I’m no longer calling him the Messiah

I’m no longer calling him the Messiah

by | Feb 18, 2019 | My Story

There’s a line I use when I describe a particularly scarring moment in my adolescence – “The Messiah said I was bad.” In many ways this accurately captures what happened. A dear friend of mine was caught in a desperate situation, and in order to protect herself – to...
If you’re going to relax, go all in

If you’re going to relax, go all in

by | Feb 11, 2019 | Recovery

Some people might say I’m an all or nothing person. Some people might be right. Generally, when I commit myself to something, I go all in. I do very little halfway. Perhaps it’s my rampant perfectionism (remember, my brother once told me, “You even try to do...
Choose joy

Choose joy

by | Feb 4, 2019 | My Story

It’s an easy reminder, and it’s an easy reminder to forget. Choose joy. Take charge of my thought process and find the thought that feels a bit easier. That brings me more light. Face what I have to face, solve what I have to solve, do what I have to do – and then...
This is a story that doesn’t need to happen

This is a story that doesn’t need to happen

by | Jan 28, 2019 | Resilience

I was lucky to be included in a Thrive Global post a few weeks ago, 11 Easy Ways to Instantly Relax When You Start to Feel Stress. I was lucky to be included, but I’m even more lucky that I read one of the ways to relax offered by one of the other contributors....
Be more. Do less.

Be more. Do less.

by | Jan 21, 2019 | My Story

When I crawled into Al-Anon decades and decades ago, I heard the concept, “I am a human being, not a human doing.” I wrapped my head around it and began to remind myself to just be rather than do, and to remind myself again to just be rather than do. It is a tough...