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You find yourself here in the world existing with all the conditions and multiple intelligences at hand, moods and perceptions, capacities and limits, possibilities and relationships, informed by your evolutionary and ancestral inheritance. What makes you resilient, adaptable, flexible and fit for your existence in meeting this event you call your Life? The notion of Existential Fitness conjures a big picture view of all that comprises our wholeness of Being with our embeddedness in the world and all the contexts and roles we inhabit that demand our attention and call us to show up. The notion…
By Christine Zitscher Recovery is not one-size-fits-all. For many people, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and its well-known 12 Steps have provided structure, community, and hope. For others, the language and framework of 12 Step groups do not fully fit their beliefs, identity, or personal experience. That is where alternatives like the 16 Steps from Charlotte Kasl offer another path. Kasl, often associated with a more empowerment-based and inclusive recovery model, developed her 16 Steps as a response to concerns that traditional 12-step programs can feel overly…
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