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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I was standing near the time clock in the break room of a retail store where I worked when another employee came into the break room. I couldn’t see what he was looking at from where I was standing, but he started ranting and raving about how lazy
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In 1982 I made my first suicide attempt. I got to the end of myself, ate every pill in the medicine cabinet and waited to die. Three days later, on the way home from the hospital, my mother said two things that defined the way I saw myself for more than twenty years.
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When people ask me how I got into Celebrate Recovery, I tell them that I got so “sick of my life and sick of myself” that I was willing to do ANYTHING to change the direction of my life. For a long time, I saw that moment as “Rock Bottom,” and really, it
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Years ago, I was reading a self-help book that had a chapter on “Family of Origin” work. I posted on my local Flylady message board group that I was not looking forward to doing this work. One of the ladies in the group asked “Is this one of those Blame Your Parents books?”
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Photo by Sneaky Elbow on Unsplash I didn’t just wake up one morning and think “you know, I’ve had enough of this baggage, I think I’m going to set it down.” Part of me wishes it had been that easy, but then what would I have to write about? Instead, I took
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I’ve never seriously questioned the existence of God.* Growing up in the Catholic church, my mother took us to church every Sunday, Holiday and Holy day (in the church calendar.) To me, God has always been as real as the grass is green and the sky is blue. While I’m no longer Catholic,
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I recently took my 6th cruise – 3rd solo. I’m not afraid to travel alone, although it does have its ups and downs. Up: I can eat, drink, sleep or whatever… without having to consult anyone else. Down: I have to haul my own luggage from the car to the port and vice
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