7 Ways to prepare yourself for a fantastic recovery, healing, and growth. ___ Are you ready for today? One of your most important goals is to learn to be ready. Being ready is powerful and it can change your life. Readiness is important because you have a storm awaiting you as soon as you set … More Your Recovery Wants to be Fantastic. Are You Ready for it?
Most people with an addiction are successful? ___ Most people with an addiction are successful. Most keep their jobs and have relationships that work, at least for a while. Most live life and find some measure of joy. Some even go on to fantastic success. Just think of Charlie Sheen. So does addiction make you … More The Successful Addict
Click on photo for an article about the lessons we can only learn from falling down. 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 How Can Falling Down Teach You About Getting Back Up?
Lessons from Wrecking Your Trailer ___ It was an accident. And I felt like an idiot. You know those signs entering some parking lots that say “Maximum “7′ 7” “? Normally I ignore them because my truck is way under that height. But then I went on holidays. And I towed my trailer. Yea. I didn’t … More Don’t Let Disaster Ruin Your Joy
Dust contains tiny bits of life. ___ 20 years of dust It came out of nowhere. I went to sleep And it found me An inch thick and a mile wide Like a blanket, But cold And lonely. Befriended by dust And a lonely couch Lost without a map Sick without a doctor. … More The Dusty Man
Car accidents can have a humorous side ___ My car was a sandwich this week. My wife was waiting for a light and someone collided with her, mushrooming the back end and sending her into the vehicle in front. Both ends of our vehicle ended up being curled under and the car was undrivable. Moods, … More 9 Great Things About Car Accidents
Recovery can give you new music, but first you have to embrace your silence. ___ He was a huge help. His uniform said “Security,” but he was more like a human GPS. I was late for an appointment, sweaty and in a bit of a panic. I walked up to his building and before I could even … More What Tinnitus is Teaching me About Recovery
I tried to teach my son a life lesson but I realized that it was meant for me. ___ Pumpkin pie is naked without the whipped cream. For Thanksgiving, we wanted the perfect pie, so I taught my son how to make whipping cream. It was a cool father-son moment. I explained the process to him … More Sometimes You and I Need a THANKSKEEPING
If you could go back and talk to your younger self, what would you say? In case you are wondering, I don’t regularly talk to myself out loud. I don’t say affirmations in front of the mirror. I am not on medications, but I think that medications can be helpful. Just like glasses, hearing aids … More Letter to your younger self
I am not a big fan of tall forests of corn, screaming children and dead ends. Yet, that is exactly what my family and I paid money to experience this weekend at the Edmonton Corn Maze. Despite the weeping and gnashing of teeth that went on around us, we had fun. I even realized a … More Five lessons that I learned at the Edmonton Corn Maze
Getting High on Recovery 