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We can’t fix anyone else — this is true. However, we can allow change in others to emerge IF we take the necessary steps to: first, understand our own behavior; and second,hange our own behaviors. Especially if we want an… Continue Reading →
Hello — I’ll be giving a free reading and discussing the idea of compassion in addiction treatment. Please see the above flyer with all the details… {As a tool, my book 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction really can help… Continue Reading →
As the weekend gets underway, I’m certain that many people are awakening to the fear that comes with loving someone who is addicted to drugs. As a reminder to everyone, my book, 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction, is… Continue Reading →
There was a fire along the shoulder on I-25 Northbound yesterday. I was traveling southbound down La Bajada when I first saw the smoke. Once I reached the flames, I was compelled to pull over and snap some pics, as… Continue Reading →
Whenever I’m about to give a talk, I have this need to get to the mountains and take in the energy from the natural world. Really, it’s self-care for me and I strongly recommend taking time to just experience the… Continue Reading →
Hello — this morning, Emily Stern,the Director of Santa Fe Community College’s Diversity and Integrative Center, and I were on the Richard Eeds show which is broadcast out of Santa Fe, NM. We discussed the symposium we are having at the Santa Fe… Continue Reading →
Here’s my pitch: If you buy 49 Tips and Insights for Understanding Addiction, read it, and do as many of the exercises as you can, you will be both prepared to handle Addiction and be much more inoculated from Addiction’s… Continue Reading →
drug-induced zombies breathe, angry that they do air is nothing more than poison to those who resent the day they first tasted oxygen they walk cavalier and rocky roads unaware of their cut and bleeding feet they just want… Continue Reading →
I wrote Journey to Aztlan to show people that there is hope for those who are stricken with Depression. For me, I found healing by returning to the very source of who I am and I believe that if everyone… Continue Reading →
The reality is that there are hundreds of ways to treat a substance abuse problem. The challenge for practitioners is which is the best? For me, approaches that focus on client empowerment and establishing meaning through the client’s perspective tend… Continue Reading →
