Author name: Mark Foley

vulnerability
Relationships, PTSD

3 Steps to Vulnerability: Discover Your Values

In our modern, fast-paced world, the word “vulnerable” often carries a heavy, almost negative weight. According to the dictionary, to be vulnerable is to be “susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm” or to be “in need of special care, support, or protection.” Under these definitions, vulnerability sounds like a weakness—a chink in the armor that we should seek to repair immediately.

values
Relationships, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD

3 Steps to a New Perspective: How Values Lead to Safety & Prosperity

In a world that often feels increasingly polarized and overwhelming, it is easy to become trapped in a singular way of seeing things. We find ourselves reactive—easily angered, quickly upset, and perpetually guarded. When we live from this place of defensiveness, our world shrinks. We stop seeing possibilities and start seeing threats.

forgiveness
Relationships, Addiction

10 Steps: Mastering Self-Forgiveness and Unlocking True Healing

Forgiving ourselves and others is arguably one of the most challenging aspects of the human experience. It is a complicated, often painful, and profoundly humanistic process that is absolutely vital to our growth and healing. Without the capacity to forgive—especially ourselves—we remain tethered to past mistakes, allowing guilt and shame to dictate our present and future lives.

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