Steve's Blog

Pregnant, Parenting, and Homeless: A Startling Look at the Numbers Living in LA, which has the second highest homeless population in America, I see homelessness every day. And I continue to reach out, explore new research, and share what I know. The more I uncover, the more I see the layers of the issue, its root…

What We Need to Know About Single Moms and Homelessness It’s a subject dear to my heart, and one that I’ve explored in previous blogs: Now, as I’m exploring new ways to make a difference in this area, I want to shed more light on a subject many people might not think about: Single moms…

Politicians: We Can’t Just Throw Money at the Homeless Crisis During a time when homeless numbers continue to rise and are well beyond crisis proportions, our politicians seem to be avoiding how to address what is at the core of this global issue. They seem to be content relying on methods and policies of the past — but…

What’s Putting Single Mothers at Risk? Homelessness, poverty, lack of education and support, and ongoing responsibility: These are issues that affect men and women across the country. And in general, challenges don’t discriminate. Yet, statistics show women — especially single moms — experience issues not faced by their male counterparts. At a time when awareness of equal rights has never…

Setting Boundaries: 4 Strategies for Finding Courage When I think about what has contributed to a great deal of my suffering and my alcoholism, I believe my inability to set and maintain healthy boundaries was at the core and it’s what led to my inability to regulate my emotions in a consistent and healthy manner. Brené…

How to Feel Your Feelings The actual act of feeling can be challenging for many of us. Experiencing our emotions, understanding them, and responding accordingly isn’t something that’s always natural, especially if we’ve been in a toxic relationship or we’re going through recovery. Often, we don’t gain a clear picture of our emotions. We interpret them…

Letting Go of Fear and Hate: It’s an Inside Job If fear and hate do not solve any problems, then why are they emotions that are so hard to let go of? I recently posted this quote on social media by Maya Angelou. This is so true, yet so many of us hold on to it…

Four Things You Need to Know about Shame If you’ve followed my blogs and podcasts, you know that I talk a lot about shame — the belief that we are disappointing ourselves or others and not living up to expectations. Shame is a universal feeling, and it’s something that can lead to unhealthy behaviors — addiction, self-abuse, bad relationships — if we…

Finding the Courage to Listen with Empathy Listening with empathy is connection with others. It’s an acquired skill and it takes a lot of courage to be able to do that. I am not here to tell you that, when it comes to trauma, stress, addiction, homelessness, disease and many other forms of terrible loss and…

How to Push through Shame When We Compromise our Integrity The road to finding connection and intimacy with others can feel lonely at first — especially if you compromise your core beliefs, values, and integrity. As I’ve said before, connection is essential to my recovery. And without it, I would feel cut off. I would eventually withdraw…