Steady Change Counseling

09/14/2026

Now accepting Curative Health Plan.

09/08/2026

Keep an eye out for my new podcast! It’s coming soon.

09/04/2026

Some exciting news! Very soon I’ll be starting a weekly lecture series at The Starting Point. The lectures will be both in-person and via Zoom. Also, I’m going to be starting a podcast. Topics for the lectures and podcasts will be recovery, change, mental health, spirituality and more. More info soon.

Keep an eye out for my new book, “Steady Change: Changing is Hard; Make it Stick”. It’s ready to go to the printer. I will post more info on it as soon as possible.

09/03/2026

"You can't start last week, but you can start now. Stop dwelling on what you should have done or ruminating on the mistakes you made. Channel that energy into the next good choice. You have today and you can try again." — James Clear

08/28/2026

“One sign of mental toughness is being larger than the situation.

Do the circumstances dictate your mood and emotions? Or do you choose your mood and emotions, and the situation is simply something you respond to?

The less your mood depends on your circumstances, the more mentally tough you are." — James Clear

08/06/2026

“Without laughter, the rough and rocky places on the path might be too painful to bear. Humor not only lightens your load, it also broadens your perspective. To be deadly serious is to suffer tunnel vision. To be able to laugh at yourself clears the vision." - George Leonard

07/31/2026

Large, sweeping changes often sound good in theory, but the faster you try to change your life, the more likely you are to backslide. Real change is inch by inch. Go out and win the next five minutes." - James Clear

07/28/2026

A professional baseball player who fails to get a hit 70% of the time will make millions of dollars, be elected to the All-Star game and, eventually, to the Hall of Fame. Although he fails most of the time, the star baseball player keeps going. He doesn’t quit. That’s the secret. When you fail, keep going. Never, ever quit trying. In life, you haven’t failed until you quit trying.

06/17/2026

Break the Stigma luncheon. Camden County Board of Commissioners.

06/08/2026

A great article about The Starting Point and about a great man, Vince DiPasquale.

When Vince DiPasquale opened a single halfway house for alcoholics in South Philadelphia in 1977, he couldn’t have predicted what would follow. Armed with little more than faith and encouragement from his sponsor — who gave him what he calls “a mustard seed” of belief — DiPasquale set out ...