Meditation for Beginners: 20 Practical Tips for Understanding the Mind
The most important habit I’ve formed in the last 10 years of forming habits is meditation. Hands down, bar none. Meditation has helped me to form all my other habits, it’s helped me to become more peaceful, more focused, less worried about discomfort, more...
Families Coping with Mental Illness
For many families, the stress of living with and caring for a mentally ill family member can strain even the strongest relationships. Witnessing a family member struggle with a persistent illness of any kind is painful, and a mental illness can add more stress in the...
Gardening for Mental Health
In today’s busy world, people are turning to their backyards. Even when free time is so limited and technology has taken over the world, gardening has regained traction with families as a way to produce healthy, organic, affordable food. But, that’s not all gardening...
Overcoming – A Recovery Journey – Part 2
Left to fend on his own by his abusive adoptive father, Mykel developed several side hustles by the time he was 15 years old. Then he struck gold with his first major job, working at a painter’s called Earl Scheib Paint Shop. “I was paid minimum wage,” he notes, “but...
Overcoming – A Recovery Journey – Part 1
“I knew the way I was living wasn’t normal,” says Mykel Gayent, “but I was satisfied with life as it was. I was thinking, you know, this could go on forever.” In a deep, comfortable Californian drawl, Mykel tells his story with the steady, grounded style of a...BLOG HOME
