Podcasts Education Self-Improvement The Overwhelmed Brain Healing from New Age Thinking - The fears in honoring yourself - The stolen childhood of Adult Children of Alcoholics

Healing from New Age Thinking - The fears in honoring yourself - The stolen childhood of Adult Children of Alcoholics

Published: May 15, 2016, 6 a.m.

b'Are you annoyed by affirmations? It\'s how I start off every show. I take a few minutes to explain why that is. Also I talk about positive thinking and bridging the gap between emotions and reason. Next when you fear honoring yourself, what can you do? It\'s great advice to tell someone: "Just honor your boundaries then you can start creating the life you want!" Which of course is something I say all the time. But what if you are just too afraid to? Finally I read a letter from an adult child of an alcoholic who felt that his playfulness was stripped away because of the state of fear he lived in growing up in an alcoholic household. Enjoy this longer episode of The Overwhelmed Brain.'