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Recently I posted “Our Addictive Culture” and “The Four Types of Addiction.” In those articles, I wrote about the obvious – that addiction is everywhere, and is so common that sometimes it is hard to view it as addiction and not as “normal.” In this post, you will see why it is so pervasive. The … Read more

What is addiction? The word itself comes from the Latin, addicere, which means “to give oneself to.” It is to voluntarily be enslaved by. Now, this is misleading, because although we voluntarily look for ways to feel better, we are not seeking to become addicts to those ways. In a moment I’ll describe the four … Read more

“More! I want more!” says the little girl in the AT&T commercial. And she is speaking for most of us. We want more, bigger, faster, smarter, prettier, stronger, richer, sleeker… etc. Individually and collectively as a culture, we imagine that the next bright idea will save us, or the next shiny object will fulfill us, … Read more

There are four pillars that support ongoing, quality recovery from any addiction or habit pattern. To maintain the best recovery you can, live a life based upon getting and staying HIGH: Honesty Integrity Gratitude Humility When we lean on these practices as a way of being, our potential for an inspired, empowered, wholehearted life of … Read more

We all want to go as far as we can in life, and we all have different ideas about what that means to us personally. Yet life has its own ideas – we are met with roadblocks, obstacles, detours and potholes that can sometimes seem to conspire to keep us from the progress and intentions … Read more

“Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.” – Mahatma Gandhi Addiction depends on being non-conscious. I don’t mean passed out unconscious, I mean not being aware of, or not making conscious choices. We … Read more

We are seeing a world-wide transition into a new paradigm, and sometimes it feels disquieting and uncomfortable, like shedding our skin. Economics, politics, social culture, the environment – it’s all changing. Some people are resisting the changes, others are watching them, and some people are influencing them. That last group is where I find myself … Read more

A Personal New Year’s Letter to My Readers No lessons or steps for this issue, just a commitment. I invite you into my heart this time. The holiday season is over, and we have begun a new year. My holidays were a little different than usual – Throughout the month of December, I participated in … Read more

“Round the table, may peace and joy prevail. May all who share this season’s delight enjoy countless more.”– Chinese Blessing  The holidays – Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas, New Year’s, Kwanzaa, etc. – are meant to be times of celebration and meaning. Yet they often trigger stress because of the expectations, assumptions, pressure and judgment we … Read more