February 29, 2008 – 6:26 am
Yoga, tai chi, exercise, stress management, meditation, eating healthy on a budget, food/drug interactions, journaling/poetry/writing, book clubs, art, music, drama, crafts, organizational skills and clutter control, financial planning, building credit, housing and other community resources, first aid, how to access the Internet, and smoking cessation are just a few of the Holistic Wellness ideas generated [...]
February 26, 2008 – 8:30 am
In February, the two Blueprint tasks on the agenda were: 1) continuing work on NLCMH's official organizational definition of recovery, and 2) examining the Recovery Enhancing Environment (REE) instrument which will be used in Blueprint Dimension 2, on Evaluation.
The Council also approved its January minutes, introduced Bob Houghton, who is replacing Brian Cook due to [...]
February 18, 2008 – 7:30 am
In April, 2000, at the age of 36, my world came crashing in on me. I was hospitalized six times that year at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Michigan. I hit bottom really hard that year, and for the next three years that followed. I was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Severe Depression [...]
February 14, 2008 – 9:52 am
The Traverse City office is proud to announce the formation of a recovery group based on the workbook, “Pathways to Recovery,” by Priscilla Ridgway.
Pathways is a strengths-based recovery program, helping its participants identify their personal strengths and building upon them. The group is open to peers only (those living with a mental illness) with a [...]