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Recovery Coach
New York CityMelissa Killeen, MSOD, MPhil
Executive Coach
for Recovering Leaders
Tag Archives: Addiction
Getting through the tough times
As a recovery coach, I often see my clients need help getting through the tough times, without using, picking up or acting out. Recently, I personally encountered some rough patches in my life, so, I went to my library of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, body dismorphia, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged Addiction, breath work, Buddhism, Buddhist Nun, Cape Breton Nova Scotia, chodron foundation, Gampo Abbey, mkrecoverycoaching.com, Pema Chodron, when things fall apart
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On the Nature of Addiction and the Loss of Hope
Guest post by David Chapman The normal state of a productive and happy human existence includes a sense of hope. The nature of addiction exhausts all sense of hope. The sense of hope is based on the understanding that the process of productive … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, love addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Addiction, david r. chapman, hope, John Maxwell, osher Lifelong Learning Institute, rutgers university
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Addiction is a Symptom of Untreated Trauma
I am a recovery coach. A recovery coach or sober companion is often called in to work with the most difficult addict, the chronic relapser. A chronic relapser is an individual that has been to several rehabs, often 7, 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Uncategorized
Tagged ACE Survey, Addiction, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, dr. gabor mate, Drug Addiction, Kaiser Permanente Health Appraisal Clinic, Michele Rosenthal, san diego, the effects of trauma causes addiction, Trauma and Addiction: 7 Reasons Your Habit Makes Perfect Sense, trauma
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Six Signs of Resistance to Change
and What To Do About Them
It is hard seeing your client struggle through resistance to change. Facing a difficult emotional experience, and at the same time, wanting to escape it. Struggling in sobriety, mourning the loss of the addiction, a job, maybe even their family. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged acceptance, Addiction, anger, confusion, crisis, denial, depression, fear, resistance, sobriety
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and What To Do About Them
and What To Do About Them
Is boredom a gateway to relapse?
It’s late in the day on a Saturday. Time slows down. Nothing seems interesting on TV, just reruns of Criminal Minds, another PGA tournament with a splash of MMA Kickboxing. There is a feeling of yearning, but for what? This is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Addiction, alcohol, Association of Psychologoical Science, boredom, buddhist, gambling, John Eastwood, over-eating, relapse, ScienceDaily, sex, Univesity of Waterloo, York University
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