It's Not About the Alcohol

EP356 The real reason you can't follow through on your promise to "not drink" tonight

You have discipline in every other area of your life. You follow through, you deliver, you keep everything running. So why is it that the one night you tell yourself no d

EP355 How to be truly free from the desire to drink (without willpower)

You've done a lot of work and you've definitely improved. But you're still drinking more than you want. And there's a critical voice in your head that keeps insisting you

EP354: If it feels like your drinking hasn't changed, track this metric instead

You're still drinking more than you should, and you want to know if real change actually is a slow process, or if you're just making excuses so you don't have to quit. He

EP353: Your brain talks you into drinking. Here's how to talk back.

You wake up asking the same question you asked yesterday. What the hell is wrong with me? But you've already decided the answer is that you're drinking is out of control.

EP352: Drinking turns off your brain. Planning to quit turns it back on. Here's how to break the cycle.

You wake up feeling rough and decide, "I'm not drinking tonight." For a few hours, that plan feels solid. But evening comes and you pour one anyway. And now your brain ha

EP351: Why joy is key to drinking less (not discipline)

You've been telling yourself that if you were more disciplined, then you wouldn't drink as much as you do. But the problem isn't that you need more control. It's that giv

EP350: How to tell the difference between self-care and self-sabotage (before your next drink)

You set a plan to take a break from drinking and made it a few days. Then you blew it. And now you're trying to figure out why you keep breaking promises to yourself when

EP349 Why you can't say no to wine at night (it's a capacity problem, not a willpower problem)

You keep telling yourself you'll take the night off, or at least stop at two glasses. But then you drain the entire bottle (as usual). This episode shows you why that's n

EP348: Why wondering if you're an alcoholic makes you drink more (and a better question to ponder)

If you're an alcoholic, how is it possible that you can get more done before breakfast than most people do in a week? And yet, you still know that you drink too much. So

EP347: Why you can drink a whole bottle and not feel "drunk" (and how to retrain your brain)

You've always been a little proud of your high tolerance. You can drink grown men under the table and still walk and talk like a rockstar in four inch heels. But lately i

EP346: How to cope with conflict in your relationship without drinking with Karen McMahon

You've been drinking more lately because of your partner. Their mood is the problem. Their lack of effort. Their inability to have an honest conversation.  But if this

EP345: The KNOW-DO Gap: Why you keep drinking when you know you shouldn't.

You know you should be drinking less, but you can't follow through. You promise and plan to do something different and then repeat the same mistakes over and over. This e

EP344: The Hidden Hormone Imbalance Making You Drink Too Much (And The Labs Your Doctor Isn't Running)

You've been blaming yourself for drinking too much. You assume the brain fog, the fatigue, the weight you can't shift, the way you can't stick to your plan, all of it, is

EP343: Why drinking to relax anxiety makes it's worse (and what to do instead)

You've been searching for something to take the edge off. Some tool or strategy that can help you relax so you don't feel like you need to drink so much. CBD. THC gummies

EP342 Change THIS if you want to drink like a normal person again

You've been told that the best way to stop drinking too much is to stop drinking entirely. This episode shows you why that advice usually doesn't work for high-achieving

EP341: Why You Need Alcohol To Go To Sleep (And how to break the pattern)

You can't fall asleep without a few drinks. Every time you've tried going to bed without it, you end up back on the couch an hour later pouring a glass because your brain

EP340: Why your drinking makes perfect sense (and how to actually rewire your brain)

You've been kicking yourself for finishing the bottle (again) when you promised it was going to be just one glass. This episode explains why trying harder isn't working,

EP339: The 3 Hidden Patterns Behind Overdrinking in Busy and Successful Women

You're not a woman who needs more information. You read the books. You follow the sober curious accounts. You've done Dry January. You've downloaded Sunnyside or Reframe.

EP338 Minisode: Why You Can Explain Your Drinking But Still Can't Change It

In this episode, Colleen pulls apart something that sounds right, but quietly keeps women stuck: thinking about your feelings instead of actually feeling them. Because

EP337: Why drinking every night destroys your confidence (and how to stop)

Now that I'm on the other side of my recent slip back into drinking every night, I can see exactly what happened—and more importantly, I can explain the mechanism that ma