We are half way through the 40 days to freedom from alcohol! Have you committed to your sacred self? This episode is PACKED full of examples and the EXACT process to get you out of thought loops, that ultimately end up in drinking, into allowing emotion and get you in control of your life instead of riding the trigger happy emotional roller caster of reactivity!
Personal Responsibility in a nut shell, is your ticket to ultimate freedom. By staying 100% accountable for you thoughts, feelings and actions, you have to opportunity to explore the direct process that gets alcohol in your hand and body, or anyother result in your life. It is the building block of how you show up and claim your power, by CHOOSING thoughts on purpose! You can interrupt the process by choosing new thoughts or allowing emotions to happen.
Personal responsibility is non-negotiable if you want to make REAL Change in your drinking. It is the stage of emergence in our healing journey of the self. Now that you have brought light by confronting the story, you can give some energy to how you relate to the outer world and make a plan to lay actionable steps to get there.
The Personal Responsibility Cycle:
Life Happens (trigger)-thought-emotion-drink alcohol
This can be used for anything.
This weeks Self Inquiry:
How do I feel right now?: EXPAND Your vocabulary
Why do I feel this way? What is the EXACT circumstance anyone would agree on it's objective? (ie it's raining out, NOT: my partner is mean)
( about what situation or circumstance, get VERY specific)
What was the thought that created this emotion? If you need to list as many as are present.
How do I show up when I feel this way/ what actions do I take?
What are the sensations of this emotion in my body?
If I allow them and stay in the place of observation will they change?
How do you WANT to feel?
I know at least one
Imagine having weekly breakthroughs — and celebrating them without alcohol.
The 90-Day Life Renewal Challenge is an invitation into your year of clarity, self-trust, and embodied change. This is about knowing you can handle life without numbing, avoiding, or hiding. You can be sacred and do it anyway.
👉 Schedule your Clarity Call for your first breakthrough — and trust that it’s only the beginning.
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DISCLAIMER: This podcast and its contents are not a substitute for rehabilitation, medical treatment or advice. It is for educational and inspirational purposes. I am not a therapist or doctor. The views here are expressed a personal opinion and based on first hand experience. Please consult a doctor if your mental or physical health is at risk.
