Our Vision
Provide a truly, exceptional sober-living experience, where optimal performance psychology informs the overall philosophy and structure of our clients’ recovery and their approach for living … where sobriety and a sense of purpose are symbiotic.
Our Mission
Provide an evidence-based practice in performance psychology with comprehensive counseling in addiction treatment, nutrition education, personal and professional development, mindfulness, yoga, and mental skills training, focusing on the restoration of well-being and the continuity of sobriety.
Like so many people before me, once I surrendered to my powerlessness over alcohol and pills, my life changed for the better.
Prior to getting sober, I spent 22 years in sales and business development roles for Fortune 100 companies ranging from ADP, Microsoft and IBM, as well as advertising technology and pharmaceutical consulting start-ups. On paper, my life was fantastic. I had well-paying jobs, a great apartment in New York City, a condo at the beach, a wonderful, caring, beautiful, funny supportive girlfriend, a good set of friends, and a caring extended family. Inside though, I was profoundly unhappy. I drank and used pills to deal with my thoughts and feelings around my fears and insecurities. Eventually, at the age of 44, I was cajoled into going to rehab. After 28 days in rehab, I was sure I was done drinking. But I half-assed Alcoholics Anonymous, didn’t commit to an aftercare plan, and within two months I started drinking again and this time my drinking and life only got worse. Eight months after I left my first rehab, I was entering my second. This time I took the suggestions of my counselors. After rehab, I participated in a relapse prevention class to help me understand the thoughts and feelings that lead me to drink or take pills.
However, in those first few months I was sober, I had no idea what to do next. All I knew was I needed to continue to improve on my mental, emotional and spiritual growth. I also knew I couldn’t go back to the “people, places and things” that contributed to drinking. As I started to accept that part of myself, I was having an existential crisis. I kept thinking, “OK, now what? What do I do next?”
So, purely for myself, with no agenda, other than to cultivate a stronger mindset, I began pursuing my masters in sport and performance psychology and was inspired by the core principle.
- Finding a greater sense of purpose
- Cultivating intrinsic motivation
- Focusing on process rather than outcomes (routines)
- Developing distraction control strategies to improve focus and attention
- Regulating anxiety
- Practicing visualization and imagery
- Nurturing mindfulness
- Creating the conditions to achieve a “flow” state
- Committing to mental toughness and resilience
I realized the guiding principles behind sports and performance psychology could be applied to help people in recovery, especially as a guide in the early days of sobriety. The seed began to germinate, and I started thinking about sober homes and sober communities. So, I decided to create a sober-living community where performance psychology informs the overall philosophy and structure of our environment and how this mindset can be applied to your recovery and your life. The primary objective is to use the principles of psychology to enhance human performance, in every area of your life, especially in your recovery.
I want to help you with your comeback story.
