Take a Break from Drinking
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.
Latest episodes
Jun 4, 2019 • 26min
124: How to “Take It or Leave It” with Drinking
In today's episode, I'm breaking down the take-it-or-leave-it mindset so you can assess whether it's really something you want to work toward. I talk about creating an indifference to alcohol and what that will look and feel like, and how you can get there. And we'll talk about why it's so important to examine the thoughts and feelings underpinning your relationship to alcohol, rather than focusing just on the quantity of what you're drinking. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/124
May 28, 2019 • 23min
123: Why Things Get Worse Before They Get Better
This episode is about why things may seem to get worse when you take a break from drinking. Spoiler: things aren't actually getting worse - you're just finally seeing them for what they really are. Once you stop numbing your feelings with alcohol, you may realize that things aren't pretty. Tools like the think-feel-act cycle can not only help you move through this uncomfortable, difficult transition - they can help you realize on the other side of the struggle, a beautiful life is waiting. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/123
May 21, 2019 • 25min
122: What to Do After Drinking Too Much
This episode walks you through the process of understanding why you overdrank the night before and how you can react differently the next time your urge to drink arises. We'll explore how the Think Feel Act cycle interacts with your desires and how to press pause on that urge to drink. And I'll give you a list of questions to ask yourself so you can better understand your actions and change them in the future. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/122
May 14, 2019 • 28min
121: Picturing Yourself Without the Desire to Drink
This week, I'm discussing how you can picture a future version of yourself who doesn't have the desire to reach for a drink. This may seem dubious, and I'm sure many of you are going to question this concept, but honing the practice of imagination, to step out of the current box you're in, will transform the way you think about the habit. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/121
May 7, 2019 • 30min
120: Listener Q&A: Handling Comments About Not Drinking
Tune in as I analyze the four comments from others that my featured listener struggles with and how you can formulate a response when faced with similar questions. This will not only help you apply the work more deeply to changing the habit, but it will also transform any area of your life that you're working to better. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/120
Apr 30, 2019 • 28min
119: It Doesn't Matter
In this episode, I talk about why "it doesn't matter" is such a sneaky, detrimental thought. I walk through some of the situations where it's most common for this thought to crop up, and what you should say to yourself instead. And I breakdown exactly what message you're sending yourself when you negate all of your efforts by telling yourself that they don't matter. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/119
Apr 23, 2019 • 24min
118: Commitment
Listen in as I dive deep into the concept of commitment and explain why it plays a crucial role in changing your relationship with alcohol. I talk about why so many of us are ready to commit to others but not ourselves, and how this affects your relationship with yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/118
Apr 16, 2019 • 28min
117: Your Emotional Immune System
Join me today to learn how using alcohol to numb feelings perpetuates the cycle of avoidance and sickness of your emotional immune system. Harm itself is not the problem here; the thoughts you have, the emotional distress that you experience when you are unable to tolerate how you feel, is what's harmful. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/117
Apr 9, 2019 • 25min
116: Dares
Join me today as I break down why we stop daring ourselves and pushing the limits of what we think is possible after childhood and how you can start adding dares back into your life. You'll learn the number one question you need to answer to figure out what you need to start doing - over and over again - to finally disprove your brain! Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/116
Apr 2, 2019 • 27min
115: Listener Q&A: Surrender
Today, we're going to do something a little different here on the podcast: I'm doing my very first Listener Q&A! I receive so many questions from you all, I want to start answering them on the podcast so everyone who listens can benefit from my answers. To start us off, I'm answering a question about surrender. Is surrendering the answer to walking away from alcohol? Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.rachelhart.com/115
