Please bear with me. It’s Friday and I need to let off a little steam. Mental health is about finding your safe place and that is what this site is. A safe place for you, and for me. Blessed are the faithful, who delight in Google’s Terms of Service, and who meditate on those … More A Psalm for the Children: “Mom and Dad, Please Fix the WiFi”
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For article, How to Respond to Emotional Triggers Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, click on the photo. 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 Rather Than Avoid a Trigger, Change Your Relationship With it!
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Using the SINCD tool to respond to your triggering thoughts and emotions ___ You have felt it. Your heart is beating. You feel flushed. You may be frustrated, stressed or you just had a fight with your significant other or your kids. You crave relief of the tension because somewhere inside you something feels … More How to Respond to Emotional Triggers using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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You are moving forward in your recovery when you feel uncomfortable and more alive at the same time. ___ What doesn’t kill you, still almost killed you. Happy Thought Recovery and risk I try to avoid things that could eat me, squash me or otherwise send me into hypothermia. I stay away from bears, speeding … More Recovery and Learning to Live With Risk
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Ask yourself how far your lectures have gotten you? ___ There are a lot of things that you can start at New Years. New exercise programs. New eating routines. New approach to your marriage. New, new, new. Starting new things is fun. But there is one thing that is even better. I want to stop … More The Best New Years Resolution: Go on a Lecture Diet
The most important moment in recovery is BEFORE you make a change. ___ The moments before you make a change are the most important ones. The moments before you make a change are the most important ones. What do you think about this? Before you decide to quit alcohol, or reduce your substance use, or … More Moments Count in Our Recovery
Getting High on Recovery 