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Courage: I’m Becoming a Better Version affirmations & mantras dry january journal prompts Jan 30, 2023

I’m becoming a better version of myself every day

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

~Winston Churchill

The first month of 2023 is coming to a close. How are you feeling about how you have spent these first 29 days? Did you try something new? ...

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3 Things to Try Instead of Dry January drinking less dry january new year's goals Jan 18, 2023

Has your Dry January experiment ended prematurely? Or perhaps you considered Dry January, but chose not to attempt it? Maybe you don’t have any intention to try to stay sober for 31 days, but you have thought about cutting back on your drinking… a “damp January” if you will.

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Courage: One Step Forward affirmations & mantras drinking less journal prompts new year's goals Jan 08, 2023

Today, I will concentrate on taking one step forward, however small.

"Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life."

~Shannon L. Alder

Hello love,

How has your first week of 2023 gone? 

Are you a...

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Courage: I Am in Charge of My Life Story affirmations & mantras drinking less journal prompts new year's goals Jan 01, 2023

I am in charge of my life story.

 

"One day you will tell your story of how you've overcome what you're going through now, and it will become part of someone else's survival guide" ~Brene Brown.

It’s a new year. 

How are you showing up in your life? How do you want your life story to play out? D...

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How to Make Dry January Work for You Dec 29, 2022

2023: a year full of promise. A fresh year, with the opportunity to try something new, change something old, or look at things differently. Maybe you’ve decided to begin this year with a Dry January experiment. An estimated 35% of US adults participated in Dry January in 2022. Maybe you’ve done this...

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Welcome! Dec 16, 2022

Thanks for checking out my blog. After 20 years of practicing as a therapist, I was fed up with all the misinformation I kept hearing from clients and students, telling me the stories they were telling themselves about their drinking. And I wanted to share what I knew with more people than just my c...

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