Welcome to the website and blog for New Beginnings Spiritual Coaching and Consulting LLC. I am Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner, BCC, founder and CEO of New Beginnings. After over 15 years working as a healthcare chaplain, I decided to found a spiritual life coaching business to work with people on journeying through the various transitions we all face during life. For more information about New Beginnings Spiritual Coaching and Consulting LLC., please click here. To contact New Beginnings Spiritual Coaching and Consulting LLC, please contact us at 732-314-6758 ext. 100 or via email at newbeginningsspiritualcoach@gmail.com.
Additionally, as an on again, off again blogger, I enjoy writing and sharing on topics near and dear regarding spirituality, Judaism, chaplaincy and wellbeing. This blog, which I started summer 2021 is a new opportunity and a refresh, a do over. My other blogs remain online here and here. I began this blog because I believe to be most effective I needed a completely fresh start. Welcome and may we successfully learn together.
My Latest Posts
- Needing Another Pair of Eyes to See our LivesAre we really asking and searching for the right things in our lives? Are we able to see in the right direction or do we always feel turned around? Is life feeling so challenging that we lose perspective on our bigger picture dreams and hopes? Too often, the difficulties and challenges in life can feel … Continue reading Needing Another Pair of Eyes to See our Lives
- Searching for the Chametz inside of UsWe are now one month away from Passover. It is a hectic time for most people as the month prior to Passover is spent planning, cleaning and preparing for the holiday. In addition to the physical components of preparing for Passover, there is a practice that begins the laws of Passover in the Shulchan Aruch, … Continue reading Searching for the Chametz inside of Us
- FAILure is not a Bad WordThis morning, while I was writing in my journal, I noticed something that has come up for me often. Like most people, there are things in life that I shy away from because of previously bad experiences. And as many of us do, when I have a bad experience, I carry with me the burden … Continue reading FAILure is not a Bad Word
- When in doubt, don’t overthinkLife is a series of tests. No, not the kind we take in school. The kind in which we have to make a choice and hope that the choice in front of us is the best possible solution in a given situation. At times, it is important to confront our problems with a multi step … Continue reading When in doubt, don’t overthink
- Believing in Oneself is a form of HumilityMost of us are familiar with some version of the following story (found here): So there is a joke you probably know on the topic of humility. The chief rabbi of the synagogue at Yom Kippur is beating his breast and crying, tears running down his cheeks “I’m nothing, Lord! I’m nothing! I’m absolutely nothing!” … Continue reading Believing in Oneself is a form of Humility
- Podcast – Rebooting the JournalI recently had the good fortune to be interviewed along with Rabbi Charles P. Rabinowitz, BCC for the a podcast produced by the NAJC (Neshama, Association for Jewish Chaplains). The focus of our interview was about the recently rebooted Journal of Jewish Spiritual Care, which we co-edited (journal can be found here). Here is the link … Continue reading Podcast – Rebooting the Journal
- Don’t stop digging, you might find the treasure you are looking for.One of my interests is archaeology. I find it fascinating to read about the discovery of the material culture from the past. Of course, most archaeological finds are small nuggets of a past that require us to then put the pieces together. It is hard work, sifting and discovering and then trying to rebuild what was. It always looked … Continue reading Don’t stop digging, you might find the treasure you are looking for.
- True Greatness Is Knowing Where We AreWe all have those days where we feel we will never amount to what we wish we would become. We feel small, distant, lost. We don’t know how to find our way forward along the path to find our “greatness.” Instead, we spend so much energy and time seeing all the ways we haven’t reached our life goals. … Continue reading True Greatness Is Knowing Where We Are
- The Path Reveals Itself Over TimeWouldn’t it be great if we had the roadmap of life in front of us, knowing where we were supposed to go, when to make a turn and when to recognize we had fulfilled what it is we are here to fulfill? Life would be much simpler, though I would guess it would also become too … Continue reading The Path Reveals Itself Over Time
- Change the World by Fulfilling your RoleWho doesn’t want to change the world? I imagine most of us wish things would seem better. We wish we could do something dramatic and monumental to change things for the better. And yet, most of us are taught adages like the one in the image above, that wisdom and life experience will teach us how the best … Continue reading Change the World by Fulfilling your Role
New beginnings: A blog about spirituality, chaplaincy and renewal 