Is your recovery a sort of homecoming? ___ A few weeks ago I had a tough day. No, actually it was more like a tough week. I would like to think that it came up on me quickly, but in reality it was right there, simmering in the background for days. Ever had a week … More Recovery and How to Build a Bridge to Healing
Yes, you are becoming your parents… relax, that can make you even better ___ I swore I would never be like him. I dressed differently. I didn’t drink. I broke the cycle. But no matter what I did, I still have become like my father. It’s taken me a lot of years to admit it, … More Do You Hate Yourself For Being Like Your Parents?
Click photo for article on how to embrace your past. 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 best of my writing. If you … More Your Past Can Be a Part of Your Potential
Click on photo for article on the victim mentality and how to change it. 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 best of … More What You Can do to Change a Victim Mentality
How can you let go of the past? By embracing it. ___ Things have happened to you that cause you pain. You may also have done other things that cause you pain. How can you embrace what pains you, the anchors that seem to bring you down? In a previous article, I wrote Your past … More Don’t Hate Your Past, Embrace It
Do you have trouble letting go? ___ I have a problem with hanging onto things too long. One summer when I was a teenager, I went with a friend and his family to Kalamalka Lake in British Columbia. On the lake, there is a spot with a high cliff face and an overhanging tree swing. … More 5 Ways That Will Help You To Let Go of the Past
An adult child of divorce faces the facts that good did come out of it for him and his brother. ___ Mom and Dad, When I heard that you were getting a divorce, I cried. The pain seemed to ball up inside like an unexpressed fist. Even after 25 years, that season of our lives is … More Dear Divorced Parents, Could Divorce Make Your Kids Lives Better?
This is my little story about stains I like wearing stained shirts when I am having a little “me time.” Stains remind me about yesterday… and in some cases they remind me about the past several days. In a way, stains are like wearable souvenirs. Stains are also useful: They act like a memory device and they help … More My Stained Glass Shirt
“When times are good and the ship of state only needs to sail straight, mentally healthy people function well as political leaders. But in times of crisis and tumult, those who are mentally abnormal, even ill, become the greatest leaders. We might call this the Inverse Law of Sanity.” Nassir Ghaemi, PhD I am working … More The Leader’s Mental Health: The Degree from the University of Suffering They Will Never Tell You About
Getting High on Recovery 