The “care” of God? Are you kidding me??? For many years in recovery, I had extremely serious trouble with trusting a Higher Power. My life did NOT get better quickly. It took many, many years in recovery before my life began to take on even a semblance of “normalcy.” For many years in recovery, my …
My work is all about helping people in recovery to discover and tune in to their true, authentic self, and to pay attention to it and its wisdom, guidance, desires and direction for their lives. It is a glorious thing, after many wasted or just plain difficult years, to finally get in touch with our …
Going It Alone in Spiritual Matters is Dangerous Read More »
This is kind of an odd title, right? But I wanted to reflect on something that doesn’t seem to get much air time in recovery. I kind of stumbled onto this way of describing an important difference in two ‘sides’ of life: that is, what I’m calling “Big Life” and “little life.” Let me …
Are you excited at the prospect of creating a life that genuinely works – for YOU? I think most of find that idea exciting, yet perhaps a bit scary, too. Some of us even have the reaction of wondering if creating a life that works for YOU is self-seeking, or self-centered, and because of that, …
My previous blog entry focused on the issue of feeling stuck, stagnant, or in a rut in recovery. This blog entry takes this idea a bit farther: Not only is it possible to have periods of feeling stuck, stagnant, or in a rut in recovery, it is also not unusual to hit a “new bottom” …
Renewal: Hitting a New Bottom in Recovery, and Starting Over Read More »
Achieving major life goals is an important element of life’s journey. I enjoy it. I enjoy helping people I work with to achieve theirs. However, I have a nagging concern about goal achievement, especially as it is presented within the Life Coaching community. My experience is that, very often, perhaps most of the time, achievement …
External Goal Achievement vs. Internal Spiritual Growth Read More »
What does it mean to “let go and let God”? And, why is it important? Here’s the core issue: Addiction is based in the illusion of control and an overpowering need for control – control of the object of our addiction(s), control of others and control of situations. Underneath this overwhelming need for control is …
I don’t know about you, but in my experience, very often verbal sharing and written documents about recovery tend to idealize it; i.e. to focus almost exclusively on the positive or happy side of recovery and to focus on the elegant and idealized spiritual principles underlying recovery. To me, this gives newcomers and even people …
