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How To Get Respect
Did you catch it? If you did, I’m thoroughly impressed. If you’ve been keeping up with my blog and read the one I posted entitled “Drop Your Pen” not too long ago, you might be saying to yourself “what is she…
Don’t Tackle Addictions Alone
I recently met a woman with a couple of very powerful addictions, we’ll call her Denise (not her real name). Denise was quite guarded with me at first, but she confided in me that she has had 2 addictions in particular for almost…
Drop Your Pen
I have to give props to my friend and co-worker Jerry Wise for today’s topic. It has been something that was a profound insight for me in seeing things in myself and others; not only helping me accept people for…
Hidden Stuckness
When I read an article, book, or blog, I always try to find truths about myself, my own situation, and the world in general. I am a die-hard truth-seeker. I ask myself, how can I learn and grow from this…
Smell The Roses
I’m back! Woo! If you were missing me, I just got back from a week-long vacation. It was totally relaxing, as all vacations should be. We did go to a theme park for a couple of days, but the rest of the…
Step One, Check!
So I found out late last week that I’ve been accepted into the graduate school program at IUPUI! I’ll be attending at the IU School of Social Work, studying toward my MSW, or Masters of Social Work. The application was…
“Quite Unwilling”
I got tickled last night at my Bible class. I’m doing a Beth Moore study called “Breaking Free.” Wow, is it good. I’m really enjoying it. Beth quoted 1 Corinthians 16:12 that tells of Paul “strongly urging” Apollos to go somewhere,…
Codependency, Counterdependency, & Giving, Part 3
As I said before, there are many books covering the subject of codependency with a spouse or in other relationships. What if we took that a step further? What if someone is being codependent with something inanimate? Let me give…
Codependency, Counterdependency, & Giving, Part 2
So we left off talking about how many codependents actually expect a trade instead of truly giving. I wanted to expound on that a little bit. You know, when a codependent person interacts with people in this way, expecting others…
Codependency, Counterdependency, & Giving, Part 1
I’d like to do a little series of blog entries on codependency, counterdependency, and giving. I’m not sure how many posts it will entail, but it’ll be a few. (I know I promised not to use too many big therapy-type…