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Nothing Is Wrong. So Why Am I Drinking This Much?
What if you like your life, but you’re still drinking more than you want? Nothing has fallen apart. Your family is good, your career is going well, and you’re handling...
More Gen Z Adults Are Drinking. Boomers Are Cutting Back. w/ Merrilee Burke, LMFT
For years, Gen Z has been described as the generation turning away from alcohol. New data tells a more complicated story: more legal-drinking-age Gen Z adults are drin...
Everyone Looks Fine. Including You.
Have you ever looked around a room full of successful people drinking and thought, if they’re fine, I must be fine too? But what if some of those same people are looki...
Erica Cut Her Drinking in Half With Naltrexone. Then the Real Work Started.
Today we have a special guest host, Sunnyside cofounder Ian Andersen. Ian is someone I work with every day, and over the years he’s become a good friend. He cares deep...
What Changes Between the Promise and the Pour?
I’ve been working on a new way to understand why we can genuinely decide to drink less, then make a completely different choice a few hours later. In this episode, I i...
Can Tapping Reduce Alcohol Cravings? w/ Dr. Carol Look
Carol Look is a psychotherapist, bestselling author, and one of the early pioneers of EFT tapping, with more than 25 years of experience using it with stress, anxiety,...
You Know Why You Drink. So Why Hasn’t It Changed?
I spent years trying to understand why I drank, from stress and anxiety to things that went all the way back to childhood. Some of those insights were real, but knowin...
Have You Outgrown Your Drinking? w/ Veronique Ory
Véronique Ory never had a dramatic rock bottom. She simply started noticing that alcohol didn’t fit her life the way it once had. In this conversation, we talk about h...
Why Alcohol Starts Looking Good Again
Why does alcohol start sounding good again just a few days after I was sure I wanted a break? In this 10 Minute Monday, I look at fading affect bias, self-licensing, a...
Why Drinking Less Starts Before the First Drink w/ Colleen Freeland
Master life coach and recovery specialist Colleen Freeland returns to explain why drinking less often starts long before the first drink. We talk about nervous system ...
Why You Replay Conversations for Days
Ever catch yourself replaying the same conversation over and over, wondering if you said the wrong thing? Or lying awake with the bigger questions, like whether you're...
"Stressed" Isn't Actually a Feeling w/ Dr. Larry Freeney
Dr. Larry Freeney has spent thousands of sessions in the counseling chair, and he keeps meeting the same person: someone whose life looks right on paper and still feel...
Are You Wired for Addiction?
Have you ever wondered whether you’re simply wired to struggle with alcohol? In this episode, we look at what decades of research say about addictive personality, inhe...
What If 'Am I an Alcoholic?' Is the Wrong Question? w/ Colleen Freeland
Today I'm welcoming back Colleen Freeland. She's a master life coach and recovery specialist who helps high-achieving women cut their drinking without labels or lifelo...
8 Habit Swaps to Drink Less at Home
Drinking less at home comes with a different set of challenges. There is no bartender, no natural stopping point, and no one else setting the pace. The bottle is close...
10 Sentences That Make It Easier to Drink Less
Drinking less is not only about what you do. It is also about what you tell yourself in the moments that matter. In this episode, I share 10 sentences for cravings, go...
Is It Too Late to Undo the Damage?
If you’ve been drinking more than you want to for a while, you may quietly wonder whether the fog, memory changes, and lack of energy are permanent. In this episode, M...
Drinking Less Without Losing the Party w/ Megan Klein
Today I’m joined by Megan Klein, founder of Little Saints. Megan built Little Saints after realizing the cocktail ritual she loved was starting to cost her more than s...
14 Unexpected Ways Life Gets Easier When You Drink Less (Part 2)
Most people know drinking less can improve sleep, hangovers, and energy. But the bigger changes are usually the ones you don’t expect. In Part 2, we go deeper into the...
Your Mind is Not the Boss w/ Dr. Richard Louis Miller
Dr. Richard Louis Miller has spent more than 65 years in psychology, mind-body health, and behavior change. He is the host of Mind Body Health & Politics, the author o...
