It's Not About the Alcohol

EP221 Minisode: How to actually feel your feelings


Listen Later

In this episode, Colleen breaks down the difference between thinking your feelings and actually feeling them—and why most high-achieving women get stuck in a loop that keeps them stressed, stuck, and searching for answers in the wrong places.

You'll learn a simple, body-based skill that helps you shift out of emotional overwhelm and back into clarity, presence, and personal power—without needing to fix, solve, or overexplain anything at all.

Whether you're drinking to numb the noise or overthinking your way into burnout, this episode will show you how to interrupt the loop and finally let go—for real.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

  • Feeling your feelings is a body-based skill, not a thinking exercise.

  • Thoughts create sensations—so the more you think, the more you feel, and vice versa.

  • Most people try to think their way out of feelings, but this fuels the problem.

  • Observing the energy in your body without judgment allows emotions to release.

  • Your power lies in focus—what you pay attention to is what changes.

Your feelings aren't a problem to fix. They're a signal from your body asking to be felt.

If you are ready to get support from a community of women who are co-creating this change with intention and clarity— Click here to BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL.

Do you want help from Colleen with a situation you're struggling with? Click here to submit your question for Colleen's NEW Q& A episodes. Your name will not be mentioned on air!

Find me on:

YouTube: @HangoverWhisperer TikTok: @hangoverwhisperer

Instagram: @thehangoverwhisperer

X: @NotAboutTheAlc

Transcript

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

It's Not About the AlcoholBy Colleen Freeland

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

122 ratings


More shows like It's Not About the Alcohol

View all
Recovery Elevator by Paul Churchill

Recovery Elevator

1,718 Listeners

Take a Break from Drinking by Rachel Hart

Take a Break from Drinking

2,586 Listeners

The mindbodygreen Podcast by mindbodygreen

The mindbodygreen Podcast

2,043 Listeners

This Naked Mind Podcast by Annie Grace

This Naked Mind Podcast

2,561 Listeners

Soberful by Veronica Valli & Chip Somers

Soberful

457 Listeners

A Sober Girls Guide Podcast by A Sober Girls Guide

A Sober Girls Guide Podcast

431 Listeners

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women by Casey McGuire Davidson

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

721 Listeners

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober by Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

1,246 Listeners

How I quit alcohol by Danni Carr

How I quit alcohol

195 Listeners

The Sober Mom Life by Suzanne Warye

The Sober Mom Life

1,084 Listeners

The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

The Mel Robbins Podcast

19,819 Listeners

Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories by Brad McLeod

Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories

611 Listeners

The Stop Drinking Coach by Bardia Rezaei

The Stop Drinking Coach

497 Listeners

2 Sober Girls Podcast by Erinn + Michaela

2 Sober Girls Podcast

204 Listeners

Happiest Sober Podcast by Madeline Forrest

Happiest Sober Podcast

224 Listeners