Posted by in Addiction, Compassion, Fear, Forgiveness, Growth, Healing, Love, Mental Wellness, Recovery, Self Love, Strength I realized late in my own recovery (7 years) there was a strong difference between anonymity and anonymous. Anonymity is a choice made by the individual, anonymous can be a feeling and very possibly detrimental to recovery. There is so much stigma attached to addiction, the idea of telling people “I am a recovering…Read more »
Posted by in Addiction, Compassion, Growth, Healing, Love, Mental Wellness, Recovery, Self Love, Strength I have my own definition for addiction, the reason I use my own variation is I feel the DSM (Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Psychology) misses the mark since it is built solely on criteria and except for gambling only classifies substances as addiction. Most other publications also miss the definition mark; to show this I…Read more »
Posted by in Addiction, Compassion, Growth, Mental Wellness, Recovery, Strength No matter how much they abuse their partners, toxic people will always have a loyal following of fans clapping for everything they do. These people are blinded by shallow flattery that the manipulator uses to control them. This fan club changes often, as none of their friendships are deep or meaningful in any…Read more »
The traits of toxic people are far reaching in each case the trait can likely be explained in normal life, but toxic people take it to the extreme. The toxic people will enhance the trait for their own personal gain. In some cases they use these traits to get you to let down your guard,…Read more »
Posted by in Addiction, Compassion, Forgiveness, Healing, Mental Wellness, Recovery, Strength Honestly, without testing there is no way for someone to know for sure that anyone is a psychopath, sociopath or narcissist. Unless they walk up to you and say: “Hey, nice to meet you, I have been tested and I suffer from psychopathy! What’s your story?” And, if you have ever been in contact with…Read more »
Posted by in Addiction, Are You Listening?, Growth, Healing, Hypnosis, Mental Wellness, Recovery, Self Love, Spirituality, Strength Hypnosis is a series of natural and normal psychological processes used in a systematic sequence to create a relaxed mental state with greater receptivity to influence and change. That is a great definition if you are lecturing students, but really does it give you comfort? Does it reduce any fear if you have fear surrounding…Read more »
Posted by in Addiction, Compassion, Depression, Fear, Forgiveness, Growth, Healing, Love, Mental Wellness, Recovery, Self Love, Strength I know, that’s a really bold statement! I also know that as little as 2 weeks ago I would have said the exact opposite. I am one of those blessed people who entered a twelve-step program and never returned to the addiction portion of the emotional illness. So, I would have said; “recovery was totally possible…Read more »
Posted by in Fear, Growth, Just My Thoughts, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Strength The Jonah complex simply put is the fear of our own greatness.
Posted by in Addiction, Are You Listening?, Compassion, Depression, Fear, Forgiveness, Growth, Healing, Life, Love, Mental Wellness, PTSD, Raising Children, Recovery, Self Love, Spirituality, Strength When you think of emotional pain, what is at the root cause of it? I can only think of two things beyond the realm of disorders. The two things that I came up with were relationships or traumatic experiences. Both of these together or apart have the ability to send someone into a tailspin. In…Read more »
Posted by in Addiction, Are You Listening?, Compassion, Depression, Fear, Forgiveness, Growth, Healing, Just My Thoughts, Life, Love, Mental Wellness, PTSD, Raising Children, Recovery, Self Love, Spirituality, Strength Happy New Year Everyone, There have and continue to be many lessons from 2016 that will resonate with me for years to come. I hope over the year I can share some of them however right now I want to focus on “New Year”… So this is a new year! But, really what…Read more »