Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. ~Martin Luther King Jr. Prior to getting sober, I had no idea what it meant to have faith. I believed that things just happened in some random order and that sometimes they worked in my favor and others they did not. Slowly as I gained more sobriety, …
Learning to ask for Help
“The only mistake you can make is not asking for help.” ~Sandeep Jauhar In our society we are taught that it is weak to ask for help and/or that there are strings attached when we ask for it. I know in my family, I was taught to be independent, take care of myself, and exhaust all possibilities before asking for help. Not …
The Power of Patience
Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting. ~Joyce Meyer Eight and a half years ago at the beginning of my sobriety, I would say I completely lacked gratitude and patience. Nothing ever went fast enough and was totally dissatisfied in my life. One of my solutions to this problem was to …
Finding Serenity in Surrender
“Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.” ~Sonia Ricotti Image: Serendipity by Leo Grübler In our society surrendering is usually equated with two things battles and religion. When we use it in our personal lives surrendering can teach us important lessons about ourselves and what we hold on to. Surrender has to do with …
The Power of Choice
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. ~Anthony Robbins When we are children we are at the whim of our parents and the world we have little choice what happens to us, we are beholden to them. Many people carry …
Competition why it is not cute any more
Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.” ~Criss Jami Sometimes having a healthy competition is a great motivator in one’s life. When it becomes a engrained way of relating to the world it can …
How forgiveness can set you free
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. ~Desmond Tutu There is nothing like holding onto a resentment that can make you feel more alive and self righteous but also drained and stuck. If one wants to be free from the shackles of a resentment, forgiveness must ensue. So many clients that I have worked with …
Perception, the key to changing your life.
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is- infinite. ~William Blake Perception is the way that you view our lives and that you make meaning. The way we perceive the experiences in our lives defines how we feel about them and creates our reality. So why not create a good one? With practice of …
Learning to release expectation, 5 ways to let yourself off the hook
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”~ Alexander Pope Last week I was trying to decide if I was going to write my weekly blog post in advance because I knew I would be out of town for a training. I was hemming and hawing about did I have the time? And then I realized that it …
What wolf do you feed? Choice in the way that we live.
THE TWO WOLVES – A CHEROKEE STORY A young boy came to his Grandfather, filled with anger at another boy who had done him an injustice. The old Grandfather said to his grandson, “Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears …
