david riddell

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Blog header for "Stop the Dumping: How to Set Boundaries with a Toxic Family Member" by Turning The Page, showing a winding rural road bordered by a wire fence and rolling green hills.

Stop the Dumping: How to Set Boundaries With Toxic People

On the farm I grew up on, a road ran along the boundary. Part of the roadside had slipped away, but the fence still stood, and everyone could see where the road ended and our property began. One day my father came home and told us someone had dumped rubbish […]

Change can feel like Being on the Wrong Side of the Road

Change can feel like Being on the Wrong Side of the Road

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Henry Ford. To change, it may feel like you’re driving on the wrong side of the road. It all made sense. I began to understand how the brain changes and that to learn something new […]

No More Lies: Stay Grounded in Reality — Turning The Page blog header showing a woman's face fading into a weathered brick wall, symbolizing the tension between illusion and truth in recovery

No More Lies: How to Stay Grounded in Reality and Grace

‘If you really knew me, would you still love me?’ A grounded reality of knowing God speaks ‘You are loved no matter what’.

For some reason we prefer fabricated realities to the
strong and sensitizing face of what is.
The spiritual life begins with accepting and
living our reality. Richard Rohr

I know someone who lies and embellishes the truth. They want to be known and loved but the facade of lies they have built up around themselves has become their truth.

Sometimes, when they feel safe, they let their guard down and the honesty flows. It’s beautiful to watch.