The garden is alive at this time of year. New growth surrounds us. Springtime is represented by the wood element in Oriental Medicine. The organs that relate to the wood element are the liver ...
In the political world we are seeing the conflicting ideas of “revolution” as opposed to the “establishment.” I’m suggesting a similar battle is being played out between the orthodoxy of religion as opposed to the ...
In part one of this column—featured in the April issue of Counselor—I began outlining the ten p’s of my friend and colleague Dr. Michael Flaherty. These ten p’s are needed to address addiction and recovery ...
While treatment for substance use disorders may be a relatively new development, the problem is not, as evidenced by “Noah plants a vineyard, is drunken and mocked by Ham” (Luke 21:34 New International Version). Addiction ...
“Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse has been a life-altering influence for so many people, including me. I first met Sharon in my mother’s living room, thirty-six years ago, when she was doing a weekend of work with my ...
Have you heard the joke about the lesbian and the U-Haul? It goes like this: What does a lesbian bring on a second date? The punch line, an in-joke about the potent emotional entwinement that ...
As the nation scrambles to combat the unprecedented opioid epidemic—now claiming more lives daily than fatal traffic accidents or death by gunshots—several progressive initiatives underscore just how far some of our long-held beliefs about treating ...
Through a cooperative effort with NACoA (National Association for Children of Alcoholics) and the Wellbriety Movement, a new program has emerged and is designed to spread family healing and recovery across Indian Country. The Wellbriety ...
Once again it is summer time. As a matter of fact, it begins this year on June 21, as it usually does. This date has been recognized for thousands of years as the “summer solstice,” ...
The explosion came without warning. The blast threw him against the wall. Dennis Potter felt the fireball sear into his flesh. He had never known pain like this before. Toxic chemical vapors burned lung ...
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