Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
Tired of breaking your promise to go easy on the drinks tonight? You know your nightly habit isn't great for your health or waistline, but it's so hard to say no.
Sound familiar? Then you need Rachel. She knows what it's like to be fed up with your drinking, worried about judgment from others, and turned off by approaches that focus on a higher power instead of brain science.
Learn the exact steps she used to change her relationship with alcohol. Discover how the brain works, the real reason you crave a drink, the key to changing your desire, and how to decide what's right for you.
Create a life that is fun, spontaneous, relaxing, and, most importantly, pleasurable (no buzz necessary).
For her latest free class, visit linktr.ee/rachelhart or check out rachelhart.com for show notes and more.
Sound familiar? Then you need Rachel. She knows what it's like to be fed up with your drinking, worried about judgment from others, and turned off by approaches that focus on a higher power instead of brain science.
Learn the exact steps she used to change her relationship with alcohol. Discover how the brain works, the real reason you crave a drink, the key to changing your desire, and how to decide what's right for you.
Create a life that is fun, spontaneous, relaxing, and, most importantly, pleasurable (no buzz necessary).
For her latest free class, visit linktr.ee/rachelhart or check out rachelhart.com for show notes and more.
Episodes
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Apr 28, 2020 • 24min
171: Why Alcohol Is an Acquired Taste
As humans, we haven't evolved to innately enjoy the taste of alcohol. If you were honest with yourself, you might remember your first experience of it as a teenager or young adult causing a burning sensation or even gagging. Today, I'm showing you what it means to acquire a taste for alcohol, how it works, and why, if you want to change your relationship with drinking, it's necessary to see how you've learned to like it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/171
Apr 21, 2020 • 31min
170: Are You Drinking to Cope?
Join me this week as I outline what coping really means and why I chose to come up with a definition for it myself. I'm offering a couple of key questions you can ask yourself to see if your coping mechanisms are producing results you like, so you can choose different thoughts that may serve you better if they aren't. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/170
Apr 14, 2020 • 33min
169: Why Positive Thinking Backfires
Join me this week as I show you why positive thinking backfires, how to redirect your brain in a way that will help you move forward, and the true power of learning to manage your mind. Letting go of positive thinking will allow you to make space for all of your experiences and give you deeper insights into how to move through your negative emotions in a cleaner way. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/169
Apr 7, 2020 • 24min
168: When Will This Be Over?
Join me this week as I show you how to come out stronger on the other side of this pandemic, and how you can find moments of peace and joy once you let go of willpower. Telling yourself that you need to know an end date isn't going to make the process any easier, and the same is true when you're trying to change the habit of drinking. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/168
Apr 1, 2020 • 8min
Special Episode: Believe in You
People will tell you that "all bets are off," liquor stores are "essential" services, and alcohol is "needed" to cope with this crisis. They're wrong. You don't. You can use this time to learn how to have your own back and believe in your ability to see yourself through anything, including a pandemic. Want to learn how? Check out my special class on coping with COVID-19 anxiety https://rachelhart.com/covid19
Mar 31, 2020 • 27min
167: Emotional Fluency
Join me this week as I walk you through how to start creating emotional fluency for yourself, and how this is going to help you figure out a new way to respond and relate to your emotions. Through this work, you'll feel more empowered over your emotions and find different ways to examine your think-feel-act cycles. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/167
Mar 30, 2020 • 10min
Special Episode: Busy or Bored
In the middle of this pandemic are you busy or bored? Do you wish you had the opposite problem? Today, I'm explaining how both being busy and being bored are really the same thing and offer us the same opportunity: learning how to manage your mind. All you need is one simple tool. Check out my previous episode, #48 How Questions Work In Your Brain, and start practicing this skill today https://rachelhart.com/48
Mar 29, 2020 • 10min
Special Episode: Hope
What is hope really, and how can you have more of it at a time like this? Not to be confused with idealism, optimism, or wishful thinking, hope is a muscle that you can strengthen. Join me on this episode as I explain how you can create more hope in your life no matter what is happening, and check out an earlier episode, #43 Be Where You Are, to learn how to cultivate this skill https://rachelhart.com/43
Mar 28, 2020 • 12min
Special Episode: Resentment
Right now resentment toward others abounds. Many people are certain that others have it easier or are responding to the virus in the wrong way. The problem with resentment is that there's no upside for you. We never know what someone else's emotional experience is like, no matter how certain we feel. If you want to learn how to let go of this emotion, check out my previous episode #62 Self-Pity https://rachelhart.com/62
Mar 27, 2020 • 10min
Special Episode: Regret
COVID-19 has put into such sharp relief what's actually important in life because it's made death so much more present in our daily lives. Learn how you can use this time to really focus on what you truly desire and how you want to spend your time. A simple exercise will help you get crystal clear on what it is you deeply want. To go deeper into the topic of what you really desire check out an earlier episode #42 Celebrating You. https://rachelhart.com/42
