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What if the urge to drink isn't an enemy to fight, but a part of you trying to help with the only tool it knows? In this Alcohol Freedom Coaching episode, two Path members discover what shifts when they stop battling cravings and hard emotions and get curious instead. Coach Cole works with Tim, three months into The Path, who can go out with friends without drinking but finds the urge waiting for him on his daily trip to the market. Tim is tired of white-knuckling and wants to get back to the clear-headed, energetic person he knows he is. Then Coach Zoë talks with Jannie, who noticed that once she stopped fighting and resisting her emotions, she began to feel more peaceful. She shares the night she had a strong craving next to a bottle shop and simply drove home, and why checking in on an evening coaching call has become her way of celebrating each alcohol-free day. What You'll Hear Why fighting the urge to drink can make giving in more likely, and what Tim notices on the days it isn't a fight A new way to see the voice that says "have a drink": not as an enemy, but as something with good intentions and bad tools The small change to Tim's daily routine that takes the wine aisle out of the equation Why Jannie realized that resisting her emotions only kept them coming back How Jannie learned to receive support and offer herself the compassion she gives others Celebrating each alcohol-free day as practice in celebrating yourself "What I'm after is freedom." — Tim Episode page: https://thisnakedmind.com/done-fighting-the-urge-to-drink-alcohol-freedom-coaching-ep-957/ Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! About Your Host Cole Harvey is a Certified Naked Mind Senior Coach. For years, he felt lost and used alcohol to cope, until he decided to go alcohol-free and focus on finding his purpose. Through curiosity, self-compassion, and adventure, he transformed his life. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps young men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ Zoë Ewart is a Certified Naked Mind Senior Coach who brings her experience and understanding to help with the tricky parts of life’s big changes. Her coaching gives you an enjoyable, light-hearted, and safe environment to effortlessly take back control of alcohol so you can feel better physically, mentally, and spiritually. Zoë taught Pilates for 15 years. She has four adult children and more animals than the Ark ever had. Learn more about Coach Zoë: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/zoe-ewart/ This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Primal Queen: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: Save 25% on your first AG1 subscription, including AG1 Next Gen or Pro. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND Primal Queen: For a limited time only, you can shop their biggest sale of the year! Just visit primalqueen.com/NAKEDMIND. 

Does alcohol-free life get better, or does the early glow eventually fade? Martha spent 25 years in the wine business, and she's back to share why her alcohol-free life has never once felt ho-hum. Martha first shared her story on EP 267 Naked Life Story – Martha. Now she sits down with Coach Hayley to talk about what's happened since. She explains how one better question changed everything, how she brought her love of food, wine and hospitality into the world of alcohol-free drinks, and why people from inside the industry now reach out to her for coaching. She also takes us to her first all-night rave in Paris, explains why sensory pleasure turned out to be a form of mindfulness, and shares the question she'd invite anyone starting out to ask. Why losing her identity as the go-to wine resource was Martha's biggest fear The question that replaced "Do you think I drink too much?" and changed everything How she doubled down on what she loves about food, wine and hospitality, without the alcohol What an all-night rave in Paris taught her about how often our brains get it wrong Why paying attention to your senses is a form of mindfulness that can help with cravings Why a break from drinking should feel like a pleasure, not a punishment "I have not stopped for one minute being in love with this freedom." — Martha Episode page: https://thisnakedmind.com/does-alcohol-free-life-get-better-where-are-they-now-ep-956/ Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! Hayley Scherders is a certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach with training from the Canadian Addiction and Mental Health Association. Drawing from personal experiences, Hayley understands how tough change can be and provides a safe, compassionate, and judgment-free space where her clients can feel supported. She believes that with the right mindset, anyone can change their life at any time. Learn more about Coach Hayley: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/hayley-scherders/ This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Primal Queen: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: Save 25% on your first AG1 subscription, including AG1 Next Gen or Pro. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND Primal Queen: For a limited time only, you can shop their biggest sale of the year! Just visit primalqueen.com/NAKEDMIND. 

Trigger warning: This episode mentions an eating disorder and a childhood shaped by a parent's drinking. What if the craving you keep fighting isn't your enemy? In this episode, two members of The Path stop running from hard feelings and learn to sit with them instead. Karen grew up the youngest of eight, in a house where no one could make a sound for fear of setting off her father. With Coach Zoë, she sees how wine became a secret way to cope almost the moment her eating disorder ended, and she meets the little girl who never got the care she needed. Amy's witching hour starts mid-afternoon, and the back-and-forth in her head can last for hours. With Coach Cole, she tries something new: getting curious about the discomfort instead of battling it. If you may be physically dependent on alcohol, please speak with a medical professional before cutting back or stopping. What You'll Hear Why Karen's daily wine started almost the same moment her eating disorder ended How a childhood spent bracing for danger can keep you running as an adult The two-chair exercise that helps Karen connect with her younger self A simple way to disrupt the drinking habit by changing what you drink and how Why fighting a craving for hours can make giving in feel like relief How Amy uses curiosity and compassion to sit with sadness, and what it told her "I've never really sat with a discomfort on that deep of a level. So it just… it's giving me hope." (Amy) Episode page: https://thisnakedmind.com/why-cant-i-sit-with-discomfort-alcohol-freedom-coaching-ep-955/ Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! About Your Host Zoë Ewart is a Certified Naked Mind Senior Coach who brings her experience and understanding to help with the tricky parts of life’s big changes. Her coaching gives you an enjoyable, light-hearted, and safe environment to effortlessly take back control of alcohol so you can feel better physically, mentally, and spiritually. Zoë taught Pilates for 15 years. She has four adult children and more animals than the Ark ever had. Learn more about Coach Zoë: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/zoe-ewart/ Cole Harvey is a Certified Naked Mind Senior Coach. For years, he felt lost and used alcohol to cope, until he decided to go alcohol-free and focus on finding his purpose. Through curiosity, self-compassion, and adventure, he transformed his life. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps young men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND

For Nan, drinking started young, as a way to prove she was grown up and could handle anything. Decades of nightly wine later, she found that letting go of drinking also meant letting go of an identity, and it gave her a quiet mind. Nan built a financial advisory practice she loved, and for decades a glass or two of wine closed out every evening. It was how she wound down, and it felt like who she was. A 10-day break with her partner felt like pure deprivation. Then a colleague asked Nan to support her through a 30-day alcohol experiment, and Nan started reading along. Her sleep improved, and she later joined The Path, where the nonstop chatter about drinking finally went quiet. If you may be physically dependent on alcohol, please speak with a medical professional before cutting back or stopping. What You'll Hear Why drinking became Nan's way of proving she was grown up and could handle anything Why a 10-day break felt like deprivation, and what made a 30-day experiment feel different The afternoon chatter about drinking, and what finally made it go quiet Why a year of “firsts” changed her mind about a 12-month program What her first alcohol-free holidays with family were like What Nan would say to someone a few days into their first break “I don't think they're talking about the inner peace that comes from that first drink every evening.” – Nan Episode page: https://thisnakedmind.com/letting-go-of-drinking-as-her-identity-nans-naked-life-ep-954/ Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! About Your Host Cole Harvey is a Certified Naked Mind Senior Coach. For years, he felt lost and used alcohol to cope, until he decided to go alcohol-free and focus on finding his purpose. Through curiosity, self-compassion, and adventure, he transformed his life. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps young men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND

Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 953 Trigger warning: this episode contains references to the death of a child and suicidal thoughts. The lawn is mowed. The garden is weeded. And the stress is still there, with a voice in Sharon's head getting louder by the minute. Just have a couple glasses of wine. You'd feel better. Vera's voice says something else. You'll be boring. You won't fit in. For two years after her daughter died, a drink was the only way she could cry. Feeling your feelings without alcohol is scary when a drink has always been the thing that made them bearable. So what happens if you let the feeling stay? Coaches Cole and Hayley offer curiosity as the first step, and a way to feel safe taking it. Sharon discusses: - The work travel and family stress behind her loudest cravings - Why "This will pass" works some days and not others - How scary it feels to stop pushing the stress away - What she finds under her heart when she finally looks Vera discusses: - Grieving her daughter without a drink - The "romantic idea" of moderating that her heart won't let go of - The kid in the house on wheels who still feels left out - What it would feel like to fit in with herself - And more… Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! Cole Harvey is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ Hayley Scherders is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach with training from the Canadian Addiction and Mental Health Association. Hayley understands how tough change can be and provides a safe, compassionate, and judgment-free space where her clients can feel supported. Learn more about Coach Hayley: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/hayley-scherders/ Episode links: nakedmindpath.com More on this episode: https://thisnakedmind.com/podcast/feeling-your-feelings-without-alcohol-alcohol-freedom-coaching-ep-953/ Related episodes: How I Stopped Using Alcohol For Stress Relief | Naked Life Story | EP 715 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-715-naked-life-story-allison-b/ Is Life Boring Without Alcohol? | Reader Question | EP 342 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-342-reader-question-is-life-boring-without-alcohol/ Finding Your True Self and Building Genuine Connections Without Alcohol | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 821 – https://thisnakedmind.com/building-genuine-connections-without-alcohol-e821/ Follow on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-naked-mind-podcast/id1287269357 Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UB06sNguPjVvgAYFBcR9I?si=b7568f24c21249ff This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND

Paul spent years drinking every day and waking up with harsh words for himself. In this episode, he shares how he stepped out of that cycle, filled his days with yoga, music and coaching, and found a life that feels like freedom. What happens after the last drink? For Paul, stopping was only the start. Rebuilding your life after drinking, he says, takes more than removing the alcohol. Paul is a certified This Naked Mind coach in England who started drinking at 14. He talks with host Cole about weekends that turned into daily drinking, moderation rules that stopped working, and self-talk that wore down his self-esteem. Then he shares what came next: a yoga retreat weeks after his last drink, a creative outlet in music, and a life that feels like freedom. What You'll Hear How hotel stays for work turned weekend drinking into an everyday habit What happened when the rules of an online moderation group stopped working How a daily cycle of promises and self-criticism wore down his self-esteem, and how it lifted The yoga retreat, weeks after his last drink, that brought him to tears on a beach Why stopping drinking was only the first step for Paul The two-column exercise Paul would hand his younger self “You realize you're giving up nothing.” -Paul Mentioned in This Episode: This Naked Mind by Annie Grace: https://amzn.to/2Abuidd This Naked Mind Coaching: https://thisnakedmind.com/coaching/ Episode page: https://thisnakedmind.com/podcast/rebuilding-your-life-after-drinking-pauls-naked-life/ Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! About Your Host Cole Harvey is a Certified Naked Mind Senior Coach. For years, he felt lost and used alcohol to cope, until he decided to go alcohol-free and focus on finding his purpose. Through curiosity, self-compassion, and adventure, he transformed his life. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps young men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND

Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 951 Angie puts Visine in every morning before anyone sees her eyes. Andrea has done everything right for seventy-six days and still can't shake the feeling that something's wrong with how easy it's been. The same question plagues them both: why do I think I have to suffer to quit drinking? Coaches Hayley and Cole ask the hard questions to uncover why they feel they still need to punish themselves for their drinking. Angie discusses: The nightly habit that starts long before the first drink Why "I can't do it" became a self-fulfilling loop The data point that changed how she sees a slip A new way to start the morning that has nothing to do with willpower Andrea discusses: Seventy-six days alcohol-free that felt almost too easy The old belief that success has to come from struggle What she realized about the difference between work and suffering Why she finally feels like she's earned where she's at And more… Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! Hayley Scherders is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach with training from the Canadian Addiction and Mental Health Association. Hayley understands how tough change can be and provides a safe, compassionate, and judgment-free space where her clients can feel supported. Learn more about Coach Hayley: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/hayley-scherders/ Cole Harvey is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ Episode links: nakedmindpath.com More on this episode: https://thisnakedmind.com/podcast/does-quitting-drinking-have-to-be-a-struggle-alcohol-freedom-coaching-ep-951/ Related episodes: Shifting Mindset for Lasting Change | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 783 – https://thisnakedmind.com/shifting-beliefs-changing-habits-alcohol-freedom-coaching-e783/ Naked Life Story – Ginelle T. | EP 693 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-693-naked-life-story-ginelle-t/ Reader Question – What is a data point? | EP 520 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-520-reader-question-what-is-a-data-point/  Follow on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-naked-mind-podcast/id1287269357 Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UB06sNguPjVvgAYFBcR9I?si=b7568f24c21249ff This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND

Pam's Naked Life | EP 950 A beer holder isn't a standard feature on a lawnmower, but Pam made it one. From grass-cutting buddy to personal therapist, she gave alcohol dozens of jobs, starting at age seven, when a sip of her mother's wine felt like "the elixir of life." Figuring out why moderation doesn't work took Pam the better part of a decade. Willpower didn't work, rules were made to be broken, and the way out wasn't about trying harder; it was about testing her beliefs one by one. Pam and Coach Cole discuss: Calling alcohol "the elixir of life" at seven years old, and the job she gave it as a teenager just to fit in The moderation rules that never survived a single week, and disguising her voice to order This Naked Mind from her hometown bookstore Why AA didn't stick, and not yet knowing alcohol is an addictive drug The lawnmower insert built to hold a beer, and the small, deliberate tests that took it out of her hand Walking past a cooler of beer at the airport, months into an alcohol-free life, on a solo trip built to test herself And more on flying to Denver for the very first class of TNM coaches, and what Annie Grace said the day Pam tried to thank her… Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! Pam McRae is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach, Master Life Coach, and Gray Area Drinking Coach. Pam empowers others through her Freedom Connection group coaching, where people support each other in their alcohol journeys.  Learn more about Coach Pam: http://thisnakedmind.com/coach/pam-mcrae/ Cole Harvey is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ Episode links: More on this episode: This Naked Mind Institute: https://www.thisnakedmindinstitute.com/tnmi-home Related episodes: Drink To Fit In | Nat X's Naked Life | EP 439 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-439-naked-life-story-nat-x/ How I Quit Drinking Without AA | Bo's Naked Life | EP 555 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-555-naked-life-story-bo/ Is Drinking in Moderation Possible? | Reader Question | EP 08 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-08-reader-question-moderation-possible/  Follow on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-naked-mind-podcast/id1287269357 Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UB06sNguPjVvgAYFBcR9I?si=b7568f24c21249ff This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND

Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 949 Alcohol and emotional regulation. For a long time, they were basically the same thing for Gwen and Cynthia. Gwen can feel sure she doesn’t want to drink, then find herself wavering in a grocery store parking lot when her husband asks if she wants wine. Cynthia has spent decades on a farm she calls Never Done, 26 of them alone, pouring wine from a box because for much of her life, drinking was the only way she knew how to cry. Coaches Cole and Hayley help them start figuring out what alcohol has been doing for them, and what might work instead. Gwen discusses: Making it four or five days without alcohol, then hitting the weekend Why alcohol in the house is fine until her husband asks if she wants some Wine as permission to lower the walls she keeps up almost everywhere else The one boundary she realizes she needs to say out loud And more... Cynthia discusses: Why she calls alcohol an anesthetic Living alone on a farm called Never Done and when solitude started feeling like loneliness The losses she could not cry about for years What being told to “ignore it” as a little girl taught her to do with hard feelings Learning to ask for help after a lifetime of being fiercely independent And more... Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious!  Cole Harvey is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ Hayley Scherders is a Certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach with training from the Canadian Addiction and Mental Health Association. Hayley understands how tough change can be and provides a safe, compassionate, and judgment-free space where her clients can feel supported. Learn more about Coach Hayley: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/hayley-scherders/ Episode links: More on this episode:  Join The Path: nakedmindpath.com Related episodes: Feeling Your Emotions Without Alcohol | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | E799 – https://thisnakedmind.com/understanding-the-urge-to-drink-e799/ Breaking Free From Secret Drinking and Emotional Disconnection | Kate's Naked Life | E806 – https://thisnakedmind.com/how-alcohol-keeps-you-from-feeling-emotions-e806/ Reader's Question – Healing Emotional Pain Without Alcohol | EP 706 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-706-readers-question-healing-emotional-pain-without-alcohol/ Follow on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-naked-mind-podcast/id1287269357 Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UB06sNguPjVvgAYFBcR9I?si=b7568f24c21249ff  This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND

Lisa’s Naked Life | EP 948 Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to domestic conflict, impaired driving with a minor in the vehicle, and a cancer diagnosis. Six beers in, Lisa drove her fifteen-year-old son to a friend's house. It wasn't the first time she'd driven after drinking, but something about that night finally scared her. By then, she was drinking about two bottles of wine most nights. Her marriage was falling apart, and she'd been sleeping in the guest room. That night, she admitted to herself that she couldn't keep living this way. She stopped drinking the next day and started wrestling with a bigger question instead: How do I forgive myself for the things I did while drinking? Lisa and Coach Cole discuss: ●       Why she still resists calling her father "an alcoholic," even after decades of watching him drink and drive ●       What her father's own DUI and forced AA meetings taught her about shame, and why she built her coaching style in the opposite direction ●       Being six months alcohol-free before an unexpected stage 3 cancer diagnosis, and what forgiveness had to do with getting through it ●       The real difference between therapy and coaching, and why Lisa refuses to blur the two even though she's licensed in both ●       And more on Dr. Joe Dispenza, meditation, and how Lisa finally forgave the woman she used to be… Ready to take the next step? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! Episode links: Join The Path - nakedmindpath.com Related episodes: Why Do I Drink To Escape My Problems? | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | E780 – https://thisnakedmind.com/real-relief-when-life-gets-hard-alcohol-freedom-coaching-e780/ Using Alcohol To Cope With Trauma | Naked Life Story | EP 723 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-723-naked-life-story-julie-c/ How To Stay Sober Under Stress | Reader Question | EP 314 – https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-314-reader-question-how-do-i-stay-sober-in-trying-times/ Follow on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-naked-mind-podcast/id1287269357 Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UB06sNguPjVvgAYFBcR9I?si=b7568f24c21249ff This episode is sponsored by Instant Hydration, Quince, AG1, and Hungryroot: Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠⁠⁠quince.com/naked⁠⁠⁠ Hungryroot: Save 40% on your first order PLUS a free item at ⁠⁠⁠hungryroot.com/mind⁠⁠ CODE: mind⁠ Instant Hydration: Save 40% on your first subscription order at instanthydration.com/nakedmind CODE: NAKEDMIND AG1: For a limited time get a free Immune Support Bundle, including a bottle of Omega-3 fish oil and a bottle of Vitamin D3K2, with your first subscription order. DrinkAG1.com/NAKEDMIND