June 22, 2024

Why you need a Tribe with Nigel Jones

48 minutes

My guest is author and coach Nigel Jones who shares his own story as well as some inspiration and great advice!

In this episode:-

Nigel started drinking daily at 18, struggled to quit for 36 years.

He found success with a mindset shift, declaring himself a non-drinker from day one.

We talked more about this identity shift during our first podcast interview which you can listen to here

Many of our members have found Nigel's identity shift to being a "non drinker" helpful

Rather than clocking up the sober days they declare themselves a non drinker from day one

Apart from deciding that he was a non drinker Nigels strategies for quitting alcohol included

Replacing drinking with new habits like walking.

His "9 KM before 9 AM" walking routine led to a significant physical and mental transformation.

Creating new neural pathways through consistent healthy habits.

I shared my own habit change of going on a long walk every evening at 6pm which was my witching hour

We both agreed on the stength of peer pressure to drink

As drinkers we find ourselves in an alcohol drinkers tribe (ADT as Nigel calls it)

When we decide to quit we need to find a new Tribe

I went through this myself and I always say that recovery is about “finding your people”

If you think Tribe Sober might be your people then go to tribesober.com and hit the membership tab

Nigels benefits of sobriety included:

Improved physical health, mental clarity, and spiritual well-being.

Increased time and energy for personal development and learning – for example he

Qualified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and he’s currently studying Hypnotherapy.

Nigel’s working on a New Book called Reroot Yourself

His book focuses on the healing power of nature.

Concepts like forest bathing (Shinrin Yoku) and the benefits of being in nature.

Nigel highlighted the scientific evidence for the mental and physical benefits of nature exposure.

He currently takes these concepts into corporates where he is observing a shift in attitudes towards mental health

Nigels Advice for people wanting to quit…

He advocates reading quitlit and listening to podcasts

Also joining a new tribe for support and encouragement – a tribe to replace your drinking tribe

I often say that to new members – you don’t even have to quit drinking when you join Tribe Sober

Just be curious, listen and learn.. and you’ll get inspired to make a change

As Nigel says curiosity can be a catalyst for change

Nigel is a coach and runs workshops in corpoprates

Find out more about Nigel via his website 9kmby9am.com

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