Princess Leia has some important things to say to you about accepting your dark side. ___ “Embrace the dark side,” may have been something that Darth Vader said to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, but it is good advice for your recovery. How well do you know your dark side? Your shadow is the one … More Carrie Fisher and Recovery: Learning to Embrace Your Dark Side
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For article on the lessons you can learn from depression and mental illness, click on the photo above. 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 … More Most Read Mental Health Post of 2016: Depression will make you a Better Human
Think you have no choice? Think again. ___ Bad marriage? Bad habits? Bad hair? Or your life is just Badd. Whatever you are facing, you can learn to be badder. You have more choices at your disposal than you imagine. Too many choices can be overwhelming. But not enough choice can make you feel trapped. … More Bad Marriage, Bad Habits or Bad Hair… You Have More Choices Than You Imagine!
Your today contains the seeds for a better tomorrow ___ There it was, staring at me. My breakfast cereal hit me with some unusual wisdom. The flakes and nuggets became flecks and nuggets of gold. The lessons came to me when I thought about the milk to crunchiness ratio. Stay with me, friend. This one … More Recovery Lessons Courtesy of Your Cereal Box
For article on the 5 Awesome Things About Recovery, click on the photo above. 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 Does it Take to have Successful Recovery?
A slip made me realize that I have defined recovery as being perfect rather than improving. ___ This post is personal for me. Last week, I had another junk food binge. Christmas is hell on my recovery for a lot of reasons and for me right now, food is a battleground. This time, I … More How Relapse has Improved My Recovery
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Guest contributor Rick Fortier shares how recovery has changed his life ___ The thought of recovery terrified me. A part of me assumed the worst and the life I knew would be over. I would lose everything I that I had worked for. It was difficult to imagine a life without my go-to coping mechanisms. … More 5 Awesome Things About Recovery
For article on Christmas and the many gifts of recovery, click on the photo above. 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 … More Healing and Recovery is a Gift That You Give to Yourself
Getting High on Recovery 