Out of the Vortex

Just getting set up today but just want to say Hi and let you know that we'll begin blogging primarily about emerging from certain dysfunctional organizations, and the stages of detox that have helped us get healed and sane again -- or at least we feel we're on the way to sanity. Maybe we should have called the Blog 'On the Way to Sanity'... but no, enough second guessing! Had enough second guessing for years.

Anyhoo, 'Vortex DeTox' seems to sum up what we came out of -- an extreme vortex that the only way to get out was like jumping off a sinking ship -- and detox, the state we now find ourselves in: learning about what we come out of, what caused us to succomb to someone else's vortex in the first place, and how to be made new and increasingly free from its poisonous tentacles (sounds dramatic, I know!) that could pull us under again if we don't take the time to get rid of it all (i.e. otherwise you just find youself in a similar dysfunctional place and repeat the whole painful mess again).

Sometimes we wonder just how long it'll take to get through the detox process and then in turn what comes after detox? It's always tempting to get ahead of ourselves, so I guess time will only tell. Meanwhile, we'll share a little of what we've learned so far and the new stuff we discover in days to come. We'd love to hear from you so share any of your experiences and the wisdom you've honed through your journey too!

vor - tex:
a state of affairs likened to a whirlpool...irresistible force;
something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it

de - tox:
remove poison from; "detoxify the soil"
to remove a poison or toxin or the effect of such from: to render harmless