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Recovery Bookshelf
My favourite recovery book hands down is, “The Language of Letting Go”, by Melody Beattie. When I bought this book in 1999, it was in the...
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25 Years of Recovery: Key Lessons Learned
25 Years of Recovery: Key Lessons Learned
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'My Daughter Inherited My Addiction'
Great Article by Dawn Nickel highlighting among other things how family's can recover from addiction. With gratitude for Dawn and her...
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Understanding Addictions Counselling
Join me in this audio podcast conversation with Kat, of Kat Teller Health & Wellness Services, @kattellerwellness, as we hear my personal...
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Is the "Zoom Boom" Affecting Your Self-Esteem?
Check out my interview with the talented Tania Semper. We discuss self-esteem in the wake of a global pandemic and coping in the virtual...
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How to Support a Loved One Who Self-Harms
March is Self-Harm Awareness Month (also known as Self-Injury Awareness Month), an annual global awareness event and campaign where...
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You Already Know Your Soul Mate
This post is informed by the ideas shared by, Sheila Prakash “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love...
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Stages of Change Model
The Transtheoretical Model which also goes by the Stages of Change Model, was developed by psychologists James Prochaska and Carlo...
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How to fight the 5 mental states that hold us back in life....
(Source, cnbc.com, Shi Heng Yi, Shaolin kung fu master) These teachings are derived from the Shaolin martial arts culture and philosophy,...
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Stop being so busy: The psychology behind why being lazy is good for your brain
CNBC, Published Tue, May 19 202011:57 AM EDT Chris Bailey, Contributor@CHRIS_BAILEY Link to full article I’m a big fan of being lazy....
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ONLINE MEETINGS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
As meetings are cancelled in response to directives it is important that people that need recovery supports do not feel isolated. This...
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Psychological reactions to COVID-19: Why are they important?
Source “Psychology Works” Fact Sheet: Coping with and Preventing COVID-19 Posted on March 12, 2020 by CPA Webmaster Psychological factors...
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Purpose ~ Connect to be Free...
There I was, in a spa gazebo in the country, having a fabulous relaxation treatment and Bam - I had an “Aha moment”. I love it when that...
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Sharing My Recovery Story: How the Nature of Alcohol Nurtured my Young Addiction
With the support of family & friends who rallied behind me, walked before me and beside me, I celebrated a milestone anniversary of 20 years
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A Young Woman’s Journey to Recovery
Gwen is first tentative as she approaches conversation. The young woman, now 22, was betrayed and hurt by those she treasured the most, and
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When you've been drunk your whole life, who are you when you get sober?
When you've been drunk your whole life, who are you when you get sober?
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