Alcohol-Free Advantage Podcast with Andy Ramage

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Will Polston, author of "North Star Thinking" and a transformative business strategist, delves into the quest for purpose. He emphasizes the significance of identifying a 'North Star' to guide your life decisions. The conversation highlights the empowering journey of adopting an alcohol-free lifestyle, enhancing mental clarity and productivity. Polston also discusses the profound effects of gratitude and self-compassion, advocating that sobriety can unlock deeper fulfillment and connection to one’s true values.

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Scott Harrison, founder of the Six Pack Revolution, shares his inspiring journey towards alcohol-free living and optimal health. He discusses the life-changing effects of removing alcohol, emphasizing nutrition as key to 90% of our health outcomes. Listeners will discover how to shift mindsets around aging and celebrate life without alcohol. Harrison also highlights the importance of personal accountability in making lasting lifestyle changes and offers actionable insights for those ready to embrace a healthier, happier life.

To take the Get Dryy Course, click here https://www.dryyapp.com/get-dryy"Better Life, More Time: Matt Pink’s Journey Off the Sesh, living Alcohol-Free and helping others GETDRYY!”This week, on The Alcohol-Free Advantage Podcast, I am buzzing to bring you my good mate - our one and only Mr Matt Pink!Co-Founder of the ‘DRYY’ app -  A guy with a ‘Better life’, now he lives Alcohol Free - Matt has jumped on to share some of his TOP TIPS and Insights into living and thriving, Alcohol free! This episode focuses on the time we gain when we remove alcohol. Matt is a prime example of what’s possible with that extra time— As well as being a busy husband and father, he has co-founded the incredible DRYY app; a supportive, fun, sober community for like-minded people, that offers daily motivational chats, physical challenges, meet ups, festivals and a bundle more! I am so grateful to Matt for finding the TIME to chat with me - As a close mate, I am always inspired and excited to connect with a Guy who really does ‘what it says on the tin’ - lives and shares his ‘Better Life’ now he is Alcohol Free. Join us for this brilliant conversation, where we chat about: -Sceptism in the early days - Do we really gain more time?The ‘bookends’ of the day that were taken by Alcohol.Fading effect bias - Watch out for it!Finding out what we like to do! Continuing to build and grow. Caffeine! - side effects and giving it up! GETDRYY: 1 or 3 month challenge to remove alcohol! The benefits of being in a group when challenging ourselves to change behaviours. My main takeaway from this chat is the POWER of teamwork. Matt shares stories of people on the GETDRYY programme who are now friends for life, through their shared experience of supporting and encouraging each other through the early days of removing alcohol. Comment below, Share and tag someone you think would benefit from Matt's honest reflections about the TIME we gain in our lives and what we can do with it! Lets Do this! Your coachAndy

Klaus Neilsen, an executive coach and former Buddhist monk, shares his captivating journey from cyber hacking and DJing to living a life of purpose. He discusses the challenges he faced with alcohol and how it obstructed his spiritual growth. Klaus emphasizes the importance of confronting life's bigger questions and finding joy in sobriety. He highlights the shift from self-centeredness to generosity, illustrating how helping others brings true fulfillment. Klaus's insights encourage embracing change and developing a meaningful life through inner exploration.

This week, on The Alcohol-Free Advantage Podcast, the man behind the Instagram handle, ‘Dapper Laughs,’ Daniel O’Reilly joins me for one of the most frank and honest chats I have had so far. This episode is JAM PACKED with useful, actionable advice - get your pen and paper at the ready! Daniel is a busy man! An Entrepreneur, Comedian (currently on a Sell out tour,) Film-maker, Podcast host, mental health advocate, charity founder and a loving husband and father of 3 beautiful girls. I am so grateful he found some time to come and chat to us about his own experience of removing alcohol, what that meant for his ‘brand’ (that was built around drink and drug taking,) what he has and continues to discover about himself and the key advantages that he has noticed in his life. Daniel brings his honest, passionate self to this chat, sharing the highs and lows (and everything in between) he has experienced since removing alcohol.Daniel speaks with real passion about his personal transformation and is the ultimate example of the ‘Limitless pill effect’ and how much removing alcohol can skyrocket our potential! Join us for this conversation packed full of actionable insights, where we chat about: -Stumbling into Sobriety.Supporting Men with their Mental Health.The cultural norms around drinking and drugs, through teenage years.ADHD: How this impacts the effect of alcohol and drugs.Resilience: How we develop it and the positive effects.Relapse: How we become consciously aware of our thoughts.Does change come at the stage of ACTION or CONTEMPLATION?Boundaries: Learning how to put ourselves first.Accountability: Finding your tribe, your support, your community. I left this conversation blown away by how much Daniel has learnt about himself since going Alcohol free. His enthusiasm for living a full, happy life is tangible and infectious! My biggest takeaway from this chat was just how much more productive, efficient and successful we become across all areas of our lives, when we remove alcohol!Comment below and let me know your biggest takeaway from this powerful episode! Tag or share with someone who you think would enjoy hearing about the man behind the jokes. Lets Do this! 

Have you ever experienced a lack of motivation?Have you ever struggled to stay motivated when moving towards a goal?If this sounds like you read on…On today's mid-week momentum podcast, I cover five motivational traps you must avoid to make lasting changes in your life, from quitting alcohol to starting an exercise routine.You will also discover how I made my singing debut at the Royal Albert Hall !!Here are two motivational traps to warm you up, you will find the rest on the podcast (See below for links)1. Why can’t I find a big enough ‘why’?I get the ‘why’ idea. But it’s been totally miss-sold. Finding a big enough ‘why’ that will unlock endless motivation is a 10,000/1 shot that, for the vast majority, never comes in. The conventional ‘why’ wisdom, lures us in to read the books, embrace the one superpower ‘why’ dream and then when we run out of motivation a few months, weeks or days later - we are left confused - why? Because in the real world, brainstorming your ‘why’s’ is a great way to generate motivation to get started towards your goals, but it’s not enough to keep you showing up.Caveat - I fully accept that if you are one of the very lucky few to latch onto a super-powered ‘why’ it can fuel endless motivation. So I agree with Nietzsche, the great German philosopher when we said,“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how”But for everyone else, the ‘why’ dream is a massive long shot.So for everyone who can’t find the one ‘why’, which is most of the planet - we need a different type of motivation, which I’ll cover in the next common mistake.2. Motivation changes over timeWhen you listen to people talk about their goals before they take any action, you will hear lots of nice shiny ‘why’s’ such as: I am doing it to make my family proud, to raise money, because I should get healthy… But if you listen to how successful people talk during their challenges, the conversation changes. A successful changer's motivational time frame is often different. It’s no longer about abstract or future-dated why’s or why they should; it’s about motivational wins in the moment. They have figured out the secret - the motivation to keep showing up is different from the motivation you need to get started.I talk a lot Why’s are not enoughLet’s take the classic goal that so many of us struggle with - physical movement.Think of someone you know who is uber-fit, healthy and moves their body every day. If you ask them why they exercise, they will not answer with traditional why’s such as to make my family proud, or because the doctor told me, or because I should… No, they will tell you something different. They will wax lyrical about the wins during the goal task itself:“I run because I love the feeling of moving my body”“When I am swimming the world disappears, it’s like meditation for me”“Walking and talking with my friends is the best part of my day; movement and connection is bliss.”Therefore, the secret to limitless motivation is to focus on the wins of the goal activity!For the next three motivational traps to avoid tun into the podcast!Your coachAndyPS - Jan's diploma in coaching course is filling up!!  If you want to transform your mind, body, and potentially career and go on a six-month learning adventure with me, then come with me and learn to coach.In January, I will personally train a small group in the art of life/executive/alcohol-free coaching so they, too, can unlock the meaning they seek by “giving back”.Click the button below to watch a short 20-minute workshop that will explain everything and get you supercharged for 2025!Click the link to find out more - https://andyramagetraining.com/dcpp-course-details/