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Take a Break from Drinking is your go-to resource on why people drink and how to take a breather without missing out on life. You’ll hear from certified life coach Rachel Hart about why changing habits can be tricky, how to decrease your desire, and why there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. If you’re tired of hangovers and regrets and not into labels or powerlessness, this podcast is for you. Listeners will learn how to use the tools outlined in her book, Why Can’t I Drink Like Everyone Else?, to feel healthier and happier right away. Get your copy of The Four Biggest Misconceptions about Drinking (and how they’re holding you back) at http://www.rachelhart.com/misconceptions.
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This week, we explore the seemingly impossible task of taking a break from drinking. Join me as I share with you the one belief you're holding on to that isn't serving you, and discover a simple, foolproof, and most importantly, accurate belief you can replace it with to help you change your drinking.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/58
1Join me this week as we explore the role of dopamine in your brain and teach you how to challenge your thinking when you're struggling to have a good time. I also explain the ways in which you might be hindering your progress when it comes to changing your drinking – especially if you're struggling to enjoy yourself with a glass in your hand!
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/57
Join me this week as I delve into why your opinion of you should be your number one priority, and how focusing your energy there is the key to successfully changing the habits, like drinking, that aren't serving you. We'll explore how focusing on the results you're getting is fundamental in shifting your mindset.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/56
The belief that you need to escape your life in order to solve your problems is incredibly common. I'll explain why this is, how this belief works in the think-feel-act cycle, and why this can cause problems when you want to take a break from drinking.
Tune in this week as I show you how you can use situations where people are drinking to your advantage, and successfully change your desire to drink.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/55
On this episode of Take a Break from Drinking, we delve into the pros and cons of labels and why human use them to describe ourselves and others. I dissect three most-common labels connected to the struggle with alcohol, and explain why you may choose not to label yourself when it comes to the think-feel-act cycle.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/54
Today, I want to talk about the reason why you’re still not taking action, or why you might be playing around with the idea, but not committing to change. Tune in as I share a powerful exercise to help you identify and understand the alternative option you’re weighing instead of taking it entirely off the table to commit to what you want.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/53
In Episode 22 I talked about why you need a compelling reason. Today, I want to take this work even deeper and so that you can find one that works for you, and understand how to avoid the most common mistakes. I'll also show you how to connect with your compelling reason on a regular basis to make sure you don’t fall back into your old, unwanted patterns.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/52
This week, I explain why alcohol and food are NOT your friends and how that thinking is holding you back from creating meaningful change in your life. Tune in to hear about five important thing s that food and alcohol will never be able to do for you and why you might want to consider reaching out to a flesh-and-blood friend if you’re working on changing your drinking.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/51
This week, we're talking about why you’re actually moving backward if you’re not growing and how changing your view of discomfort will not only set you up to have an entirely different year but how it can set you up to have an entirely different life.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/50
On this episode, we explore how having a regular habit of drinking may be affecting your physical wellbeing and why many of you don’t attribute it to what you’re putting in their body.
Tune in to find out why you should consider not settling when it comes to your health and see how much better you may feel after taking a break.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/49
On this episode, we explore how you use questions – a huge part of the chatter that goes on in your mind – to keep yourselves stuck and unable to change your drinking habits. We look at what happens in your brain when you pose questions to yourself and why the odds are stacked against you.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/48
Join us on this episode as we pull back the curtain on where your rebellion around drinking comes from and why it’s crucial to understand this when working on changing your habits. We also explore how using certain language can increase your desire to drink and how to begin reducing your unconsciously created rebellion that's getting in the way of taking a break.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/47
This week, we’re going deep into the Cycle to take a look at how you can go from understanding the framework to actually using it as a tool. Listen in as I break down each individual part of the Cycle in detail and show you the process of how you can begin applying it to change your drinking habits and transform your life.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/46
In this episode of Take a Break from Drinking, we pull back the curtain on how the language you unconsciously use to describe your feelings and urges, can actually be unhelpful. The good news is that once you understand how this process works, you can harness different metaphors to help you change your drinking.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/45
In this episode, we take a look at why the holidays seem to never change and what you can do to have a different experience this year, especially if you're working on taking a break from drinking. I share powerful tools and strategies that you can use this season to help you interrupt your habits and finally get the results that you want.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/44
In this session, I explain how you can learn to cultivate the skill of “being where you are” – a practice that will reveal just how often your brain goes into the negative past or negative future.
Tune in to find out how you can identify unconscious negative thoughts and emotions that contribute to how you feel and the relief that you're seeking at the end of the day.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/43
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Today, we explore the power in learning how to celebrate you. We look at why we often turn to a drink to celebrate ourselves, how to start building a different skill, and the benefits of this practice.
Get full show notes and more information here:http://www.rachelhart.com/42
On this episode of Take a Break, we look at the role being able to be alone by yourself with no distractions plays in changing your drinking habits, plus we dig into why it’s so difficult for most of you. Tune in as I share a step-by-step process to help you get started spending time in solitude with your thoughts, and radically transform your life.
Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/41
Join me on this episode as we talk about how the idea of being blessed can actually work against you and may prevent you from changing your drinking. If you ever thought to yourself, “I’m so blessed… I have no right to feel this way or complain," this episode is for you.
Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.rachelhart.com/40
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this is a very good podcast and is very insightful and inspiring
I signed up via email, but I only received day 1 and 2 videos??