You have one brain, but if you want to heal you need two minds: Your rebel mind and your awake mind. ___ Your mind is different than your brain. Your brain is physical, but your mind is more like your spiritual self. Literally, your brain is the meat but your mind is how you think … More Recovery and the Importance of Having Two Minds
Completely incomplete. Your mind is completely incomplete. On the one hand, perfect and finished and on the other hand still growing and always stumbling (For more on this, see my post on how failure can teach you to do pretty much anything). My teenager thinks slow. He is not slow, it’s just that his brain fires … More Your Mind is Completely Incomplete
Blinking is an Act of Surrender and It Can Change Your Perspective ___ Have you heard that you live 10% of your waking life with your eyes closed? It’s true. You blink around 28,000 times per day which amounts to about 10% of your waking hours. (If you sleep for 8 hours, you are awake … More Did You Know That Blinking Will Open Your Mind?
If your life is full of yesterday’s energy then you have nothing left for today ___ Did you know that your brain likes to recycle? Your brain has a limited capacity, you can’t store everything up there. So your brain becomes selective in what it hangs onto. You and I remember the really important details … More Maybe it’s Time to Sell Your Memories?
Addiction and Mental Health can tear away at who you are inside. ___ Unquiet. It’s not a word, but we all know what it means: Disturbed, noisy, busy and unfocused. On the outside, you and I can seem so… normal. But inside, our minds are unquiet. People see the behaviour: drinking, arguments, instability, moods, gloom, … More Addiction and the Unquiet Mind
6 Ways to Bring Your Body With You in Your Recovery ___ Recovery begins when you reach a point of decision. For some of us, it is when we are at the end of ourselves when our health demands it, or when we realize we are heading down a path of certain destruction. Recovery begins when … More How to Recover Your Mind and Your Body
This is one of the most difficult posts I have ever written. ___ Imagine a magic trick where you are the one to disappear. Someone else is left holding the rabbit, but the rabbit has fangs. The trick? It is a great one called Avoidance. Addiction is like a magic trick: It is a mystery that … More Addiction: Avoidance and Your Fanged Rabbit
Shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts. Ann Lamott What is your best mistake? When I was 18, I took a volunteer job as a camp counsellor for a week: First mistake. To prepare, I packed my own suitcase: Mistake … More Mental Health: How to Stop Recycling Your Mistakes
If you enjoy this article, I have related article on the topic of self-research (human guinea pig) meditation called Coffee Bean Meditation. Do you like meetings? No one that I know likes meetings, but we all get roped into them. Maybe leaders should take a class on how to make meetings fun? That might … More How to Make Your Meetings More Interesting
“Coffee brings out my better self.” Coffee. Just saying the word makes me pause. I began my relationship with coffee in my early thirties. I knew almost immediately this would be a lifetime of Bean Love. I constantly search for the perfect ratio of cream and sugar. I like my coffee medium oak in color, two … More How A Cup of Coffee May Help You to Get Your Mind Back
Getting High on Recovery 