You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 107.

Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit

from the inside out.

We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist

temptation.

No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying

about your drinking.

Now here's your host, Rachel Hart.

Well, hello everybody.

So today I want to revisit the analogy of the toddler and your lower brain being a toddler

in your mind and throwing a tantrum when you say no to the urge.

I think it's a really important analogy for you to really wrap your head around, but

I watch a lot of people miss something really, really key when it comes to thinking about

your lower brain, thinking about the part of the brain that really only cares about finding

pleasure, avoiding pain, doing it as efficiently as possible, the part of your brain where that

habit resides.

I see a lot of you making a mistake about how you are interacting with that toddler.

So here's this thing, when you say no to an urge, especially at first, it will feel a

little bit like your brain is throwing a tantrum.

Now the part of this work that I think is incredibly powerful at first is just the idea

that you don't have to listen to that tantrum.

All of those thoughts, but I want it, I need it, everyone else's, it's Friday, it's

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