KATHY'S THOUGHTS
How can I help you in your recovery process?
What is an Equine Gestalt Coach? How can I help you in your recovery process? What is the difference between a coach and a sponsor? What exactly do I do? All great questions that I have been asked since I started this journey to become a recovery coach. The Equine...
What will I do when I grow up?
What will I do when I grow up? How will I find fulfillment in my life and in the process make an income that will support my lifestyle? I am in my 50s and I get the opportunity to start over in my life. This being both scary and exciting, I was on a quest to figure...
Alcoholism is not a drinking disease. It’s a thinking disease.
Staying sober is the most important thing in my life. My toolbox will never be full when it comes to filling it with ways to keep improving my strength as a sober women. What is strength? Where does it come from? For me strength isn't about how big my muscles are,...
What a miracle to be living a day at a time sober.
As I sit here today, watching the river, I am aware of how grateful I am to be able to enjoy such beauty. As the current gently rolls by, I think about how my life it continually moving. Trees may fall down, creating a huge wave, in its wake the waves calm down to a...
I am Grateful to be an Alcoholic
The first time I heard someone say that they were grateful to be an alcoholic, I thought they were crazy. Who in their right mind would be grateful. Surely never me. Doesn't being an alcoholic mean that there is something wrong with me, that I’m flawed in some way? I...
Everything happens for a reason.
I believe that everything happens for a reason People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when their right, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe. As I entered into...
You can’t go back to being a cucumber, once you’re a pickle.
My brain is now pickled. Once I became dependent on alcohol, I would never be able to enjoy a cocktail, because my brain would always want another, maybe not today, but the time would surely come that I would be right back to where I started from or worse. My own...
Be a Better a Friend to Yourself
“No one knows better than I do all the hell that I have been through. I will no longer beat up on myself, when I know so well the blows I have endured. Starting today, I will be a better friend to myself.” — Marianne Williamson It’s so easy for me to beat myself up,...
The Bravest Thing You’ll Ever Do
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” Brene Brown As the fog started to clear inside my head, I began feeling. I was full of shame, fear and guilt for the choices I made during my Addiction. My previous...
Are you living your Dream?
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney Are you living your dream? When I was living in my Addiction, my answer was a resounding NO!! Having a dream or a vision of a positive future was impossible when my days were filled...
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