On this episode, we explore how having a regular habit of drinking may be affecting your physical wellbeing and why many of you don’t attribute it to what you’re putting in their body.
Tune in to find out why you should consider not settling when it comes to your health and see how much better you may feel after taking a break.
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On this episode, we explore how you use questions – a huge part of the chatter that goes on in your mind – to keep yourselves stuck and unable to change your drinking habits. We look at what happens in your brain when you pose questions to yourself and why the odds are stacked against you.
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Join us on this episode as we pull back the curtain on where your rebellion around drinking comes from and why it’s crucial to understand this when working on changing your habits. We also explore how using certain language can increase your desire to drink and how to begin reducing your unconsciously created rebellion that's getting in the way of taking a break.
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This week, we’re going deep into the Cycle to take a look at how you can go from understanding the framework to actually using it as a tool. Listen in as I break down each individual part of the Cycle in detail and show you the process of how you can begin applying it to change your drinking habits and transform your life.
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In this episode of Take a Break from Drinking, we pull back the curtain on how the language you unconsciously use to describe your feelings and urges, can actually be unhelpful. The good news is that once you understand how this process works, you can harness different metaphors to help you change your drinking.
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In this episode, we take a look at why the holidays seem to never change and what you can do to have a different experience this year, especially if you're working on taking a break from drinking. I share powerful tools and strategies that you can use this season to help you interrupt your habits and finally get the results that you want.
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In this session, I explain how you can learn to cultivate the skill of “being where you are” – a practice that will reveal just how often your brain goes into the negative past or negative future.
Tune in to find out how you can identify unconscious negative thoughts and emotions that contribute to how you feel and the relief that you're seeking at the end of the day.
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Today, we explore the power in learning how to celebrate you. We look at why we often turn to a drink to celebrate ourselves, how to start building a different skill, and the benefits of this practice.
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This week, we explore the power in of learning how to celebrate you. We'll look at why we often turn to a drink to celebrate ourselves, how to start building a different skill, and the benefits of this practice.
Don’t miss this story of how I transformed my idea of what my birthday should be to what it could be. I hope it will give you inspiration about what is possible when it comes to celebrating yourself.
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Join me on this episode as we talk about how the idea of being blessed can actually work against you and may prevent you from changing your drinking. If you ever thought to yourself, “I’m so blessed… I have no right to feel this way or complain," this episode is for you.
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On this episode, I'll explain what's really behind the veneer of alcohol and what to do if you discover that your real life isn't as enjoyable without a drink in your hand.
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On this episode of Take a Break, I share why your relationships are NOT obstacles to changing your drinking and explain what really is standing in the way of change.
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On this episode of Take a Break from Drinking, I explain the science behind why your brain wants things to be easier and how to move forward.
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How you can take a break in a sustainable way, in a way that will be different than your previous attempts, and what NOT to do. Today, we get into why you should consider making a shift from focusing on removing a substance from your life to becoming a person of substance. I also cover 6 different things you should avoid doing when you want to successfully take a break, and how to turn this time into the period of meaningful personal growth and learning to understand your desire.
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This week, I'm talking about a concept that sets my approach apart from others when it comes to changing your drinking: alcohol is morally neutral. No matter the costs or benefits in your life, drinking isn't a vice and abstaining isn't a virtue.
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On this episode, I’m going to show you that you do not need to choose between not drinking, getting the results you want in your life, or connecting with people but staying stuck with the same negative results you don’t like.
If you feel like taking a break from drinking is going to get in the way of your social life, you won’t want to miss this episode.
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On this episode, I’m going to show you why humans are built for connection and how the brain can be tricked into believing that connection isn't possible without a drink.
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This week, we take an in-depth look at how your habit cycle works and what you need to do in order to understand your unique signals. We explore three key ingredients that go into forming habits and how understanding yours will help you on your journey. Join me on this episode as I share a step-by-step process to help you start identifying your cues and use them to ultimately change the habit and change your desire to drink.
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On this episode of Take a Break, we look at why we are so afraid to look at our problems and why it’s impossible to change course if you’re hiding from those issues. I explain how much power there is in the willingness to look head-on at whatever isn’t working in your life.
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On this episode, I explain why you absolutely must be willing to experience the whole spectrum of emotions if you want to use the Think, Feel, Act Cycle as a tool for changing your drinking. We cover the three main reasons why people avoid feeling certain emotions and how understanding this can help you take control of your desire to drink.
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Discover why you beat yourself up, the detrimental effect that has on you, and why beating yourself up is doing more to keep you stuck than to change your actions. Tune in to find out how you can stop beating yourself up so that you can understand why you sometimes drink more than you want and how to change this habit.
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Today, we're talking about why so many of us are constantly hunting for relief and turning to a drink to feel better. We'll explore exactly why you continuously need “something” to lessen the discomfort of your day-to-day life and why drinking to take the edge off is not sustainable.
Listen in to find out what you can start doing today to change the habit of drinking as means of relief without succumbing to stress, anxiety, or frustration.
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Tune in and find out why the human brain is uniquely equipped to change habits and why it feels as if you are at odds with yourself when it comes to drinking.
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to understand why your brain works the way it does and how you can use this information to create meaningful change in your life.
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This week, we explore what exactly happens to us when we escalate our discomfort into chaos and how that creates seemingly irresistible urges to escape the negative emotions that come with it. Listen in to discover the process that you can use to not only to manage your desire to drink but also apply it to any problematic situation in your life.
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