Date- Nut Snack Bars
“Date- Nut Snack Bars” Makes eight bars INGREDIENTS: One and one-third cups of pitted and roughly chopped dates Two cups plain pecans (not roasted nor salted) Raw almonds can also be used 1/4 cup of Barneys Almond Butter DIRECTIONS Place dates in a medium bowl with a little water and cover them completely to soften.…
FALL EMPOWERING WOMENS CODA COURSE STARTS SEPTEMBER 20TH.
Insideout WellnessCoach “Self love and the power to transform from the insideout” THE FALL EMPOWERING WOMENS COURSE STARTS SEPTEMBER 20TH. THIS COURSE IS LIMITED TO 8 WOMEN. You must RSVP by e-mail or phone to reserve your space. Reservations MUST be made by Thursday September 6th! Empowering Women’s Coda Course $395.00 (Paypal) | $350.00 (Cash)…
Non-Attachment and Acceptance
Codependents become very attached. Not because we love so much, but because we need so much emotionally. We think we need someone to be a certain way so we can feel ok. I’m choosing in this blog to call it non-attachment instead of detachment. I find when I work with others, at first detachment means…
Do You Honor Your Feelings?
A big apology to my coda blog followers. Ive been a little behind on my coda blogs! Last week we went to the Key’s for the week, and this past weekend through yesterday we have been dealing with hurricane Isaac. I’m attempting to catch up on things today. I wanted to remind you today that…
Spicey Olive Hummus
We have been honkered down this weekend waiting on tropical storm or hurricane Isaac to come. Down here in south Florida, part of preparing for a hurricane is to make some good to snack on while we are shut up in the house. I modified an old hummus recipe and my family thought it was…
Love Is A Choice
One of my favorite books to read about codependency is “LOVE IS A CHOICE”. It’s one of the first books I ever read, and describes the dynamics of how your childhood affects your relationships. I highly recommend it!
Learning To Value Yourself
Part of the healing and coming out of codependency behavior is learning to take care of ourselves, instead of obsessively focusing on another person. We learn self responsibility instead of feeling excessively responsible for everyone else. Self care sometimes means “me first”, but usually it means “me too”. It means we can take responsibility for…
COWBOY CAVIAR!
I love recipes that are not only healthy, but they have to taste good! I am a foodie and grew up around food bringing joy and togetherness with family and friends. I have also learned that we can have the things we love if we tweak them to be healthy! I was craving this recipe…
Staying in Unfulfilling Situations
Setting ourselves free isn’t always easy. Even the Israelites, while wandering in the desert on the way to the promised land, yearned for their lives of bondage in Egypt. Why would anyone want to return to slavery? One, it was familiar and they knew what to expect each day. Also, there are challenges and the…
Insideout Wellness Coda Corner: Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
FEELING BURIED ALIVE NEVER DIE: MY INNER CHILD Today, I need to pay attention to my feelings instead of cutting them off. Its important for me to take my feelings seriously. Am I sad? Happy? Afraid? Angry? As a child I was taught to deny my feelings. My anger was bad. It might hurt someone.…