Chasing growth, humor, and grace with Dr. Glenn Doyle |
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WEEKLY RECAP December 14th - 20th, 2019 |
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Highlights from the Blog and Facebook |
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| | Saturday, December 14th (AM) You can’t do someone else’s therapy or recovery work for them. Not that that stops a lot of people from trying. We WANT, so badly, for the people we love to get better. | | |
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| | Saturday, December 14th (PM) Don’t fall into the trap of believing you are “weak” because you’re exhausted by what you’ve been carrying. Remember: you’re not just carrying your baggage. | | |
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| | Sunday, December 15th (AM) If you’re serious about recovery, you’re going to have to learn how to handle being bored…and resisting the temptation to toss a grenade into your progress just to, you know, keep it interesting. | | |
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| | Sunday, December 15th (PM) It sucks that, in order to maintain the stability and progress that we’ve worked so hard for, we need to limit our exposure to certain people who destabilize us. But sometimes we have no choice. | | |
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| | Monday, December 16th (AM) Even if you get knocked down a hundred times, it’s worth it to get back up a hundred times, because your life, your values, your goals matter. You matter. | | |
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| | Monday, December 16th (PM) I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who expected life or success to be easy. Most of the people I’ve ever met on a recovery or personal development journey were ready and willing... | | |
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| | Tuesday, December 17th (Blog) "VICTIM MINDSET AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY" There are always going to be people who love to blame other people for creating, in whole or in part, the circumstances with which they struggle. | | |
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| | Tuesday, December 17th (PM) Psychological and emotional fitness are just like physical fitness, in that they require daily maintenance. Yup. You need to work out, emotionally and psychologically. The exact routine you need in order to keep your emotions healthy is going to be unique to you... | | |
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| | Wednesday, December 18th (AM) We don’t hear about 99.9% of what really makes this world go around— the little, unseen, unrecorded moments that happen between individuals out there in the world. Those moments that make life truly worth living. Those moments where we make real connections. | | |
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| | Wednesday, December 18th (PM) “Social support” isn’t just about sharing problems...It is helpful to have people you can talk and vent to when you’re struggling, and who will offer you honest, supportive feedback. But social support isn’t JUST venting or supporting each other through rough times. It’s also laughing. It’s being into the same stuff. | | |
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| | Thursday, December 19th (Blog): “NO SOURCE OF WISDOM IS INFALLIBLE. STAY SHARP.” It doesn’t matter how smart we are, it doesn’t matter how experienced we are, it doesn’t matter how sophisticated we are: we NEED to be reminded that, no matter how much good stuff we get from any given source, that doesn’t make them always right. | | |
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| | Thursday, December 19th (PM) The goal is NOT to have one, big, blinding, transformative moment, where everything “clicks.” If you can have those moments, more power to you. But as far as I’m concerned, the goal is to put together skills and tools to get through every moment. To get through every night. To get through every social event. To get through those situations where you’ve struggled in the past. | | |
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| | Friday, December 20th (AM) Remember to structure your day today. You need goals today. Maybe not huge, ambitious, life-changing goals— but you need direction that YOU choose today. | | |
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| | Friday, December 20th (PM) The goal is not to beat yourself up for steps not taken or goals not achieved. The goal is to stay grounded, focused, and on task, day after day after day. | | |
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Newsletter created by Susan Michelle. |
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