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Don’t Stay Stuck

There are certain emotions that are more damaging to our well-being than others. Those emotions are guilt, fear, and shame. Yet many of us inexplicitly

June 19, 2020

Feeling Sorry for Yourself vs
Feeling Sorry for Yourself

It’s a given that the stories of people with trauma are tragic. It’s how we deal with those tragedies that decide on how successfully we

June 12, 2020

AA Beyond Belief Podcast: Adoptees and Addiction

Does relinquishment and/or adoption make one more susceptible to addiction? Are they froms of trauma? What should relinquishees in recovery avoid, and what should they

June 6, 2020

Solutions, Not Problems

Like an addiction, recovery too is stigmatized. Not a lot of people share with the world that they’re in recovery from addiction or trauma. Unlike

June 2, 2020

Where to Next?

As the world is cautiously discussing easing down some of the restrictions and reopening businesses and institutions, people in recovery have an interesting dilemma to

May 25, 2020

About Fear

One of the most prevailing emotions during this pandemic is fear. The threats that seemed so abstract before are now fully realized and real. People

May 22, 2020

It’s Not You – It’s Your Trauma

I’ve seen a lot of entrepreneurial and non-for-profit initiatives happening ever since the outbreak of COVID-19, and the lockdown. People are helping each other with

May 19, 2020

Guest Column at AA Agnostica – Acknowledge Your Reality

Thanks to AAAgnostca for sharing my post Acknowledge Your Reality The only “good” thing about COVID-19 is that with the current measures of social distancing,

May 11, 2020

Take Care of You and Yours

If you’re like many people, you’ve probably learned a few things about yourself during this time of a mandatory lockdown. Whether good or bad, some

May 2, 2020

Guest Column at AA Agnostica – It’s Not You, It’s Them: How Zealots Threaten Your Safety

Posted on April 29, 2020, at AA Agnostica.org: It seems to me that now, more than ever, religion and religious beliefs have been at the

April 29, 2020

Get Calm and Carry On: Patience, Endurance, and Persistence Required

Like many of us, I’ve been spending a lot more time on social media lately because of the pandemic, and I’ve been noticing a troubling

April 27, 2020

Blue Mind and Relinquishees/ Adoptees

Q: What is Blue Mind? A; Blue Mind: A mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peace, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with

April 15, 2020

Exercise in Trust: Who and What Can You Believe Today?

There is a lot of information coming at us. And now that so many of us are no longer going to work, we spend lots

April 9, 2020

My Secular Sobriety Videocast/ Podcast: How to Deal WIth and Thrive in a Trauma-filled COVID-19 World

I was honored to be the guest today of John and Ben at My Secular Sobriety. The general topic was How to Deal wIth and Thrive in a

April 5, 2020

Guest Column at AA Beyond Belief: HOW TO DEAL WITH TRAUMA AS IT’S ON-GOING

It is official: we are all in collective trauma. There is really no point in being competitive about it, although, for economic reasons, many people

April 5, 2020

COVID-19: Navigating a Pandemic –
5 Articles to Help You Build Resilience

Here are 5 articles that can help you navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and build resilience. After all, you need to be ok physically and psychologically

March 30, 2020

Note: Social Distancing Equals CONNECTING During DISTANCING

No one has predicted this. No one. But we’ve all seen movies and read books, and it’s hard not to panic as real life starts

March 19, 2020

NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER: Solution-Focus vs Problem-Focus:
Build Resilience by Leveraging the Positive (not Emphasizing the Negative)

With all that’s going on in today’s world (as I write this the U.S. Federal Funds interest rate stands at 0%, U.S. and world financial

March 16, 2020

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DAVID B. BOHL

Relinquishee, Adoptee, MPE
Author, Speaker.