For most people with addictions denial is a part of their everyday life. They deny the addiction is an issue, they blame everything but the addiction for the disasters in their life, and they deny that they have a problem of any type. This denial has to end before there will be the opportunity to [...]
About Sherry Gaba
Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach who has helped hundreds of people cope with lifelong addictions, including substance abuse, shopping, gambling, food, sex and love, co-dependency, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, single parenting and divorce. Sherry appeared on Celebrity Rehab 3, 4, and 5. She also facilitated life coaching on their subsequent spin off Sober House and Celebrity Rehab’s Sex Addiction. During filming of the series, Sherry used her trademark sensitivity and compassion to help troubled cast members as they transitioned into their new sober lives with psychotherapy and life coaching tips. Sherry most recently appeared on CNN Headline News as a guest expert, as well as Inside Edition, where she spoke about Mackenzie Phillip’s who was on Celebrity Rehab 3. In addition, she appeared on KTLA Channel 5 as an expert on eating disorders and Fox San Diego News, Better TV, WPIX New York, CNN Prime News, Issues with Jane Velez Mitchell on HLN, Showbiz Tonight, and E!News discussing Celebrity Rehab and Teen Mom on MTV. Sherry’s book, “The Law of Sobriety” from HCI Publications is about recovery from addictions and alcoholism and was published in September 2010. Sherry has also been published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Women’s World, Los Angeles Times Blog, New York Post, The Huffington Post, Hollywood Life, Elle On-line, E! On-line, and the New York Daily News. She has also been a guest with Martha Stewart, Jay Thomas, and Judith Regan on Sirius XM Radio. Sherry also blogs on Beliefnet.com, Counselor Magazine, and Renew Magazine. In addition she just joined CBS Sky Radio and hosts “A Moment of Change,” a show on self discovery and positive transformation.
Self-Love and Time on the Path to Addiction Recovery
If you have ever tried to make a behavioral change you know how difficult it may be. Perhaps you have tried to quit smoking, cut out that soda or avoid that dessert. The biggest thing that people forget is that all addictions are not simply and only behavioral; they also have a psychological and physiological [...]
The Impact of Parents’ Addiction on Children’s Identity
One of the most difficult aspects of addiction is the changes that it can bring about in the mindsets of children who grow up in a household with an addict. During their entire life they have to accommodate for the addicted person, creating alternative realities to what is really going on in the home. Often [...]
Is The Past Dictating Your Future?
Being stuck in the past is more than just a saying; it can actually influence how your present and future unfolds. When you are unable to break away from the negative aspects of your past you will find they simply repeat over and over again. This will ultimately restrict your ability to make the changes [...]
You Are Not The Person You Were In The Past
One of the many myths or false beliefs that people with addictions tend to focus on is that they are always the same person. In other words, your personal history has created who you are and this is like destiny, there is no option to change direction or to create a different possible outcome. For [...]
What Is True Wealth To You?
The Law of Attraction is one of those universal principles that can work for whatever you want to bring into your life. If you are able to see yourself as that individual with what you want already in your life it will happen. It may not happen today, it may not happen this year, but [...]
Sobriety and Your Higher Power
One of the things that sometimes puts people off about religion vs. spirituality is the idea of accepting a higher power into your life. What if you don’t believe in any particular religion? Why is it necessary to believe in something greater than yourself? Sobriety is all about knowing and accepting yourself, including all the [...]
Get in the Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a professor and former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago, has been working with a concept he calls “flow.” The process of flow occurs when your consciousness matches your goals, allowing psychic energy to flow smoothly. For 40 years, Csikszentmihalyi has been studying what makes people happy, and [...]
Let your Natural Beauty Shine
Beauty is delicate harmony of positive energy in our minds, bodies, and spirits. It is an attribute we can strive to achieve daily. When you focus on nurturing your beauty in all its forms, a wonderful action occurs. Your inner beauty manifests into a physical beauty those around you will see and appreciate. How can [...]
Gratitude + The Law Of Attraction = Positive Energy
The Law of Attraction is very clear in intent and meaning. The things that we value and that we aspire to in our world can come to us in ways that we never imagined if we use the energy in thought and prayer to state our wishes. In other words, by thinking something we can [...]
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