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Expanding Beyond Recovery in Costa Rica: with guest blog by Jennifer Shea

It's been just over a week since I landed back at home from hosting my retreat at La Anita Rainforest Ranch in Northern Costa Rica. I'm...

Riding the Waves of 2024 (and finding your feet)

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Riding the Waves of 2024 (and finding your feet)

I’ve been riding the waves lately. But not in the way I used to. For much of my life, I’ve been the person on the heaving boat, hurled...

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The Song of the Wise Woman

I’ve been thinking a lot about self-compassion lately and have come to the realization that for most of my life, I’ve avoided it. Why?...

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What was I made for?

A dear co-facilitator and friend gave me a card at a recent retreat. It says: Fill your lungs up with life and repeat after me: I am...

The Days of our Sober Lives (and what I do when life is on fire.)

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The Days of our Sober Lives (and what I do when life is on fire.)

My son wakes up at either 2am, 4am or both every night. Each time I guide him back to his bed and tuck him in. He is up again at 6am and...

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The Power of Reframing Perfectionism

Perfectionist. When I call this word to mind, my body tightens up. When I say it, I enunciate every syllable. I stand straighter and my...

Empowering Yourself with the Power of Words

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Empowering Yourself with the Power of Words

I have always been a lover of words. Stories, poems, lyrics…the power of words has been visceral for me at times in my life. I remember a...

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When It's Time for Something New

Detail from my recent "snake collage", created on retreat. Change is such a multi-level experience. I thought I’d rolled around enough in...

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An Ode to Creativity

This weekend, after a period of intensity in my life, I felt some spaciousness. I moved, I danced. I found myself in the present moment....

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Number Nine and Lessons Learned

The August air is starting to feel a little cooler. The summer light and shadows have shifted ever-so-slightly. I saw a single,...

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A Season of Grief

Beautiful souls, It’s been a minute! It’s been a second! It’s also been what feels like an eternity. It’s not just a case of time rushing...

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Movin' out, Movin' on

I have been residing part-time in a log cabin built in 1870 since just before Covid. I say part-time but it might be three-quarters. Then...

The Never-Ending Winter, Some Rare Planetary Transits and Biting Off More Than I Can Chew…

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The Never-Ending Winter, Some Rare Planetary Transits and Biting Off More Than I Can Chew…

Author Glennon Doyle said it. “We can do hard things.” Powerful. So powerful, this phrase has turned into a well-known mantra and a...

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When Women Gather

It’s February and I am lucky enough to be sitting in the living room of Sol y Luna villa. There is a warm breeze floating through the...

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2023 so far...

It’s been a long 2023 so far at 16 days in! Who’s else is feeling that? When I say long, I mean for me, different themes and energies are...

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All I Want for Christmas is Rest

It’s December 15th and I am starting to realize that Christmas IS coming. I write this from a villa 20 minutes from Playa Del Carmen,...

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Hello from the Journey of 2022

Well, here I am! I’m at the beginning of my blog-writing journey from the space of my new business, Expand Beyond Recovery. We’re...

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Recovery Stories: Exploring Endurance

My story of exploring endurance as an 'autism momma'. I am standing at the Air Canada check-in with my son. Both our winter coats are...

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Recovery Stories: Control

Love and control. Love and freedom. I’ve made a discovery in the last little while. I am an event planner. Therefore, I am a control...

Recovery Stories: The Unravelling of Shame

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Recovery Stories: The Unravelling of Shame

Shame is a festering wound under a dirty bandage. And like any wound, it won’t heal if it’s kept covered and in darkness. He swept me off...