You wake up feeling rough and decide, "I'm not drinking tonight." For a few hours, that plan feels solid. But evening comes and you pour one anyway. And now your brain has even more evidence that you're not in control. Which makes you less motivated to try again (because what's the point?) This episode shows you why planning to "not drink" often backfires and what to do instead.

What you'll learn:

• Why high achieving "planners" also tend to drink too much

• How planning to control your drinking builds pressure in your nervous system

• The one-word pattern-interrupt that shifts you from "planning for later" into action (right now)

• How to figure out what you really need (it's never a drink)

[Click Here] for the Take it or Leave it Roadmap Series. Before you can change your drinking, you have to understand how it's actually helping you. These 5 videos walk you through the whole process of change, starting with why your drinking makes perfect sense. Watch one a day or binge all five in under an hour.

[Click Here] to book a free discovery call with Colleen's enrollment team if you know you need guidance, support and accountability. You'll leave with a clear action plan for giving yourself more of what you need, whether you end up working with us or not.

You've been telling yourself that if you were more disciplined, then you wouldn't drink as much as you do. But the problem isn't that you need more control. It's that giving yourself permission to relax means that you're wasting time or falling behind. Which is why you need alcohol. This episode explains why expanding your capacity for peace and joy is what actually reduces alcohol cravings, and gives you one small goal to help you get started.

What you'll learn:

• Why GLP1 drugs reduce alcohol cravings (and how to get the same effect on your own)

• Why motivating yourself with shame and fear makes cravings worse

• The difference between wanting more from yourself and wanting more for yourself

• What to do when peace and joy aren't available to you (yet)

Not sure why you drink the way you do? Take the quiz to find out which of the four drinker types is running your patterns. [Take the Quiz Now]

Ready to stop figuring this out alone? Schedule a free discovery call with the enrollment team. You'll walk away with a customized action plan, your patterns named, and the specific skills you need to build. [Book Your DC Here]

You set a plan to take a break from drinking and made it a few days. Then you blew it. And now you're trying to figure out why you keep breaking promises to yourself when it comes to alcohol. This episode gives you a step by step strategy (based on curiosity and self-compassion instead of judgment) to help you reduce your drinking.

What you'll learn:

• Why taking a break from drinking isn't about proving you can go without it

• The five questions to ask after a setback (instead of "what's wrong with me")

• Why the same glass of wine is self-care one night and self-sabotage the next

• How to follow your intuition instead of arbitrary rules you're going to break anyway

Want to know if this approach can actually work for you? Book a free discovery call with Colleen's enrollment team. It's free, there's no pressure, and you'll leave knowing exactly where you stand. [Book Your Discovery Call Here]

Find out what type of drinker you are. Because before you can change HOW you drink, you have to understand WHY you drink. [Click here to take the free quiz].

You keep telling yourself you'll take the night off, or at least stop at two glasses. But then you drain the entire bottle (as usual). This episode shows you why that's not a willpower problem, and walks you through Colleen's Capacity Audit so you can see exactly what's draining you.

What you'll learn:

• Why you reach for wine to relax after work even though you know that's not what you really need

• Why you can't stop at one glass even when you planned to

• Why willpower won't help you drink less, and what actually does

• How to calm your nervous system in three minutes, no drink required

• The five-category capacity audit that shows you where you're leaking energy

Realizing your drinking is a lack of capacity (not willpower) means you've found the problem. If you're looking for the solution, click here to schedule a discovery call. [Book Your Discovery Call]

Resources mentioned: It's Not About the Alcohol EP335 I was drinking every night again. Here's how I stopped. And EP337 Why drinking every night destroys your confidence (and how to stop)

If you're an alcoholic, how is it possible that you can get more done before breakfast than most people do in a week? And yet, you still know that you drink too much. So you Google your questions, maybe take the online quizzes, which don't help. This episode gives you a better way to look at your drinking and one specific question that has a much more clear and productive answer.

What you'll learn:

• Why no one can actually tell you whether you're an alcoholic

• The belief that quietly makes your drinking harder to control

• How three out of four people who are dependent on alcohol change their drinking without rehab or AA

• What your nervous system is really asking for when you pour the wine

• The question to ask instead of "am I an alcoholic?"

Want insight into the emotional patterns that are driving your drinking? Take the 3-minute quiz to find out what type of drinker you are. [Take the Quiz Here]

Want to know if the "take it or leave it" methodology can work for you? Schedule a discovery call and find out. [Book Your Discovery Call Now]

You've always been a little proud of your high tolerance. You can drink grown men under the table and still walk and talk like a rockstar in four inch heels. But lately it scares you. How is it even possible to drink that much and not even feel it? This episode answers that, and shows you how to "feel" the signals in your body that you've trained yourself to ignore.

What you'll learn:

• Why a high tolerance isn't a sign of superior liver function, and what it's actually hiding

• Why it's actually quite normal for busy and high-functioning women to over-drink

• How to tell the difference between buzzed and intoxicated (without a breathalyzer)

• The hangover reflection I teach my clients to retrain their brain so they can learn from their mistakes (and stop repeating them)

Are you ready to change? Book a free 20-minute discovery call with one of Colleen's certified coaches for an honest conversation about where you are, where you want to be, and what it will actually take to get there.

Take the Quiz to find out what type of drinker you are. Because you have to see the pattern before you can break the pattern.

You've been drinking more lately because of your partner. Their mood is the problem. Their lack of effort. Their inability to have an honest conversation.

But if this is their problem, why are you stuck? My interview with high conflict divorce coach Karen McMahon will show you how to take your power back instead of drowning it with alcohol.

What you'll learn:

• Why drinking feels safer than conflict (and what's actually happening in your nervous system)

• The seven levels of emotional energy and how drinking keeps you on the lower end

• How to shift your focus from what your partner needs to change to what you need to change

• Why your boundaries keep getting plowed and what to do about it

• Three somatic tools you can use mid-conflict to stop reaching for the wine

If you're ready to take full responsibility for where you are and where you want to be, the first step is identifying the pattern that's running you. Take the 3-minute quiz to find out which of the four drinker types is driving your pattern and get the Take It or Leave It Roadmap. [Take Quiz Here]

Ready to stop figuring this out alone? Book a free discovery call. The call isn't about figuring out what's wrong with you. It's about figuring out what kind of support you actually need. [Book Your Discovery Call]

Resources:

Karen McMahon: Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast

Free Guide: Understanding and Managing Your Emotional Energy

journeybeyonddivorce.com

You know you should be drinking less, but you can't follow through. You promise and plan to do something different and then repeat the same mistakes over and over. This episode explains the gap between knowing what you should be doing and actually doing it. And gives you the perspective shift that you need to make to close it.

What you'll learn:

• The two reasons "knowing" doesn't translate to doing

• Why your "celebration drinking" is often stress drinking in a party dress

• The perspective shift that turns your dopamine back on

• What actually has to change before your drinking can change

Quiz: Take the free 3-minute quiz to find out why YOU can't just take it or leave it: [Take the quiz here]

Ready to stop trying to figure this out alone? Book a free 20-minute discovery call with one of Colleen's certified coaches. You'll leave with clarity about where you are, where you want to be, and what's standing in your way. No pressure, no sales pitch. [Book your Discovery Call here]

You've been blaming yourself for drinking too much. You assume the brain fog, the fatigue, the weight you can't shift, the way you can't stick to your plan, all of it, is because you drink. But what if the reason you're drinking so much is that your hormones are off? This episode walks you through what to test for and what to do when your doctor tells you everything looks "normal."

What you'll learn:

• The symptoms most women blame on their drinking that are actually hormone imbalances

• The specific labs your doctor probably isn't running (and what they should cost)

• Why your labs can come back "normal" while you still feel like crap

• How nervous system dysregulation creates the cascade that keeps you stuck

• Why hormone support is a foundation, not a fix, for changing your drinking

Take the 3-minute quiz to find out which of the four drinker types is running your nervous system, and get a roadmap tailored to your specific pattern. [Take Quiz Now]

Ready to do the other piece? [Book a free discovery call]

Resources:

Amber Romaniuk: amberapproved.ca

The No Sugarcoating Podcast with Amber Romaniuk

You've been searching for something to take the edge off. Some tool or strategy that can help you relax so you don't feel like you need to drink so much. CBD. THC gummies. A sleepy-time tea. The anti-anxiety medication your doctor offered. This episode explains why nothing you've tried works as well as alcohol, and what your nervous system really needs.

What you'll learn:

• Why alcohol helps you relax in the short term (and how that traps you in dependancy)

• The two parts of anxiety your doctor doesn't understand

• Why willpower isn't the issue here

• Three practices that change your relationship with anxiety for good

Before you can break the pattern, you have to see it. After coaching thousands of very successful, professional women, Colleen has identified four specific types of drinkers. Each requires a unique approach. Take the free 3-minute quiz to find out what type of drinker you are and get the Take it or Leave it Roadmap Series built for your specific pattern.

If you'd like to have a private conversation with a certified coach about which Emotional Sobriety Coaching program would be the best fit for you, click here to schedule a free discovery call.

Resources mentioned: The Anxiety Rx by Dr. Russell Kennedy EP190: Interview with Dr. Russell Kennedy

Can you Take it or Leave it? Take the quiz to discover what type of drinker you are so you can understand what's behind your biological urge to drink. Click here to take the quiz.

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