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When Drinking Less Feels Hard: Alcohol Keeps Me Going
In this episode of the Alcohol Minimalist podcast, Molly wraps up the series When Drinking Less Feels Hard by looking at the final Alcohol Core Belief: Alcohol Keeps M...
Think Thursday: Why Looking Back Can Help You Move Forward
In this Think Thursday episode, Molly explores reminiscing as more than nostalgia. After returning from a family reunion, she reflects on how shared stories can reconn...
When Drinking Less Feels Hard: Alcohol is My Reward
In this episode of the Alcohol Minimalist podcast, Molly continues the series When Drinking Less Feels Hard, looking at the real-life challenges that make drinking les...
Think Thursday: What Juneteenth Teaches Us About Memory, Truth & Freedom
In this Think Thursday episode, Molly reflects on the meaning and importance of Juneteenth, observed on June 19th. Rather than approaching the holiday as a historian, ...
When Drinking Less Feels Hard: Alcohol is Fun & Everyone is Drinking!
In this episode of the Alcohol Minimalist Podcast, Molly continues the series “When Drinking Less Feels Hard” by looking at one of the most common places drinking less...
Think Thursday: The Encodings You Haven't Discovered Yet
This week on Think Thursday, Molly explores a fascinating concept from Jim Collins' newest book, What to Make of a Life: encodings—the unique interests, abilities, and...
When Drinking Less Feels Hard: Alcohol Helps Me Relieve Stress
In this episode of the Alcohol Minimalist podcast, Molly kicks off the series When Drinking Less Feels Hard, inspired by real responses from the Alcohol Minimalist com...
Revisiting-Think Thursday: Unbreakable Habits & The Voice That Keeps Them Alive
In this Think Thursday episode, Molly revisits the past episode on why habits can feel unbreakable—and why the real issue is often not the behavior itself, but the sto...
Revisiting: Alcohol & ADHD
In this revisited episode of the Alcohol Minimalist Podcast, Molly explores the connection between ADHD and alcohol use. For many people with ADHD, alcohol can seem he...
Think Thursday: The Hidden Cost of Emotional Suppression
In this final Think Thursday episode for Mental Health Awareness Month, Molly explores the difference between emotional regulation and emotional suppression — and why ...
Revisiting: Buffering with Alcohol
In this episode of the Alcohol Minimalist Podcast, Molly revisits one of the show’s most popular topics: buffering.Buffering is what we do when we use alcohol, food, s...
Think Thursday: Your Brain Wasn't Meant to Multitask
Do you ever reach the end of the day feeling mentally exhausted but wonder what you actually accomplished? You’re not imagining it. What we often call multitasking is ...
Revisiting: Peaceful Holidays Start with a Plan
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for many of us, summer brings familiar alcohol cues: barbecues, beach trips, camping weekends, and backy...
Think Thursday: Why Your Brain Needs to Move
On this Think Thursday episode of the Alcohol Minimalist Podcast, Molly explores the strange kind of exhaustion that happens when your brain is overstimulated but your...
Revisiting: I Come from a Long Line of Drinkers
In this episode of the Alcohol Minimalist Podcast, Molly revisits the powerful belief so many people carry: “I come from a long line of drinkers.” Whether that story c...
Think Thursday: Sleep, Mental Health & The Science of Flourishing
Sleep, Mental Health, and the Science of FlourishingThis week on Think Thursday, Molly revisits a topic that has shown up many times on the podcast: sleep. But this co...
Revisiting: The Five Things I Needed to Change Before I Could Change My Drinking
In this episode of the Alcohol Minimalist Podcast, Molly revisits episode 100: “5 Things I Had to Change Before I Changed My Drinking.” Originally released in November...
Think Thursday: Living Alongside Mental Illness-The Hidden Impact on Your Brain & Behavior
Episode SummaryWhat is it like to live with someone who is struggling with their mental health?In this Think Thursday episode, Molly explores the often-overlooked expe...
Alcohol Awareness Month: What Alcohol Awareness Really Means
As Alcohol Awareness Month comes to a close, Molly reflects on what alcohol awareness really means and why it is about more than fear, labels, or all-or-nothing thinki...
Think Thursday: The Story Your Brain Tells First
Your brain doesn’t wait to tell a story about your life—it creates one in real time.In this Think Thursday episode, Molly builds on the foundational concept of “the ga...
