Thanks for the wonderful interview with Sherry Gaba. The bonus gift is really valuable, too! I loved “the use of affirmation” tip. ~ Golnaz Fatemi
Sherry Gaba is a Celebrity Life Coach and Psychotherapist, featured on Celebrity Rehab 2, 3, and 4, Sober House, and Celebrity Rehab’s Sex Addiction with Dr. Drew on VH1. She is a psychotherapist and life coach specializing in individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy.
According to Sherry, the most effective way to change bad habits is to:
1. Be aware that you have a habit you need to change
2. Go through the seven steps in Sherry’s audio: How to Attract Positive Energy
- Finding Your Purpose with Intention
- Live a Life that Is True to Your Values
- Live a Life of Authenticity
- Learning to Live in Appreciation, Forgiveness, and Compassion
- Living a Life of Right Action
- Living with Awareness & Mindfulness
- Learning to Let Go of Resistance and Attachments
3. Attend 12 steps meetings
4. Walk through the pain you are avoiding
Three tools to help you overcome addictions are:
1. Affirmation (teaching your mind to repeat positive statements)
a. “I’m learning to let go of fear and anxiety about my children.”
b. “My family is a source of strength of support.”
c. “My children are constantly learning and growing.”
2. Meditation
3. Journaling
It is very important to understand that relapse happens. If you don’t realize this, destructive, erroneous beliefs can arise. These might include:
- Getting angry at yourself for relapsing
- Believing you are a bad person
- Believing you don’t deserve support or have somehow betrayed
those who support you - Believing that since you have relapsed, sobriety is not possible for you
None of these things are true. Relapses happen because we are human. We can’t let set backs stop us from our goal of staying sober.
To find out more about how to overcome addictions, you can read Sherry’s book The Law of Sobriety: Attracting Positive Energy for a Powerful Recovery . It combines the power of positive thinking with definite action steps to create and maintain a clean and sober life that is filled with renewed purpose.
To learn more about Sherry’s “Purposeful and Authentic Life Package” go to: www.GreatParentingShow.com/sherry
Click here to listen to the replay of the interview.
Don’t forget to pick up Sherry’s gift to you, a free ebook entitled “Eliminate Limiting Beliefs”.
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