We crafted this very last issue of 2022 about emotional well-being—a common topic around the holidays.
Sometimes seen as the hardest time of the year for people in the recovery community, many of us ‘double down’ on our self-care in an effort to protect our...
This issue of Journey is about financial well-being and this past week, in thinking about my publisher’s letter, I was brought back to the late 80s and early 90s when my financial situation was very visible.
Back in the day, everyone in the grocery store...
A pivotal conversation, a connection, and the space between hope and belief
On February 19, 1993, a conversation with a friend sparked a tiny bit of hope that lifted me out of the deep, dark, intensity of despair I was feeling. The despair was the...
Move a muscle, change a thought.
It’s a sentence I can sometimes access quickly when I feel stunted or stuck—either in a thought or in a pattern of behavior.
I first heard it from a wise man in a church basement many years ago—no doubt passed...
This 20th issue of the magazine centers around Mental Wellbeing.
According to Google: “Mental wellbeing, in general, is the state of thriving in various areas of life, such as in relationships, at work, play, and more, despite ups and downs. It’s the knowledge that we...
“All that mattered in that moment was that I no longer believed that I could help me. In that moment, a spark of hope transformed into action.”
These powerful, important words from Niki’s article, Disbelief to Belief, really resonated with me.
Hope is that thing that...
