The Road to Self-Love: Alcohol Freedom Coaching | E736

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

What if you could find better coping mechanisms than alcohol? During Bek’s difficult marriage breakup, she used alcohol to comfort herself and numb painful emotions. Meanwhile, overachiever Emily drank to reward herself, even though she would end up feeling worse. For both women, alcohol was a way to cope with life’s challenges. In this episode, Coach Zoe helps Bek and Emily look back at their pasts to understand the childhood wounds that have kept them stuck as adults. While Bek learns that self-compassion is the key to lasting change, Emily confronts her unresolved beliefs about alcohol. In Bek’s session: - Bek’s struggle to believe in herself - Why changing behavior alone doesn’t work - Why you need to fall in love with yourself - Alcohol as a comforter during tough times - How childhood rejection shaped her behavior - Why you have to work on yourself first - Learning to trust yourself again - The exhaustion of hiding your true self - The importance of being kind to yourself In Emily’s session: - Using alcohol as a reward for working hard - The exhaustion from always trying to do more - The childhood need for approval keeping her stuck - The danger of loving yourself conditionally - When the brain tricks us into thinking alcohol helps - Emily’s mantra for managing everyday stress - How drinking affects her creativity - Why The PATH is different from other programs she has tried Zoe Ewart is a Certified Naked Mind Senior Coach who brings her experience and understanding to help with the tricky parts of life’s big changes. Her coaching gives you an enjoyable, light-hearted, and safe environment to effortlessly take back control of alcohol so you can feel better physically, mentally, and spiritually. Zoe taught Pilates for 15 years. She has four adult children and more animals than the Ark ever had. Learn more about Coach Zoe: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/zoe-ewart/ Related Episodes: EP 609: Naked Life Story – Brian C.: https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-609-naked-life-story-brian-c/ EP 407: Naked Life Story – Marilin: https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-407-naked-life-story-marilin/ 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	Welcome to this naked mind podcast, where we question the role of alcohol in our lives
0:10.1	without rule, shame, or judgment. I'm Annie Grace, and I'm so thrilled to have you with us today.
0:15.0	In this special series, I'm inviting you into something truly unique and deeply personal.
0:19.0	You're going to be listening in on real one-on-one coaching sessions between some of our certified
0:24.4	the Snake and Mind coaches and members of our community who are on their own journey with
0:28.0	alcohol. These sessions are raw, unfiltered, and completely unscripted. But before we dive in I want to prepare you for what
0:35.3	you're about to hear. These conversations are real, real people, real struggles, real emotions.
0:40.8	They're honest and they're sometimes painful and they may even be
0:43.7	uncomfortable to listen to, but that's the point. So no matter where you are on your
0:47.9	own personal journey, I encourage you to listen with an open heart and an
0:51.5	open mind. Now let's step into the world of this naked mind
0:54.4	coaching because this is where change begins.
0:57.1	Can I ask you before we set off what your intention for the call for this coaching session is going to be?
1:06.0	To be honest, I just want to strengthen a bit of my self-belief.
1:11.0	And he talks a lot about with change, we need to have stuff belief, we need to believe
1:17.0	that we can, believes that it's time to do it.
1:20.4	My sticking point has always been the least that I can.
1:23.3	Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
1:25.3	So tell me the topic you wanted to work on was I feel like I might never be able to get
1:30.3	alcohol free.
1:31.5	Are you feeling that that is a part of what's standing in the way?
1:35.8	That's a part of what's fueling that sense of not feeling you can go alcohol free?
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