Tired of thinking about drinking? If you’re constantly trying to “drink less” but still feel stuck, this episode explains why moderation is mentally exhausting, and what neuroscience says to do instead. We’ll cover: • Why “just one” keeps you in the loop. • The brain science behind craving and decision fatigue. • How a 90-day break resets your system, and your peace. If moderation worked, you wouldn’t still be negotiating. There’s a smarter play. Let’s talk about it. Download my FREE guide: The ...
Jul 04, 2025•20 min
Ever feel like you're losing the daily battle against willpower? You're not alone. Coach Matt explains why your environment, not your discipline, is the true key to alcohol-free success. Drawing on principles from the bestselling book, Atomic Habits, Matt shares how to consciously design your surroundings to work for you, not against you. Learn practical strategies, from removing triggers in your home to changing your daily routes, to make your new healthy habits easy and your old patterns diffi...
Jul 02, 2025•13 min
Why do so many people drift away from their alcohol-free goals? Coach Matt argues it's often the lack of consistent routines. In this episode, he provides a science-backed guide to building the morning and evening routines that act as powerful anchors for your new life. Learn why starting small is the key to creating habits that stick, how routines reduce decision fatigue, and the specific actions you can take to rewire your brain for lasting success. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom ...
Jun 30, 2025•25 min
Summer parties and barbecues can feel intimidating when you're not drinking. In this practical guide, Coach Matt shares his ultimate playbook for socializing alcohol-free with confidence. Learn actionable strategies like the "10-Minute Rule" to ease social anxiety and the "Irish Goodbye" for a smooth exit. This episode provides the tools you need to navigate any summer event and connect authentically, proving you don't need a drink to enjoy yourself. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom F...
Jun 27, 2025•18 min
In this episode of the Alcohol-Free Lifestyle Podcast, Matt and Jason open up about navigating seasonal triggers, lingering alcohol cravings, even years into being alcohol-free, and the powerful tools that keep them grounded. Discover how controlling your breath, posture, words, and focus can help you stay resilient, emotionally balanced, and connected to your alcohol-free path. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https://social.a...
Jun 25, 2025•26 min
You wouldn’t invest in a stock with declining returns, mounting risks, and fake rewards, so why keep pouring into alcohol? This episode unpacks the hidden costs of drinking through the lens of value, logic, and self-trust. Discover why high-achieving professionals stay stuck in a losing game, and how to start making deposits into something that actually grows: your clarity, confidence, health, and peace. If alcohol is a failing stock, it’s time to stop living like it, and start building somethin...
Jun 23, 2025•20 min
Do you feel stuck, knowing you want to change your relationship with alcohol but waiting for the “perfect time”? In this episode, Coach Victoria English uses the powerful metaphor to explain why you might be frozen in the “almost phase”. She reveals how the mental exhaustion of debating your drinking and the myth of “being ready” can keep you from moving forward. Discover why clarity and relief don't come from standing still, but from taking that first, single step. Download my FREE guide: The A...
Jun 20, 2025•23 min
In this episode, Coaches Jason and Matt explain how this simple mental practice can help you build the alcohol-free life you want. They share the science behind it, including a study where visualization improved performance by 23%, and give you actionable tools like “playing the tape forward” to consciously create your future. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https://social.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/podcast ★ - Learn more about ...
Jun 18, 2025•23 min
In this episode, Coach Teri Patterson sits down with Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach Sally Magee to explore how identifying and embracing your natural talents can support and strengthen your alcohol-free lifestyle. They discuss the Clifton Strengths assessment, the value of focusing on what you do well, and how leaning into your strengths builds confidence, clarity, and momentum on the path to freedom from alcohol. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs &...
Jun 16, 2025•36 min
What happens when your actions don’t match your values? In this episode, we talk about cognitive dissonance, the mental stress that comes from doing one thing while believing another. You’ll hear a personal story about how this conflict can lead to habits that feel hard to break. If you're thinking about a change or just want to understand why some habits stick, this episode can help. We look at how your thoughts, actions, and values all connect, and how making them work together can lead to rea...
Jun 13, 2025•14 min
Ever wonder what's really behind those perfect summer alcohol ads? This episode, Coach Victoria disrupts the biggest lie sold by alcohol companies: that their drinks create your happiness and an "effortless summer vibe." Prepare to see things differently as Victoria challenges you to imagine those glossy beach ads selling another risky product, would they still seem so harmless? It's a bold invitation to question what's truly being sold. Victoria uncovers the smart psychological tricks these ads...
Jun 11, 2025•28 min
Do you ever wish you could handle tough feelings without needing to escape them? Coach Victoria shares her own story of facing emotional pain after using alcohol as an "emotional anesthetic". Many of us try to numb feelings from stress, grief, or old hurts with drinks. Victoria talks openly about why it’s so scary to meet these feelings when we choose to live alcohol-free, and the "emotional weight" many people carry. But there's amazing hope for change. Victoria explains how alcohol affects our...
Jun 09, 2025•26 min
Do your inner stories hold you back? Jason and Matt, coaches at Alcohol-Free Lifestyle, talk about these powerful hidden stories. Often, these stories shape our lives without us even knowing it. They look at how we might see ourselves in unhelpful ways, like a Villain, a Victim, or as Helpless. Learn how these inner thoughts can really affect our lives, especially our relationship with alcohol and our happiness. You can find simple ways to change these unhelpful thoughts. Rewrite your inner stor...
Jun 06, 2025•22 min
Ever wondered if you could truly change your relationship with drinks and unlock a more vibrant life? Hear Dan Hall's powerful story, an AFL 90-day program graduate who went from decades of habitual drinking, a pattern that intensified during COVID, to a life he never imagined. After a pivotal “bad experience” and initial skepticism about the program's high success claims, Dan committed to the 90-day journey. This episode delves into that decision and the path that unfolded. Dan describes his tr...
Jun 04, 2025•43 min
Damon opens up about the toll alcohol took on his health, relationships, and self-worth, and how he turned it all around. In this powerful conversation with Coach Matt, Damon shares the moment he knew things had to change, the fears he faced, and the tools that helped him rebuild his life alcohol-free. From reconnecting with his kids to reclaiming his physical and emotional well-being, Damon’s story is proof that transformation is possible at any stage. Whether you're early in your journey or ne...
Jun 02, 2025•48 min
Curious about what really happens during the first 90 days without alcohol? Coach Matt and Coach Jason break down the emotional, physical, and mental shifts that take place in each of the first three months. From energy crashes and dopamine dips to improved sleep and breakthrough clarity, this episode gives you a clear roadmap of what to expect and how to navigate it. Whether you're just starting out or already in the middle of your alcohol-free journey, you'll gain practical tools, mindset shif...
May 30, 2025•29 min
In this episode, Coach David talks with EFT expert Nicole Dubruel about how tapping can help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control. Nicole shares how she discovered EFT during a stressful time and how it became a simple daily practice that changed everything. They dive into how EFT works, why it helps ease stress and cravings, and how you can use it anytime, anywhere. Whether you’re new to tapping or just curious, this conversation offers a practical way to shift how you feel fast. Downl...
May 28, 2025•52 min
In this episode, we sit down with Paul Scheffer, who shares his incredible 34-year journey of living alcohol-free and how 33 years of practicing Tai Chi helped him rebuild his life, mind, and body from the inside out. From working in the chaotic kitchens of New York City to becoming a teacher of healing movement, Paul takes us through the dark valleys of addiction, a shocking Lyme disease diagnosis, and the rediscovery of self through intentional practice. Follow Paul on Instagram: https://www.i...
May 26, 2025•46 min
Justifications are one of the biggest hidden barriers in early alcohol-free living. They're the stories we tell ourselves to make drinking seem okay, even when it’s not. Let's break down the brain science, psychology, and social dynamics behind these patterns and explore how to move beyond them with awareness and choice. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https://social.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/podcast ★ - Learn more about Projec...
May 23, 2025•19 min
Today, we're talking about how what you focus on expands and why your words matter more than you think. Ever heard, 'Don't think of a pink elephant'? What happened? You pictured it, right? That’s because the brain doesn’t process 'don’t', it latches onto the image or idea. So when you tell yourself, 'Don't drink tonight,' your mind actually focuses on drinking. In this episode, we’ll flip the script, showing you how turning negations into affirmations can be a powerful tool for staying alcohol-f...
May 21, 2025•25 min
The hardest part? I would’ve been the last to notice. This is the story of how alcohol almost erased me, from the inside out. I was never going to lose them in a blowout. Just a slow letting go. Fewer calls. Less trust. Sacred moments shared elsewhere. Not because they stopped loving me—but because I stopped showing up. This is what I almost missed—not in chaos, but in the quiet unraveling of everything that mattered. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs...
May 19, 2025•17 min
Alcohol doesn’t make you magnetic, it makes you manageable. In the final episode of the Summer Glow-Up series, you’ll learn how to handle parties, pushback, and social pressure without shrinking or second-guessing yourself. You don’t need a drink to feel confident. You need clarity, presence, and a plan. And this summer, you walk in with all three. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https://social.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/podcast...
May 16, 2025•23 min
Mood swings, overwhelm, and 3 a.m. anxiety aren’t personality flaws, they’re often what happens when your brain is stuck in survival mode, quietly destabilized by alcohol. In Part 2 of the Summer Glow-Up series, we’re talking about the emotional reset that begins when you stop drinking: steadier moods, real confidence, deeper sleep, and the return of your spark. Not a new you, a truer one. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https...
May 14, 2025•20 min
Bloating, brain fog, and restless sleep aren’t just part of getting older, they’re often symptoms of a body fighting off the daily impact of alcohol. In Part 1 of the Summer Glow-Up series, discover what really happens when you give your body 90 days to repair, rebalance, and reveal the version of you that’s been buried under the buzz. Skin clears. Sleep returns. Energy rebuilds. And just in time for summer, you start to feel like you again. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula Fo...
May 12, 2025•24 min
In this episode, Coach Jason welcomes TJ Woodward, renowned inspirational speaker, bestselling spiritual author, and revolutionary recovery expert for a heart-opening conversation on somatic healing and building a substance-free life. Together, they explore how trauma lives in the body, why traditional talk therapy isn’t always enough, and how somatic practices can unlock deep emotional healing. TJ shares wisdom from his decades of experience helping people reconnect with their true selves throu...
May 09, 2025•46 min
Alcohol rewires your brain to stay in the loop, spiking dopamine, disrupting GABA and glutamate, and hijacking the prefrontal cortex. Even without a drink in hand, it drains focus, fuels anxiety, and consumes your mental bandwidth. You don’t have to think about drinking forever. Your mind was made for more. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https://social.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/podcast ★ - Learn more about Project 90: www.alco...
May 07, 2025•23 min
Alcohol can feel like control, comfort, or escape, but underneath, it’s often a way to survive what the nervous system never learned to handle. This is about the science of protection, not failure. You’re not broken. You’re adapting. And you can learn a new way forward one built on strength, not shame. Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https://social.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/podcast ★ - Learn more about Project 90: www.alcoholfr...
May 05, 2025•25 min
In this powerful episode, Coach Jason sits down with George Haymaker, a Certified Neuroscience Coach & Consultant, to explore how the brain forms destructive patterns, and how to rewire them for good. From addiction recovery to breaking everyday self-sabotage loops, George shares the science behind personal transformation, how habits take root in the brain, and why emotional safety and connection are key to lasting change. George has helped countless individuals and organizations master thei...
May 02, 2025•54 min
What if boredom isn’t something to escape, but a doorway to transformation? In this episode, Coach Matt sits down with Jeff Lester, founder of Jefe Living, to explore how reframing boredom can unlock personal growth, mindfulness, and deeper self-awareness in alcohol-free living. From idle hands to intentional living, Jeff shares practical tools to move through emotional discomfort, tap into your body’s wisdom, and embrace the space that sobriety creates. Whether you’re early in your alcohol-free...
Apr 30, 2025•38 min
Itamar Marano is today’s guest is a former Israeli Special Forces operative, a former undercover agent, the youngest-ever air marshal in Israel’s history, and now a top-tier mindset coach to high-performing entrepreneurs around the world. This episode is all about inner strength. We dive into how fear, ego, and self-sabotage silently derail even the most successful people… and how removing alcohol can be a move toward clarity, control, and confidence. We’ll talk about why so many high achievers ...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 2 min
