We deny ourselves the right to exist based on what has happened in our past, what other people have told us about ourselves, and the mistakes we feel we have made. I have found to truly make the stride from …
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Recovery & Trauma
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Amanda Lee shares tools related to focusing on nurturing yourself in the present. By making choices and changes now, you can prevent overwhelm and feelings of powerlessness often experienced when making grand resolutions. What did you choose to do to …
Read more →There is much talk of seasonal depression this time of year, as we face days of lengthening darkness. It can feel like a tightening coil twisting inside of your chest as the stress and unrelenting thoughts compound themselves. The most …
Read more →Regardless of your familial situation, facing the holidays can be daunting; especially for survivors and people in recovery…I should know! I’ve cringed at the looming specter of faking holiday cheer, once again trying to keep the peace when the …
Read more →Questions and emotions can inundate the mind when preparing to walk out of the door and brave what can feel like exposure and judgment. The energy drain of facing a new day starts before we even leave the house. It …
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Seeking to reclaim herself after a tumultuous relationship, fraught with infidelity and heartache a reader, Jaki S., asked me: “How do I get my power back, when it feels like it has gone and it is not going to return …
Read more →As I introduced in last week’s article, I am continuing with the series on “How Do I…Without You,” a look at codependent tendencies in relationships. This week I would like to share the ways in which I have unsuccessfully sought to …
Read more →After 89 moves, over the past 38 years, I thought that I would be more capable of anticipating the Rota Fortunae Gravitron swirling push of emotional vs logistical pressures that housing and geographical shifts bring with them. Certainly dealing with those last remnants …
Read more →Early February 2008, I was in the back of a white MSF land cruiser, sitting on one of the fold down bench seats, facing the Deputy Director of MSF-Holland. We had all managed to clad ourselves in our most …
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