Radical Acceptance: Start where you are
"Radical Acceptance" Start where you are. Healing, whether it is body, mind or spirit, is a process. First one must accept there is a problem, or a stuck point, or that you are going in circles, or simply have given up or feel a need for healing or hel. You finally admit that your circumstances and/or feelings are overwhelming. Sometimes people have to get to the point of desperation, or need to "bottom out: as they say in AA. You will need to stop denying your feelings, putting on a brave face, spouting toxic positivity, or acting stoic or indifferent. This is the actually the first step of every 12-Step program, “admitted we have a problem” with alcohol, emotions, drugs, food, sex, power, anger, income etc. More often than not, admitting this does not happen until you “bottom out” meaning you blow your life up to the point you can no longer deny you have a problem. For some people this might mean going to jail or losing a relationship and/or fa...