For article, “Are You at War with Your Pain or with the People in Your Life?” click on the photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, … More In Life, Healing is Optional
For article, “Are You at War with Your Pain or with the People in Your Life?” click on the photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, … More Can You Learn from Your Pain Rather than Lashing Out?
For article, “Are You at War with Your Pain or with the People in Your Life?” click on the photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, … More Your Pain Can be a Tool or a Pathway
In life, healing is optional. Not everyone signs up to do the work. ___ Is your pain something to be experienced, worked through or overcome? Or is your pain a tool? Not everyone wants to heal. For some people, their pain can become a tool to use (against or upon others) rather than an … More Are You at War with Your Pain or with the People in Your Life?
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
Happy, outgoing and funny. But he was depressed, and no one knew. ___ Money, hockey and the NHL. Christ Burns faced a devastating injury and overnight he went from elite to bed ridden. His career was over, but he lost more than a job. His life was on the line. His friends thought he was the … More One Man’s Hidden Struggle With Depression
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?
Getting High on Recovery 