I learned that if I didn’t open up and feel my sadness, I wouldn’t be able to feel anything. Acceptance helped me to find my way out of depression and to find a life that I wanted to live. What if an open door to sadness is an open door to life? Going through depression … More An Open Door to Sadness is an Open Door to Life
For article, “7 Ways that Therapy is Like Going to a Movie,” click on the photo.
If you want to let go of something, first you have to hold it. Unless you truly hold, you will never let go. How do you hold something closely, the thing that makes you want to numb-out-tune-out-walk-out… the thing that reminds you of helplessness, that brings back ghostly or ghastly memories? If you want to … More Want to Divorce Your Behavior? First You Have to Marry it!
For article, “Celebrate Your Baggage, it’s What Makes You Thrive!” click on photo.
Point blank — relationships are complicated. When they go south, they can sometimes be a blame game, and it’s all too easy point fingers at our partner when you-know-what hits the fan. But can we blame mental illness on our partner? While relationships can be amazing, enriching experiences, they do have the potential to be … More Can A Relationship Make You Mentally Ill?
As we grow, so do our knots. Over time, our knots move from our hands to our forehead to stomach, to tongue, to soul. For “The Many Pains of Full Fisted Living,” click on photo.
Is the shorthand-version-of-your-day helping you to live the life that you want? Or is it getting in your way? For article “The Words You Use to Describe Your Life May Be Making You Unhappy” click on photo.
You are not what your mind tells you that you are. You are more. For “What Can You Do When Your Mind is Not Kind?” click on photo.
For article “There is More to Your Life than What You are Experiencing Today,” click on photo.
Grace will not break it’s way into your life. Grace can use your circumstances, relationships and your vulnerabilities to quietly help you to bend around your brokenness. You may feel broken by addiction, depression, family, abuse, rejection, pain or by the consequences of your actions. These things may feel like they have broken you. Your … More If You Feel Broken, Remember that Grace Makes Beauty Out of Ugly Things
Getting High on Recovery 