When you do the work to write your own story from wholehearted healing
When you do the work to write your own story from wholehearted healing, I think you'll find you create the life you've always wanted and yet maybe never even dared to dream it could be.
Loving Others Well
What if loving others well isn't actually about telling them how they must live their lives?
#TherapyThursdaywithJustine: The realistic and wholehearted practice of gratitude
What are you grateful for today?
Are You Reacting Rather Than Responding to Your Life?
For years I have talked with clients about choosing to not live their lives from a place of fear. Fear is often something we suffer through, push down, numb out and allow to hold us back and dim our light.
Fear: Embracing It To Move Through It, Not Living From It
There is a lot of fear right now. Fear of struggle. Fear of violence. Fear of depression. Fear of it getting worse. Fear of sadness. Fear of unanswered questions. Fear of pain. Fear of loss. Fear of it never getting better. Fear of the
The Gravity of Relapse
I am carefully minding the balance between being gentle with myself in that I did the very best I could given the situation I was in and being frustrated that I didn't fight harder for myself and my recovery.
My Dementor: Shame and Self Doubt
Today I gave a presentation for a Lunch and Learn at a major corporation here in Saint Louis. This is my sixth Lunch and Learn with them. I always have good attendance, great feedback and they actually pay me to
