Ep 67: Is Alcohol Stealing Your Potential Without You Noticing? With Anna Donaghey

How does the way you speak to yourself about alcohol shape your habits, identity and potential? Helen welcomes alcohol mindset coach Anna Donaghey to share eye-opening insights into the stories we tell ourselves about drinking. This episode offers practical, compassionate wisdom on breaking cycles of shame and unlocking a way to rethink the way you drink alcohol.Here are the highlights:00:00  Exploring the importance of the language we use around alcohol.09:13 Lost confidence and sparkle due to years of drinking 11:35 Loss of long-term goals and motivation due to alcohol15:27 Words shape mindset; self-talk matters26:35 Is life good enough or could reducing alcohol enhance it?32:55 Everyone can be prone to addiction.36:35 Moving beyond the limiting labels of "normal" and "alcoholic."38:43 Admitting to a drinking problem was a daunting step for me43:51 Acknowledge past mistakes but emphasise openness to change with ‘yet’.About Anna Donaghey:Anna Donaghey is an alcohol mindset coach, speaker and host of The BigDrink Rethink, a podcast aimed at encouraging people to talk openly and honestly about alcohol. With a career spanning 25 years as a strategist in the advertising industry, she combines her own lived experience of alcohol addiction with great insight into what makes us tick and what influences us to behave the way we do. Through The Big Drink Rethink, Anna is on a mission to get the nation drinking more mindfully. Connect with Anna:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annadonagheyListen To The Podcast:https://www.thebeliefscoach.com/big-drink-rethinkConnect with Helen:Website: helenpackham.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@helenpackhamspeakercoachInstagram: www.instagram.com/helenpackhamFacebook: www.facebook.com/helenpackhamcoachLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/helenpackhamThe podcast will be pausing at episode 70 but you can continue to get updates from Helen via her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@helenpackhamspeakercoach Or by signing up to her speak up newsletter https://helenpackham.com/ (bottom of the home page)Produced by winteraudio.co.uk

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