Do You Really Have Time For People Whose Entire Focus is Negative?

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The 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery: #2 Recovery is Within Your Grasp

Recovery is not what it used to be. The definition of “recovery” has changed and now includes recovery from mental illness. You don’t have to practice the 12 steps in order to recover. Your recovery is guided by principles that fit your life and help to bring out the best in you. This is the … More The 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery: #2 Recovery is Within Your Grasp

Recovery and How to Deal With Your Energy Vampires

9 Ways to deal with the energy vampires in your life ___ Energy Vampires. Porcupines. Kryptonite People. No matter how you describe them, they are exhausting people. In my article, Your Healing Manifesto, I wrote: We leave behind exhausting people, porcupines who delight in making attacks and sticking it to other people. The names we … More Recovery and How to Deal With Your Energy Vampires

A Day Off?

One of the things I don’t get very often is a day to do whatever I want. Work, family, house, chores and the to-do list seem to eat up most of the “free” time that I have. So I secretly long for the day when I can just do nothing. It becomes like an mantra … More A Day Off?