The 12-Step Cafe | Recovery and a Coffee!?
The 12-Step Cafe, operated by George, is a wonderful place to create and build #RecoveryCapital. The cafe serves light meals and snacks during the day, as well as a variety of hot and cold drinks. The ethos of the cafe at The Foundation…
Women's Month - Let's Get Real Ladies! | By Ingrid Lotze
Women’s Month – Lets Get Real Ladies!
Women’s Day – A day filled with charge for both men and women and yet not many know what the day commemorates, never mind what the month is about!
On Women’s Day I was part of a group of…
What is #RecoveryCapital?
As a person in long-term recovery as well as a coach that works with individuals and groups around substance abuse and addictive behaviour disorders, I sometimes find the amount of ideas, thought, theories and models around addiction and recovery…
Are You Living the Life You Imagined!?
Sometimes there is a question during a coaching session that really resonates with me. Powerful questions that leave you with a strange sense of discomfort, mulling over them for ages…looking into the deep recesses of your conscious and…
What's Your Reaction?
The Silly Season is approaching and that means that there will be triggers aplenty for anyone - whether in recovery or not! Because everyone is triggered by situations all the time. It's just how we cope with it that varies. Unacknowledged…
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become!
There is no shame in being or knowing someone with a substance abuse disorder! It's time to let go of the guilt and embarrassment that is felt around having a dependence on a substance. People who develop substance abuse disorders are not…
RECOVERY & WELLNESS COACHING - PRINCIPLE NO 1
by Anthony Eldridge-Rogers
Founder of the Foundation for Recovery and Wellness International
The practice of Recovery and Wellness Coaching rests on 4 principles.
Principe Number 1 is
“Recovery and Wellness always comes from the person…
What if I fall!?
As you may have noticed from my posts, I truly believe that I am living my purpose by "paying it forward" and aiding others on their journey through recovery. And it's incredibly rewarding work walking with someone as they grow and develop,…
Education is a weapon!?
I spent three days at the end of last week at recovery coach training at Sharp Treatment Centre which was an interesting and fulfilling learning experience. As a certified life and recovery coach I am extremely interested in new ideas, tools…
Detox Food for Your Mind and Body
People often underestimate the power and benefit of eating detox food to improve their health and lifestyle. There is a very real connection between the mind and body, the way the body feels plays a huge role in how the brain functions and determines…