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ARTArticle***Can Intestinal Health Help Brain Function in Addiction Recovery ?5 Tips for Intestinal Health to Help Improve Brain Function ARTArticle***Childhood Trauma Can Lead to CodependencyWhy Childhood Trauma Can Lead to Codependency ARTArticle5 Decluttering Mini-MissionsThe past few weeks, we have been examining the benefits of decluttering and simple living. The studies make it clear that living a less cluttered life is beneficial not only for your mental health, but also for your family. The problem is that so many of us have so much clutter. Where can you even begin? Today I am challenging you to start establishing some good habits that will eventually lead to a calmer, less cluttered home. Choose any one of these decluttering mini-missions to help you get started:r ARTArticleAlte atives to Recreational ShoppingWhen I was a teenager, there was only one place to meet up with friends: the mall, of course! We'd catch up on gossip, walk around, have lunch, and absently make some purchases as we went. It was an enjoyable time, but my closet kept getting fuller. I'd purge the things, and it would fill up again. Not exactly compatible with a lower-waste lifestyle.ARTArticleAnger Management in Corporate America- We need help!Anger has become one of the most intimate issues in today's world . With unemployment at an all time high nationally , and the stress of current life in American becoming incredibly stressful , Americans are turning to rage . Anger is often a bi-product of other more primitive emotions such as fear, depression, anxiety or stress.ARTArticleBreaking Through the LonelinessI am willing to wager that you have a secret. Your secret is a story--or many stories--that culminate in a shameful "truth" about yourself and who you think you are. You go through life hoping nobody discovers this truth. It would all fall apart if everybody figured out what you "really" are. Or maybe you're trying to bend reality, to make the most out of a difficult situation. Maybe if you can be strong, brave, and inspiring, then you won't come across as hurt, damaged, and unstable.ARTArticleDeclutter Your Mind and Redefine Your RealityThe most important decluttering we can make is to remove mental clutter. Mental clutter is anything going around in your head, that is keeping you from achieving your dreams. Having a tidy, uncluttered house is great, but achieving the goals that you set at the beginning of this course will not be possible unless we tackle the mental clutter.ARTArticleDeclutter Your Schedule!Everybody is busy. And we secretly think we like it that way. On Facebook, probably once a week I see a quotation being shared about the amount of time teachers work after hours. And these make me laugh, because I certainly wouldn't have time to be starting my own business, raising a child, having a marriage, and going to the gym, if I worked 20 hours a week outside of my work day! Stay-at-home parents are also insanely busy, according to Facebook. And yet my husband has timee to work from home, have plenty of hobbies, and run everyday.ARTArticleDo You Have to Want to Get Well for Treatment to Work?Do you need to WANT to get well for treatment to work? We have all heard the line… “You can’t force someone into treatment, they have to want to get well for it to work”. I must say, I wholeheartedly disagree and I believe this fallacy has lead to devastating consequences for people who really needed help.r ARTArticleEnjoying God's GiftsWith the weather changing and the days getting longer, it is easier to get outside and get some fresh air. Shortly after my heart surgery the weather turned cold and it was hard to get out. I remember one morning going to get some groceries and I forgot to wear a hat. My head got cold and I got extremely dizzy.ARTArticleHealing From Our Fear of SelfishnessA client recently asked me what the difference was, between healing and loving yourself and being selfish. To that person, they appeared to be the same thing. Learning to love ourselves is an important step on our journey to grow in our emotional intelligence. Yet, fear of being selfish is a hurdle that many of us face, in our journey to self-love. We all want to be kind, decent people and discover and share our spiritual gifts. But what is the difference between loving and caring for ourselves, and being selfish?ARTArticleHobbies... helping us along the spiritual pathAs a teenager and young adult my main hobby, let me change that, my only hobby was partying. I was functional in school as far as grades go but everything revolved around partying. It didn't matter if it was alcohol or drugs, I wanted to party and whatever means it took to get there I would do it.ARTArticleHow Simplicity Can Add Sanity to Your LifeWe are all surrounded by clutter. Everywhere we look, everywhere in our life, there is too much. There is too much to do. There is too much to buy. There is too much to worry about. There are too many obligations. There is too much stress. And the heart of the "too much" often lies in our homes. We have dishes we never use, clothing we never wear, food we never eat, hobbies we never engage in. Our society is always pushing us toward more. We need MORE: We need the latest and greatest electronic gadgets. We need clothing that is in style.ARTArticleHow We Create ADD and The 7 Keys to Reverse itThe diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) has skyrocketed 800% in the past three decades. Currently over sixty millio Americans are said to suffer from attention disorders and there are now forty five million prescriptions written for these toxic medications to improve their performance on a daily basis. However, there is no biological test to show this “illness” exists despite a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry that thrives on its existence. Moreover these medications are dangerous in themselves.ARTArticleLiberation From Your Unwanted Emotional StatesThe path to liberation is an ongoing process of moving forward on your path to remove the obstacles to your inner peace and self-knowledge. The obstacles on this journey can be as diverse as your mind can imagine. Yet it is not until you are solidly grounded in your body and the world that real progress can be made and most importantly maintained.ARTArticleMommy Wars, Mommy Guilt, and Other Fake Ideas Invented by SocietyWhat if there were no television, no Internet, and no parenting books? What would we do differently? Would we treat each other with more compassion? Would we feel better about ourselves? Would we have less anger? How would we raise our children, if we weren't constantly being told that we were doing it wrong? It was questions like these that led me to my belief that not only are the "mommy war" are stupid--they're not natural. And they don't exist.ARTArticleOut Of Control and Feeling HelplessMary continually held her breath as she explained how her son Ken grew up in a single-parent home. She became pregnant after being drugged and raped on a blind date. Since kindergarten, Ken had been on a cocktail of drugs. Now eight he had already been on Ritalin, Zoloft, Risperdal, and Strattera. He was now on Adderall. She didn’t want him on medication, however his behavior was so disruptive, over-active, aggressive and uncooperative that it caused his teachers to give him poor evaluations.ARTArticlePaying It ForwardSometimes the best thing we can do for others, is nothing. Offer our experience and let them grow on their own... During my first attempt at sobriety I started writing. Mostly jou als about what had happened in my life and how it affected me at that time. I found it quite therapeutic. My writing stopped when I went back to drinking and didn’t resume until I quit drinking again. Now, since October of 1994, I’ve been writing.ARTArticlePTSD... closing in on one yearAs more time passes from my operations I begin to see more of it. Some have mentioned that it is a form of PTSD. It is hard to describe. The best word I can think of is fear. I wasn't fearful at the time but as I look back at it all it makes me extremely fearful.ARTArticleSimplicity and the Human BrainThis month, I have been writing about the benefits of living a simple lifestyle. I have shown you have decluttering helps to reduce anxiety and to prevent the mind from becoming overwhelmed. Yet my posts have focused on adults living a simpler lifestyle. We often think that living minimalistically is only appropriate for adults, and possibly only single adults. Children need lots of toys to learn and grow, right? They need toys, and they need a schedule full of enrichment activities.ARTArticleSo What is Voluntary Simplicity (and How Can it Help You)?I wrote last week about the benefits that simplicity has on maintaining your mental health. There was a great deal of interest in that topic and in the e-course that I am going to be offering on Simple Living Basics. But the question came up: what exactly is voluntary simplicity?ARTArticleTips on Going With The Flow and Surrendering to The OutcomeSometimes along our journey there comes a time when a choice has to be made about how much effort we are putting into something. I’m sure you’ve all had the experience of wanting something so badly that you would do just about anything to have it or make it happen. Determination is one of the most important keys for success in any area of your life, but what happens when you try to make something happen because it’s what you want, yet nothing about it is falling into place?ARTArticleTrue Power Lies Beyond VulnerabilityI remember the first time I experienced a "vulnerability hangover." I remember the exact date, to be exact. It was January 1, 2013. I had been blogging for nearly 2 years, sharing our adventures in sailing and minimalism. I had quit Facebook and started corresponding with friends via e-mail. These interactions were a huge part of my journey, and each of these friends pushed me to break away from the script given to us by society and realize the life that I actually wanted to live.ARTArticleWant to Get Started Living Simply? Try This Inexpensive E-Course!Minimalism is a tool that can assist you in finding freedom. Freedom from fear. Freedom from worry. Freedom from overwhelm. Freedom from guilt. Freedom from depression. Freedom from the trappings of the consumer culture we’ve built our lives around. Real freedom.” –The Minimalists ARTArticleWeight Loss Takes More Thank Diet and ExerciseMany of us are very good at trying to lose weight. We make resolutions, join gyms, exercise, follow a diet, resist sweets, research all the weigh loss tips we can find…We'll experience some weight loss, and even lose a few pounds in those first few weeks. And the next week, we'll experience stress and gain back those pounds--plus a few more. We were sure we knew how to lose weight, but we didn't succeed.ARTArticleWhat to ask when choosing a treatment centerWhat Treatment Coordination and Advocacy Suggests you Ask When Choosing a Treatment Center Choosing a treatment center can be an overwhelming and confusing process for anyone, let alone someone who is scared, anxious and may be seeking treatment for the first time. This is one reason why Treatment Coordination and Advocacy offers a treatment placement service in which we serve as the Treatment Coordinator for clients and their families, taking the leg work and as much stress away from the client’s and their families as possible.ARTArticleAnger Can Be Permanently DissolvedAnger Can Be Permanently Dissolved By Bart Sharp Anger management is not the best long-term solution for our anger. What it offers to the person desiring the ability to control their anger. However it does not address the long-term solution. They still often become the affect of anger. We can go from someone who uses anger as a destructive force to not holding the triggers and energies that influence us to become angry. We can be free of this destructive cycle.ARTArticleAnger Management Classes - Gain Skills to Improve your life!Anger is one emotion we all have. For some of us anger is the primary way we express our needs when we get upset. Anger is usually a response to some other feeling or emotion we are having. Really give it some thought. Think about the last time you were really upset. Were you upset because someone hurtyour feelings? Perhaps you felt ashamed, blamed, or insulted? Anger is usually a secondary response on the human mind". There is usually some other emotion that precedes it.ARTArticleAnger Management Tips for Hot HeadsAnger management classes are a excellent way to get your life back together after damaging or destroying a relationship or partnership that you hoped would succeed or flourish . If you are a hot head, or even feel that your temper can get you in trouble, considering an anger management course might be an excellent option .ARTArticleAnyone Can Take Anger Management ClassesAnger management isn't just for the corrupt, law breaking types, it is even for those seeking some assistance for personal growth or development. Anger control has reached a whole new level, where even celebrities and professional athletes are being referred to these classes to better manage and control their temper .

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