139: Goal Drama
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I'm breaking down goal drama and giving you tools to catch your brain in the act. We'll talk about why our brains create drama, why it can be so exhausting, and how to reframe the "problem" of taking a break as a "project" instead. Remember: now is the perfect time to begin taking a break - it's an ongoing project to work on, rather than a big scary problem you have to solve.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 139. |
| 0:06.0 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out. |
| 0:13.0 | We're challenging conventional wisdom about why people drink and why it can be hard to resist temptation. |
| 0:20.0 | No labels, no judgment, just practical tools to take control of your desire and stop worrying about your drinking. |
| 0:28.0 | Now here's your host, Rachel Hart. |
| 0:35.0 | Well, hello everybody. All this month I have been talking about making September your new January. |
| 0:44.0 | Why not? Make it your new January when it comes to changing your drinking. |
| 0:48.0 | You don't have to wait until 2020. |
| 0:52.0 | Now some of you out there are listening to this podcast right now and you're thinking, |
| 0:58.0 | Rachel, it's halfway through the month. I miss the boat. It's too late to take a break. |
| 1:04.0 | What I am going to remind you is this. Come on, Brain. Do not get caught up in this thinking. |
| 1:14.0 | Do not get caught up in telling yourself, oh, it's too late. |
| 1:18.0 | Too late is a lie that your lower brain is telling you so that you will delay, change and keep the habit. |
| 1:27.0 | You don't have to believe it. You can start today. You can start right after you finish this episode. |
| 1:33.0 | You can start at 237 on a Tuesday or 742 on a Thursday. It doesn't matter. |
| 1:40.0 | It doesn't need to be when the clock strikes midnight on January 1st. |
| 1:45.0 | It doesn't need to be some magical date. You just have to decide to get started. |
| 1:50.0 | But because so many of you are using September as an opportunity for a fresh start, |
| 1:54.0 | I have been talking about on the podcast these past couple of weeks how to make good on your commitment. |
| 2:01.0 | If you decide you want to take a break from drinking, we've talked about setting full proof resolutions. |
| 2:06.0 | We've talked about ignoring some of the advice that people give us about how to change our drinking. |
| 2:13.0 | We've also talked about obstacle mirages, the things that we believe are standing in our way that really are not there at all. |
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