Where is Your Bottom?
We all know the expression “hitting your bottom,” and we use it all the time whenever referring to serious instances such as addiction, but also
May 17, 2023
The True Magic of Connection: Sometimes Healing Happens in Mysterious Ways
I have a confession to make. I believe in magic! Yes, yours truly, whose practices are grounded in evidence-based engagements and interventions, the man who
May 1, 2023
Driving Through Your Recovery – or What is Recovery Capital?
Imagine waking up to a beautiful car of your dreams sitting in your parking spot. It’s shiny and idling, waiting for you to drive it.
April 28, 2023
Identity Development: Sometimes Healing Happens in Mysterious Ways
The process of Identity Development is important to all human beings, and although associated with adolescence, it is a profess that for a number of us is
April 25, 2023
What is Recovery Management (RM), and How Does it Support Recovery?
There’s an outdated belief stemming from early treatment programs and some self-help groups that claims that Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a chronic condition that
April 24, 2023
Recovery Management can be THE Difference Maker In Healing and Recovery
I posted at BeaconConfidential.com a piece that explains how and why Recovery Management (RM) can make a difference between successful healing and recovery and continued
April 24, 2023
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: FAMILY OF ORIGIN SEPARATION TRAUMA AND ADDICTION – CARE PLANNING AND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
I was honored to speak to the clinicians at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation today, especially as a graduate of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate
April 19, 2023
Bill W was a Relinquishee
Imagine being an 11-year-old boy and having your childhood shattered after being abandoned by both your mother and father. The carefree days spent in rural
April 17, 2023
HIGH-VALUE-ADDED CONSULTING AND COACHING:
Case Studies
In the following series I will talk about composite case studies based on clients who came to my practice looking for help with their
April 11, 2023
Making Amends in Sobriety
Whether you’re recovering with the help of a 12-step program or go about it some other way, there will be a time in your new
April 8, 2023
HIGH-VALUE-ADDED CONSULTING CASE STUDY:
IAN
I met the B. family after the mother (Mary) reached out to me once she read my memoir, Parallel Universes . She emailed sharing that
April 5, 2023
HIGH-VALUE-ADDED CONSULTING CASE STUDY:
MELANIE
I met 29-year-old Melanie at an adoption event that she attended with her adoptive parents. We met in a social setting, and I shared that
April 5, 2023
Haymarket Center Spring Workshop: Family of Origin Separation Trauma and Addiction – Care Planning and Recovery Management Implications
I was honored to have kicked off the 2023 Haymarket Center Spring Workshops with the presentation: Family of Origin Separation Trauma and Addiction – Care
March 27, 2023
Confirmation Bias and What Trust Has to do With It
One of the most challenging aspects of growing up with developmental trauma is having to unlearn certain beliefs—beliefs that might’ve served us at one point,
February 28, 2023
Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital Seminar –
Adoption and Foster Care: Considerations for Medical Practice
I once again had the opportunity to present to Dr. Samantha Wilson‘s class at the Medical College of Wisconsin titled Adoption and Foster Care: Considerations
February 7, 2023
On Grieving Many Times, and Many Times Over
My beautiful, sweet mother died last week at the age of 90 years old. She passed while I was on a plane on my way
January 30, 2023
The Antidote to Shame
I was relinquished at birth, then adopted into a new family at the age of one-week old. I entered this world without the safety net
January 16, 2023
ANNOUNCING: A NEW PARTNERSHIP, A NEW HOPE Click here to read an introduction I wrote to the Adoption Constellation. I have the honor of collaborating
December 30, 2022
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