Allergies to keep getting worse, learn to cope ... Just a year ago, the 2011 allergy season was the ""worst on record"" for many of the same reasons. So should we expect each spring allergy season to be worse than the last, in an eternal one-upmanship that sends us running for the tissue box or the asthma inhaler? Probably so. And the pattern could hold true for fall allergies as well. A study published in January's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Mind to Matter
June 6, 2012 by
Your Higher Power and all who love, protect, and guide you are watching over you right now. When you take time to communicate with God - Your Higher Power, Strength into your life is the Gift returned. Be reassured in the multitude of anxious thoughts within you that Divine love comforts you. Take these thoughts from 'mind to matter' and write them down. Your Higher Power will Comfort with the Energy of Divine Love. If you ever feel doubtful about your ability to help others, ask Your … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – One day at a time
June 5, 2012 by
Our lives are made up of a million moments, spent in a million different ways. Some are spent searching for love, peace, and harmony. Others are spent surviving day by day. But there is no greater moment than when we find that life, with all it's joys and sorrows, is meant to be lived one day at a time. It's in this knowledge that we discover the most wonderful truth of all. Whether we live in a forty-room mansion, surrounded by servants and wealth, or find it a struggle to manage the rent … [Read more...]
Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD – WOMEN in RECOVERY
June 2, 2012 by
Borderline Personality Do you have someone in your life that suffers behaviours that are completely out of control? Do you have moments with this same person that are loving and heartwarming; then, twenty minutes later, this same person is threatening to kill you? Does this person have moments of violent outbursts that make no sense to those around them? Does this person cry at extremely inappropriate times with no reason for sadness that are apparent? The above … [Read more...]
LOSS of a Loved One – Donna Bellafiore
May 27, 2012 by
Resilience - The Ability to Bounce Back “And thus, like the wounded oyster, he mends his shell with pearl.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson All of us experience major disruptions at certain points in our lives and think that sometimes we've been pushed to the edge and almost about to blow. In fact, this is an expected and predictable hallmark of the human condition. For some, these hard times come frequently - the impact of the trauma is overwhelming and recovery, if it comes at all, … [Read more...]
INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO – Self Acceptance & Forgiveness
May 26, 2012 by
No matter where you are in life today, you have potential to increase, grow, to be strengthened, and to move forward. God created you for His good Purpose. You are important and know that you are called to add value to the world around you. You have rich treasure inside you that people need. You have more in you than you realize, and you can accomplish more than you ever thought possible. EXERCISE: Once You have addressed Yourself with Dignity and Respect in Your thoughts, then … [Read more...]
FEAR or DEPRESSION: Is this perceived or real? – WOMEN in RECOVERY
May 25, 2012 by
FEAR or DEPRESSION - Is this perceived or real? We are all faced at times with the need to do things that may, literally, scare us to death. A new job, a new marriage, moving to a new city - all things that can bring about positive change and yet yield a lot of fear when faced with doing them. Change is good and being afraid does not make you weak - it simply makes you human. I tend to have a minor fear of change which is really quite ironic considering my life and business seem to … [Read more...]
Access Your Power – WOMEN in RECOVERY
May 24, 2012 by
Scientists claim that we are only using a tiny fraction of our mind power. What would it be like if we accessed most of our mind’s potential? I believe that we would be able to heal ourselves and the planet completely. People are already using the healing power of their minds to heal their bodies. I believe that you can too. Guided meditations are some of the best to start your healing journey with. This is because you have a guide. Some of them are also created to target specific things … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Faith is Work
May 20, 2012 by
Faith is ... Work that Works when You Work It... Faith is not what some people think it is. Their human dream is a delusion. Because they observe that faith is not followed by good works or a better life, they fall into error, even though the speak and hear much about faith. ``Faith is not enough,'' they say, ``You must do good works, you must be pious to be saved.'' They think that, when you hear the gospel, you start working, creating by your own strength a thankful heart … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Your Guardian Angel
May 15, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women... ...a friend of mine recently sent this message to me, and I decided to share this with the Women of our World, as this is true for all of us, if only we would 'Believe, Seek assistance and Listen'. Reach out to your Guardian Angel now and receive her blessed miracles for a rich and rewarding life. " I was recently reading about angels and how they are ever-present in our lives, and they are always available to … [Read more...]
Lois Wilson and the 12 Steps – WOMEN in RECOVERY
May 13, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women offers Our Beginning sharing with all Our Women The HISTORY of the 12 STEPS "Spiritual Program" of Recovery Have I begun my Spiritual Journey? We begin our Spiritual Journey at different times in our lives but most of us reach the same place eventually where we accept the guidance of a power greater than ourselves, a Power that cares for us and accepts us just as we are. A Power that guides us, teaches us, and grants us just what we … [Read more...]
Story as an ‘Over-Eater’, Recovery in Michigan
May 9, 2012 by
Double Dipper (The story of an OVER- EATER) "I have to tell you. I am not a double dipper. Although, as horrible as this may sound, when I lost my OA [Overeaters Anonymous] abstinence, I went down to the local discount liquor place and set out to become an alcoholic. I stupidly thought I could switch addictions. In my mind, being an alcoholic was somehow better. I never thought all alcoholics were thin nor had eating problems. Boy, was I ever wrong! I … [Read more...]
