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One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back!
Claire's Story; “I wake up, it’s 4am. The thought enters my mind, ‘Oh, it’s today. What am I going to have to face?’ Then I start ticking off all the things I have to face and with each one, I ask myself how I will cope with that. What if I can’t?...
Marijuanna and CPR
Below is a well written testimony from one courageous person who decided to experiment with change, health and personal growth. What C.P.R. Means To Me It has been almost a month since I quit smoking marijuana! I had been a daily user for...
Forgiveness
Addiction to Sex Hurts Perhaps one of the less understood and less talked about addictions, the addiction to sexual activities can, just like drug and alcohol addictions, leave a path of destruction in the lives of those connected to the "one...
The Cycle of Financial Struggle
From Blame to Ownership "I started working at sixteen. Wanting to make my own money and buy my own things. The only lessons on saving (if you’d like to call it that), came from my mom saying that I should put a little away and give some to the...
“If Only I Was A Size Four!”
Body Image and Self Esteem Matters Shopping for new clothes can be a fun trip to the mall, every girl loves sporting a new look at school, work or around friends, but sometimes once we start trying on clothes things can take a turn for the worst....
Here Are My Goals, Now What?
Goal setting may be, for some, quite a daunting task that is simply just too hard to do alone. Perhaps limited experience in childhood with setting clearly defined goals is the reason. Others may have had negative experiences associated with...
Turn It Off!
Are Our Phones Smarter Than We Are? Smart phones are like our very own personal assistants (who we can even have a conversation with). Appointments, dinner dates, meetings, and deadlines are recorded to keep us on track. Email and Internet access...
Addiction: Where’s the Hope?
Let Others Help You Untie / Lose the Addiction Does it feel like every day there is a bulletin on the latest celebrity who has admitted himself or herself into rehab? The unfortunate passing of Phillip Seymour Hoffman was due to a heroin addiction....
Understanding Person-Centered Therapy
Each Person, A Distinct Individual Carl Rogers, a leading humanistic psychotherapist developed client-centered or person-centered therapy on the premise that, “people can be understood only from their own phenomenology—the immediate experience that...
When Expectations and Effort Don’t Match
Accusation or Acceptance? Anguish or Forgiveness? How many times in our lives have we expected something to happen or someone to come through on a promise or commitment. Maybe we have expected to be recognized for having done something a little...
Diabetes and Disordered Eating = “Diabulimia”
Managing Type 1 Diabetes is Complex! People who have type 1 diabetes spend significant energy and time considering food, eating and energy expenditure (note: type 1 is totally different than type 2 diabetes). Paying close attention to carbohydrate...
Have You Heard About The New “DIET”?
Changing The Way We Think About "Diet" Everywhere we turn, we are hearing about a new diet craze. Whether it be endorsed by a favourite celebrity or health professional, or it seems to produce fast results. However, we quickly come to realize that...