Focus! Cheryl Ries, Guest Author If you haven't felt joy, contentment, the presence of beauty or peacefulness in the world - perhaps you're looking for those things in the wrong way! All of your happiness, contentment and perspective comes from within. When you maintain a calm demeanor, a peaceful spirit and your soul is at rest, all of those things are evident to you because they are within you. The world might, and often times make it seem impossible to be at peace or to feel … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Is Your Health on the Top Life Priority?
October 2, 2012 by
LIFE PRIORITIES Life priorities are the values that drive our lives and define our spiritual essence. We all talk about our priorities in life. We can list them without a second thought. But sometimes our list of priorities falls into the same wastepaper basket as our New Year’s resolutions. We talk about them, but that’s as far as it gets. Out task is to put our life priorities into action. This is a very tough assignment. To begin this challenging task, list your top six … [Read more...]
SELF LOVE – How Do You Like You So Far? , WOMEN in RECOVERY
September 15, 2012 by
How Do You Like You So Far? .... that is the question! In 1956 psychologist and social philosopher Erich Fromm proposed that loving oneself is different from being arrogant, conceited or egocentric. He proposed that loving oneself means caring about oneself, taking responsibility for oneself, respecting oneself, and knowing oneself (e.g. being realistic and honest about one's strengths and weaknesses). He proposed, further, that in order to be able to truly love … [Read more...]
