• November 3, 20212 min

    Resilience: What It Is and What It Isn’t

    Oxford dictionaries define the word resilience as, “the capacity to [...]

  • October 7, 20213 min

    Fight-Flight-Freeze: Stress and the Brain

    Imagine you are hiking in the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee. [...]

  • September 16, 20212 min

    Recovery Awareness Month 2021

    What is “recovery”? Recovery is…..more than sobriety. Recovery is…..more than [...]

  • August 23, 20213 min

    3 Easy Nature Moments that Benefit Your Mental Health

    Although many students are lamenting the end of their summer [...]

  • July 26, 20213 min

    Generational Myths that Stigmatize Mental Health

    According to Mental Health America, 46% of adults in the [...]

  • June 18, 20213 min

    The Case Against Cannabis Use

    “I got my peaches out in Georgia…I get my weed [...]

  • April 21, 20211 min

    Response to the FedEx Shooting in Indianapolis

    The Willow Center strongly condemns the horrible violence that occurred [...]

  • March 18, 20213 min

    When the Going Gets Tough

    It’s been one year since the State of Indiana shutdown [...]

  • February 18, 20213 min

    Gratitude in Recovery

    It is the middle of February. In the Midwest it [...]

  • January 13, 20212 min

    Setting SMART Goals for the New Year

    The beginning of each year is filled with expectations. It [...]

  • December 2, 20203 min

    The holidays are different this year.

    As I finished FaceTime-ing my family on Thanksgiving day last [...]

  • November 2, 20201 min

    Overcoming Boredom in Early Recovery

    Boredom can be an unexpected, yet frustrating, feeling in the [...]