by Kathy | Dec 8, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Change, New Beginnings, Recovery
Are you facing the holiday season full of fear and anxiety? Are you wishing you could just skip this season and jump to January? I felt this way in my first few years of recovery. I dreaded the season and all its festivities. The holidays can be anything but joyful if...
by Kathy | Dec 1, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Introvert
Thanksgiving. It’s a time set aside when people stop and say thank you. I am filled with so much appreciation for all that I have and all that I am. There was a time when my life was not so wonderful. I was surrounded by people whom I loved and who loved me. The...
by Kathy | Nov 23, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, EGCMethod, horses, Personality, Recovery
The process of listening only with your heart is a gift to others and to yourself. Horses have been doing it for ages. They don’t understand our words, but they do understand our hearts. During the course of becoming an Equine Gestalt Coach, we worked on the art...
by Kathy | Nov 11, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Change, EGCMethod, Spirituality
One of my favorite sayings is “BELIEVE! Everything happens for a reason.” The problem is that I don’t always understand the reason. One of the hardest things that I have found to write about is my connection with my divine spirit, which I call God. It is such a...
by Kathy | Nov 4, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Bravery, Change, New Beginnings, Recovery, rehab
I had no choice. Unless I wanted to die, which I did not, I had to figure out why I drank and how to cope with the feelings that I numbed with alcohol: happy, sad, excited, bored, love, fear. I was in a rehab twice, once for about 7 days, and another for 30. My first...
by Kathy | Oct 27, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, EGCMethod, horses, Introvert, Temptation
Everything that is today could not be if it were not for that which was before. —Abraham Do you live in a world of if ’s? It so easy to get stuck there. “If only I. . . If only I would have. . .If only I could have. . .If she/he only would have. . . If not for. . .”...
