Audio of Hey, your neediness is showing! (Worst thing imaginable to say to someone with codependency issues)

I have received so many awesome responses for this blog post (May 14, about a month ago). Including a couple of people who told me that it changed their lives. HOW COOL IS THAT??!!  In the last few days I kept getting an inspiration to read it aloud  for those of you who want to … More Audio of Hey, your neediness is showing! (Worst thing imaginable to say to someone with codependency issues)

You Exist. Your Self Care Matters. #codependency #CPTSD #CPTSR

Take a breather… Yes, you. Yes, you deserve it. https://youtu.be/svhl2JFvK34 Much love, Happy D!

How to heal inner blame. #trauma #CPTSD #codependency #teatime #PeteWalker

Blame is so uncool. So wrong. So bad. So unprofessional un-spiritual unhealthy undeserved. BUT – take care – unhealed blame can ferment into toxic shame. This post is an invitation to process the blame that lives in you (that you may even hide from yourself) so you can set yourself free from self-abandonment and emotional … More How to heal inner blame. #trauma #CPTSD #codependency #teatime #PeteWalker

Trauma – the Missing Peace (Tea Time, Codependency, CPTSD, CPTSR)

Your degree of Joy-flow is directly correlated with your degree of Trauma-flow. Where grief is STUCK, Joy is lodged right behind. Joy is the very nature of your being, and like a volcano, it’s got energy and power behind it. So any lengthy stuck-ness is going to cause discomfort. It’s a signal for you to … More Trauma – the Missing Peace (Tea Time, Codependency, CPTSD, CPTSR)

Spotlight What’s Right: JOY-POWER

At home, at work, as you’re going about your day… How well do you tend to notice and spotlight your gorgeous attention toward what’s right? This simple skill is loaded with Joy-Power. LOADED, I tell you! I challenge you to practice this skill… I dare you to make it a lifestyle. The little things ARE … More Spotlight What’s Right: JOY-POWER

Launching TEA TIME! Victimized to Victorious! (codependency, CPTSD/CPTSR)

This message was recorded in response to a beautiful and caring woman who left a very long term abusive relationship only to land in another one – and who, today, finally broke through her old rules – to shed tears for her own experience. Our Joy-Based Living E-book offers a foundation of lifelong practices that … More Launching TEA TIME! Victimized to Victorious! (codependency, CPTSD/CPTSR)

Bring YOU to your next interaction (Embodiment Meditation May 17 2019)

Your presence is your greatest present. Time and attention are the most highly valued gifts you can bring to any meaningful interaction. (Or receive!) Your high quality attention is worthy of anyone you love and care about, including yourself. That’s who this embodiment meditation practice is for. I invite you to take six and a half … More Bring YOU to your next interaction (Embodiment Meditation May 17 2019)

Set Your Standards – Connection Perfection Freedom to Love – 1 min video

Any time you feel the need to decrease perfection and increase connection, just press play! Thanks so much for all the great feedback on the post which I wrote for Mother’s Day. You inspired me to turn it into a video. It’s short and sweet and I made it more general so it’s for any day! … More Set Your Standards – Connection Perfection Freedom to Love – 1 min video

Mothers Day – Connection, Perfection and Freedom to Love

A Course in Miracles says that our job is not to teach love (which is impossible) but to remove the blocks to our awareness of its constant, ever-radiant presence. I wonder, if maybe, that’s the task of our inner mother, our inner parent. To create a space, an environment, where love is free to BE. … More Mothers Day – Connection, Perfection and Freedom to Love

Why I love Oscar the Grouch – and is Sesame Street really a show about practicing Mindfulness?

I love love love Oscar the Grouch. Always have. Always will. I love that he is who he is. And I LOOOVE that he is accepted and loved in his curmudgeon-ness. To me, joy is most alive – and has the most spacious room to expand – in environments where all parts of ourselves are … More Why I love Oscar the Grouch – and is Sesame Street really a show about practicing Mindfulness?