A New Way of Life Coaching

In 1990, Congress established the first week in October as Mental Illness Awareness Week. Each year, millions of Americans live with mental health conditions. Mental illness affects almost every person, either directly or indirectly. How many of us have experienced… Read the rest

  Many of you know that I have spent the last couple of years studying to be both an addiction counselor and also a BALM® Family Recovery Life Coach.  Counseling gives me the opportunity to work with others who are… Read the rest

As we head back into the school year, our children will be exposed to many different ideas and suggestions.  This will occur for all age groups:  elementary schools, high schools, universities.  Some will come from educators who have agendas and… Read the rest

The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is a United Nations observation which occurs each June 4th.  Created in August of 1982, the commemoration originally concentrated on child victims of the 1982 Lebanon War; however, its objective has… Read the rest

    Several years ago, a national credit card company had a marketing campaign that used the slogan “What’s in YOUR wallet?”  The presumption from that advertisement was that so long as you had their credit card in your wallet,… Read the rest

April has been designated as Alcohol Awareness Month by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (http://www.ncadd.org/).  The primary goals of this program are to make us aware of the dangers of alcohol use disorder (AUD),… Read the rest

At some stage in recovery, we start to take responsibility for our actions and the wreckage of our past.  But many of us are afraid to address the financial wreckage.  We are quick to make amends to friends and family… Read the rest

Groundhog Day — Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result By Jackie Stein   In the movie “Groundhog Day” Bill Murray’s character is an arrogant self-centered and selfish  weatherman who goes to Gobbler’s Knob one… Read the rest

As we start the New Year, I’ve begun thinking of ways we can refine and develop our family communication skills.  Communication is the method we use to exchange information.   In the family unit, it can be between partners, between parents… Read the rest

  I read this quote from a person in recovery and it broke my heart for many reasons.  First, because I have known so many families that have been torn apart by the disease of addiction.  And second, because there… Read the rest