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Stop Over-drinking and Start Living
by Angela Mascenik - Certified Stop Over-drinking Coach
Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living is a podcast for high-functioning women who want to stop over-drinking, cut back on alcohol, and change their relationship with wine and drinking. Certified Stop Over-Drinking Coach Angela Mascenik shares compassionate, practical self-coaching tools to help you feel like yourself again and handle life without using alcohol to cope.No labels. No “never again” rules. Just honest conversations and real strategies for women who are sober curious, want to drink less, or are exploring an alcohol-free life with clarity and self-trust.Listen to 5 powerful stories of women who changed their drinking herehttps://www.angelamascenik.com/5stories
Episodes
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Ep 405 Process The 3rd Step in Interrupting Automatic Behavior
Today's podcast is the final part of the 3-part series where i teach my proven technique to interrupt automatic behavior (drinking, over-eating, reacting, etc) called Stop-Notice-Process aka SNP. I am guiding you through the 3rd step called Process. You'll want to have context to what I am…
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Ep 404 Notice The 2nd Step in Interrupting Automatic Behavior
Today's podcast is a continuation of a 3-part podcast series where I teach my proven technique to interrupt automatic behavior (drinking, over-eating, reacting, etc) called Stop-Notice-Process. I am diving into the Noticing. If you haven't listened to the 1st step, Stopping, please do so before...
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Ep 403 STOP The 1st Step In Interrupting Automatic Behavior
Please listen for updates on Alive AF! and Sober October.. and what's coming at the end of October! And I am dissecting the 1st step in my signature way to interrupt our automatic behavior with drinking. It's STOPPING. We think this should be easy and simple and it can be, but you need to be...
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Ep 402 Podcast REWIND-A Live Class Called: Sober October: How to Take a 30-Day Break and Actually Enjoy It
With October right around the corner, I thought I’d bring back this podcast rewind for anyone considering doing Sober October. Please enjoy: Yesterday, I hosted a live session—Sober October: How to Take a 30-Day Break and Truly Enjoy It—and over 100 women tuned in, ready to feel better. If you...
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Ep 401 That Pink Cloud Feeling
This is a fun one! I share what the pink cloud feeling is when you quit drinking and how you can get it. The pink cloud is like 'having your head in the clouds' it feels like elation, joy, gratitude, aliveness and nothing can bring you down during this time. You are so grateful for how you feel,...
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Ep 400 The Plan Isn't Going To Save You at 5:00 o'clock
400 Episodes of the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living Podcast!! WOW. I started this podcast way back in 2018.. and now here we are 8 years later and 400 episodes. This episode is going to help you understand why just planning isn't the tool that will save you at 5:00 pm on a Tuesday when your...
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Ep 399 Change Takes the Time It Takes
This podcast is sweet little reminder that change follows the exact path it does. It's the beginning of a new season for a lot of us.. kids back to school, perhaps cooler weather settling in.. maybe a slight color change to the leaves, if you really slow down and notice. What if you allowed the...
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Ep 398 You Can't See Your Own Blind Spot: Why Knowing Isn't Enough to Stop Drinking
"I know all the things." I hear this constantly. On calls, in my membership. She's read all the quit-lit. She's listened to hundreds of podcast episodes. She's done therapy, maybe twice. She can name her triggers and explain her own drinking patterns better than most professionals could. And she…
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Ep 397 Make It Beautiful So You Want To Come Back
If you want to stop over-drinking but you keep abandoning every journal, tracker, urge that hits, and morning routine you start, this episode is for you. Quitting drinking gets a lot easier when the work stops feeling like a punishment. For twenty years, I gave alcohol the good glass, the…
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Ep 396 The Benefits Of Being Patient
Who's good at being patient? I know I didn't used to be! I wanted things FAST. I wanted to get results in weight loss as fast as possible, to get over my drinking ASAP, for my husband to change quickly or my co-workers to function faster. Our culture is built on getting things done the fastest…
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Ep 395 What to NOT To Worry About When You Change Your Drinking
Scared to stop drinking because you don't know what happens next? We'll cover what actually happens when you stop drinking, what happens to your friendships when you're the one who changes first, and why Dry January was never a preview of anything. If you're afraid to quit drinking because of...
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Ep 394 Back to Baseline: My Sleep Update and the Boundary I Broke
Quick update episode before I head out to walk the Camino! A few episodes ago, I told you about coming off my medication and sleep aids, the brain zaps, and the nights I barely slept. Here's where things landed: I'm fully off everything, sleeping better than I have in months, and I'm sharing...
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Ep 393 Your Worst Years Could Create Your Best Years
If you've ever thought "I've wasted so many years drinking," this episode is going to change how you see your entire story. It started with Madonna- a line about how the deepest darkness holds the greatest light. And it perfectly captures something psychologists have been studying for decades:...
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Ep 392 Trusting Your Intuition
Let's discuss intuition. In this episode, I'm telling you the full story of how one small decision to listen to my body last fall led to the biggest, most magical thing in my business and my life. Last year I had a two week trip planned with my friend Sarah. On paper it was a dream. But as it got...
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Ep 391 How To Stop Talking Yourself Out Of It When It Gets Uncomfortable
You decided this morning you weren't drinking tonight. Then 5pm rolls around, the day was long, and the debate starts: "Maybe just one. I don't want to be left out. I'll start fresh Monday." In this episode, I'm sharing a very personal story about coming off anti-anxiety medication and sleep aids...
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Ep 390 You Don't Need to Know How. You Just Need to Decide.
I'm recording this from my first morning LIVING in Lisbon, Portugal, sitting in The Magic House with a cup of coffee, my family finally here, and this feeling I can only describe as the specific joy of having done the hard thing. Eighteen months ago I had an idea to move my family to a country I...
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Ep 389 Podcast Rewind - Decisions Part 2, Learn, Adapt, and Move On
Please enjoy this podcast rewind: This episode is a further exploration of Decisions. If you haven't listened to Part 1, please do that first, https://www.angelamascenik.com/podcasts/stop-over-drinking-and-start-living/episodes/2148935056 This episode dives into AFTER we made a decision, how to...
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Ep 388 Podcast Rewind: Decisions Part 1, Stop Reacting, Start Choosing: Master Your Decisions
Please enjoy this Podcast Rewind: This episode is going to help you become aware of your automatic or unconscious decision making process. Once you see HOW you are making decisions you can decide with more intention on the outcome you want to have versus just your automatic quick or knee jerk...
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Ep 387 The Missing Piece to Transforming Your Drinking
I've been sitting with a thought this week that I can't stop thinking about: transformation requires transparency. You cannot have one without the other. We all know too well the toxic cycle of sneaking, hiding, avoiding, and disregarding how much our drinking is impacting us, mostly from the...
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Ep 386 The Real Reason You Can't Stop Starting Over
You've done Dry January. You've made the Sunday night promise. You've cut back, taken breaks, set rules, and started over more times than you can count. And every time, you mean it. So why does it keep happening? In this episode, I'm talking about the real reason the cycle doesn't break — and it...
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Ep 385 Why I Hate the Phrase "Take It or Leave It"
Have you ever said "I just want to be take it or leave it about alcohol"? I hear this all the time. And every time I do, something in me cringes. In this episode I'm going to tell you exactly why this phrase bothers me — and why making it your goal might actually be keeping you stuck. "Take it or...
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Ep 384 Hindsight Is Helpful. It Just Shows Up Too Late.
I was watching a show called Legends the other night and one of the characters said something that stopped me cold. "Hindsight is helpful but it shows up too late." I had to pause it. Because that is one of the most accurate things I've ever heard. You already know what's coming. You've known for...
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Ep 383 Pleasure is Not Numbing — A Magic House Retreat Story with Dina Perrine
This week, Dina Perrine joins me to share what happened when she attended the first-ever Magic House Retreat in Lisbon, Portugal. Her experience was profound — and honestly, I think you'll want to hear every word of it. Dina came home with something she didn't expect: a completely new…
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Ep 382 You Did the Work. You Slipped. And Now You're Hiding.
Slipped back into drinking after real progress? Shame is keeping you stuck. Angela Mascenik breaks down why — and how to stop hiding and start again. An episode for the woman who changed her relationship with alcohol, lost her footing, and is now too embarrassed to ask for help again. If you've...
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Ep 381 Your Body Needs Practice Being Uncomfortable
Your body doesn't reach for the wine because you're weak. It reaches because it's never learned that discomfort is survivable. That changes today. In this episode, I share the story of Amy — a high-achieving client who came to The Magic House retreat in Lisbon for the photos and left with…
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Ep 380 What Happened in Lisbon at The Magic House (The Shift Most Women Don’t Expect)
This week I share a small bit about what happened at The Magic House in Lisbon during my first retreat. One woman shared that here cognitive firing came back online and that for the past year or 2 she couldn't recall some of her vocabulary that she prided herself on.. and it came back online. One...
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Ep 379 Podcast REWIND- Frustration As Fuel
Please enjoy this podcast REWIND- Frustration As Fuel This episode I dive into how you can channel your frustration to stop over-drinking to get you to take actions you haven't been willing to take. Frustration can be a great emotion to initiate permanent changes if you know how to identify which...
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Ep 378 Not following your drink plan? Listen to this!
This week's podcast is a must listen if you have been making drink plans or zero drink plans and not following them. First, I'm sharing how I'm self-coaching myself through the final days before I welcome my first group to The Magic House Retreat Center in Lisbon, Portugal! And you can apply this...
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Ep 377 REWIND - I'm Afraid Of Losing Connection Without Alcohol
Please enjoy this podcast REWIND: I received a great question last week around the fears we have when we think about changing our drinking. Here it is: The biggest fear I have about not drinking is a potential loss of emotional connection with other people. My husband and I have a routine of...
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Ep 376 Your Drinking Is a Response That Became a Habit
[Alive AF! stop over-drinking membership is now open through April 3rd!] www.angelamascenik.com/aliveaf If you’ve been trying to drink less for years; making rules, starting over on Mondays, doing Dry January or “taking a break” and it keeps not working the way you hoped, this episode will help…
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Ep 375 Why High-Functioning Women Stay Stuck With Alcohol (And What Actually Creates Change)
If you’ve been trying to drink less for years, making rules, cutting back, starting over every Monday, and it still is not sticking, this episode will help you understand why. In this episode, certified stop over-drinking coach Angela Mascenik explains why high-functioning women stay stuck in the...
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Ep 374 Why It Feels So Hard to Stop Over-Drinking (The Discomfort Is the Process)
Have you ever wanted to change your relationship with alcohol but kept waiting for it to feel less hard? In this episode, I get into why so many women know exactly what they want. Better sleep, clearer mornings, freedom from the daily mental negotiation. But still struggle to move forward....
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Ep 373 Alcohol Trains the Brain to Seek Relief From Itself
Have you noticed that alcohol can make you feel relaxed in the moment but more anxious, restless, or on edge the next day? Or maybe you haven’t made that connection yet, but you say you aren’t drinking in the morning and then by the evening, your mind is telling you you need something to take the...
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Ep 372 I Know What To Do. So, Why Am I Not Doing It?
Why insight alone doesn’t change your drinking You already understand your drinking. You’ve read the books. You’ve listened to the podcasts. You’ve promised yourself, “Tonight will be different.” And yet… you still find yourself pouring the drink. If you’ve ever thought, “I know what to do, I’m...
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Ep 371 The Moderation Myth: When Your Brain Won’t Let You See the Truth
How many times have you tried to “just drink less”… only to end up right back where you started? In this episode, I’m talking about the hard but freeing truth behind repeated failed attempts at moderation — and the thinking patterns that keep high-achieving women stuck in the cycle of…
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Ep 370 When You’re Sick of Thinking About Your Drinking (And What It Actually Means)
Are you exhausted from thinking about your drinking all the time? Tired of analyzing, planning, negotiating, starting over, and wondering why it still feels so hard? In this episode of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, I break down a phase of change that almost no one talks about—the moment…
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Ep 369 The 3 Emotional Phases of Change (and How to Know Where You Are)
In this episode of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, I break down the 3 emotional phases of change that almost everyone experiences when trying to change their relationship with alcohol and why most women think they’re failing when they’re actually right on track. You’ll learn why motivation…
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Ep 368 REWIND -What We CAN and CAN'T Control
In this rewind episode of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, I talk about how to steady yourself when the world feels uncertain, overwhelming, or emotionally charged — whether it’s political news, personal stress, or any unexpected life event. You’ll learn how to: • Allow your feelings without...
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Ep 367 The Year It Finally Clicked: How My Client Stopped Drinking and Built a Lasting Alcohol-Free Life
In this episode of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, I sit down with former client, Megan, to talk about the year it finally clicked. She first worked with me in a 6-month group container, and later committed to a full year of private coaching — the year she became alcohol-free and stayed that...
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Ep 366 The Kind Way Is The Way It Works
In this episode of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, I explore why kindness, not willpower, is what actually creates lasting change in your relationship with alcohol. So many women try to stop over-drinking by being harder on themselves — using pressure, rules, and self-criticism — only to…
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Ep 365 You Didn’t Fail — You Returned (Changing Your Relationship With Alcohol)
Ep 365 You Didn't Fail - You Returned (Changing Your Relationship with Alcohol) In this episode of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, I share a simple question my yoga teacher asked us before practice: “Why did you return?” Not why you stayed consistent. Not why you did it perfectly. But why…
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Ep 364 My Reflections on 2025
Happy New Year! Wow. I woke up this morning, obviously needed to process this wild year. So I wrote about my year and decided to turn it into this week's podcast. My word of the year is Authentic and so why not share now? Here it is, the untold and uncut version! This year couldn't of happened...
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Ep 363 Small Wins For A Big Holiday Week
This big holiday week we’re focusing on: Redefining success as awareness, not perfection Why small acts of self-care build trust to be able to make bigger goals in the new year Simply noticing and naming how you feel Using this week as awareness and building self-trust in very small repetitive...
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Ep 362 I Don't Want to Turn Back, interview with Client Wendy
In this episode of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, I sit down with my client Wendy to talk about what finally helped her change her relationship with alcohol after years of trying to cut back and stop over-drinking. Wendy shares what her drinking looked like before, how much she was…
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Ep 361 Are You Scared Of Being Authentic?
Oh boy, I did a word of the year class and my word for 2026 is Authentic! And I am thinking, how much more authentic can I be? And I'm kind of scared of what might happen if I do reveal more of me.. what will happen in my relationships, work, family? Tune into this week's podcast and hear my...
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Ep 360 Are You Living to Avoid Discomfort or to Feel Alive?
So many of us build our lives around avoiding discomfort — keeping the peace, staying comfortable, and managing our environment instead of truly living in it. But here’s the truth: when you spend your life trying not to feel bad, you also cut off your ability to feel good. In this episode, I...
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Ep 359 When to Be Positive (and When Not To Be)
In this episode, I talk about the difference between genuine positivity and emotional bypassing. You know that moment when you tell yourself, “It could be worse” or “I should just be grateful”? While gratitude can be beautiful, using it to skip over pain can actually disconnect you from what’s...
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Ep 358 Do You Believe in Magic? (Here's why I do.)
Do you believe in synchronicities, those moments that feel too perfect to be coincidence? In this episode, I share why I believe in what I call the Magic of the Universe, the signs, parallels, and little winks from life that show you you’re on the right path. I tell the story of how I first began...
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Ep 357 Are You Being Selfish?
Most of us were taught that being selfish is wrong, that putting ourselves first means we’re taking something away from others. But what if that definition is completely backwards? In this episode, I talk about what “selfish” really means, and why caring for yourself isn’t taking from anyone…
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Ep 356 Proceed As If
This episode explores the concept of proceeding as if it will happen. You probably do this already.. think about selling your house in order to buy a new house. Or creating art, or producing something at work. Basically, the idea is that you are creating something or want something to happen. And...
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Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living is a podcast for high-functioning women who want to stop over-drinking, cut back on alcohol, and change their relationship with wine and drinking. Certified Stop Over-Drinking Coach Angela Mascenik shares compassionate, practical self-coaching tools to help you feel like yourself again and handle life without using alcohol to cope.No labels. No “never again” rules. Just honest conversations and real strategies for women who are sober curious, want to drink less, or are exploring an alcohol-free life with clarity and self-trust.Listen to 5 powerful stories of women who changed their drinking herehttps://www.angelamascenik.com/5stories
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Angela Mascenik - Certified Stop Over-drinking Coach
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