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Addiction as Emotion Management

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:September 2, 2011
  • Post category:Survival Tools

As you learn new techniques to manage your emotions, you will no longer need to avoid emotional and physical pain through addiction.

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Gain Awareness of Dissociation

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 2, 2009
  • Post category:Survival Tools

We all dissociate or lose contact with our bodies at times. How to notice and what to do about it.

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Behind the Curtain of Obsessive Thoughts

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:May 2, 2009
  • Post category:Survival Tools

How to quiet those painful repeating trains of thought and see what is behind them.

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Tell a Story about Denial

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 2, 2009
  • Post category:Survival Tools

The positive aspects of denial, and a writing exercise to reduce some of its frustrations.

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Calm Your Inner Critic

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:December 2, 2008
  • Post category:Survival Tools

You may have already noticed that arguing with your Inner Critic only leads to louder criticism, possibly about how self-critical you are.

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The Gift of Resistance

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:October 1, 2008
  • Post category:Survival Tools

Resistance carries the gift of information from our deeper selves.

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