Happy July, I am super excited about my 30-days of sober sunrise project I am doing this month at Carolina Beach, NC. You can read about it here,  https://www.angelamascenik.com/blog I'll be updating it everyday.  I'm celebrating 6 years of

This episode helps you look past your current discomfort with over-drinking. Often when we are considering a change or claiming a specific goal to drink less, we get stuck in what we currently 'feel' is true for us.We review past failures and disco

Friends, I have news, my sweet Edie girl dog has passed. This episode is an exploration of how I'm processing her passing and concepts that I use to make the grief and loss more bearable. I also discuss that the pain from loss is not linear an

My amazing client Rhiannon, generously offered to come on the podcast in exchange for a coaching session! She posted in our Alive AF! private Facebook group about needing coaching around summertime and how to make her self a priority while her kids

Ep 282, How to Protect Yourself From Over-drinking in the FutureThis episode I discuss the importance of doing what you can to protect yourself from over-drinking in the future. You might be someone who has made great progress in stopping the over-drinkin

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Noell L. Rowan to the podcast.Noell Rowan, Ph.D., LCSW, LCAS, CCS, ACSW is a clinician with more than three decades of experience in the field of social work. She has practiced in hospital, community, and private prac

This is a special conversation I had with Kim Jeffs, Founder, Executive & Somatic Coach of Soma and Soul and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counseling Supervisor. From Kim: ‘I'm licensed as a mental health counseling supervisor in the State of NC. Ad

My husband and I went to NYC for the weekend and a theme emerged, ASSUMPTIONS. So many assumptions happened for both of us and one involving a complete stranger. Our mind likes to make assumptions to save us energy and time. An assumption is a thing that

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.  It affects how we think, feel, and act.  It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices.

What does this even mean? Have you ever noticed how uncomfortable you get when you perceive other people feeling some sort of discomfort or negative feelings? If you have noticed this and then tried to 'make everyone feel better' or 'try to diffuse' a sit