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Ep. #88 The Power Of Choice with Tara Whitney May 26, 2021

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If you know alcohol is the one constant in the way of fully stepping into your power, but you aren't sure the next best step, this show is for you.
I talk to intuitive eating coach, Tara Whitney about her journey away from alcohol via the wisdom of the body.
This inspiring conversation Tara shares how she used the powerful and practical tool of choice through the lens of mindfulness.
Tara discovered the key to success wasn't about simply not drinking, but answering the INVITATION to dive deeper into the journey of self discovery and sacred embodiment.
I loved every minute of this conversation and I know you will too. Thank you, Tara!
Please check out Tara's amazing work through her podcast and her transformative intuitive eating coaching program: Website |Podcast |Book | Facebook | Instagram
Tara's 3-Week Body Image Group Coaching and Yoga Program that begins Wednesday, June 2nd 2021!

To find out more about the safe container of 1:1 alcohol coaching with Mary, schedule a call HERE.
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The 90-Day Life Renewal Challenge is an invitation into your year of clarity, self-trust, and embodied change. This is about knowing you can handle life without numbing, avoiding, or hiding. You can be sacred and do it anyway.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

Get the free mini-course: The Permission Protocol
A foundational experience designed to help your alcohol-free time become more than just time off. You’ll learn how to end the mental tug-of-war and return to peace, presence, and pleasure. Sobriety stops feeling like discipline and starts feeling like trust — trust in yourself, your body, and your inner knowing.

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A Private Holistic Coaching Program to gracefully help you move through the resistance of change, stay accountable and honor the version of you that is done waiting. What if this year, you didn’t just set a goal…but created a living plan that actually fits your energy, your values, and your season of life? Apply & schedule your clarity call with Mary here.

Download The Permission Protocol — my free 5-part mini-course — and start practicing the skills that make alcohol irrelevant on your terms.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast and its contents are not a substitute for rehabilitation, medical treatment or advice. It is for educational and inspirational purposes. I am not a therapist or doctor. The views here are expressed a personal opinion and based on first hand experience. Please consult a doctor if your mental or physical health is at risk.

Ep. #87 Old Relationships, New You May 19, 2021

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The relationships we have for a life time, can be the one's most challenging to navigate when it comes to alcohol.
They are also the one's that hold the greatest opportunity for self inquiry and personal growth.
Sometimes alcohol is a big part of connecting to the other.
Othertimes the other is "why" you drink.
Familial relationships are the hardest to navigate because although it's still a choice, they are the constant in our lives.
Today I share a story of my own emotional triggers involving a recent interaction with my own Mother and the steps I took to gain control of my own inner boundaries and to continue my healing journey of awakening to unconditional love for myself and for the other.
We can get new results not by changing the circumstance or even seeing the "bad circumstance" as positive, but by bringing the circumstance to neutral and becoming the compassionate witness, for yourself first, then the other will follow.
To find out more about the safe container of 1:1 coaching, schedule a call HERE.
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Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

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Ep. #86 Becoming Yourself May 12, 2021

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People drink for a lot of reasons.
Most of them go unexamined.
When you say alcohol makes me more...fill in the blank, you are denying your true self.
How you are in this very moment.
You are saying I am not enough.
When you are stressed, the message is, I don't have your back.
You are not giving yourself an opportunity to be who you are.
To grow. To build inner resilience.
The process of changing your relationship with alcohol, is also the process of becoming yourself.
Accepting who you are in this moment and deciding what you would like to embody more of.
First you must have your own heart.
You must find a place to feel safe enough to explore the inner landscape of the emotional self.
No one will do it for you.
Find out why the specific language you use is so important when it comes to creating a new life for yourself, when alcohol is no longer at center stage.
Then alcohol becomes a neutral, irrelevant part of your day to day life.
You must offer yourself deep, motherly love and compassion to feel safe enough to explore the depths of being human.
Sometimes the Mother is Fierce, sometime she is soft, but she is always here for us, unconditionally.
You can be that for YOU.
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Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

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Ep. #85 From Impossible to Possible May 05, 2021

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What packs the biggest punch in changing our relationship to alcohol is the language we use.
If we think:life will for sure be miserable without alcohol, it will.
If we think: alcohol's not a necessity of living, it creates a more NEUTRAL emotion.
Every action we take is driven be EMOTION.
That is why Big Alcohol is so good at marketing, they pull on our heart strings at every turn and we believe it.
If you think new thoughts, you get new results.
Of course it takes time, practice and the willingness to see things from a new perspective.
My clients are creating the Impossible one thought at a time.
Learn the 3 steps it takes to create the Impossible: Freedom from alcohol without deprivation.
Schedule a complimentary alignment session with Mary HERE.
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Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

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Ep. #84 Client Spotlight: Permission To Not Be Broken w/ Erin Vanderkooy Apr 28, 2021

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In today's episode, we explore a scared journey of dismantling alcohol, as unique as one's own spirit.
My guest today, friend, health coach and client, Erin Vanderkooy, brilliantly exemplifies that there is no ONE PATH to finding freedom from alcohol when explored thought the lens of love, curiosity and mindfulness.
She speaks of her personal journey and the daily burden of what it means to be a "normal drinker", in light of challenges she was facing physically and mentally.
And the social implications of making the rules up as you go, in alignment with your LIVED experience, not a guide book.
She shares, practical tools she is applying to her continued exploration of alcohol from our 1:1 coaching.
What it takes to ask for help and how the process expedited her results.
What Permission to NOT be broken looks like.
Health implication, tips and signs to watch for in light of drinking from Erin's expert opinion as an expert health coach and herbalist.
Please reach out to Erin to explore her brilliant Health Coaching Work and the POWER community.
https://erinvanderkooy.com
https://powercommunity.co
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Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

Join The 90 Day Life Renewal!

Download The Permission Protocol — my free 5-part mini-course — and start practicing the skills that make alcohol irrelevant on your terms.

Ep. #83 Navigating The Social Stigma Of Not Drinking Apr 21, 2021

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Although we are a culture obsessed with alcohol, an epidemic that has been normalized, the story that there is a "normal" way to drink and you will be shunned if you can't do it that way, is what needs to change.
Does anyone know what that is?
There is a trap of: if I don't drink I won't be normal.
Other people will wonder what's wrong with me.
I hear this from too many people.
There are now enough people who don't believe in : drinking is a normal story, so we can drop it.
Not to mention, peer pressure as an adult?
No thanks.
When you dismantle the beliefs around alcohol you have to go DEEPER.
You have to interrogate, with compassion, your own self and values.
WHO is everybody?
WHAT is normal?
WHEN is this happening and WHERE?
Are people really thinking this or is a just what you are creating in your head?
You're decision to drink or not drink will be interpreted differently by everyone.
Someone might think your a hero, someone might think your a buzzkill, but most people will be worried about themselves, not how much you are drinking.
Another persons enjoyment is NOT dependent on your actions.
It is dependent on THEIR thoughts and emotions about it.
Show up like the life of the party and no one can say a thing!
Show up like you and have your own back.
More power to you, Sister. It's time to throw a better party and take responsibility for your own health and livelyhood. Caring what other people think is no longer a necessary part of our survival.
When YOU do YOU, you will attract the same.
Be you, all the way.
If there is a collective STIGMA, it's well worn and out of date.
xxoo Mary
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Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

Join The 90 Day Life Renewal!

Download The Permission Protocol — my free 5-part mini-course — and start practicing the skills that make alcohol irrelevant on your terms.

Ep. #82 The Reason You Think You Can't Is The Solution Apr 14, 2021

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The reason you think you can’t change your relationship to alcohol is the solution to success.

The perceived obstacle are ALWAYS the reason to say YES!
You have to be willing to be resourceful to get the result you want.

The human brain makes decisions based on the past.

Part of your brain feels good about the decision of drinking.

Not drinking creates Thoughts that create Emotional Discomfort.

When you are not use Feeling the sensations of emotions, making a decision to change and embrace feeling, signals danger to your brain.
Your job is to move to the other side to prove that objection false.
This is how to weaken the habit.

Today you will learn:

How to spot your objections that are getting in the way of creating lasting change.

How you move from impossible to possible.

Common objections for why people never start the process and how their objection is the reason they need to.

The difference between passive and massive action.

What thoughts to think NOW to take the ONE next step.

Common Objections To Say NO To Changing Your Relationship To Alcohol.
Remember, these are all SUBJECTIVE THOUGHTS, not FACTS.

+It’s not the right time.

+ I’m too busy to do the work

+ It’s too hard

+ I’ll never have fun again!

+ I’m afraid of what people will think. My relationships will change.

+ Iv’e tried before and it didn’t work.

+ It’s not a good time to invest. (time, money, energy)

+I don’t know If I want to say no forever.
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Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

Join The 90 Day Life Renewal!

Download The Permission Protocol — my free 5-part mini-course — and start practicing the skills that make alcohol irrelevant on your terms.

Ep. #81 Problems As Portals For Possibilites Apr 07, 2021

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Problems are unexpected or undesirable results in the circumstances of your life, yet rather than move towards them, the typical response, is to run.

The mind thinks there is a threat and avoids the sensations of the emotion at all costs.

It looks to blame, avoid or run.
Anything but take a wider view of where your intention may have got lost in the pattern of reactivity and emotion.

Nothing has gone wrong. It is normal to see change as a problem and their for a threat to survival.
However, in our modern world, change is a good thing.

It indicates growth and opportunity.

If you are willing to feel a new emotion, it can become a portal for possibility.

In this episode you will learn:

Why the power of pause is so important in solving “problems”.
Understanding the facts that alcohol is a circumstance out of your control.
Acceptance is the key to making space for possibility.
Understand what’s beyond an emotion or urge.
How fear doesn’t support lasting change.
Why it’s hard to see beyond the collective story and how to tap into your who creative genius.
Why Leading with your heartfelt intention will help you reinterpret any situation.
How alcohol will ALWAYS be contradictory to your intentions thriving.
Finally, that you can CHOOSE to believe anything you want about alcohol, even that you don’t like it.

Schedule a complimentary alignment session with Mary HERE.
Thank you for heading to Apple Podcast To Drop a 5 Star Review and What You LOVE about the show! Your presence means so much to me.

Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

Join The 90 Day Life Renewal!

Download The Permission Protocol — my free 5-part mini-course — and start practicing the skills that make alcohol irrelevant on your terms.

Ep. #80 Authenticity Looks Good On You w/ Victoria Vanstone of Drunk Mummy, Sober Mummy Mar 31, 2021

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What you will take away from today's episode:
* How to break the habit of binge drinking.
* Why emotional intelligence is the key to a joyful and alcohol free life.
* The best part about the worst day's of being alcohol free.
*Having a big WHY and intention for life is crucial if you want to live on purpose.
*Why drunk Mummying, is never the right choice.
*Being authentically you is ALWAYS the only answer toward freedom.
*Sobriety can be just as much of a story and limiting as alcohol.
*Why you must find the right support that works for you.
*How drinking as a full time job can transform into a rewarding life of a sober Mom.
Thank you Victoria Vanstone!
You can find her amazing work and where to follow her HERE
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Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

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Join The 90 Day Life Renewal!

Download The Permission Protocol — my free 5-part mini-course — and start practicing the skills that make alcohol irrelevant on your terms.

Ep. #79 Why Can't I Drink Like Everyone Else? Mar 24, 2021

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Why can some people can drink without problems?
Because they don't try to say no!
Most people have a made up story in their minds about how: she can just have one glass of wine and it's so easy.
NO!!!

First, Why does this matter?

Second: I just want to be able to have a little glass of wine.

Why?

There’s nothing wrong with having a glass of wine, or having five.

It also doesn’t change or make your life better in anyway.
That's not REALLY what you or the habit wants.
Part of you doesn't want it to be true that alcohol is habit forming.
Sorry to break it to you, there is no way around it.
And second, the habit has no interest in a glass of wine once a week.

The habit of alcohol fractures your inner resilience.

What your perception is and what the reality is.

Frequency and Duration, Circumstance , Adversity and Internal resources CAN play a role in persons journey away from the habit.
But not always.

Your brain developed a pattern, a totally normal one that says:

When you experience this emotion, for better or worse, the answer is to drink.

You will learn:
*Why other people’s drinking is none of your business.

*Why that story is holding you back from living your best life.

*The impact other peoples actions are having in other areas of your life.

*The solution isn't simply, no alcohol, it's more of YOU.

*The role of emotional maturity.

*How labels limit.
Schedule a complimentary alignment session with Mary HERE.
Thank you for heading to Apple Podcast To Drop a 5 Star Review and What You LOVE about the show! Your presence means so much to me.

Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.

👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.

Join The 90 Day Life Renewal!

Download The Permission Protocol — my free 5-part mini-course — and start practicing the skills that make alcohol irrelevant on your terms.

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