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Some helpful creative writing prompts focused on generating and developing complex fictional characters

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The Gentle Art of Being: A Creator’s Guide to Productive Healing

”’ My dearest fellow creative, let’s talk. Let’s have a real, quiet, cup-of-tea-in-hand kind of conversation about the word “productive.” For those of us who spin worlds from words and dreams from color, there’s an immense pressure to always be *creating*. Our worth, we’re often led to believe, is intrinsically tied to our output. But what happens when the well runs dry? What happens when life,…

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A comprehensive guide to creative self-care for Type A, B, and C personalities. Learn how to build self-care into a busy schedule, get inspired by successful people even if you're depressed, and find a reading list for personal growth.

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Creative Ways to Customize Your Own Journal for Your Mental Health

Grab a cup of coffee or tea, and let’s talk about one of the most grounding, low-pressure, and transformative rituals in existence: turning a boring, black-and-white marble composition notebook into the perfect journal. Transforming a Plain Composition Notebook Into Your Sacred Recovery & Self-Care Sanctuary: The Ultimate Deep-Dive Guide For me there is something intensely liberating about a…

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New Ways to Approach Writing Your 4th Step Inventory in 12 Step Programs

The fourth step of AA says: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. It’s the deep self‑examination step of addiction recovery— the one where you look honestly at your patterns, resentments, fears, and behaviors so you can finally root out what’s been driving your pain and choices. The Main Parts of Step 4 Step 4 is usually done in a notebook, or you can type out the…

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A Higher Power Without a God: Building a Personalized Spirit Path in Recovery, with Journal Prompts to Guide You

Step 3 of 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous says: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. So Step 3 of AA is based on the principle of surrender. It is about recognizing that God or your higher power is greater than you. Recovery asks us to surrender to a Higher Power– but what happens if you’re agnostic, skeptical, spiritually…

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A Free Detailed Web App for Tracking Mental Health and Coping Skills (with a simple version for depression days)

Aurea You can create your own anonymous, password-locked account and track your daily mood, symptom, and skills. It documents everything and creates a Wheel of Life chart so you can easily see how your mood changed over the course of the week. If all the tabs are too much for you, It also has a section specifically for depression days. Just click on “Low energy day?” to switch to a simplified…

Self-Discovery and Shadow Work Journaling Prompts

This post is for anyone who loves journaling or wants to try it, but isn’t sure what to write about. I’ve found journaling to be really useful for understanding myself better and healing persistent old wounds. Self-Discovery Topics Here are my 10 favorite journaling prompts for getting to know yourself, which was an essential part of my recovery process, because when I first got sober I felt so…

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Harm Reduction: Helpful Strategies (with free printables for your journal)

Maybe you’re not ready for total abstinence, or maybe it’s simply not your style and you have no plans to completely abstain from all addictive substances. What is harm reduction? Harm reduction is a public health framework that prioritizes the goal of decreasing the negative physical, social, and legal consequences associated with drug use, rather than demanding immediate abstinence. It is…

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Step 3 of AA: Choosing a Higher Power, A Journaling Challenge, A Daily Devotional, and a List of Spiritual Practices

Step 3 of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) states: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” Core Concepts of Step 3 Action-Oriented: While Steps 1 and 2 are primarily based on reflection and acknowledgment, Step 3 is considered a “turning point” that requires affirmative action. It is the decision to actively stop relying solely on self-will and…

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Explaining Mental Illness to Family Members Who Just Don’t Get It Yet- and What to Do if They Invalidate You When You Try

How I Fill My Life with Meaning and Purpose so I Can Feel Content (with journal prompts and a free printable worksheet)

Learning to Manage Bipolar Disorder: Approaches for Holistic Healing and a Free Printable Mood Tracker

I have a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder Type 1 with psychosis. To learn what that all means, click here and read our post explaining the diagnosis. It’s not a death sentence, but it does require treatment. Bipolar Disorder is considered a neuroprogressive condition. That means it degrades the brain over time. Repeated manic and depressive episodes, or prolonged untreated illness, can cause…

Can I Use Non-Addictive Psychedelics in Recovery? What I Learned from LSD and Mushrooms

There is disagreement in the recovery community about the use of psychedelics. Some strict AA old-timers believe that every substance which alters the state of the mind is forbidden for us. Other groups of people have adapted AA and recovery to include the use of non-addictive psychedelics. Click here to learn more about one of these groups. My stance is that non-addictive, responsible…

Create the Perfect Evening: A Self-Care Routine for People in Recovery (with Step 10 of AA and free printables)

Step 10 of AA says: “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” This step encourages individuals in recovery to maintain a daily practice of self-assessment, helping to identify and correct behaviors that may lead to relapse or emotional distress. At its core, practicing Step 10 as an evening review is the ultimate act of psychological and spiritual…

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