I am a perennial student, always learning and willing to seek knowledge and peace. It seems to be in demand lately as the world is slowly slipping into hate and vitriol so that peace is out of reach. It isn’t. Just keep it simple. Yesterday I found peace, unequivocally and without pretense. I found it Continue reading “https://yvonnekayewisdom.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”
I was ruminating on something or other recently and thought about what I miss. The more I thought about it, the longer the list became and I wondered whether other people felt the same way. Perhaps it is because I am ripening. I am not aging. I am weathering, thriving, marinating, but not aging. In Continue reading “https://yvonnekayewisdom.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”
When I was a little girl I wanted to be pretty. I wasn’t. When I was an adolescent, I wanted to be pretty. I wasn’t. When I was a teenager, I wanted to be pretty. Acne won. When I was a young woman I wanted to be gorgeous. I wasn’t. When I was a young mother, Continue reading “https://yvonnekayewisdom.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”
When I write a blog post I normally sit at the computer and the words run freely. This time, which is THE time, I started on four occasions to compose this piece. There are reasons. The first is that this topic is extremely painful for me and second I will be trying to explain the Continue reading “https://yvonnekayewisdom.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”
As Dr. Robert Ackerman wrote in his extraordinary book, Same House, Different Home, family members do not see addictions in the same light. Over the years, I found myself as an intermediary, mostly with families involved in interventions. So, when a family member told me where their votes would go, I was gob smacked. I Continue reading “https://yvonnekayewisdom.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Having worked in the field of addictions for so long, I understand there are three things that can really cause a relapse. Boredom, step 13 (inappropriate ‘love’ affairs) and resentments. Certainly I had a lot of them years ago, but no more. I am only going to take one at this time, resentments, as I Continue reading “https://yvonnekayewisdom.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”
