It is amazing to not just find recovery, but to bloom!
Do you become inspired by others when you see their creativity and enthusiasm for life?
The people I’ve met along the way have been incredible.
When you find recovery and let go of your bad habits, the question that follows is, what’s next?
Besides face to face support, books and magazines, we have opportunities to find inspiring content online. The most inspiring write from the heart.
I want to introduce you to twenty fellow writers. They are some of the very best. They support a healthy lifestyle and encourage you to bloom and shine like a new spring garden.
Recovery is the first step
Recovery is the first step The next step is to live your very best life, the one you were meant to live.
When you read these quotes, they are not necessarily about recovery. They are about living life where you bloom and become your best self.
These writers will inspire you with their intuitive wisdom for successful and fearless living. They teach you how to collect smiles, get inspired, be happy, and change your life. You’ll learn about how to use simple steps for living today better than yesterday, and how to heal with positivity, love, and happiness.
Their wisdom teaches you how to bloom and make your world a better place. They write about how to stop worrying, how to let go, get closer to others and how to shake up your inner creativity.
With any change, taking small steps towards your vision is the best path forward.
Find ways that you can live up to your potential and bloom.
You’ll feel happier, confident and enthusiastic about life.
Live up to your potential
Choose to focus your time, energy and conversation around people who inspire you, support you and help you to grow into your happiest, strongest, wisest self. ~ Karen Salmansohn
Come back to the place where receiving information intuitively was natural and open up to your full potential! ~ Angela Artemis
Don’t allow fear to hold you back from the life that you deserve. Don’t allow fear to rob you of your happiness, passion, and purpose. ~ Tess Marshall
When we look back on life, we want to be able to say that although it may have taken us a while to get started, when all was said and done, we took advantage of all the possibilities we should have. We lived up to our potential. ~ Sibyl Chavis
Happiness is an inside job.
Commit with love and an open mind and you will discover how much of the “impossible” is actually possible. ~ Aileen Mahoney
Being happy and positive is not all that difficult …. We are already happy positive beings, we just need to understand how to focus on the positive instead of the negative every day. ~ Zeenat Merchant-Syal
Sometimes the simple path to leaving our baggage on the ocean floor begins when we grow tired of the sneak attacks, the conflict it creates and the happiness it steals. ~ Alex Blackwell
Happiness is an inside job. You must love yourself enough to choose it, to align with it, and even to share it. ~ Nea Joy Justice
Make forgiveness a part of your life.
“Make sure you see yourself. Make a list of your qualities and accomplishments. Every day, write down something or several things you appreciate yourself for. When you feel good about yourself, you shine. ~ Sandra Pawula
Shout from the gallows about how good you are and how good you are going to become. ~ Arvind Devalia
Reality becomes almost unimportant against the power we have to shape our experience of life as we perceive it. ~ Betsy Henry
When forgiving becomes a part of who you are, you’ll feel like a huge weight has been taken off of your shoulders. ~ Fran Sorin
Make your heart sing.
Can you see the blessing this moment offers you? Even though you don’t know the big picture, can you enjoy what life is dishing you right now? ~ Andrea DeBell
What impact on myself, my significant others do I want to make in the next 10 years? ~ David Stevens
I believe that all of the answers that we will ever need to know have always been within us — in our soul. ~ Jodi Chapman
Your time here on earth is short. Don’t carry burdens. Have fun. Do what makes your heart sing. ~ Paige Burkes
Break the cycle
Sometimes life throws us a curveball or we face unexpected changes. Sometimes if we live in fear and fear the unknown, we miss out on the opportunities that lie undiscovered. ~ Victor Schueller
In order to change our life, we must first change ourselves, change the ideas from which we think, the ideas that keep us firmly anchored in our present life. ~ Elle Sommer
There are many blessings in disguise that aren’t always apparent to us, and many of these blessings are afforded to us simply for being alive! ~ Joe Wilner
Be the person who breaks the cycle. If you were judged, choose understanding. If you were rejected, choose acceptance. If you were shamed, choose compassion. Be the person you needed when you were hurting, not the person who hurt you. Vow to be better than what broke you—to heal instead of becoming bitter so you can act from your heart, not your pain. ~ Lori Deschene
What inspires you to want to bloom as you move along in your recovery and change?
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What an impressive collection — thank you so much for sharing them all on one place! And CONGRATULATIONS on TreatmentTalk.org’s two year anniversary! You have shared so many, many inspiring stories, yourself!
Hi Lisa,
Thanks so much. It has been an amazing journey. You, by the way are one of those incredible people I have met and I value our connection and friendship. I appreciate all that you do!
Congratulations Kathy on your two year anniversary and for the light and love you’ve brought into the lives of so many.
I’m honoured to be included in such exceptional company.
Thank you. ♥
Encourage one another.
Elle.
Hi Elle,
Thank you Elle. It has been so fun to make a connection with you. I love your blog and it is another wonderful benefit to meet people who live in other countries. We’ve made our world a bit smaller! Take care.
Cathy,
Such a marvelous group of bloggers represented here. I’m honored to be on your list. Thank you so much!
xoxo,
Angela
Hi Angela,
You are welcome and thank you for sharing your wisdom about intuition!
Thanks so much Cathy! It’s been wonderful to meet you as well.
I’m grateful to have met you on my own journey to blooming! 🙂
Huge hugs!
Melody
Hi Melody,
Thank you for stopping by. I can feel the sunshine in you whenever I read your blog. Your fun personality come right through! Appreciate the guidance through the LOA.
Good on you Cathy,
Congrats on your achievements to date. I am sure there are many more that will come your way…..your posts inspire me!
be good to yourself
David
Hi David,
Thanks for the kind words. Your posts inspire me as well!
Congratulations Cathy!
I guess you have achieved a great deal within these two years, which speaks volumes about all that you have covered here because of your dedication to the blog.
This is indeed a wonderful collection of great blogs, some of which I still need to check out. Thanks for sharing and wishing you all the best 🙂
Hi Harleena,
It is a constant work in progress, but I’m enjoying it and it blogging has turned out to be much more than I expected. I love the writing, interacting and the creativity. Your blog is amazing as well and I look forward to reading much more from you. Take care.
Congratulations on 2 years! And love this collection of quotes. One of the best things I have learnt in recovery is that I can be happy just being me instead of trying to be something else for everybody else!
Hi Carolyn,
That is a great lesson. I’ve spent time getting that one right as well. Take care.
Cathy,
Thanks for the wonderful link love. The first three photos are my favorite flowers. The first status…I used to grow and sell it when the girls were young. The second my brother raises sunflowers on the same farm I grew up on. They simply just make me smile. The third cone flowers…I had them in my flower garden when my girls were growing up in the city. After blue, pink is my favorite color. Thanks for the memories. I think I’m going to buy a bunch of flowers at the farmer’s market tomorrow;)
Hi Tess,
Thanks for sharing your connection to the flowers. I was at a garden tour last week, and looking at all the beautiful flowers gave me the idea to add pictures of flowers to the post. I am a real flower person. Love the coneflowers as well. They are one of my favorites. Enjoy your farmer’s market. Great place to get some wonderful flowers! Take care.
Two gorgeous years of Treatment Talk – and what a beautiful blog you’ve built, Cathy! You’re making such a difference in the lives of so many people. God bless you.
I am thrilled that I frequent all the blogs you’ve mentioned in your list – I am honored to be included! Such pretty flowers!
I look forward to our continued connection.
Hugs and love, Vidya
Hi Vidya,
It has been great making a connection with you as well! It brings all of us closer to be able to connect with someone so many miles away. I love your pictures that you post so often, so that I can learn more about your corner of the world! Hugs to you as well!
Cathy – congrats on 2 years of blogging. As a 2 week blogger (more or less), I’m inspired:) Also, many thanks for sharing so many wonderful blogs – I look forward to reading and following them.
Hi Vishnu,
Thanks for your kind words. I think you are a little more than a 2 week blogger. Love your writing! Take care.
Congratulations on your blogiversary! I think I’ve been reading your blog for most of that time! And thanks for including me in such a wonderful group of bloggers! What is better than living life positively!
Great post Cathy!
Hi Betsy,
It has been great connecting with you as well! We’ve probably been reading each other’s blogs for about two years. Time flies! I agree to love for the positive where ever you can. Take care.
Those are fabulous quotes. You can tell that those bloggers really get it… They are living their lives the best they can. They have done so well with their recovery. My family inspires me the most. Watching my children grow up, and wanting to be there for them in good times and bad. I just don’t want to miss out on anything.
Congratulations on your two year anniversary! Such a brilliant choice you made.
This post is so beautiful, not just the photos but the spirit of it.
I truly love the quotes you chose for the bloggers/writers. Powerful, empowering, inspiring, & invigorating. Such a lovely celebration of your 2 year anniversary 🙂
Thank you so much for the recommendations. About half of those I already follow, but I’m adding the rest to my Google Reader now.
I also wanted to say that I love your blog. I’ve been following for a while now. It made me realize some things that are obvious habits for me and much of it comes from not living in the moment.
Great post!
Hi AJ,
Great! I’m so glad those recommendations worked for you. The quotes are hopefully inspiring for all of us to lead our best life. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.
Congratulations on your anniversary! I know you’re positively impacting many people. I recently referred one of my readers to you when she said she felt hopeless about finding support for herself and a child who is an addict. She replied back absolutely ecstatic about getting in touch with you. I have also shared your site with the recovery clinicians that work at our center. The information you share is so important!
Thanks so much for including me in this post! I’m honored! I always love reading and learning from this amazing group of people.
Hi Paige,
Thank you so much for referring one of your readers to me. This is an issue that affects so many, so I appreciate your support. So glad to have you be part of the post! Thank you for the bright light that you shine. Love your positive message.