WHY IT WORKS
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Exercise
Exercise works wonders for your brain. It does this by promoting changes in your brain including neural growth, reduced inflammation, and new activity patterns that promote a feeling of calm and well-being. Exercise releases endorphins, amazing feel-good chemicals, into your brain. If you happen to be dealing with issues like depression or anxiety, (which most of us are if we were self-medicating), this is one way to naturally feel better. Not to mention that with the help of our fitness professionals, you can get in incredible shape.
Nutrition
Focusing on nutrition in sobriety can be the difference between maintenance and facing a relapse. The mind and body are connected in many more ways than most realize. A healthy body easily translates to a healthy mind. Proper nutrition in sobriety isn’t just about a slim waistline. In fact, in our view, it is much more important to focus on health GAIN instead of weight LOSS. A proper, healthy diet can repair and revitalize while helping the body regenerate itself. Add better energy levels and less fatigue throughout the day, better weight control, increased brain productivity and focus, better sleep at night and an overall sense of happiness from the body getting what it craves. The list goes on.
With the combination of fitness and holistic nutrition coaching, we offer the best of both worlds.
With the combination of fitness and holistic nutrition coaching, we offer the best of both worlds.
Behavioral & Mental Wellness
Professional athletes and CEO's have long benefited from the power of Behavioral and Wellness Consulting, now you can too. Embracing wellness can improve quality and years of life. Wellness is more than the absence of disease or stress; it refers to overall wellbeing. It’s having purpose in life, participating actively in work and play, and enjoying relationships.
By helping you identify realistic, measurable and achievable goals, guiding you in identifying negative thought patterns and behaviors that are preventing you from reaching your goals and giving you thought activities that you can implement throughout your day to increase mindful awareness, rewire neural connections, and break bad habits, our therapist can help elevate your recovery in many different ways.
By helping you identify realistic, measurable and achievable goals, guiding you in identifying negative thought patterns and behaviors that are preventing you from reaching your goals and giving you thought activities that you can implement throughout your day to increase mindful awareness, rewire neural connections, and break bad habits, our therapist can help elevate your recovery in many different ways.
Meditation & Mindfulness
Incorporating meditation into recovery from addiction provides a means of preparing for addiction‐related life challenges. While meditation can reduce stress and add clarity to our lives, using it as a coping skill can help us maintain equilibrium in living a life in recovery. Once learned, the practice can be continued individually for years and years. A meditation practice helps foster relaxation, mental clarity, optimism and a great sense of calm in any storm. As a bonus, practitioners usually develop a sense of non-judgmental self-awareness, inner peace and tolerance. When it comes to addiction and mental health, frequent meditation can help fend off cravings as well as the symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Our certified meditation teacher rounds out the full circle of our powerful coaching programs.
Our certified meditation teacher rounds out the full circle of our powerful coaching programs.
Health Coaching
The addition of supportive mentoring and wellness guidance with a Health Coach will help you feel your best through individualized food, activity and lifestyle changes that meet your unique needs as a person in recovery. Strategies and interventions will actively and safely engage healthy habit change, allowing you to better self-manage your own health, health risks, resulting in optimal wellness.
The DNDY program was the lift I needed to integrate healthy diet and exercise into my routine. Chris worked closely with me to understand my habits and then customized an action plan to suit my lifestyle. I never felt like I was denying myself. Instead I felt like I added new, wonderful things to my life.
Thanks a lot Chris! You are the best!
Robert J,
Chicago, IL