Relationships, Family & Love Articles

What is Wet Brain and Can it Be Cured?

Mental Health, Relationships, Family & Love

What is Wet Brain? Wet brain, more formally known as Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS), is a brain disorder caused by severe vitamin B1 (Thiamine) deficiency....

Attachment Trauma: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

Relationships, Family & Love, Stress & Trauma

Introduction to Attachment Trauma Childhood is a foundational time in one’s life. For many, their childhood was lacking in any manner of ways –...

The Power of Forgiveness

Relationships, Family & Love, Stress & Trauma

Forgiveness: The Ultimate Weapon Those of us in recovery who have spent some time among the twelve-step community know that resentments can wield a...

Relationships

Relationships, Family & Love

Types of Relationships Everyone reading or listening to this can say they have been in a relationship. Some may argue “I’ve never had a...

What is Respect?

Mental Health, Relationships, Family & Love

Weekly Theme: What is Respect? Growing up we learned that respect is saying please and thank you, making eye contact when shaking hands, or...

Family and Accountability

Mental Health, Relationships, Family & Love

The Value of Family Family – a word that can carry such pain and yearning yet also warmth and purpose. Barn Life practices the...

Transformation

Bipolar Disorder, Relationships, Family & Love

Manifesting Real Transformation Have you ever thought, I would like to be a little less crazy? Or, I would like to be a little...

The Nurturing Father Figure: A Zeus Analogy

Philosophy & Psychology, Relationships, Family & Love

The Father Figures of Greek Mythology As we begin our work with the Olympian Gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, it is important to...

The Father Archetype

Philosophy & Psychology, Relationships, Family & Love

The Father Archetype Uranus once ruled as the god of the skies. With Gaia (Mother Earth), Uranus is the primal father archetype and force...

Narcissus and the Psyche

OCD & ADHD, Relationships, Family & Love

Narcissus and the Psyche Early in my depth-psychological studies, I was drawn to the artwork of John William Waterhouse. His paintings capture the...

The Three Marriages and Marriage to Others

OCD & ADHD, Relationships, Family & Love

What makes up a marriage? Is it an outdated construct that reflects religious themes and rejects the instinctual nature of our existence? Some may...

Our Communities: The Next Stage Of Recovery

Mental Health, Relationships, Family & Love

Widening Our Scope The journey of self-identity does not stop with our own self-knowledge and our own personal practices. In previous blogs, we have...

Empowerment Vs. Victimhood

Relationships, Family & Love

The Choice Is Ours As children, we learn to obey and behave simply because we are told to do so. This can leave us...

Limerence: Love and the Brain

Relationships, Family & Love

Limerence No doubt you’ve seen, or experienced for yourself, the state of limerence. The chaotic, sometimes even terrifying thoughts and feelings. The often irrational,...

The Pitfalls of Forgiveness

Relationships, Family & Love

Forgiving Too Easily Forgiveness is a tricky business. An interesting essay by Annette Roberts from Tiny Buddha leads us through the problem...

Judgment: The Consequences of Knowing

Relationships, Family & Love

From Unknowing to Knowing If "unknowing" leads us to non-judgment, then "knowing" leads us to judgment. If we think we know something, we start...

Selfishness or Self-Care?

Relationships, Family & Love

Weaving In and Out We like to play with threads here at Barn Life Recovery, which should have been evident from our Warp and...

An Exploration of Family Dynamics

Relationships, Family & Love

What is Family Dynamics? Family dynamics are the social and emotional structures that define the relationships between family members. Each family contains different...

Hear From Those We've Impacted

Barn Life is uniquely special. As someone who has had long stretches of sobriety with "traditional" communities and methods, Barn Life stepped in when I started struggling during the pandemic and said "traditional" methods failed to help.The staff here are exceptional. This is a truly subjective statement, but it is my honest opinion that the people from the owner (Hi Matt!) to EVERYONE else works there because they believe in the work and want to share the tools they found.Barn Life and their little sibling, Peer Mental Wellness were the launchpad from a shell of an existence to person with self-love/respect, and a life-mission of personal development.

Steven D.

Best for someone looking for spiritual healing in addition to their mental health healing.

Luka P.

Barn life is probably one of the most amazing facilities you could ever attend when it comes to mental illness. This was the first place that popped up when I was searching for help and I’m so thankful that it did. The environment is very therapeutic, the staff is awesome, and the group discussions and activities were so helpful in me understanding what I was experiencing. Do not hesitate to be a part of this place. It’s literally a game changer. I was only there for 6 weeks but I wished I stayed at least 6 months. Ever since returning home, I’ve been much happier and my perspective has changed dramatically. I’ve done things and participated in events at my college that I never thought I would be able to do. This place is truly amazing and I’m forever grateful that I found this place.

Ariana E.

Through trial and error of trying to stay sober this program is definitely the most caring and supporting of them all if anyone needs help and is willing to help themselves I suggest barnlife they will for a fact give you the push you need and the tools to keep you going

Mason T.

My daughter has been at Barn Life Recovery now for two months. It was my last resort to send her 9 hours away from me. She has been in drug and mental health rehabs in and out for two years. This was my last stitch effort to save my daughter and get her back to herself. Alyssa and I spoke multiple times before deciding. Their willingness to do everything for her and the different teams they have work with them is amazing. My daughter is happy again and clean and sober. She loves it there in their outpatient program. They restore your faith in humanity. They help restore someone who is broken in so many places to themselves. They have put the light back in my daughters eyes. They are committed to helping each person who truly wants the help. They assist in helping them get jobs and be responsible members of society. I recommend their program to anyone wanting to recover from drug, alcohol and mental health.Thank you to all the people at Barn Life who have made my daughter smile and bring the light back to her eyes. I am truly grateful.DawnaLee

DawnaLee W.

I am alumni from Zen Recovery Path / a great place , and live a happy healthy life ever since / great peaceful place to recover // Namaste

Michael M.

Category: Relationships, Family & Love

What is Wet Brain and Can it Be Cured?

Attachment Trauma: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

The Power of Forgiveness

Relationships

What is Respect?

Family and Accountability

Transformation

The Nurturing Father Figure: A Zeus Analogy

The Father Archetype

Narcissus and the Psyche

The Three Marriages and Marriage to Others

Our Communities: The Next Stage Of Recovery

Empowerment Vs. Victimhood

Limerence: Love and the Brain

The Pitfalls of Forgiveness

Judgment: The Consequences of Knowing

Selfishness or Self-Care?

An Exploration of Family Dynamics

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