Friday Fragments

Issue 149. January 9, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ I had a conversation with a newcomer in recovery recently that landed like a perfect case study for romantic relationships. It was one of those moments where two lessons I teach all the time showed up in real life, fully formed.Those lessons are:…

Issue 148. January 2, 2026 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ January is a time when many people quietly take stock of their romantic relationships. Not just whether they’re partnered or single, but how they show up inside connection. How much they give. How much they tolerate. How safe they feel being fully themselves.…

Issue 147. December 19, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ I had a conversation recently that reminded me of something I learned the hard way. A man in recovery told me he finally understood that his expectations were the very thing upsetting him. But he didn’t know how to stop having them. He…

Issue 146. December 12, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ There’s a popular saying in recovery circles that always makes me smile. People call it “stinkin’ thinkin.’” It’s the reminder that the problem isn’t you. The problem is the thoughts that have taken up residence in your mind and learned to sound like…

Issue 145. December 5, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ For most of my adult life, and honestly even part of my adolescence, I had this sense that something about me needed fixing. I kept thinking if I just read enough books, did enough workshops, journaled enough, or practiced the right spirituality, I’d…

Issue 144. November 28, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ As we head into the heart of the holiday season, I want to talk about something that steals our peace more than we realize. It slips into family gatherings, social events, and even the way we scroll through other people’s cheerful holiday posts.…

Issue 143. November 21, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ During the holidays, life tends to speed up while our internal world gets louder. And for many of us in recovery, this is exactly when decision-making can feel impossible. Some decisions are huge.  Others are tiny.  Yet the internal impact can be the…

Issue 142. November 14, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ If there is ever a season that tests our ability to live life on life’s terms, it is the holidays. Plans change. People behave in ways we wish they would not. Someone arrives late, someone cancels, someone says something that lands like a…

Issue 141. November 7, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ One of the most unexpected lessons I have learned in recovery is that I need to be prepared to lose people. That might sound cold or pessimistic at first, but stay with me. What I have really learned is how to hold love…

Issue 140. October 31, 2025 ✨ Higher Power Coaching & Consulting ✨ On the bottom of my laptop screen, for years, I had a quiet little reminder I saw dozens of times a day: Failure and learning are just part of the process. It helps me remember that failure isn’t proof that something’s wrong with…