What Rewiring the Brain Really Looks Like | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | E807

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

What if reprogramming your brain after quitting drinking could transform your entire emotional experience? That’s what Fran and Carol are discovering in this powerful episode with Coach Lisa. Fran, the youngest of eight, grew up associating alcohol with love, celebration, and anxiety. Her emotional wiring around alcohol began in early childhood and has run the show for decades—until now. Carol, a longtime health coach, used alcohol to unwind and cope with anxiety and depression. After 13 weeks alcohol-free, she’s realizing the emptiness she once filled with wine is now an invitation to feel deeply and live authentically. Through coaching, reflection, and resilience, both women are proof that our emotional landscape isn’t fixed—it can be rewired. In Fran’s session: How childhood experiences with alcohol shaped Fran’s identity Unpacking the dual associations of celebration and fear tied to drinking How early panic sensations created a pattern alcohol numbed out Reprogramming your brain after quitting drinking through micro-disruptions Fran’s experiment with being sober around family and staying present How the narrative of alcohol as “connection” can be replaced with real joy The role of curiosity, compassion, and repetition in lasting change and other topics… In Carol’s session: Navigating major life events like surgery without reaching for alcohol Feeling “empty” in early sobriety and learning to sit with discomfort Finding joy through nature, faith, and relationship with her husband Why being alcohol-free opened the door to emotional clarity How Carol is learning to design joy without relying on external substances Realizing that joy is a choice, not just a feeling and more… Lisa Kwiatkowski is a Certified Senior This Naked Mind Coach and Designing Your Life Coach. After breaking free from daily drinking in 2018, she now helps high-achieving women overcome anxiety and disconnection through intentional, alcohol-free living. Lisa’s coaching blends science-backed mindset work with practical life design strategies, guiding women to create lasting change and authentic joy. With over two decades of leadership in international sport, she brings a grounded, compassionate presence to clients navigating burnout, reinvention, and self-discovery.Learn more about Coach Lisa: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/lisa-kwiatkowski/ Related Episodes: EP 448: What I Wish I Knew Before My First Drink – The Thief of Joy - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-448-what-i-wish-i-knew-before-my-first-drink-the-thief-of-joy/ EP 578: Reader’s Question – Why is it hard to imagine being happy after going alcohol-free? - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-578-readers-question-why-is-it-hard-to-imagine-being-happy-going-alcohol-free/ EP 669: Naked Life Story – Megan W. - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-669-naked-life-story-megan-w/ 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 without rule, shame, or judgment.
0:07.5	I'm Annie Grace, and I'm so thrilled to have you with us today.
0:10.3	In this special series, I'm inviting you into something truly unique and deeply personal.
0:14.8	You're going to be listening in on real one-on-one coaching sessions between some of our certified This Naked Mind coaches and members of our
0:21.3	community who are on their own journey with alcohol. These sessions are raw, unfiltered, and
0:26.4	completely unscripted. But before we dive in, I want to prepare you for what you're about to hear.
0:31.5	These conversations are real, real people, real struggles, real emotions. They're honest,
0:36.8	and they're sometimes painful, and they may even be uncomfortable to listen to.
0:40.2	But that's the point.
0:41.5	So no matter where you are on your own personal journey, I encourage you to listen with an open heart and an open mind.
0:47.6	Now let's step into the world of this naked mind coaching because this is where change begins.
0:54.6	Why did she share a little bit about what's going on and any questions that you have that I can
0:58.9	support you with?
1:00.4	Yeah.
1:01.3	So coming up on two and a half months into the path, started in February and we're coming up on the break.
1:09.3	So I'm going to be taking a 30-day break.
1:13.1	And over that time, really looking at my relationship with alcohol has helped me uncover
1:20.4	a lot of things about why I turn to it that really go all the way back to childhood.
1:28.4	I think what's happening is I'm revealing all these little pathways that have been formed
1:36.1	from as early as five, six years old that I can remember.
1:41.6	And sometimes that can feel really overwhelming. Some of them are just really
1:47.4	deeply entrenched. And what I'm noticing, there are kind of two sets or two clusters of pathways
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