Stop Over-drinking and Start Living

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Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 78, How to Decide Whether or Not to Take a Break Jun 25, 2020

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I want to teach you how to understand and evaluate how you are making your decision to drink or not drink. For some of you, you have an idea that a 30, 60, or a 90-day break will help you reset your drinking habits. Dry January is very popular because of all the over-indulging y’all do during the holidays. You feel sick and bloated and you want to make some changes when the holidays are over. You might feel frustrated, gross, disappointed, shameful for how much you drank. Then you decide to take a 30-day break. Then you start out strong, you might get a week in, and then you start feeling good, lighter, less puffy, you might even be sleeping better. Then Friday night rolls around and you think one drink won’t hurt, ‘I’ve been so good.’ And then before you know it you are back to your old ways. So, in this episode, I’m going to help you see how you are making these decisions and then help you make a decision that feels good and one that will last longer so you can get off the on again off again cycle. Links to podcast episodes I mentioned in this episode: Episode 1 - The Power of our Thoughts Episode 75 - Human Preference **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 77, Fear of Missing Out, FOMO Jun 17, 2020

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When I ask women what is stopping them from moving forward with going all-in on stopping the over-drinking and committing to making permanent changes with their relationship with alcohol, they tell me all sorts of fear-inducing thoughts. Such as, 'I'm scared... that my life won't be fun.. I'm scared I'll fail.. I'm scared I won't know how.. I'm scared of what people will think of me.. I'm scared my relationships will change..I'm scared to dig deep and look at what is causing me to drink.. I'm scared of saying I'll do it and then won’t..I WILL MISS OUT.' Fomo, fear of missing out, which is a legit reason people don’t cut back on their alcohol consumption. Women with FOMO have an underlying belief system that is telling them ALCOHOL IS MORE MORE. We believe alcohol is more fun for lots of reasons, such as our first experiences with it, what society is constantly telling us in movies, social media, fancy beautiful bars, and wineries, our society glamorizes alcohol especially to women. And if we've tried to go to a social event and not drink, our experience has probably not been great. All of this plays into the FOMO we have when we seriously think about cutting back. Tune in and hear me describe how you can overcome FOMO and instead of feeling scared you will miss out when you don't drink, see what you actually miss out on when you decide to cut back (clue... hangovers..eating all the snacks..puffiness..lack of sleep). **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 76, Deprivation and Social Injustice Jun 10, 2020

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This week I dive into the fear of feeling deprived when you are trying to cut back on how much you are drinking. Often we think we don't want to feel deprived before we go to a party or social event or Friday night, and we don't even try to drink less because we don't want to feel deprivation. In this episode, I examine the feeling of deprivation and how when you decide to drink/eat so you don't feel deprived you are actually depriving yourself of your goals and dreams of being someone who drinks less.I also address our current social issue here in America, racism.In the same way, our society influences how much we drink, our society influences how we think and act towards people of color. I'm not claiming to be an expert on this topic, my goal is to talk about it openly and plant the seed that you might challenge your current thoughts on racism here in America too.Stay curious, stay open, and notice your feelings on this topic. If you are feeling defensive, angry, or pissed, ask yourself why and notice the thoughts you have and know that they are optional.If you can change your thoughts about alcohol you can change your thoughts about racism.Link to purchase the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 75, Human Preference Jun 03, 2020

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In this episode, I explain our human preference in how we choose to live our lives. We all have the same preferences, seeking pleasure, avoiding pain, and saving energy. When we make decisions such as drinking or not drinking these preferences come into play. The more you can understand and see these preferences in your daily life the more power you can have to over-ride them. We make decisions based on how we think we will feel and we don't like to feel uncomfortable so our preference is to avoid feeling uncomfortable. But when we choose the less uncomfortable way we don't move forward with the way we actually want to live. In this episode, I give you 3 real-life examples of how our innate preference shows up and directs us and how you can over-ride that preference to move towards your goals. **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 74, Interview with Client Wendy May 27, 2020

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Do you want to know what it's like inside my coaching program, Stop Over-drinking and Start Living?I invited my client Wendy on the podcast to give you a peek at what is possible inside my coaching program. Wendy is just 2.5 months in and has went from almost a daily wine drinking habit to having less than a bottle of wine a month AND has lost over 20 lbs. She shares that she has finally found herself and how it's changed everything in her life.You don't want to miss her sharing some of her daily habits, how she's been able to have such fast progress, and more.Thank you, Wendy! **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 73, Exactly How I Did It May 20, 2020

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I want to explain to you the concepts or truths that changed my life FAST. My friend recently told me that I live in breakthroughs and I know that might not make sense to most people. But a breakthrough is when you recognize your own mental constructs and then you break through them to have new mental constructs that bring you closer to your goals. It really means that you are constantly up-leveling and evolving to the next best version of yourself. And I recognize that over the past 2.5 years I have been constantly and consistently living in breakthroughs. I have completely changed what I thought as possible in my life. My whole internal identity has changed. And it’s now starting to show up visually on the outside. I never in my wildest dreams ever thought I would have my own business making multiple six figures -EVER. Just like I never ever thought I would be someone who didn’t drink. Ever. Ever. Ever it wasn’t even an idea. Or that I could have a good relationship with my dad. Or that I could be skinny without much effort. How is all of that possible now, how did I create all of this in just over 2 years? I’m going to tell you. And it’s so important that you actually take notes here and write some stuff down. I’m going to tell you my own thoughts that created everything I have now. You can do this too, I promise. Learn how to manage your mind and start thinking about things differently and there is literally nothing you can’t do. **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 72, How to Change Your Relationships to Drink Less May 13, 2020

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Relationships are one of our biggest 'triggers' to over-drinking. We get so worked up in our relationships that when we feel frustrated or annoyed or pissed we tend to drink at the end of the day to take the edge off those feelings. I coach women DAILY on relationships and help them see how they are thinking about their relationship that leads to them over-drinking. Work relationships, romantic relationships, parental relationships, kid relationships. We have so many thoughts about how people should behave ESPECIALLY when they do things we don't agree with. When we have these 'should of...' or 'I would NEVER do...' or 'i can't believe they...' thoughts we feel NEGATIVE emotions. And when we feel these high vibration feelings they often drive us to go pour a glass or 4 of wine. What I want you to know is that those thoughts ARE OPTIONAL. If you are judging what they said or did or didn't do it makes YOU feel bad, not them. And then you do things that don't support the life you want to have LIKE OVER-DRINK. You don't have to keep thinking the same old thoughts about people that only HURT YOU. Tune in to this episode and hear real examples of how we can change our relationships so we drink less. **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 71, It Doesn’t Matter May 06, 2020

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‘IT DOESN'T MATTER.' Have you had this thought before? It doesn’t matter? Maybe when you say you won’t drink during the week and it’s a Tuesday or maybe when you say you won’t eat after dinner.. 'it doesn’t matter.’ Or maybe you say you want to start exercising 3-4 days a week and it’s the day you planned to go for a run or walk outside and you passively think ‘it doesn’t matter.’ It’s those quick, quiet, whisper thoughts, that can be the most detrimental. It’s not typically the big deeply covered thoughts like ‘i’m not worthy’ that keep us from our goals, it’s the little ‘it doesn’t matter and who cares thoughts that cause the most trouble. Because we think them all the damn time. Tune in and listen to how this thought can wreak havoc on your goals to stop over-drinking and how you can change it. **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 70, Advanced Listener Questions Answered Apr 29, 2020

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I recently asked what YOU would like answered on the podcast and got some really good, advanced questions.So, I decided to bring the originators of the questions on the show to answer their questions.Tune in and hear real questions from real clients answered LIVE.We covered:- Why do we make it harder on ourselves than necessary?- Comparing our progress to other people.- Managing urges and desires to drink after being successful in not drinking. **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

Stop Over-drinking and Start Living, Episode 69, Progress Not Perfection. Apr 23, 2020

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When you take on the challenge of stopping over-drinking it’s about getting started and making progress month after month. It is so not about doing it perfectly. When I first started my journey to lose weight and stop over-drinking I learned about the concept of B- work. Have you heard of this before?Its the idea that if you can just shoot to achieve a B- you will have achieved massive success.Tune in and hear how you can start making progress towards your goals TODAY and let go of the idea that you need to be perfect or even that you need to immediately start restricting your alcohol to get started. **Interested in joining the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living coaching program? click the link below and watch all 3 videos, read through the information and then click >>APPLY

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