Alcohol Minimalist: Change Your Drinking Habits!

Join my private FB group Alcohol Minimalists here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/changeyouralcoholhabit Has this podcast helped you?  How about leaving a review: Itunes Follow me on Instagram: @AlcoholMinimalist  Have you grabbed your free e-book, "Alcohol Truths: How Much is Safe?" Get it here.  Low risk drinking guidelines from the NIAAA: Healthy men under 65: No more than 4 drinks in one day and no more than 14 drinks per week. Healthy women (all ages) and healthy men 65 and older: No more than 3 drinks in one day and no more than 7 drinks per week. One drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor. So remember that a mixed drink or full glass of wine are probably more than one drink. Abstinence from alcohol Abstinence from alcohol is the best choice for people who take medication(s) that interact with alcohol, have health conditions that could be exacerbated by alcohol (e.g. liver disease), are pregnant or may become pregnant or have had a problem with alcohol or another substance in the past. Benefits of “low-risk” drinking Following these guidelines reduces the risk of health problems such as cancer, liver disease, reduced immunity, ulcers, sleep problems, complications of existing conditions, and more. It also reduces the risk of depression, social problems, and difficulties at school or work. This week on the podcast I'm thrilled to be speaking to author, podcaster and entrerpreneur Elizabeth Benton.  Elizabeth's book, Chasing Cupcakes is a book I go back to again and again for mindset work.  Here are notes from our conversation:  Rumi quotes: “Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”   Tell me what you hear most from this quote?  Hope Capability/Power? “Whoever brought me here will have to take me home”: I love the concept of self-change,   I  Iove the idea of having the power within me to change…but I also highly value coaching and mentors. How do believe coaches and mentors can help self-changers the most? “Our patterns and stories, no matter how far back they go, can be surrendered and rewritten.  We can walk away from them in any moment. Every choice can be change and every moment is            a blank slate.” You say in your podcast intro “Transformation is now.” Can you explain why you are so passionate about now versus today or this week.  How does that intertwine with long-term goals?   “This book is a tool that will help you win hard moments. It will help you change unconscious patterns and see the truth in the lies (especially the well-intended ones) you tell yourself. It’s a         companion to help you overcome resistance and create success. You won’t be fighting against yourself but rather working with yourself… creating an operating system of being militantly on     your own side. It will serve as a guide to the joyful pursuit of your best self instead of a battle against your worst self. You will create change through evolution, not revolution.” One of the biggest tools you use in the book and I hear you talk about all the time on the podcast is questions. And learning to ask better questions.   How does asking questions help people most?  What are some of your favorite questions to ask yourself? When it comes to overeating, drinking, smoking, shopping anything that people use to buffer away negative emotions lots of times people are focused on stopping the coping mechanism but  don’t know how to solve the negative emotion.  How do you deal with negative emotions? Alright I know that you’ve been working on lots of things in your life this last year. You’ve overhauled your business, you’ve recovered from pregnancy and c-section, you’ve been processing grief AND you got pregnant again in 2020.  You recently welcomed a baby boy, Roman Ephraim, into your lives—congratulations—but can we agree that it’s just A LOT??  And all the while, you’ve been writing your second book.  Can you share with us, what we can look forward to in book #2, and how it expands or breaks away from Chasing Cupcakes? What excites you most about the future? Listen to Elizabeth on the Primal Potential Podcast here.  Buy Chasing Cupcakes here.