"When we exercise forgiveness, we are healing our own hurts."
Emotional Intelligence
What does it mean to have Emotional Intelligence? As humans, we all have and experience emotions. At times we may even feel “emotional” when one or more emotions are affecting us strongly in a moment. To have Emotional Intelligence means that we can accurately identify and respond to emotions, both in ourselves and in others. …
When Holidays Aren’t So Holly Jolly
As joyous and exciting as they can be, we must admit that holidays can also be stressful or even painful for most of us – particularly if you are struggling with addiction, early recovery, mental illness, eating disorders, grief and loss… the list goes on. The bottom line is that it’s important to know how …
Anxiety: How to Deal
We have all felt anxious at one time or another. Anxiety creeps up when we are facing scary things (walking down a dark street alone, rumors of layoffs by your employer, an enormous bear walking toward you), but also sometimes when we are facing new and exciting things (new job, getting married, having kids, moving …