A woman's path to sustained recovery

Though the process of recovery is never easy, some women seem to move through the journey with less pain than others. Why? What makes the difference? Here we will talk about how that happens for each of us. We will talk about how women heal in mutually empowering realtionships with themselves, with others and with God.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

good to be home

Interesting trip---train ride up the west coast-1139 miles- California, Oregon, Washington, Victoria, Vancouver and back down the coast. Drought in California, huge evergreens in Oregon, lush Washington, Buchart Gardens in Victoria absolutely gorgeous, Vancouver all glass high rises. All in all an adventure with many moving parts---trains, ferries, tours, different hotels. Good to be home!!

Within an hour of coming in the house a call from a friend. Her husband has bipolar illness (with a touch of substance abuse) and he's escalating. Mental illness is such a sad. difficult disease. The family is under such stress. How to help? Resources are slim to none and as typical of this disease, he doesn't think he needs any resources.  

So we meet with them-separately. He sees her as the enemy right now. We offer support. We no longer are professionals in the field. We listen. We offer gentle options.

We pray. We encourage them to be open to God's peace.

Life is very very hard.

Blessings-Penny
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