DBT Skills: TIPP
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of therapy that gives individuals the skills to practice mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation. Today, Pinnacle Recovery is going to focus on one specific distress tolerance skill: TIPP. To jog your memory, TIPP stands for Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, and Paired muscle relaxation. TIPP is meant […]
One Big Thing
Oftentimes there are things that you can do that will make a difference in many different areas of your life. You may be looking to increase your physical health, but you also end up bettering your relationships in the process. There are multiple areas where you can improve just by doing one thing. Here are […]
How Do I Set Daily Intentions?
The time right after you open your eyes and take the first breath in the morning is a sacred few moments. What we say to ourselves in this time sets up how our day will play out. Daily intentions are important things. By stating your intentions for the day, you are setting yourself up for […]
How Can We Reprogram Our Minds to Beat Our Addictions?
One of the things we learn as we’re working to recover from addiction and mental illness is just how powerful our subconscious minds are. Our subconscious holds all of our emotional information and memory. This means all of our fears, our wounds and our memories of trauma are all stored there. The subconscious mind governs […]
Healing from an Inferiority Complex
One of the emotional complexes many of us with addiction and mental illness share in common is that of an inferiority complex. We perpetually feel inferior to other people, unworthy and inadequate. We feel as though we’re in competition with other people and that we never measure up. We feel easily threatened by the people […]
