Campbell, Jung, and the Heroic Archetype

Heroism and the Psychological Life At the start of this week, I want to break down the role of heroism in our psychological life....

The Soul In Harmony With Itself

Grief & Loss, Recovery & Addiction

The Wisdom of Experience This week, we wrap up our analysis of The Lady and the Unicorn with the sixth and final tapestry of...

Rainer Maria Rilke Poem Analysis

Philosophy & Psychology

A Rainer Maria Rilke Poem Analysis By far and away, my absolute favorite poet is Rainer Maria Rilke, whose life’s work is a dedication...

The Soul at the Threshold of Adulthood

OCD & ADHD, Philosophy & Psychology

The Lion King and the Myth of Horus Have you ever seen the Lion King? It occurred to me this week that the story...

The Lady and The Unicorn: Analysis

Mental Health, Philosophy & Psychology

The Lady and The Unicorn: The Soul in Innocence, Maturation & Virginity Let’s look at the soul in stages of transformation personified in the...

Reflection: Reinvigorating the Seeds of the Future

Anxiety, Mental Health

A Future of Hope and Improvement A lady looks into the mirror seeing her reflection smiling back. A man sits by the fire and...

Perseverance and Overcoming Challenges

Holistic Mental Health, Philosophy & Psychology

Bringing Sustained Change Perseverance is crucial for long term change and necessary to overcome challenges using new methods. Many of our clients have fallen...

Celebration: A Helpful Reminder

Holistic Mental Health

Why We Work and Live It is important to celebrate, and it often goes unappreciated. We live in a world that teaches us to...

Rebirth: The Grand Cycle

Holistic Mental Health, Recovery & Addiction

The Process of Decline and Renewal The idea of rebirth is ancient. Indeed, throughout time immemorial, myths and legends speak of man’s process of...

Freedom and the Ability to Challenge Fear

Holistic Mental Health, Mental Health, OCD & ADHD

Why Does Freedom Cost So Much? Freedom has always had a cost and always will if any people have the intention to harm or...

Self-Improvement: Letting Go

Anxiety, Mental Health

Who Is This Self? Self-improvementde seems like a good idea, at first blush. Who doesn’t want to improve? However, have we stopped to think...

Gratitude: Generosity of Presence

Anxiety, Holistic Mental Health, Recovery & Addiction

A Time to Give Thanks It's the time of year when families all over the country are getting together once again. We look to...

Adaptation: Cultivating an Innate Ability

Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder

Going With the Flow of the World The ability to change with an ever-changing world is an innate ability that we sometimes forget to...

Joy and Sorrow: Riding the Carousel

Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health

Ups and Downs This week we'd like to take some time to examine joy and sorrow. These two feelings seem to lie on either...

Transformation: Visions for a Better Future

Mental Health, Philosophy & Psychology

A Common Drive Have you ever thought, I would like to be a little less crazy? Or, I would like to be a little...

Cravings and Desires, Mountains and Valleys

Mental Health

Are cravings and desires synonyms? To put it another way, are they two words for the same thing? Instead, maybe they are degrees of...

The Center Can Hold: Regaining Our Balance

Depression, Mental Health, Recovery & Addiction

Turning in the Widening Gyre Balance and moderation get a lot of lip service in today's society. Unfortunately, we talk about these things more...

Our Communities: The Next Stage Of Recovery

Mental Health, Recovery & Addiction, Relationships, Family & Love

Widening Our Scope The journey of self-identity does not stop with our own self-knowledge and our own personal practices. In previous blogs, we have...

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.

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