When I went home to visit my mother recently, I found myself in a landscape I didn't quite recognize. As a reminder, she lost her husband of 47 years just a few months ago, and I quickly realized that she is currently living in a biological "stall." Grief is a "Metabolic Bankruptcy. "My mother isn't "choosing" to fixate on the past; her brain is literally incapacitated by the loss of her 47-year "North Star." When you’re supporting someone in a grief loop, remember: they don'

There is a persistent, dangerous myth that recovery has a "look." We often expect recovery to 'look' a certain way, but the truth is, it's often an invisible ascent. Your friends, neighbors, and colleagues might be quietly walking their own trail toward healing. Let's de-stigmatize the journey. #GuidedRecovery #FunctionalDepletion #Grief #SubstanceUse #Tribe Society often paints a picture of recovery that is relegated to the shadows—disheveled, unwashed, chaotic and v