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Do you find yourself going back and forth between drinking and not drinking, only to pick up right where you left off? If so, it’s because you haven’t done the mental work to change your drinking mindset. Listen Now »
Drinking too much can feel like a very lonely habit. In order to change your relationship with alcohol, you must first let go of the belief that the struggle is a part of your identity. Listen Now »
The solution isn’t convincing yourself that drinking is “bad” for you, it’s understanding how the habit works in your brain. Listen Now »
Why we believe abstinence or moderation is the only option, and how you actually have the power to change your desire without falling into these traps. Listen Now »
How to embrace discomfort and why seeking out purposeful discomfort will help you focus on results you want beyond the immediate moment. Listen Now »
How removing blame and shame are so important if you want to be curious about why you haven’t been able to create change. Listen Now »
How you might be engaging in a power struggle when you hold onto three thoughts, and why the real struggle isn’t between you and the alcohol. Listen Now »
The four most important and unexpected discoveries that you’ll experience when you apply the tools I teach here to your life and taking a break. Listen Now »
How my approach is radically different from other common approaches like AA. Listen Now »
Some of the most common excuses and reasons people give me for why their situation is different or unique, and why your brain will always try to prove that to you. Listen Now »
Why believing that changing habits is hard stands in your way and slows down your progress. Listen Now »
Why the ability to feel restless when you have the desire to drink is key in extinguishing the mental drama that comes up in those moments. Listen Now »
What getting curious about your thoughts means and why most people aren’t in the habit of doing this. Listen Now »
The four most common reasons you think you drink too much and the real reasons why. Listen Now »
What it means to acquire a taste for alcohol, how it works, and why, if you want to change your relationship with drinking, it’s necessary to see how you’ve learned to like it. Listen Now »
Key questions you can ask yourself to see if your coping mechanisms are producing results you like, so you can choose different thoughts that may serve you better if they aren’t. Listen Now »
Why positive thinking backfires, how to redirect your brain in a way that will help you move forward, and the true power of learning to manage your mind. Listen Now »
How letting go of willpower will help you find moments of peace and joy and come out stronger on the other side of this pandemic. Listen Now »
How to start creating emotional fluency for yourself, and how this is going to help you figure out a new way to respond and relate to your emotions. Listen Now »
How practicing the self-coaching model 10 times, 20 times, or even more and still not getting it, not understanding how to use it to change your results is inevitable. Listen Now »
How we often find excuses to not actually do the work required to change the habit. Listen Now »
How you can actually worry less, and in turn, reduce your desire to numb out using alcohol. Listen Now »
What is actually going on with the person who is pitying your situation and how to look at the way you’re showing up when you’re saying no. Listen Now »
Why the forgiveness you think you need to feel better is never from anyone else. Listen Now »
The feeling of shame, how you can have less of it in your life, and how it doesn’t work in your favor when trying to change your relationship with alcohol. Listen Now »
The power that lies in valuing your opinion of you first, and knowing that your inner voice is your built-in expert who knows what’s right for you. Listen Now »
What awkwardness really means and how it’s connected to the habit of drinking. Listen Now »
How the thought, “I hope this time will be different,” can seem like a good thought but it isn’t actually serving you. Listen Now »
Discover how cultivating curiosity can help you see your think-feel-act cycle more clearly when it comes to the habit. Listen Now »
Why your friendship with yourself is the most important one to cultivate, and how disempowering it can be to rely on alcohol to get you through negative emotions. Listen Now »
