You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 34.

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.

Hey everybody, how are you?

Alright, so before we dive into today's topic, I want to tell you about a special meditation that I put together for all of you on how to handle urges.

It's so good.

This has been my number one request that I have received from listeners.

How do I allow an urge to be in my body and not act on it without relying on willpower?

I will tell you, teaching your brain how to let an urge to be in your body without gritting your teeth, without distracting yourself is incredibly powerful.

It is such a powerful tool. It will help you retrain your brain. It will help you discover that urges are so much more tolerable than you think they are.

And, and this is the best part, if you keep practicing, it will leave you feeling so much more in control when it comes to your desire.

So the meditation is super short, it's only five minutes long because I really wanted you to be able to use it anywhere.

And here's the other thing. I created this meditation specifically so you can use it for any kind of urge.

You can use it for the urge to drink, but you can also use it for the urge to eat or to smoke or to shop or to check your phone, whatever it is.

Because the truth is, is that we have urges in all parts of our life.

So, in order to get your copy of the meditation, all you have to do is go over to iTunes and leave a review about the podcast and then head over to Rachelheart.com slash urge.

And there you can send me your name, your email and the title of your review and I'll send you the urge meditation. That's it. It's really simple.

I will tell you this meditation, it's like having an SOS button when you are feeling overwhelmed and you just need to regroup, but you're not sure how this is the SOS button that you need.

It will make such a big difference for you. So go check it out, leave a review, I'd really appreciate it.

Okay, so today I am talking all about connection. Now, for any of you out there who feel like taking a break from drinking is going to get in the way of your social life, this is the episode for you.

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