Recently, as I've tried to acknowledge my own reality, I've been surprised by the variety of responses I've received. Whether it's friends, family, people in recovery, people out of recovery, as I've acknowledged the reality around me, I've been told to not think about it, ignore it, stop blaming, stop playing the victim. Society really teaches us not to acknowledge the difficult things in our lives. We're told not to dwell on the negative and not to focus on the difficult things. Dr. Bessel A. van der Kolk tells us: "As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself... The critical issues is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage." (Found in the Book: The Body Keeps The Score) Until we acknowledge our own reality - the past and the present, we can't heal or change it. In this episode I share four reasons why we don't acknowledgement things in our lives and the power acknowledgement gives us.
Homework: Identify two things in your life that you need to acknowledge that you have been avoiding. Write them down and share them with at least one person.Episode 184: Engage
Episode 183: Holding Space
Episode 182: Begin Again
Episode 181: Can’t vs. Won’t
Episode 180: Believing is Seeing - 10 Years Sober
Episode 179: Worth Reading - The Four Agreements
Episode 178: Dimensions of Courtship - Part 2
Episode 177: Dimensions of Courtship, Part 1
Episode 176: Models of Addiction
Episode 175: Worth Reading - ”Ready to Heal”
Episode 174: Long Term Recovery
Episode 173: Leveling Up
Episode 172: Implementation Framework
Episode 171: BDSM with Kristal Garcia
Episode 170: Motivation
Episode 169: Worth Reading - Alcoholics Anonymous
Episode 168: Intent and Impact
Episode 167: Women's Stories Series - Lisa
Episode 166: Loving Yourself Through the Process
Episode 165: Women's Stories Series: Kristal
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