by Ryn | 12 steps, recovery coaching, self improvement
When I saw the Discovery Magazine headline “How Effective is Alcoholics Anonymous?,” I was ready to brace myself for the worst. Although Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life and has been the cornerstone of my recovery since 1999, there are always a few Negative Nellies...
by Ryn | 12 steps, holistic life coach, joyful life, life coaching, recovery coaching, self improvement, sober lifestyle coaching
Is this something you’ve been wanting to say and do: Hello Baggage, It’s time to start a brand new life without you. Are you dragging yourself into the next decade saddled with fear, doubt and resentments? Or bounding enthusiastically into your next stage of...
by Ryn | 12 steps, gratitude and appreciation, holistic life coach, joyful life, life coaching, recovery coaching, recovery rocks, resentments, self improvement, sober lifestyle coaching
Do all your years kind of blend together into one big blob? You wonder where the heck the time goes, and when all those goals you set at the beginning of each year might actually come to fruition. The answer, unfortunately, may be never. Because, as they say: If...
by Ryn | 12 steps, high cost of drinking, joyful life, life coaching, recovery coaching, recovery rocks, self improvement, sober lifestyle coaching
We’re rough, tough and ready for action, right? So why the heck would we EVER surrender to anything? Surrender brings to mind some whimpering, beat-up thing waving a ragged white flag. That’s not a pretty picture. But neither is the reality you get from fighting...
by Ryn | 12 steps, joyful life, life coaching, recovery coaching, recovery rocks, self improvement, sober lifestyle coaching
When I celebrated my first year of sobriety on July 23, 2000, members of my recovery group let me in on a little secret. They said when I had first come in, they had voted me least likely to succeed. They may have even put money on it (it was Brooklyn, after all)....
by Ryn | 12 steps, joyful life, life coaching, recovery coaching, self improvement
Being in control of things is a nice idea in theory, but it really has no basis in reality. This week’s Rynski 3-Minute Share vlog lets you spot check if you suffer from the illusion of control, along with a way to break the cycle if you do. Rynski 3-Minute...
