When Summer Vacation is Far from a Vacation

Spring into Summer by Developing Healthy Strategies for Yourself
SEYMOUR, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--
The kids are playing in the backyard and enjoying their break from school. Your
husband is enjoying the day on the golf course. And you`re cleaning up the
house, folding laundry and cooking three meals. Sound familiar?

Although summer is a time known for enjoying the sun, most women continue on
with their normal routine of caring for their family and do not treat themselves
to a break. Summer is the ideal time to channel the energy normally used to help
others into a vacation, private time and break from daily responsibility. This
technique can aid in preventing physical and emotional struggles that occur when
a woman makes caring for others her top priority and neglects herself.

Jacqueline Dawes, founder and owner of Brookhaven Retreat, a multidisciplinary
treatment facility for women, says that women must adapt their daily routine to
focus on their own needs, and find the time to nurture themselves.

"I have recently encountered several women who sought treatment following an
emotional breakdown, all of whom were hesitant to leave their daily family
responsibilities," said Dawes. "There must be a healthy balance between caring
for your family and caring for yourself."

Studies show that most emotional breakdowns are caused by stress and that women
are more likely than men to experience said struggle. Women tend to experience
anxiety due to work responsibilities, finances and family stresses. The
breakdown typically occurs following an ongoing emotional fight during which the
body crosses a threshold.

"If a woman sets in place healthy, adaptive strategies and goals that create an
environment in which she is relaxed, she can then further care for herself and
her family, and happily," said Dawes. "A woman needs the foresight to break from
daily practice and enjoy some time off in order to prevent against emotional
breakage."

A few suggestions for relieving stress during the Summer months:

* Treat yourself to a weekend getaway
* Dine out instead of in
* Indulge in a manicure, pedicure or massage
* Enlist family and friends to pitch in on routine tasks
* Plant a garden with your favorite herbs and vegetables
* Go swimming, hiking or running
* Sip some freshly squeezed lemonade

Brookhaven Retreat is a premier dual-diagnosis facility specializing in
individualized treatment that links women with the appropriate support needed to
begin healing. It is a fully-accredited facility with both a mental health and a
substance abuse license.

For more information, call 877-817-3422 or visit www.brookhavenretreat.com.

About Brookhaven Retreat

Brookhaven Retreat is a unique, voluntary residential treatment facility
specially designed to help women overcome emotional trauma or addiction
challenges.The fully accredited and certified dual-diagnosis center is America's
premier treatment center for emotional trauma and addiction and offers
female-specific treatment.Located on 48 beautiful acres in the foothills of the
Great Smoky Mountains, it offers modern, holistic care with compassion and
respect from a highly trained expert staff of licensed therapists, physicians,
registered nurses, nurse practitioners and licensed practical nurses.Visit
www.brookhavenretreat.com for more information.

Brookhaven Retreat
Rebecca Oppenheimer, 404-367-2773
Roppenheimer@golinharris.com

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