Category Archives: Recovery

Creating And Sticking To Intentions To End A Toxic Relationship In The New Year

December 24, 2021

A toxic relationship is destructive on so many levels. Not only is there the loss of self and self-worth, but there is also the loss of enjoyment in life, the ability to be with a loving, positive partner, and the…

Post Traumatic Growth And Resiliency After Toxic Relationships

December 07, 2021

A toxic relationship is highly destructive. It creates a loss of sense of self through verbal and emotional abuse that tears down the person at a very basic level. Toxic relationships are often hard to see for the individual, as…

Learning To Trust After A Toxic Relationship

September 22, 2021

A toxic relationship is an unhealthy relationship. These relationships typically include feelings of being unloved, unwanted, misunderstood, unsupported, belittled, or even attacked. While most people consider a toxic relationship emotional and psychological abuse, there can also be issues with physical…

Positivity and Moving Forward with Addiction Recovery

November 21, 2019

Simply stopping a behavior does not end an addiction. In fact, stopping an addictive behavior often creates a void or a vacuum that was managed by the addiction in the past. Taking away a behavior without finding a positive, healthy, and…

Creating Positive Mental Changes for Happy Relationships

March 15, 2019

Often, people have noticed a pattern in their life, where relationships that seem ideal quickly become toxic and partners that seemed like Mr. Right soon become Mr. Impossible. The reality for many people is that codependency is often difficult to…

Taking Responsibility for Recovery

February 07, 2019

One of the common thoughts people have about the Law of Attraction in recovery is that it is a passive type of process. They would like to believe that it will involve just reading a few books or blogs and…

The Law of Caring in Recovery

January 24, 2019

Can you think back to a time when you were involved in some type of activity, perhaps at work or school, where you were trying to achieve a goal, but the goal was of little personal importance? Perhaps you were…

Mindfulness in Recovery: The Importance of Becoming Aware

November 20, 2018

Mindfulness is a buzzword that is found in many blogs and articles online. It is not a new concept, but rather a very old concept that is finally being recognized in many types of treatment as an essential component of…

Becoming Comfortable With Yourself As A Single

September 27, 2018

In society today, as it has been for decades, there is a very different perspective on being single for males and females. Men are seen as being freewheeling and not to become tied down too quickly while women are seen…

What Do You Really Think About Yourself?

June 27, 2017

If you were to be asked to immediately write down the first 5 words that come to your mind to describe yourself, what would those words be? Would they be different if you knew you had to share them than…