
Keys to Maintaining Sobriety: Learning Mindfulness and Understanding Your Emotions
01/29/21 • 29 min
Uncover the keys to maintaining sobriety with a mindfulness practice and learning to understand your emotions. Emotional reactions can overwhelm us and define us. This is especially true if we are subjected to dangerous and shameful labeling, or if we feel trapped by our feelings. Today Clare Waismann, RAS/SUDCC and David Livingston, LMFT discuss mindfulness, meditation, and the healthy differentiation between emotions and the self.
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WAISMANN METHOD® Opioid Treatment Specialists & Rapid Detox Center
Uncover the keys to maintaining sobriety with a mindfulness practice and learning to understand your emotions. Emotional reactions can overwhelm us and define us. This is especially true if we are subjected to dangerous and shameful labeling, or if we feel trapped by our feelings. Today Clare Waismann, RAS/SUDCC and David Livingston, LMFT discuss mindfulness, meditation, and the healthy differentiation between emotions and the self.
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Email your questions about addiction, recovery, and mental health to [email protected] and have them answered on our next episode!
WAISMANN METHOD® Opioid Treatment Specialists & Rapid Detox Center
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