Blinking is an Act of Surrender and It Can Change Your Perspective ___ Have you heard that you live 10% of your waking life with your eyes closed? It’s true. You blink around 28,000 times per day which amounts to about 10% of your waking hours. (If you sleep for 8 hours, you are awake … More Did You Know That Blinking Will Open Your Mind?
Healing means rebuilding your relationship with joy. ___ En-joi – “To take pleasure in” (something) and “To have or experience” (something good or helpful). Websters Enjoy your life! My wife. What kind of relationship do you have with joy? You know – pleasure, unbridled gladness and internalized happiness? Not happy-smiley optimism… but real-live-joy that breaks through the walls. … More How is Your Relationship with Joy?
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If you are in recovery, go ahead and fall in love. Your life may depend on it. ___ Recovery wisdom says that we shouldn’t fall in love in the first year of recovery. The idea is that you need to focus on yourself because the crazy-love feelings will hijack your recovery. Falling in love should … More The Benefits of Falling in Love in Recovery
How can you let go of the past? By embracing it. ___ Things have happened to you that cause you pain. You may also have done other things that cause you pain. How can you embrace what pains you, the anchors that seem to bring you down? In a previous article, I wrote Your past … More Don’t Hate Your Past, Embrace It
Do you have trouble letting go? ___ I have a problem with hanging onto things too long. One summer when I was a teenager, I went with a friend and his family to Kalamalka Lake in British Columbia. On the lake, there is a spot with a high cliff face and an overhanging tree swing. … More 5 Ways That Will Help You To Let Go of the Past
Each decision is an opportunity to experience life in a new way; to learn and grow, to find out who you are and what you would like to do in this life. Each path is strewn with opportunities – despite the outcome. Susan Jeffers, Feel the Fear, p. 114 This is taken from a recent … More Fear and Recovery: What You Can Do When Fear Has You Fenced In
A healthy mind is a healthy soul. ___ Mental health and faith can feel like two separate worlds. For many people, they look at life as either spiritual or physical/mental. Mixing the two is like trying to mix steak and Kraft Dinner. They just don’t seem to fit. But this is not healthy, because a … More The Weight of Living: Mental Health and Faith
Your grouch stands between you and the life that you want to live. ___ You have one. We all do. He is never quiet. And he hates the limelight. He delights in mistakes, missteps and missed opportunities. He dwells in the depths and loves the trash bins of your life. Who is this mysterious person? … More Recovery and Your Inner Grouch
If your life is full of yesterday’s energy then you have nothing left for today ___ Did you know that your brain likes to recycle? Your brain has a limited capacity, you can’t store everything up there. So your brain becomes selective in what it hangs onto. You and I remember the really important details … More Maybe it’s Time to Sell Your Memories?
Getting High on Recovery 