Recovery Blogs
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- The Overlooked Impact of Induced Menopause — Ever wondered how induced menopause reshapes life after cancer? In Episode 12 I talk to Michelle Hindle about sudden inf
- Harnessing the Power of Ancient Wisdom for Modern Wellness — Need real tools to soothe chronic stress and pain? In this post I explain how acupuncture for stress relief works, the s
- Unraveling Blocks to Your Sexual Energy — Feeling stuck in your sexual energy? As a pelvic floor expert trained in yoga and pelvic de-armouring, I explain how Big
- Choosing Monogamy After Trauma: Rebuilding Trust, Safety, and Desire on Your Terms — Want monogamy that actually supports healing after betrayal or abuse? In this post I show how to choose monogamy after t
- A Secret to Reclaiming Your Sexual Desire — Heartbreak taught me a hidden truth about desire. Eight years ago I lost my libido in a loving relationship and we ultim
- Debt and Marriage: The Complete Guide to Financial Infidelity, Hidden Debt, and Recovery — Facing hidden debt feels like betrayal. I pull from 30 years in credit counseling and my own bankruptcy rebuild to expla
- How to Stop Stress and Anxiety From Triggering Past Trauma : 5 Tips — Feeling your past flare up during stress? I offer 5 practical tips on how to stop stress and anxiety from triggering pas
- Breaking the Silence and Giving a Voice to Women in the System — Incarceration should not be the end of the story. As someone who has lived through addiction and the system, I'm breakin
- How to Thrive, Not Just Survive in Sexual Relationships after Experiencing Sexual Trauma — Can sex feel safe again after sexual trauma? Here I walk through sexual trauma recovery, how PTSD rewires the brain, dis
- Sex After a Serious Illness: What You Need to Know — After a seizure left me shaken, sex suddenly felt unsafe. In this post I lay out 7 practical steps for returning to sex
- Are You Actually Fit? The 5 Types of Fitness Most People Ignore — Most people only train strength and cardio, but true fitness has 5 often-ignored qualities. Discover what's quietly limi
- Painting the Roses Red... — What happens when you stop painting the roses red? I write about finally sitting through a blood draw despite a long his
- Substance misuse and addiction in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — Surprising fact: a BMJ Open population cohort found substance misuse in adults with intellectual and developmental disab
- My Unexpected Journey to Hormone Replacement (TRT)
- Peppermint Piece: Vietnam and the Meatloaf — An intimate excerpt from my memoir Peppermint about Vietnam, the draft lottery and a brutally bad meatloaf. I tell how m
- Smoke Up Johnny! — A 27-year pack-a-day habit taught me what nicotine addiction really looks like. In this personal quit smoking story I re
- Psychological Benefits of Cool-Downs — Feeling great after a brutal workout changed my training. In this post I explain the psychological benefits of cool-down
- I Forgot I Nearly Died — Ever forgotten something that nearly killed you? That happened to me. This weeknote traces weird synchronicities after d
- Them Guts Again — A colonoscopy is a whole thing. I recount my fourth colonoscopy, the brutal prep of no fibre and laxatives, opting for c
- Recovering from depression — Curious how to recover from depression without meds? In this recovery update I explain why I stopped antidepressants and
- Dutch Term – Grafsteen — A grafsteen can hold more than a name and date. I talk through how to read Dutch gravestones, what details to look for i
- Best medicine? — Soup, tea, toast nothing dramatic, just the things that help when you’re not at your best. I write about being cared for
- Mangled — A darker free-verse poem about emotional damage, survival, and trying to make sense of what’s been twisted. I write thro
- Finding my feet — Running comeback post-injury: slow miles rebuild confidence. Autism masking drops on long solo runs; rhythm becomes nerv
- Insanity — Mental health spiral documented raw no filter, coping mechanisms exposed. Public vulnerability as recovery accountabilit
- Behind a Mind Behind Bars — Teddy Drake yearns for connection from Texas prison, lost to drugs. Rejects cruel pen pal stigma from parole officers; s
- Scarred Walls (and more) — Physical/emotional prison scars: literal marks on cells/walls mirror psyche wounds. Meditation on lasting damage.