Self Care – Basic Steps Mental Health

Freeing Your Mind

Scott Alpert — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:03:49 +0000

I realized I have been trying to spread the news of Spiritual Psychology for 32 years. For the past 10 years, I have been writing these articles, now numbering in the hundreds. It is exciting to share something that drastically impacted my life, and because of it, I transformed from a drug addict to owning […]

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“I Don’t Believe in Therapy”

Scott Alpert — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:05:08 +0000

Yes, not one but two people this week entered therapy and blurted out, “I don’t believe in therapy, but my spouse made me.” I chuckled. This wasn’t the first time I had heard this, nor probably will it be the last, but this reminded me of me in 1989 when I attended my first counseling […]

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Self-Care and Mental Health

Scott Alpert — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:09:30 +0000

If we treated ourselves with respect, the majority of our problems would improve. Even though this states the obvious, it is not as simple as it sounds. Why don’t you take the ultimate care of yourself? Is there not enough time? Would people judge you as selfish? Maybe you find it more fun drinking with […]

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Am I Burning Out?

Scott Alpert — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:00:46 +0000

I had a first-of-its-kind week — every session was filled! In fact, even our IOP program was at maximum capacity. Because of this, I am exhausted. Running a facility is interesting. I am, first and foremost, a counselor and have done this for 30 years. I know what I am doing in this regard and […]

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Have You Avoided Therapy for Years?

Scott Alpert — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:22:46 +0000

Years ago I saw a billboard that said “We cater to dental chickens.” Did chickens have teeth? I was confused. I asked a friend, who laughed at me. Of course, this was in my substance use years, but as my mind cleared, all I did was laugh at myself. I was going to title this […]

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Obligation – Stay or Go

Scott Alpert — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:00:09 +0000

Are we so entrenched in societal rules that we’ve lost track of our own well-being? For many people, they have married a person because it was the correct thing to do. Then they will remain in the relationship because of the children, and will see the signs that their partner is abusive, but if they […]

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Desire – Helping Others Before Myself

Scott Alpert — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:00:32 +0000

For Thanksgiving, I was about to do the typical “stay-at-home thing” like I had for the last few years but wanted to be with family. It had been a while, being caught up in running the facility, but now I needed a break and wanted to make my 90-year-old mother happy. I was getting back […]

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Give and Take

Scott Alpert — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:30:55 +0000

It finally happened, Basic Steps Mental Health now has a waiting list. All I can say is that I am honored by your testimonies and your recommending us to family and friends. Because of this, the way that we have been providing time during the sessions will need to change. From the beginning, we have […]

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Self Care

Scott Alpert — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:11:01 +0000

Most people think of self-care as taking care of our physical body. The focus is mainly on getting enough exercise, eating the perfect diet, and going for a treatment at the spa. Well, yes, this is a portion of self-care but it is not the full picture. To ultimately take care of ourselves we have […]

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Confession – I Am an Addict

Scott Alpert — Sun, 19 May 2024 16:43:12 +0000

I have a confession to make. I am an addict. I guess that’s the best way to describe my binge-watching of the power washing and garden makeover channels on YouTube. I thought it was just a phase, but after 3 months I am still mesmerized by watching people clean up disaster areas and I wonder […]

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