Do You Feel Bad About Missed Opportunities

Accepting Missed Opportunities Is Part O Growing Updated 3/25/25 I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve felt awful about my missed opportunities and lost time. When I was in active addiction, I missed a magical semester abroad, friends’ weddings, and so many family and friend events. I quit jobs I couldn’t […]
Tips To Stop The Mother-Daughter Conflict With Food This Spring

Why Is There So Much Mother-Daughter Conflict With Food? Ohhh, the tangled spaghetti bowl of food, weight, and the mother-daughter dynamic. There is so much mother-daughter conflict with food–where do we even start? This topic is loaded (pun absolutely intended) because it’s not just about food or bodies—it’s about identity, control, love, protection, legacy, shame, […]
Don’t Give Up Sobriety Takes Time To Love

Key To Sobriety: Don’t Give Up Updated 3/17/25 Sobriety is a challenge for everyone at first. I did not want to get sober when I was 21. I went to rehab because I was killing myself and literally thought, “I just need a reset.” That first rehab was not about finding sobriety at all. But, […]
The Habits Of Emotionally Healthy People

Being Emotionally Healthy Is Affects Everything Else Do you ever think about your emotional health? I didn’t until I became emotionally healthy. Once my life became peaceful and I found emotional health, which took years and hard work, there was no turning back. I’d never return to a life of emotional upheaval and pain. It […]
What To Do When You’re Feeling Hopeless

Feeling Hopeless Happens A Lot These Days So We Have To Know What To Do Updated 3/10/25 Feeling hopeless if you read the news, live in the modern world, and are faced with the heartbreaking problems of our current world is normal. It happens to everyone from time to time. Right now you could well […]
How To Stop Fighting With Your Mom

You Can Stop Fighting With Your Mom Yes, you really can stop fighting with your mom. I may not seem possible right now. I was once in a place where I couldn’t be in the same room with my mom without raging at her. And her raging at me. We separated for four years and […]