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This Naked Mind Podcast

EP 283: Coaching Questions with Scott Pinyard

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, This Naked Mind head coach Scott Pinyard dives into four terrific questions, some specific to not drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic - they are: The longer we stay home, the more intense my cravings become; what can I do to stray strong? I think I’m ready to quit drinking but with the pandemic am I just setting myself up to fail? I was 30 days alcohol free when we started quarantining and I caved when I got anxious; how can I turn my anger into motivation? I did the Live Alcohol Experiment but as soon as it ended I felt to pull to drink; how can I stay motivated beyond the 30 days?

Right now, for the first time ever, I am doing something that I think you will find incredibly valuable and amazing. Here's the thing, I've been asking myself, why do some people effortlessly stop drinking while other people struggle? Why do some people who haven't drank in years still miss it, still feel like they're missing out, still even feel a little self-pity? Why can't I do that anymore? What's going on? What's the difference? The thing is these questions have kept me up at night and I have spent years now diving into the science, diving into literally hundreds of interviews and thousands and thousands of surveys of feedback from people trying to understand why. What makes it different? I think I finally really understand it. And I've put all of this together into something that I believe is one of the best things I've ever created.

It is a modular membership program that is coach-led so that people can find freedom faster. I read recently that the average time from when somebody recognizes a problem with alcohol to when they solve it can be up to 15 years. I know that I get thousands of emails with people saying, "Man, I'm so happy I found your work. My only regret is that I didn't find it sooner." So I wanted to put everything I've known so far, all of the research, all of the interviews, all of your experiences, all of the stories into this coach-led program that is truly customizable for you. So if you need it for a month and you find your freedom, great. But if you need to be with us for longer, that's also fine. Right now, for a limited time, this program is at a massive discount just because I recognize what's going on with the world.

So if you are at all curious about this and you want to know more and you're ready to really make alcohol small and irrelevant in your life, once and for good to not only where you're not drinking, not stopping just at the behavior of drinking, but actually where it feels effortless not to drink. Where it feels easy, where you never feel like you're missing out, where you always actually feel like you're more joyful and happier. I know that's hard to believe, and it was for me too, but it's okay if you're skeptical. It works anyway. If you're curious about this at all, check it out, nakedmindpath.com. It's open right now. It's closing May 31st. So if you want to get in on this first-ever launch of this coach-led program, that is totally modular, that you can come and take as much time or as little time as you need to truly make alcohol small and irrelevant in your life, join me. nakedmindpath.com. I can't wait to see you there.

And as always, rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast as it truly helps the message reach somebody who might need to hear it today.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without judgment,

0:16.0

pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.

0:21.0

Hey everybody, it's Scott Pinyard, head coach at this naked mind and I am back with another edition of coaching question.

0:38.0

So I've pulled four questions together.

0:41.0

I really wanted to focus on some of the stuff that's happening right now as this podcast comes out so that we can talk about some timely stuff.

0:49.0

So I'm going to dive right in here is question number one.

0:53.0

Hello, I am 117 days alcohol free.

0:57.0

I'm going to pause reading that question to say congratulations. That's awesome way to go.

1:02.0

And making my way through lockdown has been really difficult.

1:05.0

With everything changing, I'm finding myself completely out of sorts and that has really started to change into thoughts of picking up a drink.

1:12.0

Now I know I don't really want to but the cravings are becoming more and more intense the longer I'm home.

1:19.0

What are some things that I can do to help myself stay strong?

1:24.0

That's a great question and you know this is something I'm seeing a lot of questions about this right now in our groups.

1:30.0

So first and foremost above any of the tactics, I'll give you a couple of tactics and things that you can work on.

1:37.0

But the very first thing that I want to remind you of is that it's really important to give yourself grace around the fact that you're 117 days in more than that now by this point.

1:52.0

And you've made it that far to give yourself the grace to recognize the fact that you know what this was a coping mechanism for me.

2:01.0

This was a way that I felt better. This was a way that I soothed myself for a long time.

2:06.0

And so of course when something unexpected and frankly kind of crazy happens, it's no surprise that you would then think of it.

2:14.0

So I don't want you to be beating yourself up for that because that's a great way to just increase some cognitive dissonance and make things more stressful.

2:22.0

So first give yourself some grace that you're having these thoughts.

2:27.0

Second, there are a lot of things that you can do to try to create a more quote unquote normal life while we're all at home.

2:34.0

And one of those things is to try to keep some sort of routine. Now obviously you can't keep the old routine that you have.

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