How to Get Through Hell on Earth without Drinking a Keg or Kicking a Garden Gnome

How to Get Through Hell on Earth without Drinking a Keg or Kicking a Garden Gnome

Hosted by: Ryn Gargulinski

"Wonderful, honest, heartbreaking, intelligent and hilarious! Rynski's life story made me cry, laugh out loud and truly think about how to be a better person and get the most out of life." Each podcast episode is...

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Part 3 | Chapter 28: The Ex-Con and a Cat

Did I mention my learning curve for bad relationships was pretty steep? Here comes the next one. Geesh!
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Part 3 | Chapter 27: Pacific Northwest - 2006

Time to head up into the Redwood Forest, where good things (and creepy things) await. 
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Part 3 | Chapter 26: Goats

Goats make the most wonderful companions. Well, as long as they don't trash your laundry room. Find out why anyone in their right mind would put goats in their laundry room...and more!
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Part 3: Beyond My Wildest Dreams | Chapter 25: New Mexico - 2005

Check out what happens when you move from rapid-fire New York City to laidback rural New Mexico (Hint: Did someone say culture shock?).
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Part 2 | Chapter 24: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

After nearly 18 years in the Big Apple, leaving it was a tough call. Find out if I got out or stuck around for another 18 years....
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Part 2 | Chapter 23: Escape from NY

When you start bawling like a baby when you see the tall buildings and concrete as your plane is landing in La Guardia after a vacation, you know it's time to leave NYC.
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Part 2 | Chapter 22: Sept. 11

Living in NYC on Sept. 11, 2001, was a harrowing experience. Especially when you got to watch one of the towers get hit while you're hanging out on the 69th Street Pier.
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Part 2 | Chapter 21: The God Thing

Not a fan of the punishing God that sends you to hell for sneezing wrong? Here's how to get a kind, loving God with a sense of humor (who likes tattoos).
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Part 2 | Chapter 20: Why Bother?

And if dating a psychopath that turns into a stalker doesn't kill you, why not try out this thing called clinical depression? Here's what it can feel like from the inside out.
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Part 2 | Chapter 19: The Psychopath

Note to self: Don't ignore those red flags meant to protect you from dating a psychopath. Yikes. Note to listener: Don't date guys who keep crossbows under their bed. 
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Part 2 | Chapter 18: Going Solo

Wheeeee! After years of living with this, that or the other person, I was finally breaking free to live on my own. As long as I didn't get killed riding my bicycle like a maniac along the way. Listen in to find out...
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Part 2: Sea Legs | Chapter 17: Claw Marks

Entering recovery means letting go of the old. But the old can sometimes end up with claw marks when we hang on too tightly, too long. Find out what happens when change is in the air with this first chapter in Part 2...
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