After attending the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona on our 2015 European Backpacking trip, our final stop in Spain was Madrid. As luck would have it, a friend of mine happened to be in Madrid at the same time and suggested we do a tapas tour of Madrid. He planned the whole evening, and it was amazing! Tapas are… View Post
I am not a morning person, so my morning routine is an essential self-care strategy for me. I am a night owl in an early bird’s world. Up until a few years ago, I had successfully avoided doing anything before 8 am for most of my life. From the second grade, I was homeschooled. When I got to high school,… View Post
As I’ve worked with clients at different stages of recovery, I’ve noticed their history of substance abuse is not linear. There is a cycle of addiction with several repeating events. For example, start drinking, partying, more partying, fighting with friends, DUI, lose job, stop drinking, start drinking, etc. It goes around and around until they overdose or- hopefully- break the… View Post
When I was a kid, I watched the movie City Slickers for the first time. After watching the opening scene that highlighted the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, I asked my mom if people really did that. When she confirmed that they did, I told my mom that I was going to do that one day. Fast forward to 2015,… View Post