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An addict will never feel good enough without inner child work. 12 Steps are complete.Rehab is conquered.Therapy is continuing.Meetings are chipping. But, you still feel:Unworthy.Small.Incomplete. Sound familiar? Dopamine spikes resulting from sober achievements fueled my momentum for the firs...

Dec 20, 2024

7 Signs You Are a Wounded Healer

Ever consider there being a specific purpose behind your addiction experience? What if the breakdown of your life was an initiation for a higher purpose? Quitting the substance does not magically provide direction for your life. Sobriety can feel void of purpose until you’ve connected meaning t...

Dec 19, 2024

10 Steps to Jumpstart Your Journaling Practice

How many times have you been advised to keep a journal to supplement your sobriety? With the best of intentions, how many times have you stopped keeping a journal in less than a week? Without a journal, we repeat patterns. Without a journal, our accomplishments lose leverage. Without a journal, ...

Dec 19, 2024

How to Embrace Truth-Telling

Reframing Relpase Online Course How many people in your life know the real you? Do you even know the real you? Withholding your authenticity leads to disassociation. You wonder who is actually living your life. Ignorance of your authentic self leads to feeling stagnant. Misguided versions of y...

Dec 19, 2024

3 Steps to Finding Your Higher Power

Are you triggered by the concept of a higher power within the 12-step Program? What if I told you there is no higher power other than yourself? Hear me out: Many sober people are living without the substance but still feel unfulfilled. They haven’t fully embodied the healing process of sobriety....

Dec 19, 2024

You've Quit Using, but Are You Sober?

Consecutive days without using the substance or giving in to the behavior do not mean you're sober. Dependence on substances is the effect, sobriety unearths the causes. Ever wonder why the sober life still feels unfulfilling?Until you are able to unravel the distinct personality of your addictio...

Dec 19, 2024

Is Your Life Buffering

To help my clients describe how it feels to be "stuck" I developed the term "Life Buffering". This is a computer metaphor that almost anyone can relate to. Do you know how it feels to stare at the spinning wheel on your computer or TV screen while they buffer? Sometimes you have to reboot the who...

Dec 19, 2024

4 Steps to Forgive the Passed

What happened was inexcusable. But they died before closure could happen. Unforgiveness can be the invisible shackles that hold your entire life hostage. How can you forgive or be forgiven after that person has passed? The energy of unforgiveness is dense and can act like a computer virus in yo...

Dec 19, 2024

Transform Your Identity

The five stages of my sobriety journey are presented as the five states of personal transformation (alchemy). Ever pause to stare out the window and wonder if there is more to life? That’s your inner being speaking. We are all being nudged toward understanding our underlying purpose. So, how is ...

Dec 19, 2024

Make Decisions with Confidence

I used to be chronically indecisive. Can you relate? I had lost trust in my ability to make sound decisions. Through the alignment of my three brains, I’ve become resolute and unstoppable. What are the three brains? Have you ever met someone who makes decisions quickly and confidently, but is so...

Dec 19, 2024

Gratitude: The New Prozac

3 Ways to Increase Happiness Naturally. Do you pop a pill to maintain your mood? Do you wish there was an alternative to chemically enhanced happiness? According to the research, Gratitude is a natural anti-depressant* *With no negative side effects! Here's what I've experienced: As a meth add...

Dec 19, 2024

Dismount the Merry-Go-Round: 5 Ways to Break a Cycle

How many times throughout your life have you made this declaration: “I will never do THAT again?” And then you did it. I was trapped in this cycle for most of my life until I decided to take control. Here’s what I did: What is Hell on Earth? I would define it as being stuck in a loop; lost and...

Dec 19, 2024

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