Month 2018
September is National Recovery Month. It is a national celebration coordinated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA). The objective of this annual celebration is to increase awareness and understanding of mental disorders and substance use disorders and celebrate the individuals living in recovery. National Recovery Month – A Critically Important Objective “Only…
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