Mindfulness and Dependency There’s a relatively recent tale from my life that I’ve involved call the “Angela’s butt story.” It’s a debatable tale, and also its major character still doesn’t recognize the impressive importance of the experience as it applies to my life and mindsets. As a typically shallow individual of my gender, I took …
Taking care of Addiction In The Family members Handling addicted family participants is constantly a large challenge. There are some crucial issues to check out when a person you enjoy is harming themselves. ARE YOU ADDING TO THE PROBLEM? Individuals make use of numerous dependencies to avoid their painful feelings, especially their sensations of anxiousness, …
Love Addiction, Approval Addiction In my experience as a counselor for 40 years, I have found that love addiction and approval addiction are far more prevalent than any other substance or process addictions. We live in a love-addicted, approval-addicted society. What does it mean to be love/approval addicted? Below is a checklist for you to …
Addiction To Numbness Linda sat opposite me at one of my five-day Inner Bonding Intensives. She had decided to attend the Intensive because her depression, which had plagued her for years, was not being helped by medication or by the numerous forms of therapy that she had tried. As she sat opposite me, telling me …
Addiction to Thinking Randall sought my help because he was stuck being miserable and had no idea how to get out of his misery. In his life he had experienced moments of great joy and sense of oneness with all of life, but those moments were infrequent. He wanted more of those moments but had …
Addiction to Spirituality Lian had been meditating for many years before consulting with me for his depression. He had been part of a spiritual community that encouraged their members to turn to God through prayer and meditation whenever they were feeling any difficult or painful feelings such as anger, hurt, anxiety, or depression. He had …