We often get questions from long-time drinkers who feel as if there is no hope left for them. They’ve been drinking for 40 years or more and just keep relapsing. Is there anything out there that can help them reverse that trend? Annie Grace shares her wisdom and insight into why making one change most haven’t tried before can make the biggest difference in those who keep relapsing. LIVE ALCOHOL EXPERIMENT I'm so excited you guys, because we are just about to start another LIVE Alcohol Experiment...
Dec 17, 2022•5 min
Andrew romanticized alcohol from an early age and looked forward to his first drink. Alcohol and identity began to join together when he was just 12 years old. His love affair with alcohol and his belief drinking was fun continued even as the problems caused by alcohol mounted. It took a culmination of health issues and the unexpected gift of a pandemic for Andrew to uncouple alcohol and identity. Annie and Andrew discuss why he calls This Naked Mind his not drinking bible, the journey of uncoup...
Dec 16, 2022•47 min
We all have different paths that lead us to find freedom from alcohol. Here at This Naked Mind we truly believe there is no one right way to change your relationship with alcohol. It’s why we offer so many resources ourselves from the free Alcohol Experiment to books, podcasts, and the PATH. Our coaches have their own roads to freedom as well and a reader would like to know if Scott Pinyard changed because of This Naked Mind. Listen to find out! Are you ready to make instant changes to your drin...
Dec 10, 2022•5 min
If there was a common theme in Claire’s life, it would be an overwhelming struggle to feel accepted. This theme led to Claire drinking as a way to fit in - starting as a teenager, at University, and again as an adult struggling through career changes, parenthood, and finally struggling with her sexual identity. Listen as Annie and Claire discuss drinking as a response to trauma, lying to ourselves, the power of micro commitments, and more! Are you ready to make instant changes to your drinking? ...
Dec 09, 2022•54 min
Can you quit drinking without counting days? Is that even a thing? The idea of not counting days seems foreign to what most of us traditionally know when it comes to stopping drinking. Annie shares on her experience when quitting drinking and also dives into what the best way to approach counting days is. THE ALCOHOL EXPERIMENT Have you tried The Alcohol Experiment? Okay, if not, drop everything and go to AlcoholExperiment.com. This free 30-day challenge is designed to interrupt your patterns an...
Dec 03, 2022•5 min
Lily spent a huge portion of her life buying into alcohol’s big lies. From childhood through adulthood, they continued to be part of her beliefs and resurfaced even when she thought she was in control of her relationship with alcohol. Lily shares with Annie the epiphanies that first helped her in her relationship with alcohol, what happened when she gave herself permission to drink again, and they discuss why one of alcohol’s big lies is that stopping drinking has to be hard and uncomfortable. H...
Dec 02, 2022•49 min
This Naked Mind Certified Coaches Scott Pinyard and Lisa Kwiatkowski come together to answer reader questions that deal with the challenge to quitting drinking. Scott and Lisa discuss how the journey to stopping drinking isn’t a straight line and why we shouldn’t judge ourselves for the turns it will take, they also take on socializing without alcohol, and finally, they delve into maintaining the motivation to change. Coach Lisa also offers advice and encouragement on how to live your life by de...
Nov 26, 2022•45 min
Sarah Kate joins Annie Grace to discuss how her love affair with wine began, what led her to rethink her drinking, and how she’s now helping others have some good clean fun. Listen as Sarah Kate and Annie talk about the dangers of mommy wine culture, alcohol culture in general, and how powerful the ripple effect can be when you find your freedom from alcohol. I am so excited to announce our newly recalibrated signature program - The PATH: Freedom Accelerated. This 90-day program is designed to m...
Nov 25, 2022•27 min
Have you ever wondered whether to serve wine at parties? You’re not alone! It’s a popular question and often a stumbling block that comes up when trying to navigate an alcohol-free life and entertaining. Annie Grace shares about her past experiences when entertaining and how that has evolved over time. Find out how to get curious, observant, and ultimately make your own choices on whether to serve wine at parties. How To Talk To Your Kids About Alcohol Wouldn’t it be great if our children never ...
Nov 19, 2022•8 min
Maxi has packed a lot of living and experiences into his 28 years - including the experience of going alcohol-free. Join Annie and Maxi as they discuss his experiences traveling the world, working in the music industry, and why his drinking increased during the pandemic amid the strict Australian lockdown. Also hear from Maxi about alcohol use and bulimia in men, a subject that often gets overlooked but is more prevalent than we imagine! THIS NAKED MIND COMPANION APP Please don’t forget to check...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 2 min
One of the foundations of This Naked Mind is self-compassion but another one is authenticity and not forcing changes. How do you reconcile the two and learn to not force self-compassion? Is there a way to develop it organically? Annie Grace answers this question and offers a tool that helps! THIS NAKED MIND COMPANION APP Please don’t forget to check out This Naked Mind Companion App in the app store, on Google Play, or online at ThisNakedMindApp.com. More than 700 Q&A videos, The Alcohol Exp...
Nov 12, 2022•6 min
This Naked Mind Certified Coach Laura Deter joins Annie Grace for a real and raw discussion on the ups and downs of finding freedom from alcohol. Laura shares about what led to her unhealthy relationship with alcohol, her multiple attempts to control it, and how she finally found lasting freedom. Laura and Annie also talk about the dangers of numbing emotions with alcohol and how that can be the hardest part of living alcohol-free. How To Talk To Your Kids About Alcohol Wouldn’t it be great if o...
Nov 11, 2022•32 min
Why don’t we all drink the same? Why is it some people can stop after 1 or 2 drinks while for some of us it feels like our off switch is defective? Annie answers this reader's question and dives into why some people find it easy to moderate drinking and why that tends to change for us over time. Please don’t forget to check out This Naked Mind Companion App in the app store, on Google Play, or online at ThisNakedMindApp.com. More than 700 Q&A videos, The Alcohol Experiment, our global commun...
Nov 05, 2022•6 min
Kyle was never a big drinker so he never imagined that alcohol would be an issue. Life has a funny way of changing things. Job changes, moves that didn’t work out, and Covid-19 upending life as he knew it also changed Kyle’s drinking as he knew it. Listen as he shares what led up to him realizing alcohol was an issue, the struggle to get help, and why he says getting drunk for science was the most eye-opening and powerful thing he ever did. Wouldn’t it be great if our children never had to go th...
Nov 04, 2022•42 min
This Naked Mind Head Coach Scott Pinyard and Ths Naked Mind Certified Coach Lily Weis come together to discuss alcohol-free adventures and how alcohol actually strips the fun and excitement from our lives. They also answer questions about how you get back to a life of fun and adventure, how to deal with a spouse that still drinks, and finally how to deal with stress and alcohol. Finally, Lily gets to answer Scott’s curveball question! Are you realizing that there’s something more? That you’re so...
Oct 29, 2022•47 min
Dr. Gina Slejko, an associate professor at Colorado State University, joins Annie Grace to discuss how her self-awareness around alcohol led her to choose a life free from it. Dr. Slejko thought she had a normal relationship with alcohol from her childhood until well into her 40s. Even once she was drinking 2-3 glasses a night, everyone reassured her this was normal. Annie Grace and Dr. Gina Slejko dive into conversation about the role of motivation in our behaviors, alcohol as a gateway drug, a...
Oct 28, 2022•29 min
Learning to navigate social situations is one of the most challenging pars of becoming alcohol-free. It can be difficult to have friends and family accept this better version of ourselves. This often surfaces when we’re offered a drink. Learn how to say no to a drink without overexplaining yourself or making things awkward. Are you ready to make instant changes to your drinking? The answer is not in restriction or deprivation. And, you don’t need more self control. I am here to tell you that you...
Oct 22, 2022•7 min
Niamh joins Annie Grace to share her story of becoming superhuman without alcohol. Like so many Niamh slowly found herself drinking more to deal with the demands of marriage, parenting, and her career. When she realized that planned her social life around drinking occasions she decided to take a break, that break led to living a booze-free life with clarity, meaning, and purpose. Learn why the gains outweigh the losses, how she navigates drinking culture, and why she’s grateful for failure. Are ...
Oct 21, 2022•30 min
This Naked Mind Head Coach Scott Pinyard and This Naked Mind Certified Coach Rina Bowring sit down to get real about Christian Moms and alcohol. Learn where Rina's passion for helping this particular group came from and why it is such an underserved community. Listen as Scott and Rina dive into questions about letting go of your beliefs around alcohol and your identity, how to deal with transitions as triggers, and how to tame your inner overachiever. Finally, Scott closes things out by asking R...
Oct 15, 2022•39 min
Racquel credits AA with saving her life from alcohol yet despite immersing herself in it she never felt as if it was the best fit for her. She looked for fulfillment and connection in so many ways but it didn’t all come together for her until a friend introduced her to something different from AA, namely, This Naked Mind. Annie and Racquel discuss why willpower can be a sticky subject, the importance of being open to change, and our responsibility to help others. Are you realizing that there’s s...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Annie Grace and Scott Pinyard tackle the controversial topic of finding substitutes for alcohol. Will drinking a non-alcoholic beverage trigger someone? What are the red flags to look ou for when considering alcohol substitutes? How can you make sure that you’re safe to sample these beverages? Wouldn’t it be great if our children never had to go through the pain and challenges we faced in our own relationship with alcohol? This is my greatest wish for my own kids and it’s why I created the most ...
Oct 08, 2022•5 min
Annie Grace is thrilled to welcome Byron Katie to the podcast today. Katie’s books were pivotal to Annie’s journey with finding freedom from alcohol and inspired the This Naked Mind methodology that has transformed millions of lives. Listen as Annie and Byron Katie explore how to do the work of changing ourselves rather than attempting to change others, the complications caused by ego and guilt, how taking responsibility creates freedom, and why we don’t have to love everything that is. Have you...
Oct 07, 2022•56 min
It seems as though younger generations are shaking things up a bit and choosing an alcohol-free lifestyle at a younger age. Many times this lifestyle change comes even before alcohol becomes a problem in their lives. Join This Naked Mind head coach Scott Pinyard and coach Karolina Rzadkowolska in this conversation about finding fulfillment and going after your dreams outside of societal norms. Are you realizing that there’s something more? That you’re so excited about this change in your life - ...
Oct 01, 2022•48 min
Beth is a certified This Naked Mind and Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, as well as a Bioenergetics practitioner, single mama, yogi, and lifelong learner. On today’s episode, this Certified Naked Mind Coach gets real about her decades of drinking, how she justified it, and why ultimately the disconnect between drinking and yoga led her to stop. She and Annie talk about how alcohol shifts from being a social tool to a reward, about the ways we deal with stress, and how life opens up once alcoh...
Sep 30, 2022•44 min
Does it feel like we’re always seeing reports from the medical industry about the health benefits of alcohol? There are doctors who tell us a glass of wine a day is good for us. In this episode, Annie Grace and Scott Pinyard answer this question and share some real scientific backed knowledge on how alcohol affects our health. Here’s a question I get quite often: Annie, do you think your science-backed, grace-led approach to alcohol could work for other things? Things like nicotine? People have ...
Sep 24, 2022•6 min
So often our society, culture and those around us tell us that drinking regularly is normal and this is no different for this week’s guest. Janet went from drinking daily, to a decade of trying to moderate using willpower, to finding freedom from alcohol. Tune in to listen to Janet share her journey from her first wake-up call to finding freedom decades later and everything in between. If you are totally serious about actually truly and forevermore transforming your relationship with alcohol, re...
Sep 23, 2022•31 min
In this month’s coaching questions, This Naked Mind head coach Scott Pinyard welcomes TNM coach Shelley Money. A lifestyle and relationship coach helping high achieving soul-led women in business have healthy relationships with everyone and everything in their lives. Join Shelley and Scott answer listener’s questions: Hello, here’s my problem. I’ve been in sales for almost 20 years. One of the things that trips me up when I try to quit drinking is going to a sales conference. There is so much dr...
Sep 17, 2022•45 min
This Naked Mind head coach Scott Pinyard welcomes three of our very own This Naked Mind parents to the podcast for a special episode about How To Talk To Your Kids About Alcohol. The conversation about alcohol can be a deep and difficult one to have with your kids. Join Scott, Maureen, Diana, and Laura in a special episode where they share their own experiences navigating these difficult conversations with their own children. Are you realizing that there’s something more? That you’re so excited ...
Sep 16, 2022•57 min
Cravings can feel very overwhelming and impossible to combat. Alcohol weakens the part of your brain that makes decisions and processes future consequences. So when it feels like giving in to cravings is an automatic reaction, it really can be. The good news, in this episode Annie Grace shares how our incredible brains can be trained to combat this! Are you ready to make instant changes to your drinking? The answer is not in restriction or deprivation. And, you don’t need more self-control. I am...
Sep 10, 2022•15 min
Being a first responder can bring on a huge emotional toll. It can feel lonely being a public servant while struggling to control alcohol and feeling emotions of guilt and shame all at once. Find out the role trauma and alcohol played in Kat’s life to cope with the emotional difficulties of her job and how she has been able to find freedom from alcohol and still do the job she loves. Are you ready to make instant changes to your drinking? The answer is not in restriction or deprivation. And, you...
Sep 09, 2022•53 min
