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Month December 2013

Create to make darkness go away

I’ll make it simple: Creo is the Latin word for creation; Everto is the Latin word for destruction.  I use those words to describe what I once thought as the hero and villain in my life.  Turns out, I was… Continue Reading →

We can and SHOULD give our students a reason to stay in school

I read an article in my hometown newspaper that said something about the mayoral candidates caring about education, even though they don’t have direct authority over the school district.  The person who wrote the article made the comment as though… Continue Reading →

There ain't no self-pity to Depression

I’ve heard self-righteous sinners call depression a self-pity party. They congregate and pray and sing away their need to swim in gallons of jack Daniel’s: in words and in songs they congratulate themselves because in a blink of an eye… Continue Reading →

Partying while driving is so not a good idea…

The wind was both cold and strong when I set out on my morning’s run.  I never have a goal; I clear my head and let the rise and falls of the terrain guide my pace.  Today though, I couldn’t… Continue Reading →

A new approach to Addiction treatment, wrap-up

In my opinion, people want to be accepted and loved despite being flawed.  Whatever a given person perceives those flaws to be, to me, that’s THE basic human desire.   To try to explain, let’s look at someone I’ll call, “Joe.” … Continue Reading →

A new approach to Addiction treatment, wrap-up

In my opinion, people want to be accepted and loved despite being flawed.  Whatever a given person perceives those flaws to be, to me, that’s THE basic human desire.   To try to explain, let’s look at someone I’ll call, “Joe.” … Continue Reading →

New approach to Addiction treatment, part 3

This is the framework, then, from which I treat a person.  Most treatment models require two things: 1) that an addict sees the consequences of their actions; and, 2) that the interventionist breaks through the denials that the addict has… Continue Reading →

New approach to Addiction treatment, part 2

The sad thing is that, though the Collective Capacity is universal, not everyone accesses, feels, believes, or even wants to partake of what it does.  Because death’s negative energy is prevalent, despair grows within a person and replaces all choices… Continue Reading →

New approach to addiction treatment, part 1

There are no easy answers: Two people can experience the same traumatic event and one becomes entangled and enmeshed within despair while the other chooses life and becomes whole.  The questions as to how and why one dies and one… Continue Reading →

Eliminate control and judgement, communication emerges

My experience’s in life have taught me, most of all, to be aware of power differentials and the way those power differentials develop and operate.  As part of this awareness, there are two concepts that demonstrate the entire body of… Continue Reading →

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