It’s been said the mother-daughter relationship is the most complicated dynamic around. Therefore, most of us can see why eating disorder behaviors often arise within these relationships. The influential modeling…
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Addicts/alcoholics usually require some caregiving to aid them on the road to recovery. The person who shoulders this role has a difficult and troublesome task. Most often this is a…
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I developed an approach called Wise Caring out of my desire to offer families a more compassionate and insightful way of relating to an addicted loved one. It presents an…
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Having a parent with addiction means that your life is full of chaos, pain, confusion and fear and not necessarily full of care, concern, nurturing and love. The children…
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I recently went to a talk given by Gabor Maté, a medical doctor, author and speaker, who spent many years working with hard-core addicts and alcoholics, as well as people…
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Countless individuals globally are grappling with the ramifications of substance abuse. The pain is felt well beyond the lives of the individuals suffering from addiction. The ramifications associated with such self destructive,…
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As caring, compassionate people we naturally and instinctively want to protect and help our loved ones. There is a universal drive of both animals and human beings that beckon us…
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Relapse is an unfortunate situation and though it can be more common with one who is new in recovery, there are many individuals who relapse after years and years of…
Read More<img src=”http://www.serenescenemagazine.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/November-2013-1000000.jpg” alt=”” /> The term “codependency” can mean different things to different people. Over the years, a number of authors have offered a variety of definitions for this difficult…
Read More<img src=”http://www.serenescenemagazine.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/September-2014-8.jpg” alt=”” /> After working for nearly 25 years with the loved ones of people struggling with addiction, I’m still amazed by how many come to their first session…
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