by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 26, 2023 | Truth
Things I have learned and am required to address regularly: With women in recovery, I find that they have a very “loose” definition of “lie”. Lying by omission appears to never be considered a lie to them. Being presumptuous in willfully...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2023 | witness
This is a “mindfulness” coach’s perspective on taking charge of your life and making a change for the better. The definition of “recovery” , in her case,from PTSD. At the heart of this is basic cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT. This embraces the culture’s view of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 28, 2023 | recovery
Just an observation……double-minded thinking reflected in memes about addiction: In one post: “Addicts are good people…..they are victims of a disease and they can’t help it.” In the very next post “Recovery …is a choice,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 23, 2023 | Life Recovery, Mental Health
“When the church takes seriously its call to facilitate healing and life transformation as the Body of Christ, the world will be a different place…… one person at the time. We must reclaim a holistic view of what “abundant living” can be and help people achieve...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2022 | recovery
From 11/21/2014 Allow me to editorialize about the reported new policy of a local recovery program of not allowing even commonly prescribed SSRIs for depression to be used by their clients in recovery…..This is, in my opinion, unfortunate and unnecessary and...
