Making change in recovery confounded me. Growing up, I heard a variation of Aristotle’s adage, “Give me a child until he is 7, and I will show you the man.” At my first 12-step meeting, I received a ...

Apter’s Reversal Theory (RT) looks at the relationship between motivations and emotions. Apter identifies eight "motivational styles" (or states of mind) that are based on values that are like lenses ...

It’s no secret that change is inherently difficult, complex, and often resisted. Making even necessary changes can be hard. This is because, in human evolution, we have come to view change as a threat ...