by Duncan McLeod | Apr 27, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills, Recovery from addiction, Sobriety
Secret problems! Some problems hide from view and lurk in the shadows of life. I call them problems because their negative impact on my life undermines my efforts and intentions. Much worse, they accomplish this by changing who I understand myself to be and from which...
by Duncan McLeod | Apr 10, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,
What do I want? A nice car Enough money A holiday in the sun A great marriage A home without a leaking roof Friends etc In reality, I don’t want any of these things per se. What I am after, … are the feelings I associate with them. When certain things...
by Duncan McLeod | Apr 5, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills, Mental health, Recovery from addiction, Sobriety
If I put my finger in the flame of a candle, the pain I feel is a signal to remove it from harm’s way. When I lift heavy weights at the gym, my muscles: Struggle Find it difficult Are discomforted Experience pain Suffer the next day My brain...
by Duncan McLeod | Mar 22, 2023 | Alcohol free, Faith, life building,, Life Skills
We are in the Life-changing business because Life changes, and we are alive. Voila. Welcome to the family business. The world is in perpetual flux, continuously ebbing and flowing and affecting, directly and indirectly, our place within it. We cannot control how our...
by Duncan McLeod | Mar 12, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills
Firstly and foremost, I am enough. I have nothing to hide except myself and the components that make me, me. Why would I want to conceal who I am? Because since I first stepped out onto the world stage at nursery school, well-wishers and good-intentioned people have...