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COMMUNITY FORUM Share with others, ask questions, explore everything and anything about your program without a charge.
GROUPS Learn the steps, get fit safely, learn creative program cooking, learn about depression, learn with parents, share in local areas. There is no charge for groups.
CLASSES
I will be offering one 2 week class per month. Registration will be limited to 20 per class. If more sign up, I will open a second section. Classes are done by email, so there are no specific time constraints to be present. If you
are new to the community I strongly recommend you take the brain chemistry classes.
Beta Endorphin Learn how this chemical affects your self-esteem and why your capacity to cope may be directly related to your beta endorphin levels. A fascinating look at the part of the story that is most crucial to sugar sensitivity. We have just started so if you want to sneak over right now, I will put you
in. WORKING WITH KATHLEEN
I feel very strongly about offering you a way to work with me directly. I have set up a whole range of options for you to do that - going from private coaching to being involved in
small groups. This link will show you all the choices. Please note that
Coaching Apprentice is open to people starting or restarting. Directed Coaching is a specialized format geared to people who would like concrete, specific direction, Coaching Skilled is for
people who are settled with their steps and want to look at other issues more in-depth. Signature Coaching is for those who want to work individually with Kathleen in a 90-day process.
Another option is setting up a one hour assessment and then making a decision based on that conversation.
And you can always call 505-345-3737 and ask me about how each one works.
Here is the direct link to sign up for coaching:
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"You will start the steps when the pain is unbearable and you want to change."
Well it is a cool, rainy morning here in Denver, but the weekend was warm and beautiful. I cleaned my house, paid my bills, went to the gym, and rode my motorcycle both Saturday and Sunday. All of those things make me feel so good, happy, and alive. I made sure to spend some quality time with my animals. Tonight I'll be spending quality time with my plants. :-)
I am mostly relying on my existing food supplies this week, so cooking was minimal. I did roast a chicken in the crockpot overnight, and I made some
barley, but all the rest of the food either came from the freezer, a can, or is kind of ready-made (bread, fresh & frozen veggies, etc.).
Yesterday marked 3 months on Step 6 for me. [I had one sugar slip during that time, but came right back to Step 6 at my next meal.] I have seen so many, many positive changes. I am letting my body take the lead, and she is going fabulous places! I'm really loving my veggies like never before. This weekend, instead of just walking like I have been, I/my body wanted (!) to get on the stationary cycle for a bit, and I did, and it was fine, not the
struggle that I remember it being before I began listening to her. I am feeling very healthy physically.
So that's my testimony to doing the food. I came from alcoholism, depression, rage, anxiety, bingeing, and fibromyalgia to where I am today, and it is nothing short of a miracle. And all because of changing what and when I eat.
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This is David, your Radiant Recovery® Concierge
Come visit our STORE. Call 505-345-3737 if you have questions. David, the store manager, is always happy to help.
Apple Pie With Cheddar Crust |
I think this particular recipe is one of our all time favorites.
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Radiant Living is geared to looking at Step 7 issues. These would include things like jobs, relationships, hopes, dreams and joys. It is open to people who are on Step 7 or people who have been on Step7, got lost and want to come back to what they know is best for them.
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My weight is good for me. Is there any point in joining?
Absolutely. The chats alone are worth the price of joining.We have many people who use YLD to work on body image, restriction, or simply joyful relationship to food.
I am just starting the steps. Does it make sense to join now? Yes, it does. We have found that the people who come to chats do the best with the steps. There is something about the in-person, real-time connection that makes your program thrive.
If you are not a YLD member, come and join us. If
you are a current member and want to join us in the new chat room, come to the landing page. I will post the page chat words on the YLD list.
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What the Program Brings You Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
I have been working on the newest update of Potatoes Not Prozac which will expand the meaning of Step 7. Of course when I wrote the first edition, I really had no idea of what Step 7 might be. Even with the second edition, the stories were just starting to emerge over time. These are the stories of how we live in recovery. It is about learning the life skills we lost when we turned to addiction to help
us cope with pain that was too big or too scary to face.
I think the process of Step 7 is
developmental and progresses this way: - Stopping the addiction and healing the biochemistry
- Getting steady and settled
- Learning what real feelings are (as opposed to sugar feelings)
- Learning to feel safe
- Exploring old wounding and learning to heal it
- Living the gift of recovery and living in joy
- Finding spiritual awakening and empowerment
It is not necessarily a linear process. Not everyone goes in this sequence. Some people start with a spiritual awakening and they move towards being settled. Some people start by living in joy. Some with feeling safe. In my experience, it is pretty much impossible to progress without stopping the addiction and healing the biochemistry. The process I have designed starts with that. The rest of the progress is simply my own discernment about
what seems to work best.
I have been listening for more than 40 years to a lot of people in a lot of different ways. One of the most important things I have learned is that while it might seem like *hard work* to do all this, it actually isn't. You may have bought into the concept of *no pain, no gain* or that change is
hard. But it actually isn't. The truth is that it doesn't have to be hard. You simply have to want it.
That said, there are 2 things that get in the way:
Ok, now this might seem as if I am contradicting myself. Because if you are sitting in the middle of those two things, it will seem hard beyond belief. And you will give up before you even start. Here is the thing....the steps, and step one in
particular is deigned to unstick you. It is literally a way out, with tiny little things you can do, master and build together to calm down and make progress without angst. So literally, the only thing you have to start with is willingness and then let step one start its magic.
You don't have to be nice, you don't have to believe anything, you don't have to pay anything, and even if you think it is absurd, the only thing you have to do is have breakfast. I am making myself laugh. You see, who would ever believe this. It is way too wacky.
But here we are. Thirty years later and people are still getting well, and still finding empowerment and joy.
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