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The Skillpower Newsletter delivers weekly, science-based tools to help you understand cravings and build real recovery—one skill at a time. Each email includes a relatable story, brain-based insight, and a simple, supportive practice. No diets. No shame. Just skills that work.
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Why Emotions Can Still Take Over Even When You Understand Them
Hello everyone,
I’ve been thinking a lot about how emotional reactions actually show up in daily life. Most of the time, they don’t arrive with...
Why Emotions Can Still Take Over Even When You Understand Them
Hello everyone,
I’ve been thinking a lot about how emotional reactions actually show up in daily life. Most of the time, they don’t arrive with...
Why Emotions Can Still Take Over Even When You Understand Them
Hello everyone,
I’ve been thinking a lot about how emotional reactions actually show up in daily life. Most of the time, they don’t arrive with...
Why Emotions Can Still Take Over Even When You Understand Them
There’s something I hear often that I want to talk about today, because it catches a lot of people off guard.
People say they understand...
Caring for Ourselves Emotionally in Recovery
I hope this email finds you on a day that's treating you with as much kindness as possible.
This week, I'm excited to share with...
Skillpower—Caring for Ourselves Mentally: Advanced Skills
Hi there,
As we continue exploring mental self-care, this second part focuses on how repeated patterns in the brain can be reshaped through small, consistent...
Skillpower—Caring for Ourselves Mentally
This week we’re focusing on mental self-care and how changing the conditions inside the brain can make daily thinking more workable. When the brain has...
Skillpower—How Physical Self-Care Changes the Body's Capacity
This week we’re exploring physical self-care in a way that most people have never been taught—not as “exercise,” not as pampering, and not as another...
Skillpower—Caring for Ourselves from the Inside Out
This week, we’re exploring a part of self-care that rarely gets talked about, yet sits underneath almost everything we struggle with in recovery: the strength...
Skillpower—Building a New Sense of Self
One of the most powerful but least understood changes in recovery is what happens to your identity. Most people assume identity is a personality trait...
Skillpower—The Biology of Belonging Without Blending In
One of the biggest challenges in recovery isn’t managing cravings—it’s managing the pull of social belonging. We can feel calm, centered, and clear when we’re...
Skillpower—The Hidden Stress Before the Celebration—and How to Calm It
Have you ever noticed tension rising long before a shared event—maybe a get-together, a meeting, or a family visit?You want to look forward to it,...
