You want to stop drinking or cut back but you often think: I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START!

It feels overwhelming. Your partner still drinks, your friends all drink, your co-workers like to drink when you travel for work trips, heck your gym buddies often meet up for wine after a workout.You know it isn’t good for you.You have done some embarrassing stuff.

You know it’s affecting your health and likely holding you back from doing more in your life, it might be driving a wedge in some of your relationships.

Listen to the replay of a class I just held and I’ll tell you 5 simple things you can do TODAY to help you move forward toward the relationship you want to have with alcohol.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to make you swear it off forever or even today.

But the class will help you do something about it right now and that is exactly what you need.

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Get ready to laugh! This episode I discuss why humor is often a good strategy to help ease the pressure around changing your relationship with alcohol. 

Laughing releases natural feel good endorphins, takes the pressure off real time urges and battles about drinking or not, and it's fun! 

I encourage you to seek out funny things throughout your day. 

The easiest thing to laugh at is your own mind and the wild ideas and suggestions it will tell you when you don't really want to be drinking. 

Nature is also really funny. Going outside and observing some wildlife is sure to get a giggle or two. 

And videos are really funny too, if you want a funny one that I can't stop laughing about, email me
[email protected]  and I'll send it to you!!

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 I am delighted to dedicate a full podcast episode on JOURNALING!

I get asked all the time, 'Why do I need to journal?' 'Do I have to journal?' 'I hate journaling' 'I don't know how to journal.'

And this episode goes into 3 areas:

Why do I need to journal?

How to Journal?

What to do with the journaling after.

The big takeaway is this: Journaling helps you see how your mind is responding to things. It helps you learn about yourself more and it helps you connect with yourself on a deeper level and when you do that you are more capable of changing your behavior (like the over-drinking).

I hope you enjoy this episode!

Ohhh, and guess what's coming back in September? The Wine Free Work-week Challenge,
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This podcast episode takes you through a few exercises in naming and overcoming your fears that might be stopping you from reaching your goals.

Fear can help us or hold us back.

When looking at making personal changes such as alcohol, fear is something that typically holds us back.

It's important to really see your fears and then decide what you want to do from there.

Do you want to take action or do you want to stay where you are?

We need to go through the exercise of facing our fears before we can make a clear decision.

Tune in and listen as I walk you through how to face and overcome your biggest fears!

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This episodes dives into the how to see the payoff and the beauty in the process to your goals instead of focusing on just end goal.

I recently led a small group of women on a challenging 8-mile hike during my Seattle Retreat and it was foggy at the peak.

But, I quickly realized that the hike wasn't about the great views at the end, it was more about putting yourself in an opportunity to expand your discomfort and to grow and that the payoff will serve you LATER, maybe not right in that moment, but you will call on your skills that you learned during that hike for years to come.

And that is the same way to approach any goal or change you want to make. It's about celebrating yourself along the way and finding the ways in which you did make changes and got out of your comfort zone. This makes the journey of it more fun and motivates you to keep going.

Tune in and hear more about this hike and why expanding your discomfort and celebrating yourself along the way is what you need to be focusing on!

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Join me for a conversation I had with my very good friends, Josh and Dan.

We have been friends for 25 years and have navigated as much as any friendship could.

We discuss navigating the relationship when someone changes their relationship with alcohol.

We also discuss the secrets to maintaining and growing our friendships, that include being authentic, trusting each other, telling each other the truth and investing time into the relationship.

I hope you enjoy this special conversation!!

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My amazing client asked me this question and I thought it was so great that I did a podcast on it.

Your feelings drive your behavior, so if you are wanting to make behavior changes, learning how to feel your feelings and understanding your feelings on a deeper level is crucial.

This episode dives into the WHY we want to know how your feelings actually feel in your body. I'm talking about the physical sensations you get when you are having a feeling.

The tightness you feel when you are anxious.

The fiery hotness you feel when you are angry.

The empty hollow feeling you feel when you are sad.

The lightness you feel when you are happy.

These are the sensations of your feelings. And if you can develop a skill of noticing and describing these sensations while they are happening, a couple things will happen.

Tune in and hear all of this explained!

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This podcast episode is an update on the Sober Sunrise Project, grief surrounding the unexpected and sudden loss of my sister in-law, Teresa, and being flexible on changing plans.

I share the importance of taking care of yourself no matter what unexpected or difficult thing happens in your life.

I also share why learning to process your feelings is so important so that you can call on your tools during difficult times when you need the tools the most.

And my thoughts on how drinking during difficult times makes things so much worse and I have found a deeper gratitude for my sobriety in this time and it has helped me find gratitude everyday even when things feel so sad.

Take care of yourself friends, your life matters and your goals matter and I'm here to help you figure this out!

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Death Doula Shawna Barlette
https://www.thedoulahearts.com/

The Traveling Chef
https://thetravellingcafe.com/

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If you've successfully cut back on how much you are drinking, even if it's just one extra day less or instead of 3 drinks you've been having 2 more often, you had to go through some discomfort to do that right?

You had to process urges, manage your mind, say no more often, and all that isn't a walk in the park, it's UNCOMFORTABLE.

When you move towards any goal you will have different levels of discomfort.

The first level of discomfort is often the hardest but once you accomplish it and make some headway it becomes less uncomfortable and you can even settle into the new normal. It feels more natural, like you don't have to try as hard.

Well, this episode I talk about up-leveling that discomfort and choosing to feel uncomfortable AGAIN to make more progress towards your goal.

You also want to listen as I tell you a story about my recent 'tiny' house rental.. let's call it the ultimate test of my level of discomfort, ha ha!

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This episode dives in the problem of people in our lives who might say unsupportive comments about you cutting back or quitting alcohol. 

I explain WHY they might do this and how to navigate it if the person who is the offender is important to you. 

I also discuss our culture and the social pressure we experience when we are actively trying to change things. 

These things can be scary and make us not want to share and tell the truth about our drinking. 

But remember, this discomfort is temporary and you can get to a place where you aren't bothered by our heavy drinking society and other peoples thoughts and comments. 

Down the road, you will have established stronger boundaries, you will say no to doing things or being around people who don't feel supportive, you will move past this and have the true freedom you seek.

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