The Average by: Susan Aplin Pogue
Selective and purposeful personal associations can help recovery. As part of recovery I have learned the importance of really listening. Each day as part of my connection time I ask for the power, patience, and ability to listen fully to information and stories that come my way. I chose to make fully listening a priority […]
Never Go Back by: Susan Aplin
Is it worth it to never go back? On a recent OWN Super Soul Sunday interview with Tim Storey comebacks from setbacks were the focus of the discussion. One comment made by Tim Storey was, “A comeback is not a go-back.” He went on to say that many times people focus on returning to the […]
Victim or Victor?
Are you a victim or a victor? The choice is yours. As a student of English and life I notice how easy it is to break down our emotional states into two triangles that my therapist taught me this year – “The Drama Triangle” and “The Empowerment Dynamic Triangle.” Let me start with The Drama […]
One Story at a Time
How many of us find the work we have to do just to make it from dusk to dawn tiring and our schedules full enough without layering in work on recovery from harmful behaviors and habits? I will answer for most of us – we are already busy enough and the idea of adding one […]
Blog #2: Starting at the Story: Change Your Addiction One Story at a Time
Sticks and Stones Will Break My Bones, but Words Will Never Hurt Me…Is That Really True? When we were children many of us heard or said, “Stick and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me!” The intent of this phrase was to empower us over someone who was verbally attacking us […]
Your Neurosculpting® Horoscope for the Month of May
Take this tongue-in-cheek horoscope for what it is, however we believe you may find it quite helpful! As we move from the erratic weather of April into something a bit more predictable, you might find a increasing sense of calm as you settle into the safety of certainty. If you’ve planted seeds last month, whether […]
Home by: Michelle Lee
My home is a place of sanctuary. A place where I can come ground from the flurry of activity outside, a place of order and calm from the waves of emotion and experience my clients bring in my Psychotherapy practice. In my home everything has its right place, and feels familiar. Even if the space […]
Your Neurosculpting® Horoscope for the Month of April
Take this tongue-in-cheek horoscope for what it is, however we believe you may find it quite helpful! This month as spring storms bring the winds of change we are reminded that all things are in a delicate balance of transition. In one moment you may be reminded of the threat of winter, and in […]
My Meditation Playground by: Kelley Seriano
What if you were to get a letter in the mail, similar to a notice from the IRS? Yet, this one indicates that if you continue pushing your body beyond the threshold of manageable stress – you will become sick. Maybe it’s as simple as a constant eye twitch or something as life threatening as […]
Starting at the Story: Change Your Addiction One Story at a Time (1 in a series of 5)
Start at the Story: Understand How Your Daily Story Writing Plays Into Your Addictions By Susan Aplin Pogue Many of us who embark on a journey to change a behavior or addiction feel as if we are at sea without a life raft or, to be more crude, up shit’s creek without a paddle. For […]
