Who Should We Call Difficult People

Difficult People

Difficult People May Not Be What You Think Do you feel surrounded, or tortured by, difficult people? If you’re a designated easy-going person, like me, you may attract controlling and manipulative people who constantly put you down and try to dominate you. If you’re agreeable and accommodating, you may feel unappreciated, put upon, and hurt […]

Self Care With A Recovery Bullet Journal

recovery bullet journal

Do you need a recovery bullet journal for self care this winter If you love writing, a recovery bullet journal is for you. Do you remember daily planners? They allowed you to note appointments, make lists, and outline daily tasks. More than a calendar but less that a diary, they let you plan by the […]

Mass Shooting And Teen Mental Health

Mass shooting

Mass Shooting Trauma Affects Teen Mental Health What Can We Do Can we protect schools and teen mental health from mass shooting by adding guards and fences? Do you really think that making schools like prisons will reduce the trauma and fear teachers and teens are experiencing right now? When schools look and feel like […]

Did You Know That Gaslighting Is Manipulation

gaslighting

Knowing how gaslighting works and can be used in relationships  helps keep you safe It may not seem like anyone is gaslighting you, but gaslighting can come in different forms. Sometimes those forms are sneakier than we think they can be. Gaslighting is manipulation like when someone, or something, attempts to change reality by presenting […]

Relationship Tip: Why Detachment Empowers

why detachment empowers

It may not always seem easy but detachment empowers Trust, us when we say we know detaching from people you care about can be hard. Detachment empowers for sure, but it isn’t always simple to get there. You see , in recovery we talk about letting go and detaching, but we don’t often add that […]

Simple Tips To Getting What You Want

getting what you want

Getting What You Want Means Working For It And Believing Let’s begin with the reality that getting what you want requires more than wishing, hoping, and praying. People say that recovery operates by some universal law. Just when you become ready for that something you desperately need, it shows up. Readiness  and being able to […]