Mental Health Tips & Tools
Helping you build a life of peace & balance… a life that you’ll never need to escape from!
Each short vignette also includes an audio version, so Tanya reads it to you.
Why Can’t You Just STOP Your Addiction?!
Tanya and Lance chat about how loved one's (like Lance) can rarely understand why people who are challenged by addictions can't simply just stop. May the force be with you, and - remember - YOU are the force!
The Hula Hoop Tool for Addiction Recovery
What does it mean when people talk about this "hula hoop" concept of control? In this video, Tanya explains what it is and why it's important to practice this concept to maintain your sanity! May the force be with you, and -...
Creating NEW HABITS for Addiction Recovery
You can think new thoughts and create new habits. Find out how! May the force be with you, and - remember - YOU are the force!
Move Trauma to the Backseat in Your Recovery from Addictions!
Tanya and Lance explore some of the many tools and strategies that are available to manage the aftermath of trauma. May the force be with you, and - remember - YOU are the force!
Stop Blaming Trauma for Your Addictions
Tanya & Lance discuss how trauma can be a common denominator among those who are challenged with addictions. Alcohol and drugs (any substance/activity addiction) are the symptoms. What causes addiction?
Unconditional Acceptance is KEY for Recovery from Addictions
It's still a daily 'to do' for me to reach a state of acceptability when it comes to the Unconditional Acceptance of myself, others. and life. We'll uncover some strategies that continue to help me ACCEPT life, myself, and others - without...
Addiction Recovery & the Book of Excuses
The Stages of Change was introduced to me when I became a facilitator with SMART (self management and recovery training). It was definitely a tool that helped me to recognize my pattern of "relapsing" into my addictions, and helped me stop...
The Dreaded ‘D’ Word in Addiction Recovery
Episode 30: Lance and Tanya talk about the dreaded D words of recovery and life.
Priorities for Addiction Recovery
Reaching a place of ACCEPTANCE was unacceptable for me for a very long time, in my recovery from drug and alcohol addictions. This episode hears Lance and I talking about overcoming resistance - to accepting a life of "recovery" as a life of "discovery!" We're all...
Addiction Recovery Tools that Work!
Episode 29: In the world of addiction recovery, there are "models" of recovery like the 12-step programs of AA (alcoholic's anonymous) and NA (narcotics anonymous), and more evidence-based models of recovery like SMART (self management and...
The 3 C’s of Addiction Recovery
Episode 28: How do you talk to yourself? You spend more time talking to yourself, inside our own head, than you talk to anyone - so it's worth the effort to make it a nice place to be! Self talk is powerful. That inner dialogue can often...
Tap into Your Pharmacy to Recover from Addiction
How do you maintain motivation to abstain from addictions? It's a question that comes up a lot in recovery meetings. Lance and Tanya talk about the definition of motivation, the dopamine deficit that makes people biologically vulnerable to addictions, and how you can...