You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart episode 175.

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 everyone.

We are going to talk today about something that is so important.

It's what makes something easy versus what makes something hard.

When you are trying to change the habit of drinking or really any habit for that matter, you really need to understand this.

Because most people are going to turn around and tell you that changing habits is really hard.

It's hard to say no, it's hard to say no to a drink, it's hard to stop desiring, it's hard not to give in.

People are going to give you these messages all the time that changing your drinking is hard and changing how you eat is hard and changing all of your habits is really hard.

And you know what, I don't agree at all.

All of these things are actually incredibly easy if you understand two very important skills.

First, how the thing feel like cycle works, how it creates your habits, and second, how to process your emotion.

So I talk about these two things all the time on the podcast, but today what I'm going to really dive into is simply what makes something easy and what makes something hard.

If you understand this, really, truly understand this, you're going to be amazed at how it will change, not just how you approach the habit of drinking, but how you approach everything in life.

And the reason that I wanted to talk to you guys about this today was I was actually talking about this topic on Instagram.

So I'm not really someone who's done a ton on social media before I don't use it a ton in my personal life, but I'll tell you over the past couple of months really since the pandemic, I have just been seeing how so many people are using alcohol as a way to cope and how society is really normalizing this behavior.

And I have just seen it from so many different places. And so I decided that I just wanted to have more connection with all of you.

I wanted to reach more people. I wanted to offer more of what I teach you guys in the podcast and just say, hey, you know what? We don't have to do it this way.

So I've started on Instagram. If you want to check me out, it's Rachel Hart coaching all one word. And I've been doing kind of quick Instagram stories there. And really I just like kind of offering quick little one minute pep talks because sometimes I think that's all it takes to get back on track.

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