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Showing posts with label emotional health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emotional health. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2010

Recovery: Question of the Day

Now that we're in the last week of this month of Recovery discussion, I have a question for you to think about during this next week:

How are you feeling?


HOMEWORK:


Take ten minutes each morning this week to assess how you are feeling about yourself in the following categories:

_Emotionally

_Physically

_Spiritually

_Intellectually

_Sexually

_Financially

Consider these six areas in your life. Determine what feels right, what feels off, and where you can make some changes.

Write down one action statement for each category on your Post-it Note. That is, write down one thing you can do to create the necessary change you might need in each of the categories. Make the statements positive, and stick them where you're sure to see them each day this week.

Journal on Sunday to see if you've made any kind of attitude shift.

Maybe you'll discover there's an an area in your life that needs more work. If so, you'll want to focus on that in the coming months. For example, maybe you need to actually sign up for that class you've been meaning to take. Or maybe you'll finally outsource that job you know you're never going to do.

Is there an area in your life you've neglected, and you didn't even realize this. Maybe it's because you hadn't even thought about it before? Your sex life, for example? How often do we NOT even think about that! Is it satisfying? Why not? Are we talking to our partners about this in a gentle manner? Or do we just accept things the way they are? Can't we do better? That's the point of this exercise. At week's end, you should see some kind of enlightenment if you do this exercise completely.

The following week, you may even see yourself acting on your statements, if you're not already.

Any questions? Post them as a comment below.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Favorite books for personal growth

This list represents books I've read once or twice, sometimes more. They helped me tremendously during my early mental--and physical--rides. They still do. And it's a lengthy list. Of course, it took me several years to read them and do the work that some require. But these are my favorites. I've read many, many more. But these, for me, touch on the important points of emotional, physical, spiritual, and even sexual growth. We're aiming for balance in all four areas of life.

Pick and choose what works for you. Create your own list. Add to this one. Substract from it. Let your Killer instincts--your most honest and tuned-in gut reaction--lead the way. But if you don't know where to start, here are several good bets:

A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps (for all people in the process of recovery) by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.

A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson

Believe in the God Who Believes in You by Robert H. Schuller

Boundaries and Relationships by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.

Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life by Gregg Levoy

Choices by Shad Helmstetter

Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and it's all small stuff by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.

Feel the Fear And Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

Life Application Study Bible: New Living Translation

Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

The Power of Focus for Women by Fran Hewitt & Les Hewitt

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield