The holidays are upon us. Like it or not. For some, they’re a time of happy gatherings. For others, not so much. Beginning today and every Tuesday through New Year’s Eve, I’ll be sharing ways to thrive rather than survive through the holidays, with grace. Because...
Time is irrelevant when we’re on a journey. It takes as long as it takes. I was stepping into uncharted territory. The uncertainty now my choice. Rather than entering a front door where many days I didn’t know what I was stepping in to, locking the front door for the...
“The mountains are calling” was the whisper I heard. I knew it was time to move from NJ, but where to go? There was a comfort in the walls of my house, even though I knew it was time. Comfort in not ripping apart my whole life after my divorce. I stayed and made the...
After a relationship comes to an end, we think about and focus on the end. The myriad of reasons why things didn’t work out. Or maybe the primary reason being the other person’s addiction. The end lumps it into a bucket and it feels like we’re throwing out the...
September was National Recovery Month. I saw nothing about it on social media. No ads. No posts. Nada. If you had heard something about it, would you have paid attention? There’s a love-hate relationship with the word recovery. People who have found sobriety will...