Iām Angela Mascenik.
I coach women to Stop over-drinking
and Start Living. Welcome..
I am a fierce feminist. I'm an LGBTQ+ ally and mom, mother to 3, wife to my #1 fan, Peter, and obsessed with my little Cairn terrier mix, Jackie Pooh. I believe women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies, health, and lives. And I welcome all women who are open, willing to see their blind spots, and ready to work through their shit.
I know that work because I've done it. I over-drank for 20 years while raising 3 kids, building a career, and keeping a nice life together on the outside, while struggling on the inside. I've been alcohol-free for 8 years now, and coaching is what changed everything ā which is exactly why I do this work.
Fair warning: I'm kind of your classic, stereotypical life coach, lol š
Blonde, positive, and tons of energy. But if you're picturing a beige palette and a floppy hat in a wheat field at golden hour, where I just tell you to 'think positive thoughts,' that's not me. I love art, people's real - raw stories, challenging myself, and constantly learning new things. I also believe in the Magic of the Universe, and I might pull a card from my Sacred Forest Oracle deck just for a little extra support. I named my retreat center The Magic House after all, š«
I'm also obsessed with harrowing transformational stories of addiction and recovery and science-backed addiction studies. Woo and science, both woven in.
And I know what I'm doing. I'm a certified stop over-drinking coach, working full time for over 8 years.
I've literally coached over a thousand individual women, logged thousands of hours, created multiple courses, hosted many international sober retreats, and recorded almost 400 podcast episodes. These days I run retreats and work from The Magic House, my retreat center in Lisbon, Portugal. I'm trauma informed, and I don't give everyone the same blanket advice.
Here's how I actually do it:
I teach you how your mind works (CBT), how to get out of your head and into your body so you can feel your feelings instead of numbing them (somatics), and how to consciously interrupt the behavior you want to change. I weave in Internal Family Systems (IFS) too, because you're not one-size-fits-all and neither is my coaching. This is why the change lasts. White-knuckling, positive thoughts, and willpower fail at 5pm on a Tuesday. When you understand your own mind, know how to be with your feelings, and can catch the pattern in the moment ā you don't need willpower. You've changed the root, and the drinking takes care of itself. I am obsessed with helping women become unnumbed and step into their own magical lives.
I LOVE teaching women how to access what's best for them, from themselves ā and then witnessing them go do what's right in their own lives.
Do I have suggestions and offer guidance? Of course. But you will become the expert in your own life. And then the magic happens. The difficult conversation gets had. Your hopes and dreams and self land at the top of your own list. You might become obsessed with sunrises like me, and your life and aliveness stops requiring a drink.
One thing I ask in return: the whole truth. Transformation requires transparency, and I can't help you if I don't know all of it. When you give me that, you get my all ā every insight, personal story, and science-backed strategy I've got, from a coach who learns how your mind works, what your triggers are, and what your dreams are. Every session is built for you.
And if you start a sentence with "I can'tā¦"? I'll call you out and say, "you know I can't let you get away with saying thatā¦"
I'm not here to be your friend. I'm super loving, empathetic, and non-judgmental while calling you out on your shit. It will make you laugh and realize I'm right, lol. You will value our time together, because I will help you get to know yourself and your human condition ā and you'll finally understand how to operate your own body and mind better, and with more love.
I will NEVER give up on believing in you.
Ready to see what's on the other side of over-drinking? I'd listen to a few episodes of the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living podcast šš½Ā Ā by entering your info below.
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