People have a hard time believing that for those people in recovery this is a lot to grieve.  An activity (drinking, sex, drug use, shopping, gambling) […]

Communication is one of the “BIG 3” issues with which people struggle.  Knowing that, it is important to be extra careful in how one uses words.  […]

There are so many phrases we commonly use without any knowledge of their origins and the meanings or symbolism behind each.  Here are just a few […]

Procrastination is the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable […]

Fear of failure is one of the greatest fears that people have.  Failure is related to criticism and rejection for most people.  Fear incapacitates unsuccessful people […]

Making changes in our life is one of the more difficult things we ever do it seems.  Many people detest change yet accept the fact that […]

A recent poll by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health reported that of the more than 700 people surveyed for the poll, 64% believed that […]

A client with addiction issues used her craft work to keep herself occupied in an attempt to avoid using her drug of choice.  She was gracious […]

We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger.   Long ago Joan Baez sang, “You go running off in search of the perfect stranger…”  […]