by Helen Papadopoulos | Sep 30, 2011 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates
It has been several months since I wrote an update on the progress of my book “Phoenix Rising: Healing from Sexual Abuse through Spirituality.” For those of you who were following this and are still interested, this is the lowdown… I completed the...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jun 7, 2011 | Real Philosophy
The title of this blog post is a well known quote by Mark Twain – it is a play on part of the word ‘denial’ and the river Nile in Egypt…denial is not some faraway place, or thing but an aspect of human behavior designed to protect you from very...
by Helen Papadopoulos | May 15, 2011 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills, The Real New Age
The title of this blog post is the name of a song written by an Australian band from the 1970s called ‘Skyhooks’ (lyrics here: EGO). In their own way, the band members express what I have come to believe about the Ego – the Hellenic word for...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Apr 28, 2011 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates
“Just Trying to Survive” is the title of the first chapter of my book-in-progress, “Phoenix Rising.” For those of you just tuning-in, this work is an autobiographical account of the sexual abuse I experienced during my childhood and what it...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Apr 7, 2011 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Being real – it is one of the best feelings or states of being that you can experience. It is invigorating to express your thoughts and emotions without reservation (Freedom of Speech). The only thing that I can think of in my own life that has felt even better...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Mar 7, 2011 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Ahh, respect. Everyone wants it, very few people get it in a way that matters. Being ‘respected’ because you have wealth, or some other kind of social status is not the R.E.S.P.E.C.T. that I am referring to. Respect, in my opinion, is about being treated...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jan 29, 2011 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
New beginnings, turning over a new leaf, wiping the slate clean, starting over…at the dawn of yet another year many of you will be thinking about beginning again right now. Do you want to be healthier? Are you ready for new relationships? Do you want a more...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Dec 7, 2010 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates
Shattered Dispersed Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Then…a Spark There is Proof of Life My Spirit gathers I spiral up toward Heaven Like the Phoenix, I Rise …and Rise …and Rise Resurrected My Memories, Emotions and Thoughts My Passion for Life My Body...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Nov 24, 2010 | Self Help Skills
Nature has played (and continues to play) a pivotal and powerful healing role in my life. Based on the amazing ways in which I have been helped, I believe there is probably something in nature to cure every disease – physical, mental and/or emotional. Even...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Oct 27, 2010 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates, Self Help Skills
“Healing would have to be both the worst and the best thing that I have ever done (and continue to do). The worst part is the pain…oh the heart-breaking, soul-draining, almost-too-much-to-bear pain! Healing simply isn’t possible without it. In...
