The Recovery Coach NY Blog
Social Media Harm Reduction
The onslaught of constant information and feeling the need to keep keeping up can be overwhelming. The stress of receiving constant alerts and deciding which app to check first. From situations occurring globally to seeing [...]
Awareness Brings Change
For the past 30+ years the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) has worked to increase the conversation about Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) with their "April is Alcohol Awareness Month" program. In conjunction [...]
Go For The Goal
Setting and reaching goals can be a daunting prospect. Easily dismissed by all kinds of reasons like never enough time or resources to plan them out or see them through. Getting started can be the [...]
Surf The Urge
We all get them. Those feelings that come up, the intrusive thoughts that creep in telling us, begging us to act impulsively. Those are urges, and they can compel us to fall back into the [...]
RCNY Coach of the Month Club: Kim Kaskel
Kimberly Kaskel, MA, School Counseling and Psychological Counseling, is passionate about helping her clients achieve their skills-based goals and fostering a supportive environment for learning. In her role as Executive Function Coach, Kim is fueled [...]
Feeling SAD
It's everywhere, there's no escaping it. Happy Holidays! Season's Greetings! You want to feel the season but it's dark, it's cold, and you just can't shake the melancholy that comes over you when this time [...]
Dry Anytime
We've reached the time of year when talk of Dry January starts. When we begin to think of all the festivities of the holiday season and vow that this time, next year after it's over [...]