Stay ConnectedAre you sick of feeling controlled by alcohol?Do you want to drink less?Do you wake up after a night of drinking feeling anxious and full of regret?I’ve been there and want to help you. In this podcast I will be talking with ex-binge drinkers, alcoholics in recovery, drug and and alcohol counsellors and people that have good stuff to say about quitting the drink.
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In this episode I catch up with my good mate and mentor Mark Purser. We chat about how as humans all we want to do is feel ok on the inside and when we don't feel ok on the inside we usually go to externals to make us ok. But there is that sweet spot, between the stimulus and the response. When we can recognise that we are not ok, we can respond in a way that is more nurturing rather than reacting and creating more suffering. We can rely on ourselves to get us through when we have the tools from a daily practice.
One good thing about removing alcohol is that we can start to recognise our emotional responses we can start to have a relationship with what is showing up rather than ignoring it or pushing it away. It can be an opportunity for deep healing.
Mark and I have a retreat in Bali coming up where we will be diving deep into self healing and nurturing. Please go to www.iquitalcohol.com.au for more details.
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If you are struggling with physical dependancy on alcohol consider contacting a local AA meeting or a drug and alcohol therapist. Always consult a GP before stopping alcohol.
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How do you go about changing when you come from a family are big drinkers, not just your family but your partner's family? This can be a challenge that many of us face particularly if we have grown up seeking approval from those closest to us. In this episode I catch up with new mum Elise Kermeen, we chat about life as a new Mum in sobriety and the choice not to go back to drinking after you finish breast feeding. Elise decided to give up the booze when she realised that alcohol was taking its toll on her mental health and her relationship. Dealing with unresolved trauma and the massive grief from losing her brother it's been a long road of self acceptance and learning to be with her feelings but Elise is bravely stepping into sobriety and doing life on her terms.
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If you are struggling with physical dependancy on alcohol consider contacting a local AA meeting or a drug and alcohol therapist. Always consult a GP before stopping alcohol.
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In this episode I chat with beautiful Trish Schor. Aa a shy teenager in South Africa to a young career woman in London to finally setting on the Gold Coast, booze has been a constant companion for Trish. What started as a way to find relief became a crutch that began to tear her life to shreds. Trish was able to break free from the stronghold of alcohol and drugs and turn her life around.
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Music for Podcast intro and outro written by Danni Carr performed by Mr Cassidy
If you are struggling with physical dependancy on alcohol consider contacting a local AA meeting or a drug and alcohol therapist. Always consult a GP before stopping alcohol.
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In this episode I catch up with the very colourful Calamity Tash from Adelaide. Tash gave away alcohol at the age of 25 years old, after years of habitual serious bingeing (to the point of alcohol poisoning), blackouts, and using alcohol as a coping mechanism. Her drinking spiralled out of control, starting her day with wine, drinking in her lunch breaks and then continuing after work. Luckily, she started dating someone who didn't drink and she realised that life without alcohol is a possibility.
Tash has been sober for over 4 years now, she surrounds herself with people who keep her accountable in sobriety and her work with disengaged, queer and neuro-diverse youths.
To reach out to Tash contact her on Instagram @calamitytash
This episode was brought to you by Monday Distillery. To check them out go to
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For more resources such as coaching or to join the next HIQA challenge go to
www.iquitalcohol.com.au
Follow HIQA insta @howiquitalcohol
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Music for Podcast intro and outro written by Danni Carr performed by Mr Cassidy
If you are struggling with physical dependancy on alcohol consider contacting a local AA meeting or a drug and alcohol therapist. Always consult a GP before stopping alcohol.
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How many times do we have to wake up hating ourselves? Feeling incongruent, out of alignment with our values, ashamed, worried, embarrassed, your body demanding attention "please stop poisoning me"... Yet we ignore it, blame ourselves, tell ourselves we will learn to be better and repeat the exact same cycle a few days or weeks later? I know I did and so did this wonderful guest Lisa. Lisa and I have been working together for 12 months or so and she is the epitome of digging deep and doing the work. A true example of how it's not always easy, that sobriety will challenge you, uncover things about yourself you didn't know where there and make you deal head on with raw emotions but the flip-side is true freedom.
This episode was brought to you by Monday Distillery. To check them out go to
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For more resources such as coaching or to join the next HIQA challenge go to
www.iquitalcohol.com.au
Follow HIQA insta @howiquitalcohol
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Music for Podcast intro and outro written by Danni Carr performed by Mr Cassidy
If you are struggling with physical dependancy on alcohol consider contacting a local AA meeting or a drug and alcohol therapist. Always consult a GP before stopping alcohol.
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In this episode I catch up with the the most unyogi of yogis, Mark Purser. We chat about his own recovery and how mindfulness changed everything for him.
Mark gives the listener some simple breath and movement techniques that can help us feel grounded and raise our awareness.
Danni talks about creating a pause before reacting.
And Mark also gives tips on how to create your own retreat experience without leaving your own postcode and of course we chat about our own retreat we are going to be holding in Bali April 23.
To checkout the Bali retreat
https://www.iquitalcohol.com.au/collections/resources/products/2023-hiqa-bali-wellness-retreat-1-6-april
This episode was brought to you by Monday Distillery. To check them out go to
www.mondaydistillery.com
For more resources go or to join the next HIQA challenge go to
www.iquitalcohol.com.au
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In this episode I was honoured to catch up with Dr Luke Sniewski. Luke is a Wellbeing Coach and Somatic Therapist, he was also the facilitator in Dr Gabor Mate's Compassionate Inquiry course which I was a student of in 2022. We caught up to talk about Luke's new book, Somawise which is an incredible resource for healing addiction and becoming more aware of the messages and signals the body is trying to make us aware of day to day. Luke uses his lived experience through an addiction to Porn and was able to heal what was driving that addiction through connecting to the body through awareness and compassion. Luke says authentic change begins with silence, stillness, and the courage to look inward. We may not like what we find there, but getting into our body is where the real work of change is done. Through this awareness we are able to liberate ourselves from our old patterns and core beliefs.
To find out more about this amazing human or his online course go to https://www.lukesniewski.com/
To purchase a copy of Somawise go to books2read.com/Somawise-Get-out-of-your-head-get-into-your-body
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In this episode I catch up with one of the HIQA grads, Nat from Newcastle. Nat went from binge drinking to daily drinking as a way of coping with post natal depression and crippling shyness. We chat about how alcohol impacted her kids and her own self confidence. Suffering from depression and anxiety, alcohol was making her situation worse. At the time of recording Nat is now over 14 months sober, off her medication and learning to love her beautiful self.
We also chat about the lull that can happen around the 12 months mark and how keeping up a daily practice keeps that in check.
This episode was brought to you by Monday Distillery. To check them out go to
www.mondaydistillery.com
For more resources go or to join the next HIQA challenge go to
www.iquitalcohol.com.au
Follow HIQA insta @howiquitalcohol
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www.ashgrunwald.com
Music for Podcast intro and outro written by Danni Carr performed by Mr Cassidy
If you are struggling with physical dependancy on alcohol consider contacting a local AA meeting or a drug and alcohol therapist. Always consult a GP before stopping alcohol.
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For the final episode of 2022 I catch up with comedian Mandy Nolan to catch up and see how she is going on her 12 month sobriety journey. She is now 5 months in and feeling great.
We chat about how Christmas will look for her this year as the non-drinker, keeping the joy in sobriety, navigating the disappointment from friends when you tell them you aren't drinking, the pride you feel in those three little words "I don't drink", and celebrating the authenticity of sobriety.
To see what Mandy is up to or to check out one of her courses go to www.mandynolan.com.au
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In this episode the HIQA grads group share their tips and tools for getting through Christmas parties, family functions, lonliness, missing your kids and peer pressure over this silly season
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