78: The Rolodex of Excuses
Take a Break from Drinking
Rachel Hart
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we take a look at how you regularly fall victim to your Rolodex of excuses and fail to make meaningful progress in changing your drinking habits. Join us as I explain how to identify those permission-giving thoughts, call them out for what they are, and teach your brain that you’re the one that has the ultimate authority over the decisions you make.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Take a Break podcast with Rachel Hart, episode 78. |
| 0:07.0 | Whether you want to drink less or stop drinking, this podcast will help you change the habit from the inside out. |
| 0:14.0 | 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 | Oh guys, today is a good one. |
| 0:38.0 | I love today's topic. |
| 0:41.0 | The idea that I'm going to talk with you about today is one that I love thinking about and you know what? |
| 0:49.0 | It applies to so many areas of your life beyond just drinking and you know this is why I love this work. |
| 0:58.0 | Because you will learn the skills of how to manage your mind and manage your thoughts and your emotions and your urges and your desire. |
| 1:06.0 | You will learn how to do that around changing the habit of drinking. |
| 1:10.0 | But then you get to take all those skills and apply them to all these different parts of your life. |
| 1:16.0 | It's incredible. |
| 1:19.0 | So today is all about the role of decks of thoughts in your brain that are getting in the way of change. |
| 1:29.0 | Do you remember role of decks? |
| 1:32.0 | I mean, I do. |
| 1:34.0 | You probably, my guess, but I may be wrong. |
| 1:37.0 | I'm guessing you don't probably have a huge role of decks sitting on your desk, but I bet you can picture it. |
| 1:45.0 | And before that, can we just all for a second acknowledge what a fantastic invention the role of decks was? |
| 1:53.0 | I know now that we organize all our contacts on our phones and our computers. |
| 1:59.0 | But before we had an electronic way to do it, we had to physically organize our contacts. |
| 2:07.0 | And think about address books. |
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