The Original Self
Unconditionally loving and perfectly imperfect, without shame, unique, real, precious, one-of-a-kind, genuine, spontaneous, worthy, vulnerable, accepting of who I am, expressive of needs and wants and able to be in...
Read MoreUnconditionally loving and perfectly imperfect, without shame, unique, real, precious, one-of-a-kind, genuine, spontaneous, worthy, vulnerable, accepting of who I am, expressive of needs and wants and able to be in...
Read MoreBy ROBERT WEISS LCSW, CSAT-S Some readers may remember the film Shame, released in 2011. Shame was a gritty portrayal of an active sex addict (Michael Fassbender). The movie was...
Read MoreWhile on an airplane I saw that the in-flight movie was Beautiful Creatures. Thinking the movie was a documentary on puppies or a sweet love story, I started to watch....
Read MoreIt’s as if the person across from you is wearing the mask of the Joker. You feel it. You know it’s there even through the smile and glistening teeth. You...
Read MoreIn our development toward a state of emotional liberation, most of us seem to experience three stages in the way we relate to others. Stage 1:In this stage, known as...
Read MoreAnonymity on the Silver ScreenJoin Together spoke with Greg Williams, producer of “The Anonymous People,” an independent documentary about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction....
Read MoreLiving proof that the human spirit can overcome the toughest of obstacles Over 23 million people in the U.S. are directly affected by addiction, and 90 percent of them have...
Read MoreBy Allen Nohre, Terros Four days a week at 7:00 a.m., 30 to 35 men and women, who have slept on the streets or in homeless shelters, line up outside...
Read MoreThe process of identifying and evaluating our basic beliefs has four steps: Paying attention to thoughts and feelings in reaction to a situation, Paying attention to the facts of a...
Read MoreBy Mike Finecey, MA, LPC, LISAC You make me so angry!” Have you ever gotten so angry that you’ve said something you’ve regretted or walked away hurt and disappointed? Do...
Read MoreYou are missing it! You could be missing all the fun, all the excitement and all the gifts. Most of us go through life from circumstance to circumstance and person...
Read MoreLaw enforcement officials and prosecutors are finding it difficult to win convictions against makers of synthetic drugs, who are constantly changing the chemistry of the products to stay one step...
Read MoreMy friend Jenny owns a Subway sandwich shop in a large city. When local teenagers began to loiter near the entrance to the shop, Jenny politely asked them to leave....
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