Appease or Apologize?
Opening Insights In a blog entitled “You Call THAT an Apology!” by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D, in Psychology Today posted Dec 25, 2012, she speaks of the 6 qualities of a good / real apology. Using […]
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So, Where is the Balance?
Opening Insights When it comes to living with emotional intelligence and emotional maturity in today’s world, it’s easy to get mixed messages. We often see-saw between too much emotion and not enough emotion, and we […]
Vets: Time for an Education and Group Support That Works
Opening Insights Veterans hold a place in our hearts, souls and nation that many of us revere in esteem and appreciation. Their stories are meaningful and powerful and have much to teach us as a […]
Group Therapy Evidence-Based Solution
Opening Insights There are a number of personal and mental health issues that plague the world today. From issues of stress and anger to more serious issues of PTSD, suicide, addiction, depression and personality disorders. […]
The Power of Words
Opening Insights The words we tell ourselves, communicate to others, write and type… have a profound impact on our mental health and those around us. Informational Insights The reality is that the process of “Minding […]
Evangelist’s Big Challenge to Christians: “Get out more”
Opening Insights Popular evangelist Christine Caine travels more than 300,000 miles each year, cross-crossing the globe as she addresses diverse Christian audiences and runs A21, her international nonprofit aimed at combating human trafficking. Informational Insights […]
Back to Core Values: Christian Truth
Opening Insights Jesus brought many gifts and lessons to the world. His wisdom, insight, compassion and love for humanity echoed through the world and continues to fill our hearts and souls today. However, principles without […]
Behaviors/Thinking That Inhibit or Counter Recovery
Opening Insights Counterproductive Behaviors/Thinking exploit, manipulate or violate the rights of others lack concern, regret or remorse about other people’s distress or life unwillingness to disclose information not providing specifics, details and examples lying and […]
Kung Fu (Pilot)
Opening Insights Inspirational Movies, such as Kung Fu, are often assigned to set the mood and support recovery principles and lessons. Informational Insights Assignments are often customized to the Recovery Buddy Participant. Here is an […]
Learning How to Think by Re-Connecting to Intrinsic Value
Opening Insights I Think, Therefore I Am For many of us, we learned how to find and provide the right answers. This solution became the cornerstone to our communication. We learned how to write and […]
Who Will Be There When I Change?
Opening Insights In the old debate of nature vs. nurture… there are many sides to the story. But in the world of change, one thing remains certain… that the environment in which we live and […]
PWI Recovery Co-Lab 101
Opening Insights Informational Insights Does Man Create the Environment or Does the Environment Create Man? The PWI Recovery approach deals with addiction as a cultural, family and social problem. In order for the addict to […]
What is Alcoholism?
Opening Insights There are many different types of addiction. There are many different classifications and labels. Yet in the world of addiction, all addictions like people are equal but different. While each addiction represents itself […]
PWI Recovery: Cycles of Change
Opening Insights The Transtheoretical Model of Change created by Prochaska and DiClemente (1983) is used readily within addiction cultures and incorporates 6 stages of change, namely: pre-contemplation, contemplation, pre-determination, action, maintenance and relapse. Notably this […]
Are You Afraid to Ask A Stupid Question?
Opening Insights Are you afraid to ask a stupid question? You are not alone. At one point or another, we have all asked a stupid question. But, was it a stupid question or was it […]
The Power of the Question
Opening Insights Questions are an important part of our lives and the evolution of our civilization. When we stop asking questions is when we stop evolving. This reality is fast approaching in many educational systems […]
PWI Recovery: An Integrated System
Opening Insights Pocket Wisdom Insights offers an integrated and systematic approach to recovery that engages all stakeholders in the process for long-term recovery success. Pocket Wisdom Insights saw the problems and the gaps within the […]
Lasting Change and Learning
Opening Insights Learning is a part of change, and change is a part of life. True learning and long-term change requires acceptance and agreement. Informational Insights What does this mean? If directions do not come […]
Implementing Change: The Cleveland Clinic Model Super-Sized
Opening Insights The thought of change is ominous for most people. Many people experience the desire to change, yet few have the enduring will to make it so. We see the problem with change in the high recidivism […]