Mike Hardenbrook
#1 best-selling author of "No Willpower Required," neuroscience enthusiast, and habit change expert.
Appears in 265 Episodes
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...
14 Unexpected Ways Life Gets Easier When You Drink Less (Part 1)
Most people know the obvious benefits of drinking less: better sleep, fewer hangovers, maybe more energy. But those are not the most interesting changes. In this two-p...
ADHD, Alcohol, and the Search for Relief w/ Jennifer Salzman
In this episode, I’m joined by Coach Jennifer Salzman, an ADHD advocate, mindfulness practitioner, and alcohol-free life coach. Jennifer spent years feeling uniquely f...
Why Some Moments Feel Like They Need Alcohol
In this episode, I’m looking at why certain moments seem to come with alcohol already attached. A celebration, a game, a vacation, a hard day, a party. Most of us pick...
What Job Is Alcohol Doing for You? w/ Austin Karr
A lot of people know alcohol is taking up too much space long before they do anything about it. It might be the drink after work, the second drink that wasn't planned,...
Will I Still Be Fun If I Drink Less?
In this episode, I talk about the social side of drinking less, and the fear that changing your drinking might change how you show up with other people. Will I still b...
When Toughing It Out Stops Working w/ Dr. Josh McConkie
My guest is Dr. Josh McConkie. He's an emergency physician and a military veteran, and he flew medevac missions in Iraq. We get into the moment when toughing it out st...
Why “Just One” So Often Turns Into More
In this episode, I’m talking about the moment most moderation advice skips: what happens after the first drink. For many people, the first drink is a decision. But the...
How to Stay Close When Your Drinking Starts Changing w/ Dr. Darcy Sterling
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Darcy Sterling, relationship expert, licensed clinical social worker, and host of We Need to Talk. We talk about what happens when o...
Stop Negotiating With Your Cravings for Alcohol
In this episode, I’m digging into alcohol cravings and one of the biggest traps people fall into when they’re trying to cut back: negotiating with the urge. Maybe just...
The Reset Loop Behind Overdrinking
Most people trying to drink less focus on the drink. But for a lot of high-functioning people, that's only half the pattern. There's a whole cycle underneath it. You o...
Why We Obsess Over "Figuring Out" Alcohol
A lot of people think the hardest part about changing their drinking is the alcohol itself. But honestly, for a lot of people, the real exhaustion comes from the const...
Systems Over Willpower w/ Noom CMO Dr. Jeffrey Egler
In part two, Sunnyside co-founder and CEO Nick Allen continues his conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Egler, Chief Medical Officer at Noom, with a deeper focus on behavior ...
The Strange Grief of Drinking Less
In this episode, we dig into the strange grief that can show up when you start drinking less. Not regret. Not a craving exactly. More like the quiet feeling of missing...
