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Commitment phobic men are not wounded birds waiting to be nursed to health.Should women spend time, energy, and emotion on a man who may never be a part of their future? All too often women say to themselves or their friends: “Well, he wouldn’t commit in the past, but I’m different. ...

Self-kindness: Being kind, gentle and understanding with yourself when you’re suffering.Common humanity: Realizing that you’re not alone in your struggles. When we’re struggling, we tend to feel especially isolated. We think we’re the only ones to experience loss, make mistakes, feel rejected or fail. But it’s these very struggles that are part of our shared experience as...

In the years I’ve been counseling and coaching, many people say, “I know I’ve been in sick relationships, but I don’t know what a healthyrelationship looks like.”There are many long and complicated answers to this, but there is also a simple one: healthy relationships make your life larger and happier; unhealthy relationships narrow your life and make you crazy.Healthy...

Know you what it is to be a child?… it is to believe in belief….– Francis Thompson, 19th c. British poetWe don’t forget our first ah-ha experience any more than we forget our first kiss. The difference is we have some idea of what to expect from a kiss, but we don’t know what to...

 The first part of the Being and Flowing Sequence is a basic relaxation session where some (or several) of the techniques of guided imagery or meditation can be used. In fact, for this type of relaxation, you can use new techniques or techniques that are familiar to you and that have worked for you in the past. If you do the sequence regularly, you can switch between techniques...

How do you treat yourself?     How should you treat yourself? What should you think about yourself? How should you feel about yourself? Well..... how do you treat your best friend? What do you think about them? How do you feel about them? Now take that and multiply it by 10, multiply it by 100. Imagine how you would feel about somebody you were completely in love with,...

Euro 2012 recently began and, for those of you who don’t know, it’s the European football championship. European football is what we Americans call soccer, and it has slowly gained steam over the years, although still not as popular as American football…  Whether you’re into the...

'AWARE2' gigapixel camera by duke universityabove: 3 increasing zoom levels of footage taken by the camera engineers at duke university have developed a camera able to take photos with up to one billion pixels of resolution. the 'AWARE2' gigapixel camera uses...

They have devised a vaccine that floods the body with an antibody to assault nicotine entering the body.A study in mice, published in Science Translational Medicine, showed levels of the chemical in the brain were reduced by 85% after vaccination.Years of research are still needed before it could be tested on people.However, lead researcher Prof Ronald Crystal is convinced there will...

Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain minute traces of alcohol, scientific research published in France has revealed. The revelation will cause concern among those who chose the carbonated soft drink for religious, health or safety reasons. According to tests carried out by the Paris-based National Institute of Consumption (INC) more than half of leading colas contain the traces of alcohol....

Beyond leaving you drowsy and irritable, sleepless nights can take aserious toll on your physical and mental health."We know sleep is a critical biological function that influences a wide variety of physiological process," said Dr. Susan Redline, a sleep specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Sleep deficiency can affect mood and the ability to make memories and learn,...

  Oh man, that sounds so simple, but some days I need every damn tool in the spiritual toolbox to make that happe...

 Sometimes it's not easy to do that.  You lose your cool -- either dramatically or quietly, outwardly or inwardly -- and you have to find your way back to center.  It's a straight line out but the path back can meander and double back some, I fea...

In fact, for me, one of the things I learned in the sexual inventory of my 4th Step was how I used sex to avoid intimacy -- in other words, to keep people from seeing Me.And to keep me from seeing Me, too.In my experience, when it comes to how alcoholism takes good, healthy...

 Humility is nothing else but a right judgement of ourselves. -- William L...

If people are faced by barrier in their recovery they can become stuck. This is a precarious people for people to be in because: When people become stuck in recovery it may mean that their life away from addiction begins to feel unsatisfying. They may be tempted to relapse as a result of this. When people are stuck they may react by turning to other maladaptive behaviors such as workaholism...

When people give up alcohol or drugs they will not be guaranteed plain sailing from there on in. There are likely to be barriers to recovery and the individual will need to overcome these in order to make progress. If people fail to overcome these barriers they can become stuck and this is considered dangerous. By facing and getting beyond these barriers the individual not only can...

 Firing a sponsor should not be like a scene from the Apprentice TV show. The goal is not to make this other person feel bad or to accuse them of being bad at their job. Firing a sponsor should be done tactfully and with respect. It is best to keep things simple and there is no need to go into elaborate explanations. Most sponsors will be fine with just hearing that their sponsee...

Good Reasons to Fire a 12 Step Sponsor The reality is that there are some sponsors out there who barely seem to be hanging on to their own sobriety. There will also be relationships where the sponsor and sponsee just don’t fit well together, and it is causing problems. Valid reasons for firing a sponsor include: They always seem to be busy and are hardly ever available. Some well...

It is recommended that those who are following the 12 Step program do this under the guidance of a sponsor. This is usually a person who has a strong recovery and experience with the steps. Sometimes these relationships don’t work out and one party will decide to break the arrangement. It is not unusual for a sponsee to talk about how they need to fire their sponsor, but this is meant...

It's one of the hardest things in the world to do, probably because it runs so counter to our powerful and primal need to feel safe, loved, and successful. For most of my life, I prided myself on relentless perseverance in the face of obstacles, and a refusal to give up on any goal or client I was pursuing. Letting go felt like failure or rejection, and both were nearly unbearable...

The Commonalities of AddictionEvery addict is unique, but there are observable traits that such individuals tend to share. Being aware of the common symptoms and behavior of addiction can be helpful because it makes it possible to indentify people who may have addictions. It also makes it easier for the individual themselves to determine if they have a problem, which may be something...

Giving Things Up Can Make You HappyA recent blog post called 15 Things You Should Give Up to be Happy offered some practical advice for how people can make a difference to their comfort levels. The changes suggest involved giving up certain negative behaviors and beliefs. None of this advice would be described as groundbreaking, and it doesn’t require people to make any drastic...