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Day 5: Strengthen Boundaries

Day 5 of 12 Days of Emotional Sobriety Having strong emotional boundaries means knowing yourself 8211 where you stop and others start So many addicts get caught up in emotional

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Day 3: Structure Your Time and Energy Wisely

Day 3 of 12 Days of Emotional Sobriety I did a test a few years ago that confirmed that I have a personality that abhors routine I chuckled thinking that

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Day 2: Take 100% Responsibility for your Decisions and Attitudes

Day 2 of 12 Days of Emotional Sobriety One of the common emotional deficits that alcoholic addicts face is the tendency to blame others for their own errors or slip

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Day 1: Increase Self-Awareness

Day 1 of 12 Days of Emotional Sobriety I want your holiday season to be the best one ever Improve each day by staying in touch with your thoughts feelings

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Sobriety Matters: 12 Tips for Celebrating Sobriety This Holiday Season

The best gift you can give yourself and your loved ones is to take your sobriety seriously this holiday season Over many years I ve learned both personally and professionally

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Is Fear Holding You Back?

We all feel fear at times It s human it s built in it signals danger and if we listen we move in the other direction But too many people

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Stay focused on Self Love this Valentine’s Day!

Stay focused on Self Love this Valentine s Day That way if you don t have a significant other you can still enjoy the day because of the love you

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Can you receive as well as you can give?

Most of the attention this time of year is on giving I get it It s the time for many of us to express our love and appreciation for others
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7 Keys to Happiness

Could you use more happiness in your life I m Sue Diamond Potts and I recently learned what factors are involved in the lives of the happiest people in the

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The 4 Agreements for Peace of Mind

Going on Retreat At the end of August each year I attend a 2 week meditation retreat This is an important time for me to exit from my busy life

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Did You Know… When It Comes To Couples Therapy, Timing Matters – Part 2

On our last post we touched on the fact many couples wait until after they are married or until their relationship is falling apart to seek help In fact

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Celebrating Fathers with Feelings

nbsp As Father s Day approaches I wanted to share about the men I help and the problems they want to overcome While research shows that boys generally speaking

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Self-Hate or Self-Love Challenge – A Summary

SELF LOVE The Big Winner I couldn t be more thrilled with the overwhelming response to our 14 Days of Self Love challenge this month We reached over 5 000

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Self-Hate or Self-Love – What’s My Choice?

I believe there is a universal desire in all of us to love and be loved We want to be connected to others who see us as good people who

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My Love of India

Even though I ve been back from India for several weeks now as I promised here is a follow up of my short but intensely beautiful trip As part of

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Wisdom and Wholeness

I ve been in India for the last 10 days and it is HOT unseasonably so I was told that October is the nicest time to visit due to the

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Thought for today: April 1, 2015

Spend time with yourself 8211 alone not doing anything just being Be nice to yourself 8211 treat yourself like a best friend Say that you are 8220 precious 8221 because

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Thought for today: March 25, 2015

If we stay present with ourselves life opens up to reveal all roads ahead 8211 we have choice to respond to act to move towards the infinite When we are

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Thought for today: March 24, 2015

What if what was hidden inside was not awful How wonderful to be able to explore what is within 8211 that can be uncovered discovered and welcomed Imagine that all

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Thought for today: March 18, 2015

Look into yourself through a golden thread veil at who you really are No need to avoid anything 8211 no need to hide from the truth or lie to yourself

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Thought for today: March 13, 2015

Be Yourself 8211 accomplish your dreams 8211 sounds obvious but not really How often do you think 8220 I 8217 m not as good as 8230 they won 8217 t

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Thought for today: March 10, 2015

8220 The Habit of Everything 8221 8211 The reason I say this is because habit is pervasive and it keeps us from making mindful choices It is about unconscious

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Thought for today: March 7, 2015

There is so much more to who we are than our physical form It 8217 s sometimes difficult to remember that when our culture promotes so much attention on our

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Thought for today: March 6, 2015

It 8217 s a fact that we don 8217 t recognize our Greatness enough Instead we are conditioned to think negatively of ourselves 8211 see our faults what we do

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Are you as smart as an 8 Year old?

Unexpected Surprises I love brain science It fascinates me and I appreciate how much it helps us to understand why we do the things we do 8211 both the things

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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
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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
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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