Take a Break from Drinking

Find out why you might be using drinking as a form of self-care, why this isn't right or wrong, and a process for slowing down the habit.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/265

In this episode, I share why having competing desires isn't a problem, how you can better understand your urges, and then respond to them with intention and curiosity.    Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/264

In this episode, I share how feeling defeated impacts your ability to say no to a drink, and how you can use this feeling to learn more about your habit and create lasting change.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/263

Listen in this week to find out what really creates connection in relationships and how to change your habit while maintaining strong connections with others.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/262

You might think it's the most reliable way to feel the way you want to, but it's not. Find out why you keep turning to drinking to feel better and how to replace it with an option that truly is reliable and sustainable.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/261

In this episode, I show you why failure is part of the process of changing your habit and how to stop viewing having a drink as a bad thing.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/260

In this episode, I share why choosing to live powerfully can make saying no to a drink feel good, and why willpower alone isn't enough to change your habit.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/259

In this episode, find out why feeling virtuous won't help you change your relationship with your habit and neither will feeling punished when you say no. Instead, learn how to make the decision not to drink from a place that creates lasting change.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/258

This week, learn what fading affect bias is and how it affects your drinking, why trying to focus on the shame and regret drinking brings you won't help, and what will help you create permanent, sustainable change to your habit.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/257

Learn how to change your relationship with drinking by going to the source. Find out how to handle the discomfort of saying no to your desire and, if you're a coach, how to better help your clients with this.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/256

Discover what the real cause of your drinking habit is, why you've been conditioned to have this problem, and where to start if you want to change your relationship with drinking and all those other numbing behaviors.    Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/255

You might think that there's no point in trying to drink less over the holidays. Or, you might think that even if you do make a change, there's no way it will last. Discover how to break free from these thought patterns and start evolving into the next version of you, someone who has a radically different relationship with drinking.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelha...

This week, I invite you to reconsider what you're making your overdrinking mean. There is a purpose for it, and once you understand what it is, your relationship with your desire will completely change.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/253

In this episode, find out why labeling yourself as bad when you say yes to a drink does not make you a bad person, and why indulging in judgmental labeling like this actually fuels your habit.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/252

This week, learn why the purpose of taking a break isn't to get better at following rules or to get healthier, and how to stop constantly worrying about your habit.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/251

What I offer you in today's episode is to dig a little deeper into your permission-giving thoughts. Learn how to examine your desire to drink and the permission your brain comes up with, and how they both impact your habit.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/250

No matter your reason for taking a break, asking yourself "what is enough?" is important. In this episode, learn how to explore your habit through the idea of enoughness and why quantity isn't the only thing to focus on when examining your habit.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/249

If you take your drinking habit and your break from drinking really seriously, I invite you to stop. In this episode, you'll discover what happens when you ditch the seriousness you bring to your habit and instead get curious about why you're approaching it this way.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/248

I have great news: you don't have to worry about future drinking urges anymore. In this episode, find out why urges aren't a problem or something you need to worry about, and how to respond when the desire to drink inevitably comes up.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/247

In this episode, find out why avoiding people who drink won't make changing your habit any easier and what to do when you are around people who are drinking.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/246

You need to understand your urges so you can respond to them differently, and this takes time and practice. In this episode, you'll learn about the tools that will help change how you respond to urges and how to practice using them every day.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/245

The fine print on a bottle of beer usually says something like "drink responsibly" or "enjoy in moderation." But most of us have no idea what that actually means. So in this episode, find out what this contradictory messaging means and what you need to do to change your relationship with drinking.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/244

If you want to understand what you're getting out of your drinking habit, listen in. I'm sharing the desires that uncorking a bottle might be satisfying for you, and how to change your habit sustainably.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/243

Tune in today to find out if you've been sabotaging yourself with unproductive optimism and what to do instead to actually change your relationship with drinking.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/242

The thought "I feel behind" is common when trying to change your relationship with drinking. You might see the peers you used to party with growing out of it, and this thought will come up. Tune in today to find out why feeling behind with your drinking is so common, how to handle it, and a useful way to view this thought on your break from drinking.   Get full show notes and more information here...