Writing to Heal
My writing career began at the age of ten as I was sitting in my walk-in closet writing in my journal. My mother had given me my first journal to help me cope with the loss of my …
Healing
The Coping Mechanism of Self-Hatred
If you’ve ever hated yourself, you need to read this. I taught myself to hate myself at ten years old. I felt sad, I felt rejected, and there was no way in hell I was going to talk …
How I Stopped Hating Myself & Started Living My Dream Life
I was 44 years old. I had a great life, great family, beautiful mid century home, nice cars, nannies, a housekeeper, and amazing storybook vacations. From the outside I’m sure it all seemed incredible, like a dream life. …
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The Path to Forgiveness: How I Turned From a Bitter Person To a Better One
True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.’ ― Oprah Winfrey I grew up as the “Daddy’s girl”. The bond my dad and I formed is something I held dear to my heart even …
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From Darkness to Light: My Story of Choosing Happiness
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson The world works in mysterious ways; never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought to find myself experiencing the loss …
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Writing Myself Back to Life.
“You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or because writing will mend something broken inside you or bring something back to life.” ― Joanne Harris I began writing basically as soon as …
8 Gifts of Starting Over
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. – Richard Bach If your inquisitive nephew gets into the china cabinet and knocks over your Royal Copenhagen glass vase, you’re going to find a thousand pieces of …
The Silver Lined Clouds of Suffering
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller Often when people learn that I am a counselor and wellness coach they ask, “Don’t you get tired of …
Getting Sober Was the Easy Part
“Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.” – R.D. Laing On January 3, 2010 at about 11:00 pm eastern time, my husband of over 25 years told me he thought …