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What Africa Taught Me About Addiction & Trauma
This summer my husband Bob and I had the privilege of visiting Uganda & Kenya. While we certainly took the opportunity to go on a couple of safaris and honestly felt like we were in the middle of a National
Emotional Sobriety Matters
Welcome to the first edition of Emotional Sobriety Matters. I am so excited to be sharing with you on this topic. Whenever I have mentioned the idea of “emotional sobriety” to others, it receives a positive response, “Wow, I like
What Constitutes Contented Sobriety?
Hello and welcome to the fall edition of Emotional Sobriety Matters. I hope you all enjoyed our beautiful summer and that you took time to relax and enjoy yourself. I particularly love the long days – as I feel like
Christmas Shopping
“When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping” is an expression that fits this type of spender. Under stress, shopping relieves anxiety and provides a temporary ‘high’ in the form of new things.
Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
What I find hopeful is that many more people today are waking up to the fact that we can be the authors of a new generation of memes. It is when we make a conscious effort to change our negative
Developing Spirituality For Trauma Survivors – Part 1
I’m passing along some interesting thoughts I recently heard in a teleseminar on Spirituality with Joan Borysenko, along with my own ideas on the subject. Spirituality is a part of our make up, but it is often obscured by painful
Developing Spirituality For Trauma Survivors – Part
In my last newsletter, I gave you some ideas about defining yourself and your spirituality, I mentioned the 8 positive qualities that Dr. George Valliant states make up an internal state that we can think of as “spiritual”. These qualities
Gift Giving With Meaning
With the holiday season around the corner, the necessity of gift giving is on most of our minds. Many of us feel pressured to provide and ‘prove’ our love for others in a strictly material way. But gift-giving is much
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