Leslie Glass's Blog, page 119

How to Think Like a Narcissist and Why They Hurt People

Understanding a narcissist’s mind shields and empowers you to react effectively Narcissists can be charming, charismatic, seductive, exciting, and engaging. They can also act entitled, exploitative, arrogant, aggressive, cold, competitive, selfish, obnoxious, cruel, and vindictive. You can fall in love with their charming side and be destroyed by their dark side. It can be baffling, but...

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Is Group Therapy The Treatment For You

Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy, and it wouldn’t be overstating the case to say that everyone needs some psychological help at one time or another. No one’s life is perfect; no human is perfect. And circumstances throw turmoil at us all no matter how rich, poor, talented, or safe we may feel. Look...

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Why We Need Dry January More Than Ever

Dry January is a movement that was growing, along with the concept of sober curious, before the Corona Virus changed everything in 2020. Sober curious bars were popping up in major cities, and zero proof drinks were growing in popularity. People in recovery and people who just didn’t want to drink alcohol were leading the...

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I’m Ready For Therapy! What’s Next?

Becoming ready for therapy may take some longer than others I wish we lived in a world where taking care of your mental health was as normal and expected as seeing a medical doctor to take care of your physical health. But, alas we don’t. So, it may take some of us longer than others...

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How To Help An Alcoholic Or Addict

How to help an alcoholic or addict loved one, friend, or family member is one of the most baffling and frustrating questions on the planet. Almost all of us has asked it at one time or another? Do you know someone who struggles with a substance or alcohol use disorder? Or a behavior use disorder?...

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How To Break Up With Negative Self Talk

Self talk is that inner voice that often chatters to us about all types of things. Unfortunately, it is often negative. Negative self talk impairs our ability to cope with life’s ups and downs. Buddhists refer to this inner chatting as “monkey mind” because monkeys are always chattering about something. And while most human self...

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Visit Our Holiday Coloring Books Sale

This holiday season we want you to have our coloring books to bring fun and recovery to you wherever you are. Are you bored, scared, lonely, hungry, stressed? Of course you are. And who isn’t right now? That means you need extra support and soothing comfort. We will get through this. What do you need...

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7 Ways To Get Over Unloving Relationships

It’s crucial to keep ourselves safe when it comes to matters of the heart, especially when you’re in recovery. Loving relationships have the capacity to bring unimaginable joy to our lives. For me, it can add an element to my life that colors everything else happy. Love is magical, it’s better than any drug. The idea...

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Toxic Parents During Covid-19

During this pandemic, domestic violence and child abuse have increased significantly in the United States. As quarantine measures have extended across the country, domestic abuse incidents increased from 21% to 35% depending upon the state. In fact, one in three women and one in ten men currently suffer abuse in the United States. School closings...

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Integrative Psychiatry: A Happiness Plan For Life

Did you know that half of the population will need help with a mental illness at some time in their life? It’s not something to be ashamed of. Really. I don’t know anybody who hasn’t been depressed, anxious, in toxic relationships, or just plain miserable at one time or another. This may well be the...

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