Healing

Intentional Healing Through the Practice of Love

Healing from addiction, trauma and the suffering of life entails coming into the fullness of love. While it is in our truest nature to love, realizing our true nature requires […]

Silence, Solitude, and Stillness

Healing from trauma, addiction and other psychiatric illnesses is largely about healing the experience of Bare Reality. This is an experience before thought. It is the experience of existence, Pure […]

Remorse

Remorse is a feeling of sorrowful regret over harm we have done. It is a feeling that produces tears. We feel genuine sadness for what we have done to hurt […]

Self-Love

Addiction starts and ends with a lack of self-love. Why would we destroy ourselves if there was not a part of ourselves that did not love us? Recovery starts and […]

Resentment

“Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” Gautama Buddha Resentments arise from failed […]

Autonomy and Interdependence

We need each other to get by. From the day we are born to the day we die, we depend on each other for our survival and well-being. Yet we […]

Intentional Living

Personal growth and recovery do not happen by accident, but as a byproduct of intentional living. A life of recovery is a life that is lived on purpose, mindful of our […]

Recovery

Many people talk about recovery without a clear picture of recovery. Certainly it entails abstinence from addiction. Yet recovery is much, much more than this. Recovery is a way of […]

A Way of Being

Spiritualty– A way of being That leads to A way of doing Describing spirituality is like describing the taste of water. Words can point to the experience, but in […]