EP 632: Reader's Question - How To Stop Running Away from Life and Emotions

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to another insightful episode of This Naked Mind podcast. In today's exclusive peek into The PATH: 365 monthly group coaching calls led by Annie Grace, we delve into a critical question posed by one of our members – "How do I stop running away from life and emotions and turn towards action and curiosity instead?" The journey to living alcohol-free presents its share of challenges and obstacles, and Annie Grace is here to provide expert science, insight, and advice, drawing from her real-world experiences. This episode is your opportunity to explore the profound insights she offers to help you build a life you don't want to escape from.

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0:00.0	Hey there!
0:05.2	Every month Annie has a call with our path 365 members and answers their questions.
0:09.5	She tackles a wide range of topics from what to do with big emotions, what kinds of tips
0:13.2	and advice she has for addressing difficult situations, how to deal with cravings and so
0:17.1	much more.
0:18.1	Listen in as she does some real life coaching for our path members.
0:28.3	The question is how to stop running from life and emotion into an action other than
0:33.0	the action of turning to drinking.
0:36.0	And the answer is to really start to build a life you don't want to escape from.
0:42.4	And all of that content is coming.
0:45.4	So I don't think any of you are yet into that part of the path, but we spend pretty much
0:51.0	a majority of the path on that.
0:54.3	Now if you consider that cognitive dissonance is one of the most painful things that a human
1:02.2	being can experience in my opinion, because what cognitive dissonance is, it is cognitive
1:07.2	is thinking, dissonance is disagreement, so it is fighting with yourself.
1:12.3	Fighting with yourself is one of the most painful things that we can experience.
1:18.3	And when we are in that much pain, I think that is one of the main reasons we drink more
1:25.4	than we want to.
1:26.6	Now there's other reasons we were self-medicating, there's things underlying that, but in the
1:31.4	moments of already knowing we want to be alcohol free or already knowing we want to make
1:34.7	a change to our drinking and then experiencing that pain of cognitive dissonance, that becomes
1:39.7	one of the most painful things.
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