How is a person supposed to successfully navigate this most dangerous road of recovery? Is there a way to increase the odds of full recovery to a new, exciting, and Intentional Life? The answer is yes, and it is simpler than you might think. You just need the right team to take the journey with you. Simple doesn’t mean easy and that is why you need this powerful team on your side.
It is nearly impossible for the addict to recognize his/her own unhealthy thought processes with his/her own unhealthy thought process due to physiological damage to the neuro-pathways in the brain and permanent reactive neural nets caused by traumatic experiences. Physiological changes that impact behavior do not respond to the intellect, and the very engagement in extended addictive behaviors minimizes the power of the individual’s will, which results in cyclical and self-rewarding patterns of addiction. This is the reason many say addiction is an incurable disease.
The good news is Physiological damage will repair and New neural pathways will grow with concentrated effort on the part of the addict. This will help with the addict’s ability to think clearly, problem-solve, and self-discover. With help of a clinician, new neural clusters can be woven to bypass the trauma-induced neural clusters, thereby giving the addict the ability to think about situations without immediately reacting in unhealthy ways. A long-term healthy and joyous lifestyle free from addiction is obtainable when a more powerful, healthy mindset substitutes and subjugates the addictive mindset.
Let’s stop for a moment and look at the two components we’ve covered so far. We have the brain’s neural pathways needing repair; and the addictive mindset, the addict’s damaging way of thinking and inability to think clearly, problem-solve or make healthy decisions and choices, which needs to either be retrained or taught from scratch if the addict never had the knowledge or skills. Since addiction is often said to be a disease of denial, but also a disease of regret, we must add to this list these powerful deep-rooted beliefs and emotions. Together with the damaged neuropathways, the addict has profound psychological, physiological, and emotional scars needing healing. And, depending on the age of the addict and their family dynamic, they may never have had the role models or training necessary to know what a healthy life is supposed to look like. So when an addict hits bottom and decides to get help, he doesn’t even realize the depth of: 1) Physical and emotional trauma, 2) habits of unhealthy thinking and behavior, 3) no clear picture of a healthy future and what it could look like, 4) little to no skills for creating a healthy lifestyle, 5) separation from family and healthy friends, and 6) no one to guide him through the maze of decisions and choices on his road toward recovery, he is going to need help overcoming.
When you think of the massive amount of change the addict must make, in so many areas of life, on their journey toward recovery, is there any doubt as to why the traditional approaches to substance abuse recovery are not working? 30-days of Rehab, see a therapist a couple of times a week, get a sponsor, and go to meetings where other addicts go professing their addiction, is the industry standard process. This standard keeps them in a reactive mode always thinking of and running from their addiction. They substitute the addiction to a substance with an addiction to going to meetings and talking with their sponsor.
Intentional Recovery™ is a holistic, integrated, team approach for dealing with all the complex issues of recovery mentioned above.
The Therapist uses empirically-based therapeutic approaches to help the client heal from unhealthy belief systems, as well as, psychological and emotional traumas, because without healing it is impossible to transform unhealthy thoughts into a new healthy mindset. We will work with a person’s existing therapist to coordinate their therapy with the rest of the Intentional Recovery™ program.
The Self-Paced learning curriculum teaches not only new ways of thinking but also delivers a tremendous amount of new knowledge which becomes the foundation upon which new behaviors and habits are to be formed.
The Intentional Coach™ uses practical, powerful, time-tested methodologies to help build a new set of habits in the client from developing a clear picture of what they want their new life to look like, to the structured development of the skills it will take to create and live it.
The Mentor guides the client through this integrated process and has the experience and skills to answer questions, give real-life tips, and formulate a positive accountability structure to ensure the clients do what needs to be done to achieve all their goals.
The Support Staff is always there to assist with technological and other related problems the clients may have as they navigate the online programs. And the complete Intentional Recovery™ program sets them into a structure they need and don’t have, to keep them on track progressively moving forward.
In every encounter with their Intentional Recovery™ team, they will have a positive, caring and uplifting experience which will help them heal, build their knowledge base of how to live life to the fullest, and help them develop all the skills, including practical problem-solving and decision-making, they will need in their new Intentional Life.
No other program in the industry is as comprehensive and Intentional as Intentional Recovery™ helping the clients with a holistic approach to their recovery journey.
Self-Paced Learning Curriculum Outline
- Introduction
- Who Am I?
- Attitude Control
- With and On Purpose
- Change Your Thinking-Change Your Life
- Reaction vs. Being Intentional
- People in Your Life
- Healing Through Service
- Finding Your Purpose
- Decision-Making & Problem-Solving
- Values-Based Living
- Vision-You can’t Get What You Don’t See
- Time-Friend or Foe
What is Intentional Coaching?
In simple terms, Intentional Coaching is about growth and visible change in performance through Intentional principles, the power of Discovery, and thoughtful action “with and on purpose”. It is the art and skill of facilitating the performance, learning, and development of another which closes the gap between thinking about doing and doing thereby accelerating a person’s potential to maximize their own performance.
So many important problems that plague us today are complex, involve multiple actors, and are at least partly the result of past actions that were taken to alleviate them. Dealing with such problems is especially difficult and the results of conventional solutions are often poor enough to create discouragement about the prospects of ever effectively addressing them. The Intentional Coach™ uses a systems approach to deal effectively with just these types of problems and to raise your thinking to the level at which you create the results you want even in those difficult situations marked by complexity, great numbers of interactions, and the absence or ineffectiveness of immediately apparent solutions.
Other Program Options
Intentional Life Essentials™
Foundations for Living intentionally
1. THINK INTENTIONAL. BE INTENTIONAL
With and On Purpose ǀ Outcome-Focused ǀ Change Process* ǀ Body Chemistry ǀ 12-Step Tips*
2. RUNNING TO OR RUNNING FROM
Reaction vs. Intentional ǀ Visioning ǀ Taking Back Your Power ǀ Recovery Thinking ǀ Triggers
3. PROBLEM OR SOLUTION?
Everything is a Choice ǀ Decision-Making Tools ǀ When Substance Abuse Controls You
4. EASY WAY OR HARD WAY?
Planning ǀ Grounding and Taking Care of Yourself ǀ Scheduling
5. TIME: FRIEND OR FOE?
Waste, Save or Invest? ǀ Time Management Techniques ǀ Avoid Relapse Drift ǀ Relapse Prevention
6. WHO’S IN YOUR LIFE?
Who Should and Shouldn’t ǀ Setting Boundaries in Relationships
7. INSPIRATION CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS
Inspiration Comes from Meaning ǀ Self C.A.R.E. ǀ Motivation for Recovery
8. HEALING THROUGH SERVICE
When I Got Busy, I Got Better ǀ Service is the Value of Recovery
Intentional Relapse Prevention™
Advanced Intentional Skills & Tools
1. TRANFORM INTENTION INTO INTENTIONAL
The Intentional Life System™ ǀ Outcomes, Commitments, Strengths ǀ Relapse Prevention
2. KNOW THE WHY FOR A BETTER HOW
The purpose and power of purpose ǀ New Solutions for Maintaining Abstinence
3. THE VALUE OF VALUES
A Life Based on Values ǀ Truthfulness ǀ Honesty
4. YOU GO WHERE YOU LOOK
You Can Get What You See ǀ Looking Forward: Managing Downtime ǀ Motivation for Recovery
5. THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
Everything Affects everything ǀ Ups and Downs of Recovery ǀ Red Flags, Green Flags
6. YOU LEAD, EVERYTHING FOLLOWS
Leadership Achieves Goals ǀ Integrating the Split Self ǀ Getting Others To Support Your Recovery
7. WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Understand and Be Understood ǀ 11 Traps of Communications ǀ Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors ǀ Guilt
and Shame
8. NO FEAR—NO COURAGE
Moving Through Fear ǀ Handling Stress and Worry ǀ Reducing Stress ǀ Commitment
Intentional Life Mastery™
The full potential of your intentional Life
1. HOW TO MASTER ANYTHING
Cycle of Mastery ǀ Thought Stopping ǀ Self-Discovery
2. THE TWO WORLDS AND THE TWO WOLVES
Knowing and Keeping What’s Real ǀ Compulsive Behavior ǀ Positive Side of Emotions
3. COMPLACENCY, COMPLIANCE OR COMMITMENT
Do You Have To or Want To? ǀ Commitment ǀ Coping with Triggers ǀ 12 Step Wisdom
4. MASTER YOUR EMOTIONS
Attaching Meaning Determines Emotion ǀ Managing Anger ǀ Self-Nurturing ǀ Coping with Feelings
5. MASTERING RELATIONSHIPS
30 Principles for Better Relationships ǀ Trust Builds Relationships ǀ Stages of Family Recovery
6. YOUR INTENTIONAL DAILY WALK
Know it. Plan it. Be it. ǀ Outcomes; Planning; Timing ǀ Be Smart, Not Strong ǀ Scheduling Time
7. WHO YOU ARE DETERMINES WHAT YOU DO
Understand Why You Do What You Do ǀ Mastering Triggers
8. PLUGGING THE HOLES
Putting It All Together ǀ Anticipation and Preventing Relapse ǀ Outcomes, Commitments & Strengths