Most of your first times with new experiences in your life alcohol free will bring up thoughts leading to uncomfortable emotions and feelings. Know this is an amazing opportunity to create new neural pathways in your brain. 

The more you experience getting through events without drinking, the easier it gets. Eventually, even if you're surrounded by alcohol and people drinking, you'll notice the old thoughts leading to worry won't be there.

• Make a plan - set yourself up for success! Use the If than tactic. If this happens, then I will do this. 
• ​Visualize yourself at the event and how you’ll respond  - see yourself following through with how you want to behave. See yourself responding in a way that is comfortable for you. 
• ​There will always be unknowns 
• ​Have a committed listener on call - someone who knows what you’re doing, that you’re committed to being alcohol-free for the event, and who you can speak with (at the event or by phone). Sometimes we just need to say what we’re feeling and thinking, to someone who’s in our corner.
• ​Leave if you need to! Know where you can go and how you can get there - home, your hotel, a friend's place, etc. You are free to leave and it doesn’t mean anything about you if you choose to.

If you have a question you'd like me to help you with, then let me know here - https://www.jumpseatcoaching.com/AskDebi

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How often have you told yourself that your drinking isn’t “that bad”

How often have you talked about needing to get a handle on your over drinking but never make the decision to do what it requires to actually do it?

How often have you blown off your goals, telling yourself that you'll start again on Monday?

To me, this is locking yourself in your own prison from the inside because we want to avoid voluntary discomfort.

And by avoiding it, we're actually signing up for the mandatory suffering that's to going to come.

In today's episode, I’m going to share how igniting curiosity is the key to opening the prison door.

FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE:

Six steps to quick start your EXIT from the drinking life
Learn More about my Program
FREE Training: The Key to What's Been Making it So Hard
 

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You'll learn about the growth of the industry. Why the growth is happening now and where you can find some gorgeous, delicious alcohol free options.

Referenced in the show today:

Martha's amazing resource over at Clear Power Coaching. 

Debi's membership site

Lyre's Non-Alcoholic spirts

Gruvi - non-alcoholic beer and wine options

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In this episode, I talk about how our thoughts can aid us with gradual improvement and the small steps we can take to ensure our minds don’t get the better of us.

I’ll recount a personal story of how I recently experienced the feeling of success and how you can, too, by simply changing the rules you have set up for yourself in your mind. 

I’ll explain that completing small tasks, like hitting play to hear this podcast or persevering despite how many times you make a mistake, should be considered successes. 

Listen in to find out how to stop feeling like a failure and how you can redefine what it means to succeed.

IN TODAY’S EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

• How to redefine what success looks like to you.
• Small steps you can take to feel successful.

 REFERENCED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

• Reservations for 6 at Six - Get you 6PM brain back in alignment with you 6AM brain.  - offered exclusively inside EXIT & Beyond
• Exit & Beyond Life Coaching Membership

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What you'll discover is how planning helps with exiting the drinking life plus some new ideas to open up your mind to. 

In today's episode you'll learn:

• What does creating time with your mind mean?
• What are some of the benefits to our brains when we plan?
• Examine beliefs
• X-out the beliefs keeping them stuck
• Ignite curiosity
• Trust themselves to figure it out.
• Tiny, baby steps and celebrating them.
• Your Daily Directive Process - It’s possible……

Mentioned on today episode: 
Tyson Bradley Coaching
New YouTube Channel
Exit & Beyond Life Coaching Membership
 

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One of my main goals of the show is to help you become an expert at applying the model, so you can use it to work past negative emotions and stay on track with your goals, whatever they may be.

You’ll hear me talk about why it’s so important to know the difference between your circumstances and your thoughts, and how this will help you be a more compassionate observer of your mind.

IN TODAY’S EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

• The crucial difference between a circumstance and a thought.
• Why so many of us think our circumstances are our problem, and why we try so hard to change them.
• That you don’t have to change a difficult situation or person in your life – just your experience of them.
• How to speak to yourself compassionately and better understand your underlying emotions.

Mentioned on today episode: 
New YouTube Channel
Exit & Beyond Life Coaching Membership

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It hit me that Halloween is just a few days away. Which means the holiday season is about to begin.

Personally, I think the holiday season is the best, best time to get your ticket and board the transformation flight to alcohol freedom. I know, I know many of you are thinking I’m crazy right about now….

Let me just tell you why I think this is the ideal time to allow yourself to tackle exiting the drinking life inside a program like EXIT & Beyond. All times are actually a perfect time to do it, but I think this is a great time because of all of the holidays that are coming. 

During this pandemic, most people are spending their days at home and many have found themselves over drinking, overeating, and gaining weight. Although more alcohol and food are normal during stressful and overwhelming times, “quarantine” should not be used as an excuse to put keep over drinking. So today I want to discuss how to overcome the defeatist attitude you may be facing and help you push through this coming year healthier and stronger than ever.

Listen in as I share four reasons why you should not wait for your current situation to be over before you tackle exiting the drinking life. You will learn how to combat negative thought patterns and take advantage of opportunities as they come into your life. 

If you are ready to love yourself to a place where you no longer need food or alcohol to get through tough times, this is the episode for you.

Mentioned in the show - Exit & Beyond Life Coaching Membership

IN TODAY’S EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

• Why now is the perfect time to end the drink, over drink, shame and regret cycle.
• How to overcome a defeatist attitude.
• Ways to battle your negative thoughts.
• Why self-love is important when coping with stress.
• Four reasons you should tackle exiting the drinking life now.
• The importance of listening to your body.

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WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER:

• The struggle wellness professionals have when it comes to addressing the topic of alcohol
• How the belief of "normal" vs "alcoholic" keeps the conversation from coming up
• The power of better questions
• How Teri's helping the wellness professional help their clients
   

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:
Teri's program exclusively for wellness professionals - The Sober Edge

EXIT & Beyond Life Coaching Membership

https://www.thesobernutritionist.com

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WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER:

• The #1 skill I use to get and remain alcohol free for over 4 years.
• How to point your brain in the direction you'd like to go
• The power of unconsciously thought patterns and how to change them.
• Questions you can ask yourself 
   

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:
Ask Debi
EXIT & Beyond Life Coaching Membership

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I want to give you 5 tips today to help you make achieving the goal of changing what you drink a little bit easier for yourself.
 

1 - Start now. Your brain will tell you that this isn’t the best time, this is the wrong time. 

2 - Be willing to go through the messy middle.

3 - Become a part of the 1% club.  It is the small, easy, consistent things you do that actually create the biggest results in life.

4 - Be Patient.

5 - Choose to have fun with the process.  Tiny celebrations.

Referenced in the show - EXIT & Beyond Life Coaching Membership

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