Monthly Archives: September 2017

Dealing with Addicted Children

September 12, 2017
Article

By Bruce K. I’m awakened out of a deep sleep. I hear yelling. I look at the clock. It’s four in the morning. What now, I think, getting dressed.…

One Day at a Time – Day 1

September 11, 2017
Daily Meditations

My best friend was going through some tough situations in her life. I was in the midst of a hard stretch too. We didn’t particularly like the things we…

Relationship Martyrs

September 10, 2017
Daily Meditations

Many of us have gone so numb and discounted our feelings so completely that we have gotten out of touch with our needs in relationships. We can learn to…

Relax enough to face reality when life twists and turns

September 09, 2017
Article

Sometimes in life, no matter how deeply we intend to make the best decisions possible for ourselves, things happen. Marriages end, jobs turn sour, friends wane. For reasons outside…

Making Life Easier

September 08, 2017
Daily Meditations

Life doesn’t have to be hard. Yes, there are times we need to endure, struggle through, and rely on our survival skills. But we don’t have to make life,…

Relax even when you’re being attacked

September 07, 2017
Daily Meditations

Attacks can come in many shapes and forms. They can be emotional attacks, where someone pelts us with anger and rage. We can be attacked physically, too. Self-defense is…

Being Vulnerable

September 06, 2017
Daily Meditations

Part of recovery means learning to share ourselves with other people. We learn to admit our mistakes and expose our imperfections—not so that others can fix us, rescue us,…

Relax when things don’t go as you planned

September 05, 2017
Daily Meditations

So, the boyfriend calls, says he’s going hiking with his buddies for a week, cancels his date with you, and says he hopes you won’t be mad. Or the…

Surrender

September 04, 2017
Daily Meditations

Master the lessons of your present circumstances. We do not move forward by resisting what is undesirable in our life today. We move forward, we grow, we change by…

Deal with manipulation

September 03, 2017
Daily Meditations

A few years ago I was in Jordan on an excursion through the Middle East. I wanted to go to Pakistan, but when I got to the Pakistani embassy…