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 124: Lessons about Grief
Episode 123: One Layer Deeper - Dating in Recovery
Episode 122: Courage to Pay the Price
Episode 121: The Courage to Tell Your Story
Episode 120: The Courage to Try Again
Episode 119: The Courage to be Known
Episode 118: The Courage to Circle Back
Episode 117: What Courage do you need TODAY?
Episode 116: The Courage to Commit
Episode 115: Courage to Slow Down
Episode 114: The Year of Courage
Episode 113: 5 Years Sober
Episode 112: Women’s Stories: Joyce Part 2
Episode 111: Women's Stories: Joyce Part 1
Episode 110: To the Women Who Came Before Me
Episode 108: Letting Go of Expectations
Episode 107: Broadening Your World View
Episode 106: Women's Stories: Sally Part 2
Episode 105: Women's Stories: Sally Part 1
Episode 104: The Season of Letting Go
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