You can think. You can feel. You can solve your problems. You can take care of yourself. Those words have often benefited me more than the most profound and elaborate…

I was walking through a toy store one day when I saw a little toy steering wheel attached to the tray of a stroller. The child could play with the…

It’s so easy to look around and notice what’s wrong. It takes practice to see what’s right. Many of us have lived around negativity for years. We’ve become skilled at…

“You have the controls,” my flight instructor says. “No, you have the controls,” I say back. “No I don’t,” he says. “You do.” My banter with my flight instructor can…

“Don’t others see how much I’m hurting?” ”Can’t they see I need help?” “Don’t they care?” The issue is not whether others see or care. The issue is whether we…

Wildfires scorch large chunks of the western United States every summer. It’s part of the natural cycle of things. After a while, nature decides that it’s time to start over…

Trust can be one of the most confusing concepts in recovery. Who do we trust? For what? The most important trust issue we face is learning to trust ourselves. The…

We cannot control everything that happens to us. But we can control our response to those things. We cannot control the feelings of others—their fear, their power trips, their issues.…