Wild Sobriety

Our bodies and emotions respond to beliefs (thoughts) and real life experiences the same. Are you making decisions from BELIEF or FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE? We have so many uncovered beliefs about ourselves, the world and alcohol, it's important to ask: Is this true for ME? Is this based on FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE, or something I have interpreted from information outside of myself or influenced fro...

Overwhelm and stress come from an unmanaged mind. The more you can see where you are leaking energy, the less need you will have to "unwind" in the evenings. You can mitigate your desires for alcohol by spending time with your thoughts are pulling your attention away. You only have so much bandwidth in a day, how do you want to spend it? You can look at just the habit of alcohol, but you...

Are you dreading the holiday's or are you excited for some socializing and warm hugs? Either way, the thoughts and emotions you bring to the table are going to determine the results of the evening. Alcohol creates an internal party of one. A place you can escape, even when your body isn't going anywhere. Problem is, you check out and miss out. This internal boundary/safe haven is somethi...

There's a reason you can't fathom a life without alcohol. When you try, it feels like a hole. The access to a part of you that will be missing forever. It's been the only portal to the desires you have of being a free, erotic Woman. Alcohol will never be what you want it to be or what it once was. However, there are parts of the IDEA of alcohol that you do want. The parts of the aut...

When we leave the results of NOT DRINKING, up to chance, 99% of the time, it will win. The other 1% is you holding on for dear life. In today's episode I talk about how the result of not drinking is 100% in your control. When we give away our power to ANY presence outside our ourselves, our results will stay open-ended, up to chance.  And we will live a life of uncertainty. If you want reliab...

The only way to dismantle old thoughts is to prove them wrong through emotional embodiment. When it comes to alcohol the the ability to think on purpose gets over run by the powerful and avoided sensations of urges and the other emotions that trigger them. Habitual alcohol consumption is a form of reinforced trauma. The use of alcohol, as the great invalidator says again and again, THE WAY YOU ARE...

Some times there isn't available SPACE in the body to bring in new emotions, before you clear the old ones out. That is why sometimes no matter how hard you try you have to change your mood, be grateful, think new thoughts, you have to accept moving through the uncomfortable emotions as a part of life and the road to more joy and freedom. This heaviness is often feelings of loneliness, depres...

Alcohol is the solution to the problem of drinking. Say what?!? When you get to this place, your dopamine reserves are always dipping below your baseline, creating a deficit.  This robs you from the  pleasures of natural dopamine rewards from things like hugs, food, cooking, dancing, playing, community and exercise. Places where you once found meaning. Places where you found purpose and pleasure f...

My wonderfully graceful client, Paula, learned that the only way to change, was to first admit what was wrong. Paula found herself and on the other side of the empty nest and was experiencing a transition in her purpose and identity.  The emotions became easier to avoid with wine, until the wine became the real problem. Changes in life create new thoughts and new emotions, especially when those ch...

Awareness is always the first step to a new relationship to alcohol. New knowledge and a new perspective is KEY to NEW results. If you can't clearly see where you ARE, you can't clearly see a new possibility. Learn how to grow your awareness in today's episode. What don't you know? What haven't you thought of? What thoughts do you believe that aren't serving you? What...

You already have all of the tools you need for change. First you need to become aware of them, understand how they can be applied to alcohol and stay inspired enough to use them. In today's episode I will highlight the five qualities that you already posses that will support your success in the process of chancing your relationship to alcohol. The first thing you are doing right is listening...

In today's episode, I speak to my brave and witty client about her transition from feeling powerless and divorced from spirit through compulsive behavior, to discovering the power of choice and the freedom of deciding not to be broken. Jessica shares her journey from a 12 step model of needing to prove she was 'good' to owning her authenticity and continued growth  in 1 on 1 coachin...

Whenever you undertake a new project, have a baby, start a job hunt, learn a new skill, there is preparation and dedication required. There is adjusting your schedule, shifting your priorities, waking up earlier and doing the work until you have the result you want. Changing your relationship to alcohol via your relationship to yourself is no different. You have to set the stage and create a conta...

How to stop caring what other people think about you drinking. (hint: they don't) Your relationship to alcohol is no one else's business but your own. The fourth mistake people make when trying to quit drinking is trying to read other peoples minds. When you are all in on a choice you have made, you care little about what other's think. Work on your own beliefs about alcohol first a...

Alcohol Is Queen and You're The Problem, so you think... The third mistake people make when trying to quit drinking is not having your own back. Not trusting that the life you want is better than a life with alcohol. Thinking that if you could just change alcohol might be accessible. The truth is, when you change and grow a more intimate relationship to yourself, you no longer DESIRE alcohol....

Got Strategy? The second mistake people make when trying to quit drinking is expecting different results with the same mindset. During this 5 part series,  I will teach you the five biggest mistakes people make when trying to quit drinking alcohol, how to recognize it, what to do different and how have some fun! Don't miss all 5, It's a game changer. Learn and stay accountable with prove...

Over the next five shows I will teach you the five biggest mistakes people make when trying to quit drinking, how to recognize it, what to do different and how have some fun! Don't miss all 5, It's a game changer. Find Freedom From Alcohol Forever: S chedule a complimentary alignment session:  HERE . Thank you for heading to Apple Podcast To Drop a 5 Star Review and What You LOVE about t...

Your relationship to alcohol begins and ends in understanding the relationship to yourself. Your personal monthly cycle is the ESSENCE of who you are and your emotional understanding. In today's episode I teach you the most important practice in understanding your relationship to alcohol, the practice of understanding your own personal cycles and rhythms. How to simply start to notice when da...

After a 44 year relationship with alcohol, my awe inspiring client, Laura was looking to mend a broken heart. She knew something had to give entering her 60th year, she thought "this can't be it." Refereeing to life and another disappointing relationship, when she stumbled on my podcast and learned how to "become the witness." She realized so many of her problems would nev...

There is SO much wisdom in this episode to inspire change to the next level. Alcohol truly is a scared journey of the self, exheplified in this client spotlight. Nura's story shows how alcohol doesn't have to be a part of everyday, or even monthly life to leave an imprint of habitual and limiting beliefs, unexamined emotions and unintentional self sabotage, but became a doorway to full a...

What are you celebrating today? This is the door way to real joy and creating vibrations that support the sometimes scary exploration of alcohol. Honoring Trauma  as a crucial step in healing your relationship to alcohol.  In this 3 Part Series, we will explore what trauma is, how it is stored in the body, how you cope with trauma via stress/neurosis.  Why this is inhibiting your ability for natur...

Honoring Trauma  as a crucial step in healing your relationship to alcohol.  In this 3 Part Series, we will explore what trauma is, how it is stored in the body, how you cope with trauma via stress/neurosis.  Why this is inhibiting your ability for natural joy/pleasure and is contributing to creating a stronger desire for alcohol.  What you can do from where you are and how to start letting joy in...

Honoring Trauma  as a crucial step in healing your relationship to alcohol.  In this 3 Part Series, we will explore what trauma is, how it is stored in the body, how you cope with trauma via stress/neurosis.  Why this is inhibiting your ability for natural joy/pleasure and is contributing to creating a stronger desire for alcohol.  What you can do from where you are and how to start letting joy in...

Our beautiful guest, Amanda Strojny, courageously shares her story of moving away from alcohol when she discovered her beliefs about alcohol and the truth of who she was and desired to become,  were not in alignment.  Removing the distortions of beliefs can sometimes feel chaotic which is why people avoid "reality". However this inner remodel is an opportunity to create more harmony in t...

Let's explore the word recovery and look at the limiting and fear based terms that are stigmatized when one takes a new approach to life and away from alcohol. It's for this reason, not drinking FEELS so scary. I found an amazing new way to define life on the other side of alcohol. One, where you not only HEAL, but you Ascend! If, that is, you want your life to look more like truth than...