Author: Susan V. Brewer

Acceptance

25 Jun 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Coping Skills, Recovery, Spirituality, Twelve Step Program

“Acceptance is the answer to all of my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation –some fact of my life Unacceptable to me. And I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place,…

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Am I Enough?

16 Jun 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Family Issues, Feelings, Self-Care

A lot of times we go through times in our life when we question where we are at in our lives when it comes to our personal and family relationships and our career or home life. We will invariably compare ourselves to our family and…

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Self-Image

22 May 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Self-Care

I was reading Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s The Power of Intention. I would like to share with you something he wrote in his daily calendar. “Don’t make others’ feelings about you more important than your opinion of yourself. If you’ve allowed any negative thoughts and…

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Be Who You Are

03 May 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Codependency, Recovery, Self-Care, Twelve Step Program

This is a daily meditation From the pages of The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie “In recovery, we are learning a new behavior. It’s called Be Who You Are. For some of us, this can be frightening. What would happen if we felt…

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Forgiveness

24 Apr 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Feelings, Self-Care

Part of creating balance in our lives is about knowing when we need to forgive ourselves and/or forgive others. Sometimes we can place high expectations on ourselves and we may fail to reach the goals we set. We need to give ourselves some space and…

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Change

05 Apr 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills

Most of struggle with change at some point in our lives. Change is relative to what is going on in our lives and what level of commitment we can make. It takes courage to change things about yourself that you may not like and a…

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Our expectations of Others

11 Feb 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Feelings, Relationships

It always amazes me how we can become disappointed by others because of the expectations we have of them. I have found that when we expect others to behave or act in a way” that we would” that we are usually saddened by the fact…

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Life Isn’t Fair

05 Feb 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Feelings

Sometimes life seems wonderful and other times it seems so overwhelming and difficult. What I find helpful is to recognize that life is what it is at times and that you have to do the best that you can to deal with what life gives…

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Self-defeating Thoughts

23 Jan 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Feelings, Goal-Setting, Self-Care

Sometimes our perceptions of ourselves can get “out of balance”.  On days when we are feeling confident, we have strong beliefs about who we are, our work and our relationships with others.  We tend to not let the little things bother us.  However on those…

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Confrontation

08 Jan 2011 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Feelings, Relationships

Most people do not like this word because it implies conflict, argument, disagreement, quarrel or a war of words. It makes one uncomfortable knowing that they will have to “deal with” someone or “face up to” some situation. We worry about how the other person…

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