ND in MD?

Q:  Matt and Paula, Wow, this sounds like a great weekend! What would it take, in terms of students and space to have you give a weekend workshop in Maryland? Blessings, Alison
A:  Not that much, really, Alison. Not that much, at all… [...]

Deep Feeling, Deep Healing

Troubles with Intimacy?
"What often keeps a person "intimacy-impaired" as an adult are the hurts and conclusions of childhood. True updating, beyond mere behavioral changes, requires regressing to the original feeling state."
"Deep Feeling, Deep Healing"The Heart, Mind, and Soul of Getting Well– Andy Bernay-Roman
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"How does stored pain (trauma) relate to disease?" and other interview [...]

Reacting Emotionally

"Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business."
– Norman Vincent Peale

I’ll Stand by You

I’ll Stand by You
oh.Why you look so sad?the tears are in your eyescome on and come to me, now
don’t be ashamed to crylet me see you through’cause I’ve seen the dark side, too.
when the night falls on youdon’t know what to donothing you’d confesscan make me love you less.
I’ll stand by you.
I’ll stand by you.won’t [...]

Essential to Recovery

Mary Ellen Copeland in The Mental Health American, Fall 2000 says:
"Taking back control of your life by making your own decisions and your own choices is essential to recovery. It will help you to feel better about yourself and may even help you to relieve some of the symptoms that have been troubling to you. [...]

Are You Mentor Material?

Are You Mentor Material?
- by Patti Sarr, teacher, writer, thinker
Over the years, I have come to realize that having a great mentor can truly have a positive impact on my life—not only as a busy mom and career woman, but as an individual seeking to expand emotionally and spiritually. Personally, many of the most important [...]

Quotes on Forgiveness

“To get to forgiveness, we first have to work through the painful experiences that require it.”
– Christiane Northrup
“We must let ourselves feel all the painful destruction we want to forgive rather than swallow it in denial. If we do not face it, we cannot forgive it.”
– Kenneth McNoll

Remember, Acceptance does not [...]

Feeling Your Feelings

Guess what?
- – Avoiding your Feelings, doesn’t work!
- – – Denying your Feelings, doesn’t work!
- – – – Drinking away your Feelings, doesn’t work!
The only thing that REALLY WORKS, is FEELING YOUR FEELINGS!