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Waking up Razzle-Dazzle

I speak my truth to heal. I no longer run from my shadows.

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Category: Recovery & Discovery

Awareness & Awakening, Recovery & Discovery

Am I an alcoholic?

The other day I was giving my ‘elevator pitch’ about my coaching business to a woman in my networking group, and I mentioned my history with alcohol use. As soon as I said it, I could see a subtle shift as her face dropped into that expression of pity. She nodded her head sympathetically, “Oh yes, such a shame. My friend’s sister’s ex-husband is an … Continue reading Am I an alcoholic?

SkyeAugust 11, 20221 Comment
Poetry, Recovery & Discovery

Achieving the Dream: My Book Launch

The launch of my first book was January 7, 2022. It was a childhood dream that couldn’t manifest until I finally took alcohol out of my life. Continue reading Achieving the Dream: My Book Launch

SkyeJanuary 14, 2022Leave a comment
Awareness & Awakening, Recovery & Discovery

Writing to Heal and Finding My Breath

For me, poetry has the power to heal, to transform. It is how I shake out the cobwebs of past shame and through open the curtains to shine light upon my darkness. Continue reading Writing to Heal and Finding My Breath

SkyeAugust 19, 2021October 27, 20211 Comment
empowerment, Recovery & Discovery

How can I get my joy back?

Do you wonder why you can’t feel joy even though you look around and your life is good? Do you feel as if you are living in a haze? I know how you feel. I’ve been there. Continue reading How can I get my joy back?

SkyeJuly 15, 20211 Comment
Recovery & Discovery

From Recovery to Discovery

So we decide to quit drinking alcohol… are we destined to be ‘Recovering’ for the rest of our lives? Continue reading From Recovery to Discovery

SkyeApril 19, 2021May 26, 20211 Comment
Recovery & Discovery

Busting the Belief – “Drinking makes me cool”

When I initially decided that I needed to stop drinking, my biggest fear was that I would lose my identity. On Day 2 I wrote in my journal in shaky handwriting: Who am I? Continue reading Busting the Belief – “Drinking makes me cool”

SkyeApril 11, 2021April 10, 20211 Comment
Recovery & Discovery

Finding Gratitude within Pain and Transformation

I spent March 2020 in my own personal state of emergency. Looking back, I find lessons in this time of pain and transformation. Continue reading Finding Gratitude within Pain and Transformation

SkyeMarch 26, 2021March 26, 20211 Comment
Recovery & Discovery, sobriety

The Dread Pit

It was an underlying sense that something was slipping through my fingers, but I couldn’t quite figure out what. It was a feeling that something else existed in the world that was just outside of my awareness. I was missing it and I needed it, but I couldn’t find it. Continue reading The Dread Pit

SkyeFebruary 20, 2021March 22, 20212 Comments
Recovery & Discovery

The Words I Write

I started writing because there were stories inside of me that needed to get out. Old stories, gritty stories, haunting stories. Stories I had spent years drinking into the shadows. Stories that peered up at me in fragile longing, begging to be seen and forgiven. Continue reading The Words I Write

SkyeDecember 19, 2020October 27, 20213 Comments

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