I recently made a slide show, my first…so be nice:-) I wanted to show the unexpected fall into addiction, but not from the addicts point of view, from the parents point – from the place of devastation and grief, of lost hope, isolation and pain.
It is non the less an ad for The Unexpected [...]
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The Unexpected Path Your child is Walking is quite unlike other support groups out there for parents.
It takes a great deal of courage to support another person, to not buy into their victim story that keeps them suffering. It also takes a great deal of courage for parents to be willing to move out of [...]
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So, what is Life Coaching?
Coaching originated with top-achieving corporate individuals and sports athletes. It has now become a wide-spread phenomenon with successful individuals in all walks of life. Coaching has become more and more specialized. Meaning you can find a life coach who works specifically with the type of person you are, or [...]
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I remember thinking I was one of the most honest people I knew. I liked honesty and looked for it in others. Friends and family, they had to be honest in order to have my attention and friendship. Lie, and you may have a second chance, but never a third, you were [...]
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I am not sure yet if I know where I would fit into a program with counselors and therapists…
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Oooh remembering to have compassion with ourselves today. We can be so fragile, we have witnessed a great deal, we have survived the storm, and now we are learning how to be with life, without drugs or alcohol…
Practicing being compassionate with ourselves and others can make a difference.
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We speak about recovery and often I wonder what is “recovery”, what does that mean exactly.
And then of course I begin to explain it to myself:-) Well, I wanted to recover my memory, that was missing when I entered recovery. I also worked hard for a few years in trying to recover a [...]
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My word for today, expand.
To expand, means to open up or out; spread out; unfold.
How does this apply for me today? In what areas of my life today can I expand?
Can I learn something new? Always, there is such an unending source of learning and discovery available to all of us. A walk [...]
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