Building Confidence on Your Terms: Madison’s Naked Life | E761

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

How can you embrace who you are without needing to fit in? Madison didn’t realize how shy she really was until she got to college. She turned to alcohol as a way of finding confidence and making friends. She seemed to be having a great time, but after a while, she was no longer drinking just to fit in. Alcohol became a way to cope with life’s struggles, including trauma, depression, and a bad relationship. Things took a turn when she got a DUI, which made her feel ashamed and led her to research ways to make lasting changes. In this episode, Madison shares with Annie how she rediscovered herself, found true confidence, and built a life she loves through songwriting, teaching kids, and embracing simple, positive daily habits. In this episode, Annie and Madison will discuss: - Using alcohol to manage social anxiety - How trauma influenced her relationship with drinking - Facing guilt and shame after a DUI - Exploring different methods of mindful drinking - Leaving her real estate job to teach kids music - Madison’s life as a musician and songwriter - Being a musician in bars without alcohol - Learning to handle emotions instead of avoiding them - Unpacking popular beliefs about drinking - Understanding why our brains crave alcohol - How alcohol affects sleep and emotional well-being - Simple habits that made a big difference for Madison - Letting go of the pressure to be someone else - And other topics… Connect with Madison: Madison’s Band: http://www.modernmoxieband.com/ Related Episodes: EP 53: Science & Social Conditioning with Annie Grace & Michael Patrick https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-53-science-social-conditioning-annie-grace-michael-patrick/ EP 253: Sleep, with Michael Gradisar https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-253-sleep-with-michael-gradisar/ EP 582: Reader Question – How Do I Become Socially Confident Without Alcohol? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-582-readers-question-how-do-i-become-socially-confident-without-alcohol EP 738: Fun Without the Hangover: Alcohol Freedom Coaching https://thisnakedmind.com/fun-without-the-hangover-alcohol-freedom-coaching-e738/ Ready to take the next step on your journey? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious!

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0:00.0	You're listening to This Naked Mind with Annie Grace.
0:15.0	Hi, this is Annie Grace, and welcome to This Sneaked Mind podcast, and I'm here with Madison.
0:19.2	Hi, Madison. How are you? Hi, Annie. Thank you so much
0:22.4	for having me. This is unreal that I'm on your podcast. I'm so excited to be part of it. I'm so glad.
0:28.8	That's just awesome. Thank you for coming on so powerful. And people are willing and want to share their
0:33.8	story. It's just great. So let's take it all the way back to the beginning in your
0:38.5	journey. Where did it start with alcohol for you? I grew up in a really small, rural town in
0:46.0	South Carolina. My parents don't drink. I really didn't have any friends that drink or anything.
0:53.4	I was very into music and marching band.
0:57.5	And I was really shy, had a small group of friends, and really didn't mess with alcohol until
1:05.4	college.
1:06.9	There were a party here or there where I would try it in high school, but it was nothing that
1:12.6	really impacted my life until I went away to college and it was just so many people.
1:19.6	I wasn't ready for that environment to be in huge crowds and I hadn't really realized the level of my social anxiety and how bad it was at
1:30.8	that point and how I was really used to knowing all the same people. And you have the same people
1:37.2	in your kindergarten class that you go to high school with. And I feel like that really helped me
1:43.2	to feel part of a home and everything.
1:46.8	And then when I got thrown into college with thousands of people, I was just extremely overwhelmed and felt very alone and didn't really know how to make friends.
1:57.1	And it was scary.
1:58.3	I remember, like, crying in my dorm room, missing home.
2:02.3	But I wanted to make a new life for myself and branch out.
2:06.8	So I tried to make friends and started going to parties and really started by drinking around then.
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