Spring Awakenings

The interpretation that makes you ardent and hopeful and active and reverent is the true one.— Rumi How is your Artist recovery going? It feels like it’s been a while since we checked in. Are you doing your morning pages? How are they going? What about your artist dates? Over the weekend, of course, we … Read more

Drinking Buddies

Nobody can be exactly like me.Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.— Tallulah Bankhead Self-sabotage is a very real danger on the road to recovery. Julia warns, “A common form for this sabotage is showing someone our morning pages. Remember, the morning pages are private and are not intended for the scrutiny of well-meaning friends. … Read more

Step One: Recovering a Sense of Safety (cont.)

Reason is powerless in the expression of Love. — Rumi If I had to pick one of the most consistent themes of the human experience that I see in my Tarot practice, it would be the suffering that people undergo when, for any number of reasons, they are unable to connect to or express their … Read more

Step One: Recovering a Sense of Safety

Our aspirations are our possibilities.— Samuel Johnson Julia’s book was written as a 12-week program, mirroring the 12-step recovery process of Alcoholics Anonymous and other similar programs. Well, it took me more like 4 or 5 months, not 12 weeks, when I was working through it my first time.I am not sure how long it … Read more