by Jewels | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog
Staying sober in the bahamas It was the Thanksgiving holiday and my husband and I, being the avid sailors we are, were excited to have two of my friends join us for our holiday getaway. It was a trip we’d all been looking forward to for quite some time. One of my...
by Jewels | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog
Now that my story has been laid out so beautifully, I can see the details that make up the fabric of my life. I see the strength and courage it took for this little girl to keep putting one foot in front of the other. I see where she was misguided, yet still fought...
by Jewels | Jul 23, 2021 | Blog
While I generally leave the advice-giving to the professionals, I just wrote my first book, The Making of a Woman, so that qualifies me to weigh in on this topic. Within my realm, I’m qualified to share my thoughts because my experience is just that—my experience. I...
by Jewels | Jul 2, 2021 | Blog
Growing up in a very regimented household, I was allowed very little wiggle room to make decisions. Likely, it made my parent’s job easier to just tell us what to do and skip the step of helping us learn why and how to make decisions. Their ways did not prepare me for...
by Jewels | Jun 19, 2021 | Blog
Shame on you. I’ve read a lot of Brene’ Brown over the last few years, a research professor who’s spent the last two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. As a woman in recovery, she explains the topic of shame and its difference compared to...
by Jewels | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog
I first learned about meditation in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. Step 11 of 12 reads: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry...
