Sometimes Life Takes A Different Turn Than What We Had Planned

  This was never so clear to me after I sustained an injury and other health issues developed. I had moved to a new community and had all these plans I was looking forward to. Some of the plans were to simply relax and regroup after years of working with a lot of people. I …

Simplify Your Life and Eliminate What Isn’t Necessary!

  Over six years ago my husband and I started simplifying our lives. We downsized a lot and did it in steps. Each year we would go through our things and do a serious evaluation on what we had, what we didn't want to depart from, and the items we really didn't need. We would …

Recovery- what does it mean? We all could use a little recovery sometimes.

Recovery- what does it mean? We all could use a little recovery sometimes. When a person enters and works through recovery, they become a different person in some ways and yet in other ways remain the same. People begin to have more of a sense of self and are at peace with that, both the …

There is no love from someone else if I can’t love myself

Self-love and self-care is not selfish, but rather self-full. Fill yourself up  first so you are able to pour into others, while not burning yourself out. See Powerful Video clip https://youtu.be/AlhSruDuVk0

Feelings are something we have the most of but know the least of how to deal with

Aurora Community Counseling Wendy Prigge LSW-CSAC Guest Post Aurora Community Counseling was a partner (Honorary Sponsor) with TSOI's past Recovery Month events. *No Blogs were meant to substitute professional counseling or other assistance _______________________________________________________________________ Feelings are something we have the most of but know the least of how to deal with. We learn from our …