Leslie Glass's Blog, page 126
November 2, 2020
Sobriety Journal Prompt: Your Recovery Enabler
A recovery enabler helps you stay positive about your sobriety We all need support when it comes to recovery. A recovery enabler is someone who respects your sobriety and helps you stay safe. It can be a family member, a sponsor, a boss, or any other person who loves you and wants to see you...
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Self Care Ideas For Children
Self care ideas for children include dos and don’ts for conversations, activities and easing fears during isolation Self care ideas for children in isolation are just as important as self care tips for adults during this time of separation and uncertainty. Cheryl Clunk, Director of Family & Youth Services at Harvest House attended a National...
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Holiday Boundaries For Corona Virus Season
Holiday boundaries are still needed even in this season of epidemic and separation. Are you still getting together for the holidays? Is Zoom your new way of connecting the family this year? Everything has changed since last year, yet family differences still exist and may even have worsened. You have bad memories from years past,...
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November 1, 2020
Take The Gratitude Challenge To Connect
Why you need the gratitude challenge this year. It’s five days of connecting in a different way. We’re not going to talk about seeing the sky and being grateful for sunshine. That’s connecting with what you see, or hear or eat or do. This is being grateful for people, and showing your appreciation. This could...
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October 31, 2020
When An Empath Falls For A Narcissist
When an empath falls for a narcissist, guess who changes. Right, it’s not the narcissist. He or she will always be the same no matter what happens. We’ve heard, and written, a lot about narcissists and narcissism lately. It’s everywhere in the news, and people are becoming more aware of positive relationships, toxic relationships, and...
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Gratitude for Children Of Alcoholics
Gratitude for children of alcoholics doesn’t come easy. Feeling gratitude is difficult when there is abuse and neglect in your past. Here are 7 ways children of alcoholics can feel grateful this holiday season from Tian Dayton. How many times have I heard people share that they “do not regret the past?” People, who have,...
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20 Codependency Warning Signs
Codependency warning signs can help you begin separating yourself from someone else’s needs and demands. Boundaries break down where there is codependency. Did you know that codependency is common in families with addiction and substance abuse? Codependency is also common where there is a narcissist dominating family members. There are many degrees of codependency, and...
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Forgiveness Doesn’t Remove Boundaries
Forgiveness is something we ask for when we’ve wronged someone, or it’s something we give to free ourselves from resentment. What does forgiveness mean to you? In the bible forgiveness is a two-way street. If you forgive others for their transgressions, then you will be forgiven in return. In your prayer for forgiveness, your wish...
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October 30, 2020
10 Signs Of A Dysfunctional Family
Do you wonder if you have a dysfunctional family? There is a famous quote by the Russian novelist, Tolstoy, that all happy families are the same, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Characteristics of happy families include, listening to each other, respecting each other’s differences, supporting each other, being kind and...
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October 29, 2020
How To Create Happy Families After Addiction
Happy families have some characteristics in common, and these characteristics of healthy families are not present in families where there is narcissism, substance, alcohol, or behavior issues. You may be worried that you can’t change your family dynamic, but everyone has the ability to make things better if they become aware of the problems and...
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