Adolescent addiction and the parental distress syndrome
Recovery and How to Build a Bridge to Healing
Is your recovery a sort of homecoming?
Is your recovery a sort of homecoming?
Are You on The Fast Track to Unhappiness?
Envy may be killing your sense of well-being
Envy Just four little letters can wreak havoc on our lives. They fuel shame, hatred, dissatisfaction and unhappiness, along with unhealthy obsession. You may envy other people for what they have, what they have done or the kind of person they are, or you may experience reverse envy: overrating yourself against other people. Do not…
Depression and My Appointment with a Hole
This is my depression. It returned the other day. And it spoke to me.
This is my depression. It returned the other day. And it spoke to me.
Yes, I Pray. And yes, I am crazy.
Lying to yourself about your depression will just lengthen your shadows
Crazy is a terrible word. I equate it with other derogatory words like whore or fat pig. These are words that are… unspeakable. Yet here I am, using crazy to describe how I used to think about myself. And prayer? Yes, I pray. But no, that is not what makes me crazy. In fact, praying…
Do You Know How to Suck, Successfully?
10 Ways that you are not getting the most out of your failures
No matter how you define it, failure has many nuances and a million emotions. When you have failed and you have dug yourself a very deep hole, it will feel like things are over. Crawling out one more time will feel exhausting, endless, discouraging, hopeless. Every failure has turned into something good… The closer that…
Why do You Need More Permission than You Already Have?
Being here is all the permission that you need
Being here is all the permission that you need
6 Ways to Get Out Of a Slump
Stephanie Mitchell Hughes shares how your valley experience can change your life
“When my husband left, my world had become incredibly narrow and small. Him leaving saved me. At the beginning I didn’t see it this way, but it freed me. Because of my journey over the last ten years, my world has become so big.” Stephanie Mitchell Hughes Are you in a slump? Maybe it’s an…
Do You Know How to Communicate With Your Teenagers?
Expert advice on how to communicate with teenagers
Expert advice on how to communicate with teenagers
13 Ways that Anxiety Can Be Your Superpower
Anxiety is a secret weapon giving you powers that most mortals could only dream of
Anxiety is a secret weapon giving you powers that most mortals could only dream of
Want Your World to be Better? Then Ask More Questions.
What happened to all of your questions?
What happened to all of your questions?
What Does it Mean to be a Man?
Being a man does not come naturally to any of us. It is something extra.
What does it mean to be fully human? What does it mean to be a man? I think the question is important because there is something in each man that drives him. There is a desire to discover who we really are. We long to be tested and to discover what it means to authentically…
How To Travel Light and Open Up to The World
Is your bag so full of yesterday that you have no room for today?
Is your bag so full of yesterday that you have no room for today?
Making Today Your Next Second Chance
Are you in need of a second chance today?
Are you in need of a second chance today?
Do You Want More from Your Relationships? Learn to Drop Your Guard.
10 common behaviors that are like emotional bubble wrap and what you can do about it
10 Common behaviors that are like emotional bubble wrap and what you can do about it
Recovery and Your No Good, Terrible, and Very Bad Moods
This is the way to lift your destructive moods
Today, I wish that I could just take my moods and flush them down the toilet. A mood has hit me and it’s just unexplainable. You can put labels on your moods, like angry or sad or pissed off or reflective or happy. Today I feel all of that. It’s tempting to try and eliminate…