Recovering The SelfA Journal of Hope and Healing

Happy New Year – 2024

Recovering the Self wishes everyone a Happy New Year. May 2024 be the year of peace and prosperity across the world! We welcome you to share your New Year …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: The ABC Diary

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

A Farewell to Recovering the Self, the Print Journal

2023 is coming to an end and we are bidding farewell to the year as well as our beloved journal Recovering the Self. After publishing 17 issues, the print and …

Home-Made Veggie Quesadilla in 5 Easy Steps

Making a veggie quesadilla at home is simple, easy, and economical. You can make yourself a veggie quesadilla with your choice of veggies in 5 easy steps. So …

Steve Persaud on Geometric Patterns, Angles and the Guitar

It’s been a pleasure to have a chat with my friend Steve Persaud, who is a musician and an educator in the Bahamas. Steve is the author of the book …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Fixing the Thinking

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Strawberry Patches – 5 Ways of Describing a Rash

By Jennifer S. I. Origin Stories Growing up, I was informed I was allergic to strawberries. Despite our incongruent relationship, the fruits were a regular …

Thanksgiving Brings Family Opportunity for Gratitude

by Diana Raab Those of you who follow me already know that November is my favorite month; so much of that goes back to my childhood. I grew up in the suburbs …

James and Reginald Bollich on ‘Luck or Miracle’

This Veterans Day, the Modern History Press is proud to present the autobiography of one of the oldest surviving World War II veterans. Luck or Miracle: A …

Navigating Negative Entities and the Power of Smudging with Sage

by Reiki Healing Distance Across civilizations, humans have long been intrigued and sometimes alarmed by the idea of unseen forces influencing our lives. These …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: The Development of Resilience

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

FDA Warning – Do Not Use These Eye Drops

More than two dozen brands of eye drops sold at popular retailers can possibly cause eye infections, warns the Food and Drug administration (FDA). If you have …

Managing Differences in Parenting Styles: Insights from a Counselor

by Asma Rehman As a counselor, I often see couples struggling with differences in parenting styles. These differences can cause conflict and tension in the …

Violent Pranks Born Out of Click-Bait Culture

The impact of social media on today’s youth is getting close to such a dangerous level that it’s an alarm bell for every caring members of this society. …

Anxious No More: Biblical Insights for Overcoming Stress

by Merry Usman In a world characterized by constant challenges and uncertainties, stress and anxiety have become widespread issues. People of faith often turn …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: The Cancer of Planet Earth

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Ellen Lord on Relative Sanity

Over the course of a career spanning three decades, Ellen Lord has immersed herself in working with people suffering from mental health and addiction. Her …

October Brings Me a Happy Furprize

by Diana Raab October 4th is Kindness to Animals Day. While I believe we should be kind to animals each and every day, I will pay extra attention to this …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Buying Happiness?

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991)

Recreating the true story of a teenage girl abducted in the 1960s’ Pennsylvania by a mentally challenged man with a criminal record, Cry in the Wild: The …

A Black Hole

by Barn Brand I am among the resurrected I was dead No, not deeply depressed Dead Stainless steel coffin dead Trapped in a sealed tube with panic the only …

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