How To Rewire Your Brain To Stop Drinking | Meet The Coaches | E827
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This podcast features two This Naked Mind coaches, Tabin and Haley, sharing their personal experiences and coaching techniques. Coach Tabin details her long struggle with alcohol, exploring various methods like AA and hypnotherapy before finding freedom through This Naked Mind. She also discusses her breast cancer diagnosis and how it impacted her drinking, emphasizing the importance of self-compassion. Coach Haley focuses on the program's science-based and compassionate approach, explaining how she helps clients reframe negative thoughts and identify positive emotional goals. Both coaches highlight the transformative power of the program in helping individuals reconnect with themselves and their families, fostering a healthier relationship with alcohol and emotions. The podcast emphasizes the importance of self-compassion, reframing negative thoughts, and identifying positive emotional goals as key components of the recovery process.
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Meet Our Coaches Spotlight: Coach Tabin
Coach Tabin recounts her long journey with alcohol, including attempts at control, AA, hypnotherapy, and ultimately finding freedom through This Naked Mind. She discusses her breast cancer diagnosis and how it impacted her drinking, highlighting the importance of self-compassion and identifying positive emotional goals.
Meet Our Coaches Spotlight: Coach Haley
Coach Haley shares her path to This Naked Mind, emphasizing the program's science-based and compassionate approach. She discusses her coaching techniques, focusing on reframing negative thoughts and helping members see their experiences from different perspectives. She highlights the transformative power of the program in helping members reconnect with themselves and their families.
Keywords
This Naked Mind
A program and community offering support and guidance for individuals seeking to change their relationship with alcohol. It emphasizes a science-based and compassionate approach.
Self-compassion
Treating oneself with kindness, understanding, and acceptance, especially during difficult times. Crucial for overcoming challenges and fostering personal growth.
Reframing
Changing the way one thinks about a situation or experience to shift perspective and reduce negative emotions. A key technique in cognitive behavioral therapy.
Positive emotional goals
Identifying and focusing on desired positive emotional states rather than solely on avoiding negative ones. A key element in achieving lasting change.
Alcohol-free journey
The process of abstaining from alcohol and developing a healthier relationship with oneself and one's emotions. Often involves self-discovery and personal growth.
Emotional regulation
The ability to manage and respond to emotions in a healthy and constructive way. Essential for mental well-being and overcoming challenges.
Alcohol recovery
The process of overcoming alcohol addiction and developing a healthy relationship with alcohol.
Q&A
What is the most effective coaching technique used in the This Naked Mind program?
Reframing negative thoughts and experiences to shift perspectives and foster self-compassion. This helps members see possibilities and feel empowered.
How does the This Naked Mind program help people who feel stuck or uncertain in their journey?
By fostering self-compassion, helping them identify positive emotional goals, and sharing lived experiences to show that they are not alone in their struggles.
What is a key realization that can significantly change someone's relationship with alcohol?
Discovering the negative health consequences of alcohol and recognizing that alcohol is used to suppress difficult emotions.
Show Notes
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of cancer, illness, loss, and intense emotional pain (including shame and guilt) related to alcohol use. Please listen with care.
What if the reason you can't seem to stop drinking is because your brain is wired to keep returning to old patterns?
Coach Pam talks with coaches Tabbin and Hayley about how understanding the way our brain processes alcohol can be a game changer. By learning how to rewire your brain to stop drinking, we can break free from the cycles that keep us trapped. They discuss the neuroscience behind alcohol cravings, how to address emotional triggers, and the tools that help create lasting change. This episode is packed with insights on how to reshape your mind for a healthier, alcohol-free life.
In this episode, Coach Tabbin and Coach Pam discuss:
Trying various methods to control alcohol for 20 years before finding success
Her experience with AA and feeling like she hadn't hit "rock bottom" to belong
The profound impact of a breast cancer diagnosis and her return to drinking during a moment of immense fear
Discovering This Naked Mind and the shocking realization that alcohol causes breast cancer
The "aha" moment of revulsion towards alcohol, leading to lasting alcohol freedom since May 2018
Her focus on fitness and health as key motivators for an alcohol-free life
The importance of self-compassion in overcoming "stuckness" and inner criticism
Recognizing how to rewire your brain to stop drinking changed her perception of alcohol from pleasurable to harmful
…and more
In this episode, Coach Hayley and Coach Pam discuss:
Finding This Naked Mind through a search for non-judgmental alcohol support
Her relief at discovering a science and compassion-based program that felt like "coming home"
Overcoming deep shame and the fear of sharing her story
The core belief that "you are not broken" when struggling with alcohol dependence
Embracing feelings and allowing emotions to move through her as a vital coping mechanism
The realization that life is still "lifey" even without alcohol, but now with better tools
Why you shouldn’t wait for a "rock bottom" or "ideal timing" to seek change
…and more
Coach Tabbin is a Senior Coach with This Naked Mind, certified in ALP (Affective Liminal Psychology) and Grey Area Drinking. After years of battling alcohol, including a period of over seven years of not drinking interrupted by major life events, she found lasting freedom through This Naked Mind in 2018. Now a full-time coach, she helps senior professionals, especially those aged 45+, rewire their brains to live alcohol-free. With a background in advertising, Tabbin understands the pressures of high-powered careers and brings compassion and expertise to those navigating similar struggles. She is also a speaker, the host of The Alcohol Debate podcast, and the author of the Amazon best-seller Bottling Up Trouble.
Learn more about Coach Tabbin: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/tabbin-almond-alpc/
Coach Hayley is a certified TNM Coach with training from the Canadian Addiction and Mental Health Association. Drawing from personal experiences, Hayley understands how tough change can be and provides a safe, compassionate, and judgment-free space where her clients can feel supported. She believes that with the right mindset, anyone can change their life at any time.
Learn more about Coach Hayley: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/hayley-scherders/
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