Plan Your Recovery

11/06/2024

𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵! Seek greater joy, peace, and alignment with the world in Michelle Charbonnier's signature six month empowerment program: 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆. The program culminates in a 4-day 3-night retreat at Yoga Shala Farm in Arkansas. Learn more at

Thriving Beyond Recovery is a 6 month empowerment program where you are moving beyond the work of the past; you are now working towards improving present moment & all which tomorrow will bring

11/06/2024

Survival is not enough! Plan Your Recovery's Michelle Charbonnier is offering her signature six month program Thriving Beyond Recovery November 21st - April 27th The program culminates in a 4-day 3-night retreat at Yoga Shala Farm in Arkansas. Learn more at

Thriving Beyond Recovery is a 6 month empowerment program where you are moving beyond the work of the past; you are now working towards improving present moment & all which tomorrow will bring

10/22/2024

𝖭𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖠𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗁𝗈𝗅 𝖴𝗌𝖾 𝖣𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒.

𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖻𝗂𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝖺𝗅. 𝖠𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝖠𝖠 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘄, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. – 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀

✔ 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗇𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒.

✔ 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦-𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳.

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 ✷𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲✷ 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁:

✔ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳
✔ 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭
✔ 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.

Monthly Lunchtime Webinar Series on Treating Addiction in office-based setings.

10/09/2024

This study delves into the controversial concept of 'food addiction,' examining the similarities between disordered eating patterns and drug addiction. The findings reveal that both drug histories and obesogenic diets can lead to compulsive appetite, a key feature of food addiction. Interestingly, this compulsive eating behavior is distinct from obesity, suggesting that shared dysregulations in the brain's reward circuits could be targeted for treating addictive behaviors across drug addiction, eating disorders, and obesity.

10/03/2024

A recent study reveals that even small changes in sleep patterns can have a significant impact on feelings of gratitude, resilience, and overall well-being. Researchers found that participants who extended their sleep experienced improved mood, wrote more in gratitude lists, and felt more resilient and flourishing compared to those with restricted sleep. These findings suggest that prioritizing sleep may be key to enhancing emotional health and promoting positive social behaviors in society.

10/02/2024

Join me Friday for a free CE Webinar: Encountering Substance Use Disorders in Private Practice.

Monthly Lunchtime Webinar Series on Treating Addiction in office-based setings.

09/28/2024

Together, we can create a supportive community where every individual feels valued and understood.

Ways to Get Involved:

•Start the Conversation: Discuss mental health openly to help reduce stigma.
•Share Resources: Promote access to mental health support and services.
•Show Compassion: Offer a listening ear and a supportive presence to those in need.

Every effort counts in the journey toward mental well-being. Let’s unite to foster hope and make a difference.

09/26/2024

Therapists often struggle when they encounter addiction problems in private practice. Next Friday, we will offer the first hour of our FREE monthly continuing education webinar series: Substance Use Disorders in Private Practice. Follow the link for more information and to register.

09/25/2024

A new study sheds light on the link between sleep habits in childhood and well-being in adolescence. The research, based on data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, finds that children with later bedtimes and shorter sleep durations may be more likely to engage in risky behaviors, such as experimenting with alcohol or ma*****na, by age 15. This study underscores the importance of establishing healthy sleep routines early on to support positive outcomes during the teen years. Discover how fostering good sleep habits in childhood can help promote a healthier future.

09/17/2024

A study explores the effect of drinking alcohol in a social setting compared to drinking alone. In social settings, alcohol can be more stimulating, making people more active. Conversely, drinking alone tends to have a more sedative effect, leading to reduced activity. Research indicates that these differences are linked to dopamine, a brain chemical involved in pleasure and reward. Social settings can amplify alcohol's stimulating effects, influencing drinking behaviors in various ways.