Lianne MacGregor
The gifts of recovery: Curiosity
One of the many things that contributed to my substance abuse was my need for certainty. I was obsessed with establishing and maintaining...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Mar 23, 2021
- 5 min
What kind of lonely are you? Why it matters and what you can do about it.
The pandemic has triggered an epidemic of loneliness. We’ve all experienced it to some extent. And given the way pandemics are brought to...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Jan 8, 2021
- 8 min
Blog series: The gifts of recovery
2020 was a tough year. Yet over and over again I've heard from people who credited the work they’d done in overcoming addiction as...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
I love you. And your stress is stressing me out.
A lot of my work as a coach is spent helping people manage their stress. There are many ways to do this – writing about feelings in a...
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Lianne MacGregor
- May 20, 2020
- 4 min
Now and not yet
It’s been a couple of months of altered reality and we're not out of the woods yet. In fact, it looks as though we’re in for a...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Apr 3, 2020
- 4 min
Small Ideas for Strange Times
Small Idea #4: Feel your Feelings So, how are you feeling? I’ve asked this question of several people lately and their replies have all...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Mar 31, 2020
- 3 min
Small Ideas for Strange Times
Small idea #3: Manage your mind I know I'm not alone in thinking my mind is working overtime these days. Like everyone else, I’m...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Mar 28, 2020
- 6 min
Small Ideas for Strange Times
Small Idea #2: Love your body (and it will love you back) I’m going to start out by saying something pretty obvious, but I’m going to say...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Mar 26, 2020
- 5 min
Small Ideas for Strange Times
I’m sure I learned a lot when I was in treatment, but it was thirty years ago and the details have gotten a bit fuzzy. One lesson,...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Jan 30, 2020
- 3 min
This happened.
A few months after I started on the path of recovery I was referred to a therapy group at a local hospital. The group, which was for...
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Lianne MacGregor
- Nov 29, 2019
- 4 min
Who are we when we don't know who we are?
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was an undergrad, I introduced myself to the student sitting next to me using an English accent.
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Lianne MacGregor
- Oct 27, 2019
- 4 min
Are you ready to fly?
My initiation into the Recovered Life was driven by two addictions that were equally tenacious and equally toxic: cocaine and a relationship
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