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Category Archives: Inspiration
3 Common Misconceptions About Sex Addiction Treatment
Over the past few years as I have seen men and women come and go from the Lifestar program, I have heard a number of similar mindsets echoed from both those that stay, experience growth and success and ultimately graduate, … Continue reading
The Way Out is Together
If you Google, “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”, you’ll get tens of pages or either articles or images saying this is “an African proverb”. No one really knows who … Continue reading
An Open Letter To Those Currently In Recovery
Dear Human, I hear you might be going through a rough patch right now. Perhaps that’s an understatement. You might have lost your job. You might be caring for a loved one. You might be caring for many tiny humans. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Change, COVID-19, Inspiration, Recovery, Self-care, Self-Compassion, Sexual Addiction
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Connecting in a Time of Separation
One of the mantras of LifeStar is that “the antithesis of addiction is connection”. But it can be extremely difficult to experience that much needed connection during this time of social distancing and isolation. While it is extremely important to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, COVID-19, Inspiration, Recovery, Self-care, Sexual Addiction, Uncategorized
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The C’s of Addiction Recovery
C’s. Most people strive for A’s. If this were school, I’d recommend you strive for A’s, but recovery is real life, not school. In recovery you need C’s more than A’s. Let me explain. Recovery from addiction isn’t something you … Continue reading
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How Are You REALLY Doing?: Checking In With Yourself
I would imagine one of the most-asked questions in a person’s life is some variant of “How’re you doing?” or “How’s it going?” And how do we usually respond? All together now: “Good!” That “good” could be a pat, polite … Continue reading
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How to Survive the Holidays
My groups and I have had some interesting conversations recently about self-care, specifically when it comes to the holidays. Now there are numerous articles written about staying healthy during the holidays, but I’d like to offer my input about how … Continue reading
On Being Self-ish
Self-ish (adj.) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure. Self (n.) a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality; a person’s nature, character, etc. Recently, (okay for the past few years), … Continue reading
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Dealing With Emotional Turbulence
If you’ve ever flown, you’ve likely experienced it. It can happen on any flight. Turbulence is the shaking of the plane due to air pressure or weather conditions outside. The aircraft might shake a bit, or rock about in jolts, … Continue reading
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