Codependent
No More

#1 Bestseller newly revised October 2022!

Beyond
Codependency

A guided tour past the pitfalls of recovery

The New
Codependency

Help and guidance for today’s generation

The Grief Club

The secret to getting through all kinds of change

Solve the Word Search Puzzles by finding and circling all the words on the list. The leftover letters in the puzzle form a Mystery Sentence – a message from a Melody Beattie book.

DIVERSIONS & DISTRACTIONS

A site guest once commented that she appreciated reading my (archived) blog about the positive side of distracting ourselves. She’d worked for a doctor until a chronic illness and the accompanying pain ended her ability to work outside the home.

The doctor she’d worked for suggested they collaborate on a book about the importance of diversions and distractions for people living with or through chronic pain – whether physical, emotional, or both.

Diverting and distracting ourselves from situations and problems we can’t fix (at least not yet) isn’t harmful or dysfunctional as long as we don’t live (permanently) in denial.

We don’t have to stare at our navel 24/7 to be conscious and aware, especially if staring at it hurts.
Some gals and guys just want to have fun. For others, a distraction can be just what the doctor ordered.

We have loads of puzzles already created, and more coming if you like them.

52 Weeks of Conscious Contact

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

New Codependency

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

Language of Letting Go

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

Make Miracles in Forty Days

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

Codependent No More

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

More Language of Letting Go

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

Choices

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

The Grief Club

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

Journey to the Heart

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.

Stop Being Mean to Yourself

The puzzles listed below are like mini self-help manuals or Cryptic Meditations. Click on a puzzle link and solve the puzzle. After finding the solution, even the circled words become clues to applying the Mystery Sentence to life. (And you don’t need to read the books to understand the puzzles.)

Enjoy – whether you play for fun or as a distraction.