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What exactly is a helpaholic? If an alcoholic sees a drink, she might just drink it….  If a foodaholic sees food, she might just eat it…. When a helpaholic sees someone who needs something, her first response is usually, how can I help?  Oh, you say, isn’t that a good thing?  Wanting to help others?  Maybe, maybe […]

My mind has been working overtime the last couple of weeks since I wrote Part 1 of this series.  I really wanted to get to Steps 2 and 3 of my 12 Step Program.  Then I realized I just needed to let it come to me, through conversations and experiences. Now that being a helpaholic […]

Breaking old patterns came up in my last installment, and I have to admit I am probably harder on myself than anyone else when I catch myself repeating behavior that I have committed to changing.  That is where I saw the need for Step 3: Step 3:  Be kinder to yourself! Many of us who […]

One of the areas we helpaholics get caught up in is FAMILY.  Invariably there are one, maybe two people in any given family that seem to have an uber sense of responsibility toward the family as a whole and whether they stay connected, get along, etc. Which brings me to our next step: Step 4:  […]

It’s the end of July and we’ve had so many days of 100°+ weather that we’re all about to wilt!  Until today, which started off dark and still and then it actually rained!!!  Which cooled things off, but reminded me of how dark this next step is…. Step 5:  Remember that Help is the Happy […]

I took a little time to write this in my mind before setting words down because it is such a personal journey for me to face these dark parts of myself!  Yet I find that by owning them out loud, so to speak, and writing about them, it really helps me clear my path toward […]

I realized after writing the first 6 steps of my 12 Step Program for Recovering Helpaholics that it is sort of divided into two parts.  The beginning steps (1-6) are about facing ourselves.  The next group (7-12) are about healing ourselves. These steps come from my years of doing coaching (45!) and my journey of […]