For article, “Maybe it’s Time to Give Yourself the Gift of Closure?” click on the photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, relationships, and personal growth. … More What is Closure? It is a Living Space
3 Ways that mindfulness can support your recovery from addiction and mental illness ___ Mindfulness. What comes to mind when you read the word mindfulness? For me, mindfulness brings up images of being on a sunny beach, a few puffy clouds in the sky, drenched in sun and sitting on a sandy beach. Maybe that’s … More When Your Mind is a War-Zone, You Become the Casualty
What is closure to you? What do you need to have happen in order to feel closure? ___ Closure. It’s not about closing the door and locking something inside or away from yourself so that it can’t hurt you anymore. The word closure means to “bring order to something.” It connotes a type of fence, … More Maybe it’s Time to Give Yourself the Gift of Closure?
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!
Learning to take healthy, positive risks is one factor in being a healthy, thriving person. ___ I have a problem with hanging onto things too long. One summer when I was a teenager, I went camping with a friend and his family to Kalamalka Lake in beautiful British Columbia. On the lake, there is a … More In Recovery, Risk is Both Your Enemy and Your Friend
Getting High on Recovery 