It is a gross understatement to say that Self-Care is important, but if you ask people what they’re doing for Self-Care, far too many will answer you with their best blank stare. There is an incorrect assumption that self-care is selfish. If you believe this… please hear me when I say, “Self-care is not selfish; […]
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During the second half of last year I went through an emotional upheaval of epic proportions. No area of my life was left untouched. Some of it was good, most of it wasn’t. I went into a tailspin and sunk into a deep depression. You probably noticed that the blog posts stopped. When it came
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Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed? There have been times in my life when I doubted my ability to survive whatever challenge I was facing. To date, my doubts have all proven to be unfounded. My survival rate as of this writing is 100%. I credit my survival with a few tricks that I’ve learned
How to Conquer the World, 15 Minutes at a Time Read More »
We’ve all heard stories about people who appeared healthy by all outward indicators suddenly dropping dead from a heart attack or stroke. Cancer is diagnosed at stage 5 and when asked “didn’t you notice any symptoms?” the patient responds with either “no,” or some variation of “yes, but I ignored them.” Have you heard
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… I’ve come to the conclusion that I will never be completely free of my codependent tendencies… In the context that I made that statement last week, it fit and made sense, but it still bothered me. As true as it may be, it sounds hopeless. Communicating hopelessness completely contradicts my purpose. I’d like to
From Hopeless to Hopeful in 12 (Not So Easy) Steps Read More »
Codependent Recovery can be like maneuvering through a maze. I’ve been saying for years that the alcoholics have it easy… when they relapse, there is no doubt in their minds what happened. They took a drink, sobriety ended. I don’t say that to be flippant or to discount the struggles that alcoholics face. I just
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Now that I’ve completed the 30-Day Blog Challenge, I wanted to take a few minutes and share some updates and give you an idea of what to expect from here. If you haven’t already, you will soon notice some advertising on the blog. One of my goals is to be able to support myself with
When I decided I wanted to start this blog, I knew that I didn’t have enough knowledge to do it from scratch. Sure, I’d had two blogs over on Blogger, but those were sub-domains and very techno-tard friendly. I knew this project was going to require its own domain and skills I just didn’t have.
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When I first heard about my “Inner Child,” I immediately dismissed the idea as a load of crap, mumbo-jumbo, psycho-babble, b.s., call it what you want… I wasn’t buying it. Mind you, I was raised by a woman who was raised in a generation where emotions were generally dismissed. They surely weren’t something to
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Every personal development or success coach I’ve ever heard speak about change has all said some variation of the same theme. “If you want to make a big change or achieve an important goal, you have to have a very clearly defined reason for doing it.” The idea is that unless we’ve got a clearly
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Anyone who has had more than two real* conversations with me knows I am chock full of quotes, quips and clichés about Recovery. Specifically, about my recovery from codependency. One of my favorites is “When I start a sentence with “you gotta,” “you needta,” or “you shoulda,” I’m getting into business that isn’t my
You Gotta, You Needta, You Shoulda… Stoppit! Read More »
