You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 162.

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.

Hello my friends. We are talking about self forgiveness today. This is a two-part series that I'm

doing around Lent, which starts on Wednesday, February 26, because so many of you guys use this

as a time to take a break from drinking to say like, oh, I'm not drinking for Lent.

So I want to show you how to do it the right way. I'm also offering a special 30-day break that

you can do with me starting on the 26. So if you're interested in that, all you have to do is

go to RachelHeart.com slash Lent. I know a lot of you have given up alcohol for Lent before

and I know you've done it the wrong way. I've done it the wrong way. I have done it in an attempt

to be a better person or to make up for everything that I did that I thought was wrong, but I'm

going to tell you something. You don't need to be a better person because you're already amazing.

You're already perfect. You're already wonderful exactly as you are right now in this moment.

And yes, I know that you drink too much once or 10 times or 50 times or a thousand times and I

don't care. It's irrelevant to me. It does not change the fact that I think that you're amazing

and perfect and wonderful. I just love you. I truly do. I want you guys to know that because

if you listened to last week's episode, you know how shame is such a barrier for so many people.

I know it's probably been a barrier for you when it comes to change, but know this shame is never

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