Loving Kindness
Loving-kindness meditation is a form of self care, even self compassion. Families of drug addicted kids in particular stand to gain from...
Motivation, Kindness, Substances, and the Human Brain
"We are motivated to do things that have been associated with dopamine in our experience. So we are motivated to go camping if dopamine...
The developing brain- 25 is the magic number
Recent research has revealed that, in no uncertain circumstances, kid's brains are developing at warp speed. More to the point, for...
Self Compassion - bringing water into a dry desert
As parents of drug addicted kids, we tend to beat ourselves up, engage in scathing negative self talk, judgment, even self hatred or self...
There Are Many Paths To Get From Here to There
A 2016 Huffington Post article by Brooke Feldman, There is No "Right Way" to Overcome Addiction, validated my instincts and confirmed...
Lest We Forget....
Oh. No. I was running 100 mph in circles over one of my child's addiction, that these words dropped down in front of me like a concrete...
We are not alone
More mothers suffer from their child's addiction than I'd ever imagined. What I mean is, I thought my suffering was unique. That's why...