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Trek – Week Nineteen

The first step in reclaiming your life is to re-connect with your emotions.  In recovery work, we call this Emotional Awareness. Now, for some of us, this can be a little tricky because we don’t know what to call the emotion we are experiencing. We … [Read more...]

Journey – Week Nineteen

It’s important for you to know that you cannot speed up the grieving process. The losses you have experienced are very real, and your wounds will need time to fully heal. Think of it in terms of an injury. Your brother has disobeyed and in the … [Read more...]

Walking Free – Week Eighteen

How does one go about surrendering? Things are not always what they seem. A person can walk past a building which, at first glance, appears to be undergoing demolition. Bricks and wooden siding are piled up around nothing but a foundation. Windows … [Read more...]

Trek – Week Eighteen

Emotions are the fuel that drive our actions.  So if we are going to have any chance of changing unhealthy or hurtful behaviors, we have to pay attention to our feelings. Most of us — especially those of us who struggle with addiction — are … [Read more...]

Journey – Week Eighteen

Everyone’s grieving process is different because we are all different. Some women feel a great deal of pain and loss initially while others are consumed with anger and have trouble feeling sorrow. No matter how you are wired, though, you will need to … [Read more...]