Author: Susan V. Brewer

Progress Not Perfection

20 Nov 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Recovery, Self-Care, Twelve Step Program

Often when I am working with my clients they have a tendency to compare themselves to others and question whether or not they measure up. You may ask “measure up to what?” Sometimes people think that they are not enough, good enough, smart enough, thin…

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Creating a Crisis

23 Aug 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Counseling, Feelings

Do you ever create a crisis and not know why? Sometimes people create drama and crisis because it is all they know how to do and it is how they live their life. Sometimes they are looking for attention from others even if it is…

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Keep it Simple

02 Jul 2012 Posted by Susan V. Brewer in Balance, Coping Skills, Twelve Step Program

How easy is it to keep things simple when your head is moving a hundred miles a minute? It is not, but it can be done. It is all about slowing down for a brief moment and writing down whatever it is that is in…

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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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