My wish for you in the New Year to come: ✨ May you be the guest of honor in your own skin.

In the words of Clare Pooley:

…now, with the benefit of six months of hindsight, I just want to grab them in a big bear hug and yell "Nooooo! You're doing the hardest part over and over, without ever making it to the good bits!"

And the problem is, the longer you spend wallowing around in those early dark days of despair, the more you manage to re-enforce the idea in your subconscious that that's what sobriety is all about.

So, if that's you, then think about it like this:

Imagine you're standing in a field which you've been in for a long, long time. Initially it was beautiful - filled with wild flowers, friends, sunshine and fluffy bunnies (maybe the bunnies are a bit too much? But, hell, I'm going with it).

The irony of posting this online is not lost on me.

And I have several meditation and health-focused apps that I love. 📱💕

But, honestly, I’m having to work harder than usual to maintain a “media balance” in my own life at the moment (aka keeping my mental health in check)

And have set some serious limits both for social media and “screens,” in general.

How are *you* feeling out there lately??

The irony of posting this online is not lost on me.

And I have several meditation and health-focused apps that I love. 📱💕

But, honestly, I’m having to work harder than usual to maintain a “media balance” in my own life at the moment (aka keeping my mental health in check)

And have set some serious limits both for social media and “screens,” in general.

How are *you* feeling out there lately??

Believe me. You won’t regret it. 💌

We can be so hard on ourselves! 😝

Yet another thing that I *did not know* about alcohol.

(…and it makes me SO MAD.) 😠

The fact that the alcohol industry has spent billions on governmental lobbying to dodge putting ACTUAL WARNING LABELS on their products is both surprising and *not* surprising.

(…ah, the joys of capitalism.) 🙄

Ok, but why is this GOOD NEWS, you ask?

Calling all hustlers:

Our lives are often built around productivity and pursuit. 📈
Our worth is often defined by achievements and accolades. 🏆

And in-between the hustle and the grind, we are eating in a hurry, texting in a hurry, *resting* in a hurry, and multitasking our little faces off.

We are sending ourselves through a gauntlet of physiological highs and lows. 🎢

THIS! This is how our habits are formed. 🔬🧠🌿🛣️

🤓 And knowledge is power, my friend.

I hope this video sparks your curiosity and helps explain a little of why using willpower is so hard.

Like bushwhacking through the brush, change is a process that gets easier over time.

THAT IS THE WRONG QUESTION!

“Emotions create habits.🔬
Not repetition. Not frequency.
Not fairy dust.
...emotions.”

- Dr. BJ Fogg is a behavioral scientist at the leading front of habit change.

His research and findings play a major role in the methodology I follow and have had a huge impact in my own personal journey.

By changing the way you THINK about alcohol… you can change the way you FEEL about it.

And then your BEHAVIOR just clicks into place.