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Take a Break from Drinking

Rachel Hartwww.rachelhart.com
Tired of breaking your promise to go easy on the drinks tonight? You know your nightly habit isn’t great for your health or waistline, but it’s so hard to say no. Sound familiar? Then you need Rachel. She knows what it’s like to be fed up with your drinking, worried about judgment from others, and turned off by approaches that focus on a higher power instead of brain science. Learn the exact steps she used to change her relationship with alcohol. Discover how the brain works, the real reason you crave a drink, the key to changing your desire, and how to decide what’s right for you. Create a life that is fun, spontaneous, relaxing, and, most importantly, pleasurable (no buzz necessary). For her latest free class, visit linktr.ee/rachelhart or check out rachelhart.com for show notes and more.
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Episodes

281: How to Know if You Can Change Your Drinking

In this episode, find out why it is totally possible for you to change your drinking no matter how many times you’ve tried in the past. You’ll learn the exact skills you need to follow through on your plan to change your habit. Get full Show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/281

Jun 07, 202221 minEp. 281

280: How to Create a New Mindset About Drinking

Learn how to practice new thoughts about drinking to ultimately change your mindset, allowing you to take it or leave it with drinking. Get full Show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/280

May 31, 202215 minEp. 280

279: Why Your Compelling Reason Isn’t Working

Learn why compelling reasons aren’t the be-all-end-all solution to your drinking, and how to use them to effectively make changes to your habit. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/279

May 24, 202214 minEp. 279

278: What’s Getting in the Way of Changing Your Drinking

Find out why the reasons you aren’t working on your habit change aren’t what you think they are, and how to get to the real reason you haven’t changed your relationship with drinking yet. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/278

May 17, 202213 minEp. 278

277: I Know What I Should be Doing, I’m Just Not Doing it

Discover why you might know how to change your drinking habit but still not do it, why this isn’t serving you, and how to get real about your habit so you can change it for good. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/277

May 10, 202215 minEp. 277

276: When Drinking Helps Your Anxiety

A glass of wine might feel like it’s helping with your anxiety, but it can’t provide real relief. Discover what’s really going on when you reach for a drink to feel less anxious, and what will help you feel better in the long-run. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/276

May 03, 202215 minEp. 276

275: The Phases of Changing Your Relationship with Alcohol

Learn the phases of changing your relationship with alcohol, what you’ll experience in each one, and how to get started on this journey of changing your relationship with drinking once and for all. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/275

Apr 26, 202223 minEp. 275

274: Is Drinking Less Possible?

Find out why you can drink less no matter how hard it’s been to say no before, and how to embrace the discomfort that comes with changing your habit. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/274

Apr 19, 202225 minEp. 274

273: Drink Manipulation

Learn why drink manipulation happens and what to do when you notice it happening to you. These instances can be great opportunities to learn more about your habit, so tune in to find out how. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/273

Apr 12, 202218 minEp. 273

272: What Your Brain Learns When You Reach for a Drink

This week, learn how to hop off the see-saw once and for all, and how to teach your brain new skills to change your relationship with drinking for good. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/272

Apr 05, 202218 minEp. 272

271: Ensuring the Progress You’ve Made Will Last

In this episode, find out where to put your focus and energy to create real, lasting change in your relationship with drinking. You can cultivate success without leaning on discipline and determination, and this episode will show you how. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/271

Mar 29, 202221 minEp. 271

270: Worrying What People Will Think

If you’re scared of being judged for not drinking, listen in this week. I’m sharing why other people’s responses can feel so scary and how to explore this fear so you can feel confident in your decision to take a break. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/270

Mar 22, 202222 minEp. 270

269: How to Stop Backsliding

Backsliding can feel incredibly frustrating. In this episode, I’m sharing how to stop backsliding and the three skills you need to learn to prevent it from happening ever again. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/269

Mar 15, 202226 minEp. 269

268: When People Doubt You Can Change Your Drinking

If you’ve tried to change your drinking habit many times before, the people in your life may be a little skeptical of your ability to create lasting, permanent change. This week, discover three steps to successfully change your drinking habit with or without the support of the people around you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/268

Mar 08, 202232 minEp. 268

267: Questions That Keep You Drinking

After a night of drinking, it’s common to ask yourself questions like What is wrong with me? Why can’t I just say no? Why can’t I drink like everybody else? In this episode, I revisit why the questions we ask ourselves about our drinking matter and how you can intentionally choose to ask yourself more powerful ones. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/267

Mar 01, 202234 minEp. 267

266: Frustration at Failed Attempts to Change Your Drinking

In this episode, discover the 3 steps for effectively dismantling your habit from the inside out, and how to successfully and permanently change your habit without setting any rules. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/266

Feb 22, 202224 minEp. 266

265: When Drinking Is a Form of Self-Care

Find out why you might be using drinking as a form of self-care, why this isn’t right or wrong, and a process for slowing down the habit. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/265

Feb 15, 202223 minEp. 265

264: What to Do When You Have Competing Desires

In this episode, I share why having competing desires isn’t a problem, how you can better understand your urges, and then respond to them with intention and curiosity. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/264

Feb 08, 202228 minEp. 264

263: What to Do When You Feel Defeated

In this episode, I share how feeling defeated impacts your ability to say no to a drink, and how you can use this feeling to learn more about your habit and create lasting change. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/263

Feb 01, 202229 minEp. 263

262: When Drinking Is What You Have in Common

Listen in this week to find out what really creates connection in relationships and how to change your habit while maintaining strong connections with others. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/262

Jan 25, 202226 minEp. 262

261: When Drinking Is Reliable

You might think it’s the most reliable way to feel the way you want to, but it’s not. Find out why you keep turning to drinking to feel better and how to replace it with an option that truly is reliable and sustainable. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/261

Jan 18, 202235 minEp. 261

260: Transforming Failure

In this episode, I show you why failure is part of the process of changing your habit and how to stop viewing having a drink as a bad thing. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/260

Jan 11, 202229 minEp. 260

259: Willpower vs. Powerfully Living

In this episode, I share why choosing to live powerfully can make saying no to a drink feel good, and why willpower alone isn’t enough to change your habit. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/259

Jan 04, 202229 minEp. 259

258: When Not Drinking Feels Like Punishment

In this episode, find out why feeling virtuous won’t help you change your relationship with your habit and neither will feeling punished when you say no. Instead, learn how to make the decision not to drink from a place that creates lasting change. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/258

Dec 28, 202125 minEp. 258

257: Fading Affect Bias + Drinking

This week, learn what fading affect bias is and how it affects your drinking, why trying to focus on the shame and regret drinking brings you won’t help, and what will help you create permanent, sustainable change to your habit. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/257

Dec 21, 202129 minEp. 257

256: Advance Certification on Numbing + Buffering

Learn how to change your relationship with drinking by going to the source. Find out how to handle the discomfort of saying no to your desire and, if you’re a coach, how to better help your clients with this. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/256

Dec 14, 202129 minEp. 256

255: Why Humans Avoid Feelings

Discover what the real cause of your drinking habit is, why you’ve been conditioned to have this problem, and where to start if you want to change your relationship with drinking and all those other numbing behaviors. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/255

Dec 07, 202131 minEp. 255

254: Are You Writing Off Change?

You might think that there’s no point in trying to drink less over the holidays. Or, you might think that even if you do make a change, there’s no way it will last. Discover how to break free from these thought patterns and start evolving into the next version of you, someone who has a radically different relationship with drinking. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/254

Nov 30, 202128 minEp. 254

253: The Purpose of Overdoing It

This week, I invite you to reconsider what you’re making your overdrinking mean. There is a purpose for it, and once you understand what it is, your relationship with your desire will completely change. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/253

Nov 23, 202117 minEp. 253

252: Alcohol as Neutral 2.0

In this episode, find out why labeling yourself as bad when you say yes to a drink does not make you a bad person, and why indulging in judgmental labeling like this actually fuels your habit. Get full show notes and more information here: https://rachelhart.com/252

Nov 16, 202118 minEp. 252
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