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Reclaiming Your Energy from the Cycle of Controlling Help Issue 64. March 1, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Ephraim Mayrena If you’ve been giving advice to somebody over and over and over again and they never take it, this essay is for you. We do this in an effort to…

How to Slow Down So You Can Spot and Avoid Red Flags Issue 63. February 23, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Bernd Dittrich If you want what you want when you want it, you’re not likely to be able to delay gratification. This often happens when you have a sense…

Unlocking Intimacy:16 Transformations in 12-Step Recovery for Better Sex Issue 62. February 16, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Getty Images One of the many benefits of my 12-step recovery that I would never have guessed at is that sex has improved dramatically. I’ve learned to keep the focus on myself,…

Issue 61. February 9, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here are the top 12 relationships tips I learned from 12-step recovery. Seeing as I’m now in the first (and only) healthy relationship of my life after about 40 years of dating, you…

Part 5 of 5: Overcoming Unrealistic Expectations Issue 60. February 2, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Yunus Tug Now that we’re on my 5th essay about overcoming unrealistic expectations you might be thinking, “I’m starting to understand how to not have expectations ahead of time, but what if I’m still resentful because…

Part 4 of 5: Overcoming Unrealistic Expectations Issue 59. January 26, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Thomas Serer Managing my expectations has been a HUGE part of my recovery and is one of the foundations of my emotional sobriety. I’ve learned that sometimes, in order to have the peace I…

Part 3 of 5: Overcoming Unrealistic Expectations Issue 58. January 19, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Allison Saeng Fairness is one of my most important values. I really want things to be fair for people. At the same time, I get that the world is not fair. What I’ve come…

Part 2 of 5: Overcoming Unrealistic Expectations Issue 57. January 12, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ The reason I’m doing this five-part series is that having unrealistic expectations has been the story of my life. Letting go of those expectations has been an enormous part of my recovery and something I continue…

Part 1 of 5: Overcoming Unrealistic Expectations Issue 56. January 5, 2024 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: ph-m-chung One of the most disruptive patterns I discovered in early recovery was that I had all kinds of unrealistic expectations – of myself, others and the world. Since this was such an enormous…

Issue 55. December 29, 2023 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ Photo Credit: Dayne Topkin When I first heard the saying, “It’s none of your business what other people think of you”, I had no idea what that meant. I seriously couldn’t wrap my mind around it. Every time I thought about that saying,…