You are listening to the Take a Break Podcast with Rachel Hart episode 242.

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, everyone. Welcome back. Before we get started today, I just wanted to make a note because

this episode is actually coming out on my mom's birthday. I just wanted to give a really big shout

out to her because she's my mom. My mom is amazing. She is so smart and talented and she has really

had to overcome a lot in her life. But I will say more than anything. Like most mother-daughter

relationships, we have had our fair share of ups and downs. And the strength of the relationship

that we have today, it really is a testament to everything that I teach you on the podcast.

Because what I'm teaching you on the podcast is more than just how to change your drinking. It's

really how to manage your mind, how to start showing up differently. And we do that using the

Think Feel Act cycle. And the Think Feel Act cycle has helped me transform so many things in my life.

You know, there was a time when I thought I'm never going to be able to figure out my drinking.

I'm never going to be able to figure out why I'm so compulsive with food. But there was also a time

when I would tell myself, I'm never going to figure out how to have a relationship with my mom

that isn't difficult, that isn't a struggle. And it turns out my brain was totally wrong when it

came to all of this. I just needed to learn the tools to start to change my habits. And the habits

of how I was thinking around alcohol and food and also the habits that I had around the thoughts I

had about the people closest to me. Now, I will tell you, when we are working with people inside

the 30-day challenge and doing that advanced monthly work inside take a break, people will bring

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