It is only within: -Impossibility that possibility can be found, -Chaos that order can be assembled, -Darkness that enlightenment is sought. What do adventurers require to navigate between these opposites? Perhaps: Forward or backward, while entertained or alone, our journeys will continue regardless. The sense of overwhelm one feels when
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Blog posts from a Life Recovery coach which offer fresh perspectives on lessons taught through personal experience
It’s Okay To Feel
It’s okay to want a different life when I no longer find contentment in mine,It’s okay to not have answers, nor feel I must find them,It’s okay to let others help and accept their support.It’s okay to accept the big, undefined changes in my life.It’s okay to let these changes
Continue readingThe shadow of our self-saboteur
In the past I had only heard this voice as the destroyer of dreams and the one who would add, ‘less’ after hope
Continue readingSelf Love: From suffering emerges the strongest of souls.
Self Love: From suffering emerges the strongest of souls.
Continue readingChange & Transformation
Most people, when faced with the thought of ‘change’ react with feelings of self-doubt and anxiety. However, this is more about feeling overwhelmed about the process of change versus a desire to change. Different Meanings It’s a common misperception that the words ‘transformation’ and ‘change’ are synonymous. In my opinion,
Continue readingWho is Richard?
On paper, I’m a successful Brand Strategist with a Master’s Degree in Leadership and a host of achievements in corporate life. To the outside world it has always seemed that I had everything, but nobody knew about the war that raged inside me. Breaking a 17-year chronic substance abuse addiction
Continue readingRelationships are not easy: But is your partner your Savior?
Relationships are not easy, but do you have a history of assigning your partners the role of ‘Savior’ in your relationships? If you do, the result will always be self sabotage. Many people find themselves in abusive relationship cycles due to making their partner their ‘Savior’. In these relationships we
Continue readingLearn to Hold Pain VS Becoming the pain
Learning to hold pain is one of life’s greatest lessons: This blog explores the structure of pain and ways to work with it and not against it. When facing trauma or painful situations, many people unconsciously allow their pain to take root in their entire way of being. This
Continue readingSelf Love and Self-Acceptance: You reap what you sow
Sitting at a coffee shop last week I picked up a sachet of sugar and read the quote printed on the back, ‘You reap what you sow’. My heart sunk a little when I considered how many good people I coach who give so much of themselves to others and
Continue readingFinding Faith In Failure & Hope in Humanity
ithin this mystery, I’ll get up again and face another day. Within the fight, we mustn’t forget that breakthroughs are birthed within breakdowns, never outside of them.
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