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01 Feb 2021
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Keys to Living Authentically

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

One of the most challenging concepts for, I think, all of us--but obviously I am speaking in the area of recovery--is the notion of authenticity. What does it mean to be authentic? How can I be authentic?   My dad, he likes to say, ''You are authentic when you are dead.''F So his definition of authentic has to do with congruency, meaning your insides and your outsides matching. And this is a little bit cynical. So he says, ''That is only...

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24 Jan 2021
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Awareness: Know When You Check Out and Need to Check In “Being Present”

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, Yeshaia Blakeney

There is a term you will hear in yoga, in therapy, therapy groups, in the transformational arenas, in recovery, in treatment--it is this idea of "being present."    It is not something that was a common phrase twenty years ago--when I first started out in the arena of recovery. But it is something that has become more and more popular. And so has notions of disassociation.    So people, being aware that they check out--people are more aware of...

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18 Jan 2021
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Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, Yeshaia Blakeney

One of the things you will commonly hear with people that are working in the domain of spirituality or working on transforming and recovery is you might hear the term, "Everything happens for a reason."   For me, working in a treatment setting, it is something I usually hear from somebody. And when I hear it, I actually think it is a good sign.    The story will go something like this   Somebody comes in and there is almost always...

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11 Jan 2021
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What does it mean to be vulnerable?

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Rehabilitation Process, Video, Yeshaia Blakeney

Being Vulnerable in Recovery If you come to treatment or you are coming to recovery, one word you will definitely hear is vulnerability. The importance of being vulnerable in the therapeutic relationship--particularly in treatment--is something you might hear from a spouse as well.    On the one hand, I think it is a word a lot of people have heard--definitely in California. On the other hand, it is a word that is often misunderstood. I think the way...

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04 Jan 2021
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Transparency in Treatment: What Does it Mean?

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Rehabilitation Process, Yeshaia Blakeney

When you are entering into recovery there are a few terms or words, ideas that you will hear over and over again. And they are outlining the contours of the space we are inhabiting when we are working on ourselves to transform--when we are engaging in recovery, when we are looking at optimal well-being.    Transparency in Treatment In treatment in particular, one of the terms that they will use is "transparency". And I will talk about the...

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29 Dec 2020
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Medication Assisted Treatment

Yeshaia Blakeney
Addiction, Rehabilitation Process, Yeshaia Blakeney

Medication assisted treatment (including Suboxone and vivitrol)   Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is using pharmaceutical medications, prescribed medications to help treat active addiction.    It's different than just the psychiatric medication that you use to treat underlying conditions of depression and anxiety. MAT treatment is a specific classification of drugs that are used to affect the addiction directly. And so there are agonists and antagonists drugs that provide an effect similar to the drug you were using, but allow you...

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