Recovering The SelfA Journal of Hope and Healing

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Choose Not Lose

The following story is excerpted from the book Szen Zone: Reaching a State of Positive Change, by Gary Szenderski. The book is a compilation of heartwarming …

Rules For Life – Focus on the Virtue

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. A few years ago, my optometrist gave me the kind of news you hear from a doctor that …

How to Bounce Back from Failure

by Maurine Anderson Feeling as though you have failed at something can be one of the most disheartening places to find yourself in. Yet all of us at some point …

Rules For Life – A Toast To Those Who Are Gone

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. For most of my life, I didn’t really understand loss. I understood the trivial kind …

Words Heal

by Kathy Curtis I believe in the power of words to heal. Whether we write them ourselves or they’re written by others; whether they come through poetry, a …

Five Quirky, Mystical and Very Real Ways to Make Room for the New and Improved You

by Lee A. Eide Even though I’m currently closer to being a Buddhist than a Christian, one can’t dispute that Jesus Christ is an invaluable source of …

Rules For Life – Everything is a Blessing

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. Late last month, I set foot on the Pacific Crest Trail for what turned out to be a …

Rules For Life – Live Hard

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. Recently, I’ve had a number of doctors tell me about various parts of my body that …

What I Learned from Something Lost and Found

by Leonore H. Dvorkin Last year, I had my study and the adjoining guest bathroom painted. It was a huge job for the painters and us, as we had to remove from …

Rules For Life – Sharing Again

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. Do you remember sharing? When was the last time you shared? Sharing is usually a large …

Rules For Life – Letting Go Of Dissatisfaction

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. The new year wouldn’t be complete without a resolution and here’s what I’m …

They Go: Lessons Learned While Caring for the Dying

by Laura Anne White Forever alive, forever forward, Stately, solemn, sad, withdrawn, baffled, mad, turbulent, feeble, dissatisfied, Desperate, proud, fond, …

Rules For Life – What’s Your Plan B?

by Ken La Salle Last week, I took a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail with a backpack that was far too heavy, with maps that weren’t very good, with a water …

Rules For Life – Knowing Where

by Ken La Salle Look to your left. Now, look to your right. Now, consider this. Most of the problems we face in life originate from an inadequate understanding …

Sufi Music: The Voice of the Soul

by Michell Spoden “Music is my soul and I cannot think of anything beyond,” says Kashmiri Sufi Sensation Mudasir Ali. “I love singing as it transports me …

Serenity- The Answer to Addiction?

by John Gary Serenity is the calmness individuals feel inside. Serenity is a huge part of our physical and emotional self-care. When individuals suffer from …

Rules For Life – That Door Won’t Open Itself

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. It’s a situation some of us are faced with every day. You are walking into a building …

Rules For Life – No ‘Backsies’

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. Last month, I wrote about life’s perpetual and inescapable move forward. Once …

Laughter is Nature’s Gift to Us

by Evelyn Horan Sometimes when we feel stress and concern from our daily experiences, we wonder how we can go on with a cheerful attitude. We feel burdened …

Thou Art That

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. One important element in every life that I’ve been leaving out of these articles so …

‘Sometimes I Goof Up’ – Make Mistakes

by Evelyn Horan There are things in my life that cause me problems. At times, I make decisions that are not always right for me. It’s not always easy to …

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