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01 Mar 2021
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Being and Acting with Authenticity: What’s the Difference?

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

There are two ways I look at authenticity. I look at general authenticity as a state of being. I want to be an authentic person when I wake up every day in my life as a ground and as a foundation.    So, that is one journey of authenticity.    Then there is, “How am I authentic in the interpersonal realm?” Meaning how am I truthful or expressing honestly where I am interpersonally?   And so, let us start with the...

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15 Feb 2021
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The Potential Fallout of Suboxone Treatment

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Rehabilitation Process, The Future of Addiction
man in individual addiction treatment

  What to Expect:   Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) uses prescribed drugs to help individuals struggling with opioid addiction manage their withdrawal symptoms and stay engaged in treatment. Suboxone (or Subutex) is popularly prescribed to save lives and reduce the harm of opioid addiction. What are the potential long-term effects of Suboxone in an individual’s overall quality of life?   Understanding Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)   Opiate use in the United States is at a crisis level--too many people are dying from...

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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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