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The 4 Stages of Depression

Most of us will experience the symptoms of depression in our lifetime. While it may not escalate to a formal diagnosis for all of...

How to Deal With Anticipatory Grief

Grief & Loss

Grief is a natural - and highly individualized - response to loss. But often, we begin grieving before experiencing the actual loss. Our sadness...

What to Say to a Friend Who is Depressed

Depression

Supporting Someone With Depression It can be painful to watch a loved one suffer from depression. What’s even more challenging is when we feel...

What’s The Difference: Panic Attack vs. Anxiety Attack

Anxiety, Mental Health

Panic Attack vs. Anxiety Attack Experiencing occasional anxiety can be a normal part of life. Anxiety is simply the body’s response to a perceived...

How to Recover From Burnout

Mental Health, Stress & Trauma

What is Burnout? Stress, overwork, and super packed schedules can all contribute to cognitive overload, leaving you feeling emotionally drained and easily overwhelmed....

Types of PTSD, Explained

Mental Health

Introduction to PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that develops following a traumatic experience or series of events. Examples of such...

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....

12 Over the Counter Anxiety Treatments

Anxiety, Mental Health

Nearly a fifth of all adults suffer from an anxiety disorder. Each one of those anxiety disorders has different levels of severity, triggers, and...

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 –...

9 Acupressure Points for Anxiety Treatment

Anxiety, Holistic Mental Health

How to Treat Your Anxiety With Acupressure Anxiety is a common human emotion that we all experience at some point. Facing a difficult or...

The Benefits of Cupping

Anxiety, Depression

Cupping Therapy Benefits When swimmer Michael Phelps appeared at the 2016 Summer Olympics with circular bruises covering his back, the topic of “cupping”...

Holistic Mental Health 101

Holistic Mental Health

All About Holistic Mental Health People misuse the word, "holistic." Note, we can also write "holistic" as "wholistic," even though your spell checker may...

Occupational Therapy Student Joins Our Staff

Mental Health, OCD & ADHD

Barn Life Recovery Receives Occupational Therapy Student From Baylor University Barn Life Recovery is partnering with Baylor University on an occupational therapy internship...

Embark On a Spiritual Cleanse

Holistic Mental Health

The Need for a Spiritual Cleanse In this technological era we now live in, it’s easy to become detached from...

How to Increase Dopamine

Depression, Grief & Loss, Mental Health

The Best Ways to Increase Dopamine If something has ever made you smile, then you’ve experienced dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical made by your...

The Seven Chakras

Holistic Mental Health, Philosophy & Psychology

Root Sacral Solar Plexus Heart Throat Third Eye Crown An Introduction to the Seven Chakras We are not just physical bodies, nor are we...

Root Chakra

Bipolar Disorder, Holistic Mental Health, Philosophy & Psychology

All Chakras Sacral Solar Plexus Heart Throat Third Eye Crown The Root Chakra: Understanding Depression & Anxiety The root chakra, also known as the...

The Heart Chakra

Bipolar Disorder, Holistic Mental Health, Philosophy & Psychology

All Chakras Root Sacral Solar Plexus Throat Third Eye Crown The Heart Chakra: The Center of the Psyche-Soma Connection The heart chakra, or anahata...

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.