Books
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Voluntary Madness
I know that in my last discussion about religion and abuse, I am not clearly understood and perhaps I can't clearly understand the opposite side. What I do know, is that religion isn't a place to heal, if you will,… Continue reading
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Hush
"Hush – Moving from Silence to Healing after Childhood Sexual Abuse" by Nicole Braddock Bromley…sounded like a great book. She wrote this in 2007 and will be coming to Michigan Tech on the 28th of March. She lost me….before she… Continue reading
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Ruby
"When you get something on the page, it leaves your body." Cynthia Bond – Author of "Ruby" I loved this line in her interview in "O" magazine… and I loved her book, "Ruby". When asked why she wrote…."I was just trying… Continue reading
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Fulfilled and Happy
"In acceptance, we are free to be in the present. Once we have accepted our own true nature and the ways of the universes they are reflected in our world, there is no longer regret about our past, nor is there fear… Continue reading
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Out of Reality
David Hawkins writes about “Guilt”…in his book, “Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender. “Ninety-nine percent of guilt has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. In fact, the most pious, meek, and harmless individuals are often riddled with guilt. Guilt… Continue reading
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Worlds Apart.
The two worlds existing side by each is so remarkable. And the inhabitants of each world speak two different languages and see things completely different. Not like a similar variation or just a bit down the spectrum…but completely different. Where… Continue reading
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The two lives of you.
I was listening to a fictional book, "All Fall Down" by Jennifer Weiner and she was writing about a woman who discovered her mother had been an alcoholic for the first time when she was in rehab. She had a… Continue reading
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Separate Being
"Codependents go numb by obsessing, controlling and denying." Melody Beattie "Codependency is subtle, insidious. To recover from chemical dependency, we admit that we're powerless over alcohol. We realize we aren't controlling alcohol; it's controlling us. Now alcohol was controlling me… Continue reading
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Relationships will die.
More about Boundaries….from Melody Beattie. "It's not a boundary if we can't enforce it." (Love this line!) AFTER SETTING BOUNDARIES PLAN ON: .being tested to see if we're serious, especially if previous boundaries were empty threats. .feeling "after burn" (guilty)… Continue reading
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Say it out loud.
Melody Beattie writes about boundaries in "The New Codependency". "Boundaries" When: .we're done saying "yes" when we mean "no"; .hurtful , disrespectful behavior must stop; . we're ready to say how we feel, whether people want to hear it or… Continue reading
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