Recover in Community to Heal Eating Disorders, Addictions By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this wonderful post in the blue box below!) We recover in community. We may think that our eating disorders, or addictions, separate us from others. We may think that no one understands, that we’re unique in our “specialness,” or our suffering. Then we enter therapy, a facility, or a group, and we begin to see that we’re not as unique as...
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We Were Meant to Live in Community By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this wonderful post in the blue box below!) We were meant to live in community. Life tells us so. It offers tender, little lessons like a gift pushed slowly across the table in our direction. When I was in Hawaii visiting my family, we all rode around in my brother’s magic bus. We toted our bathing suits, while the two dogs car surfed. My...
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In Hawaii, Food is Love By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this wonderful post in the blue box below!) Hawaii is a magical land where you take off your slippers before you enter someone’s house, call elders auntie and uncle, kiss people hello and goodbye on the cheek, and decorate palm trees for Christmas. Of course, Hawaii is much more than fun little facts. It has a rich history of the land and the Hawaiian...
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The #1 Reason to be Kind to Others By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this wonderful post in the blue box below!) Life is full of beauty, bliss, and joy. It can also be exhausting. On the shadow side of the joyful coin lie pain, anxiety, heartbreak, and the plethora of huge and small stresses that weave together to make a life. Years ago, I had a roommate who’d lash out when they felt insecure. On many occasions,...
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Where is God When Bad Things Happen By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this wonderful post in the blue box below!) I see God everywhere – in tiny flowers that push their way through the cut grass, wind dancing through trees, in dog kisses, or lying down in empty parking lots watching the slow fade of stars. I also remember a long period of time I spent angry with God. If he was there, which I believed he was,...
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Plans for Your Success By Z Zoccolante (Listen to the audio of this wonderful post in the blue box below!) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11 NIV I love my dog. It’s my first dog ever and she’s altered life as I knew it. I move plans so that I can be home to take her out to potty in time. I...
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