Recovery is hard but being a stubborn jackass is optional. ___ Warning: This post is hard stuff. Relationships are not part of your recovery, they are your recovery. Recently I wrote in my journal these powerful and inspiring words: Relationships are my recovery. The quality and depth of my relationships says a great deal about … More How Not to be a Stubborn Jackass in Your Recovery
For article on Recovery and Learning to Walk in the Dark, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest and … More Recovery and Embracing the Darkness
For article on Carrie Fisher and Recovery: Learning to Embrace Your Dark Side, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest … More Carrie Fisher and Learning to Embrace Our Dark Side
I don’t have an easy spirituality and sometimes recovery can kick me in the teeth. But my darkness is one of my best teachers. ___ A friend of mine recently suggested that I read some of Barbara Brown Taylor’s work. I have purchased two of her books, Leaving Church and Learning to Walk in the … More Recovery and Learning to Walk in the Dark
Princess Leia has some important things to say to you about accepting your dark side. ___ “Embrace the dark side,” may have been something that Darth Vader said to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, but it is good advice for your recovery. How well do you know your dark side? Your shadow is the one … More Carrie Fisher and Recovery: Learning to Embrace Your Dark Side
For article on how relapse can improve your recovery, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest and best of … More Perfectionism Will Destroy Your Recovery
In early 2017 I will be setting aside time to study for an exam to become a Clinical Addiction Counsellor. Currently I am provisional in my designation, but I am working towards a full international certification as a Clinical Addiction Counsellor. If you are interested, you can learn more about me and about the designation … More What I am Up to in 2017
Think you have no choice? Think again. ___ Bad marriage? Bad habits? Bad hair? Or your life is just Badd. Whatever you are facing, you can learn to be badder. You have more choices at your disposal than you imagine. Too many choices can be overwhelming. But not enough choice can make you feel trapped. … More Bad Marriage, Bad Habits or Bad Hair… You Have More Choices Than You Imagine!
Your today contains the seeds for a better tomorrow ___ There it was, staring at me. My breakfast cereal hit me with some unusual wisdom. The flakes and nuggets became flecks and nuggets of gold. The lessons came to me when I thought about the milk to crunchiness ratio. Stay with me, friend. This one … More Recovery Lessons Courtesy of Your Cereal Box
For article on the 5 Awesome Things About Recovery, click on the photo above. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest and best of … More What Does it Take to have Successful Recovery?
Getting High on Recovery 