Awakening
I’ve noticed lately, as I enter into my fourth set of ethanol-free holidays, that I am coming at everything from a higher place altogether. I am being transformed, and I will give a good part of the Read More …
mind & body
Keeping up with the Joneses
I haven’t written in a long time because we’ve been building our house, painting every inch of it, and moving 30 years’ worth of stuff (which we still aren’t finished with). It’s been a busy Read More …
Goodbye Toxicity – Hello Grace
Sometimes the universe just puts all of this stuff in front of you as its way of getting you to pay attention. Often it’s a warning, or a reminder, an inspiration, and sometimes it’s just Read More …
Honoring the Hole
I have been planning to write this piece for a few months now, originally titled Befriending the Hole, after being notified by Hello Sunday Morning that it had been two years since I stopped the Read More …
Take Five or 24% Happier
Over the years, long before I stopped drinking, I got into the habit of, after closing my book and closing my eyes to sleep, asking myself, “What was the happiest thing of this day?” And Read More …
This Naked Mind Video Coaching
I know I’ve mentioned that I’m a Naked Mind affiliate. If you’re going to buy the video course, please use my link. I will be doing a review of the course soon. Meanwhile, you are Read More …
Son of a Beast
It’s been nearly a year now since I stopped ingesting ethanol. Time has flown, and I am just so happy that I don’t do that any more. No so-called sobriety here, I am free and Read More …
Thoughts on thinking
The brain is always looking for solutions to the very problems it creates for itself. This is especially true when it comes to addictions, and all addictions are the same at the core. The brain, Read More …
Heartbreaking
Booze can be heartbreaking – literally! When concerned about my extreme high blood pressure at doctor’s visits, no doctor ever once mentioned ethanol as a possible cause. All they ever wanted to do was give Read More …
An Interesting Phenomenon
I’ve been out of the woods, so to speak, for quite a few months now, and it just gets better and better! This is the year when all of my classmates and I Read More …