The Recovery Coach NY Blog
Member of the Team
Having a support system at all stages of recovery is an essential part of maintaining your sobriety and mental health. Even with Zoom meetings, the Covid years may have pulled you into a state of [...]
RCNY Coach of the Month Club – Courtney Portnof
Courtney Portnof, M.Ed., is an Academic Coach who specializes in executive functioning skills such as organization, time management, test-taking strategies and study skills. Her clients range in age from early adolescence to adult and she [...]
Aftercare Achievement
When you begin on the path to recovery it can be a scary time. Emotionally and physically shaky, your world turned upside down when you realized you needed help. You made that 1st great step, [...]
Accentuate The Positive
So you eat a cookie, stay out too late. “Ooh, I’m being bad!” you think. It’s what you want to do, so why would you think that? That’s negative self talk, and that’s a no-win [...]
Smart Phone, Smart Use
You see them everywhere, constantly, bumping into you on the sidewalk, wandering into the middle of the street, blocking the stairway to search for a signal. It’s the Phone Zombies! Or maybe you don’t see [...]
How Sweet It Is
It’s the early days of your recovery, and you’re feeling good but something weird is happening. All you can think about is chocolate. It’s a relief from chasing the bottle all day, but still it’s [...]
RCNY Coach of the Month Club: Brenda Mehl
Brenda Mehl, CARC, CPC, is a Life Coach, Addiction Recovery Coach, NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, Certified Hypnotist and a valued member of the RCNY team. For our first coach spotlight, we talked with Brenda [...]
