If All that You Do is Stop Drinking, Using, Feeling Depressed or Anxious… You are Not Really in Recovery ___ Recovery is much more than what you want to stop doing, cut back, stay away or abstain from. Abstain from drug use Stay away from alcohol No longer feel sad all of the time Stop … More In Recovery, What you Want to Stop is Not Really Important
Are you creating a life or creating distance from life? ___ Whatever creates distance from living can become an addiction. I have found that even healthy practices can make me feel less real, less alive… Our practice of yoga, exercise, suntanning, shopping, social media, enjoying a social drink or writing this blog can each be … More Addiction and the Urge to Create Distance
It’s Canada Day today. I hope you are enjoying your day and celebrating the great nation you are in, no matter where you are. I hope that you take time to be with the most important people in your life. To read my article, “Vulnerability is a Risk but it Will Make You Alive,” click … More Vulnerability and Your Recovery
The distance we keep from others says a great deal about our fear of knowing ourselves and being known. ___ “He was a quiet guy. The type of guy you pictured one day taking a gun out and going on a shooting rampage.” A friend of mine, Ryan Hall (Life and Creativity coach, and author) … More Vulnerability is a Risk, but it Will Make You Alive
For article on how Recovery and How Responsibility Will Set You Free, 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 … More Recovery Will Make You A Better Human Being
For article on how Recovery and How Responsibility Will Set You Free, 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 … More Sigmund Freud And Your Recovery
For article on how Recovery and How Responsibility Will Set You Free, 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 … More You Will Never Find Happiness in a Bottle of Pills
For article on how Recovery and How Responsibility Will Set You Free, 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 … More Deciding That You Are Dysfunctional is Safe
Think you are dysfunctional? Think again. ___ I promise you, dysfunction will take all of the fun out of your life As a counselor, I am usually the one who asks the questions. In fact, I often joke with people that I get paid for each question that I ask… so that’s why I ask … More Recovery and How Responsibility will Set You Free
For article on the 10 Ways that you protect yourself from pain and what you can do about it, 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 … More Rather than Protect Yourself, Project Yourself!
Getting High on Recovery 