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“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” – Gloria Steinem Some people are struggling to determine their next step or direction in their career growth. Others are in the midst of a painful rift in their relationships. Still others are considering how to improve their health or get more fit. … Read more

This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the upcoming living the soul of recovery manual. “Now is a precious gift; that’s why it’s called the present.” – Unknown “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery; today is all we truly have.” We cannot change the past or future, but what we do in the … Read more

A Personal Experience I found the 12 Steps (or they found me) in 1975, and although I have certainly had my struggles with them at times, they quickly became the foundation upon which I built first my recovery, then my life. I was very fortunate to have had two very committed sponsors over the years, … Read more

This isn’t the Feature I had planned for this issue. You were going to receive an excerpt of the first chapter (“Mindfulness”) of my new manual for Living the Soul of Recovery.   Then I saw this video. It touched me so much I had to share it. Please watch it (it’s less than two … Read more

Originally published in Inner Tapestry. Go to:  www.innertapestry.org TRANSFORMATION Here is where you get to be an alchemist, changing the lead of a part of your life you don’t like into the gold of your dream life. Of course, to change, you have to change. But we humans tend not to change until the fear … Read more

Originally published in Inner Tapestry. Go to:  www.innertapestry.org CREATIVITY To create means to cause to come into existence, to make or design, or to bring into being. (Its original meaning was to cause to grow!) There are a lot of people who don’t think they are creative, but there is no one who actually isn’t … Read more

Originally published in Inner Tapestry. Go to:  www.innertapestry.org There are three paths to achieve the life you want: Attract it, Create it, or Transform the life you have. Notice that combining the first letter of those paths spells ACT – no matter which path (or combination of paths) you choose, some kind of ACTion is … Read more

The time in which we live is a time of great change. We can see all around us –socially, culturally, politically, financially – that many old ways of thinking, doing and being are dying. Some are quickly passing peacefully, and others are going painfully through long, drawn-out struggle and conflict. But because it is a … Read more

“Happiness runs in a circular motion…” – Donovan   Happiness is not a permanent state. Everybody knows it comes and goes, ebbs and flows.   But although we may not be able to maintain happiness constantly, neither do we have to let it be an accidental occurrence. We can’t necessarily create happiness, but we do … Read more

Here is where you get to be an alchemist, changing the lead of a part of your life you don’t like into the gold of your desired life. Ask yourself these questions: What is not working the way you’d like it to in your life? What can you do to change it? What is the … Read more