The Viable Alternative

Have you ever been annoyed or confused by the phrase, “Don’t take things personally?” Read more…

I personally believe that anger has gotten a bad rap because it is a very misunderstood emotion. Read more…

It’s funny when two people start dating, everyone is trying to be on their best behaviour because they don’t want to scare their new romantic interest away with their quirks, idiosyncrasies, neurotic behaviour, bad habits, past baggage or anything else they think may sour a “promising” beginning. Read more…

So, in the past few weeks I noticed something that I tend to do.

I noticed that when I get a compliment, my response is to put myself down. Read more…

Do you have a friend who, when he’s totally sober, is an amazing person, who you enjoy hanging out with, but when he gets some alcohol in him, not so much? He becomes this mean, angry, combative person, who tries to fight any and everyone who he thinks looked at him funny or copped some type of imaginary attitude with him? With him, it’s like the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, where you don’t even recognize who he is. Read more…

As I get deeper into my personal healing work, I’m learning that everything, yes, EVERYTHING that we do has some sort of perceived personal benefit, even if on the surface it is detrimental to us and the people around us, including our loved ones, and we’re able to consciously identify these detrimental effects. Read more…

I’m pleased to announce that I reached a new level in my therapy. This level definitely wasn’t possible for me last year because I hadn’t undergone the healing I needed to undergo in order for me to get to this place. What I also find interesting was that I had been recently contemplating stopping the therapy altogether, because I had felt that my therapy had stagnated, which made me think that I had gotten what I needed. Read more…

Okay….I wrote this about a month ago, and things have changed since then, but it’s still very important, so here goes….
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Ho hum…. Read more…

Many times in my life, there’d be a certain goal or endeavour with which either I couldn’t muster the motivation to accomplish or I’d run into a brick wall or setback over and over again, leading me to put it aside for another time. Read more…

I’ll keep this one short and simple. Read more…