The way I see it, when it comes to parenting and family, biology is the least of what makes someone a parent, and family isn’t about whose blood you carry; it’s who you love and who loves you back. No...

In the waiting, we become. In the very early stages of my recovery from addiction and childhood trauma I was reminded as a emotionally raw, consistently overwhelmed, teary single mother in her early 3...

Daily Word Vitamin for Friday March 7, 2017: A BUCKET OR FUCKET LIST? “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad...

Have you heard of The K.I.S.S. Principle? No, I am not talking about the “I was made for loving you” band. I am referring to the K.I.S.S. acronym recovering addicts like myself are encouraged to remem...

These are all important “F” words for us all to use wisely. When it comes to processing fear-fuelled situations what will we choose? If we FIGHT our body makes the call with the motive to dominate and...

Some of us at times of vulnerability become accustomed to pretending and HIDING how we honestly feel, behind … busyness, food, alcohol, money, pills, parenting, work, drugs, sport or drama. When we re...

Everyone has the right to be angry, but none of us have the right to be CRUEL. Ever said …. “Whatever” dismissively when a complex emotional issue arose? I have. Mostly to myself. Sometimes I crank it...

Remaining TEACHABLE at any age opens our heart to be able to access more wisdom, enthusiasm, new opportunities and adventures to continue in our life. If we are not TEACHABLE we are stuck in ‘know it ...

  “How would we ever learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world” Helen Keller questions us. FEAR STOMS that show up and cloud our sunny, emotional wellbeing are a necessary...

  Until we are willing to do our emotional work to heal past wounds we won’t have the emotional muscle for responsible adulthood, nor the strength for real and enduring relationships. Healthy, la...