Eight things you can do to find healing. ___ Your body, your brain, and your emotional life are primed for healing. If you find yourself stuck in unhealthy patterns, this is not the way you are meant to live. Lately, I’ve been thinking and writing about healing because it can create true and real change. … More How to Heal Your Unhealthy Relationship Patterns
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The Pull-Up Principle can teach us some important things about recovery ___ My family got me thinking about Pull-Ups the other day… To clarify, this is not the Pull-Ups you do with the bar, the kind of Pull-Ups that you wear. My wife runs a Preschool and my kid’s volunteer at our church’s preschool program. … More If You Want to Fully Recover, It’s Time to Take off Your Pull-Up
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
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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?
Healing means rebuilding your relationship with joy. ___ En-joi – “To take pleasure in” (something) and “To have or experience” (something good or helpful). Websters Enjoy your life! My wife. What kind of relationship do you have with joy? You know – pleasure, unbridled gladness and internalized happiness? Not happy-smiley optimism… but real-live-joy that breaks through the walls. … More How is Your Relationship with Joy?
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If you are in recovery, go ahead and fall in love. Your life may depend on it. ___ Recovery wisdom says that we shouldn’t fall in love in the first year of recovery. The idea is that you need to focus on yourself because the crazy-love feelings will hijack your recovery. Falling in love should … More The Benefits of Falling in Love in Recovery
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
Getting High on Recovery 