My guest today is Leslie Draffin. Leslie is a women's somatic coach, psychedelic micro-dosing guide, breath & meditation teacher & menstrual cycle educator. She helps midlife women embrace their bodies, sex, and psychedelics so they can overcome the wound of unworthiness, get free from mental health challenges and build a life they're excited about.

Leslie believes somatic practices like breathwork along with sacred Earth medicine have the power to bring us home to ourselves, awaken our authenticity and heal the trauma locked within our subconscious.

Tune in to our episode today where we explore the connection between sensuality and self-healing, how mindful touch, movement, and feminine embodiment practices can support deep healing and self-love, naturally and holistically.

Learn more about working with Leslie and her available resources including her group coaching membership,

The Inner Circle,

https://lesliedraffin.circle.so/check...

https://www.lesliedraffin.com/

Learn more about hypnosis and micro-dosing with Jess Betancourt at

https://linktr.ee/blessed.vida

My guest today is Amita Sharma. She is the co-founder of NourishDoc, a platform dedicated to holistic, culturally sensitive wellness solutions for women navigating peri-menopause, menopause, and midlife changes.

Through Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, yoga, and other integrative therapies, they help women break free from unhealthy coping mechanisms and reclaim their health—mentally, physically, and emotionally.

She brings her personal struggles as a peri-menopausal woman navigating corporate America, where she faced firsthand the lack of workplace resources and support for women going through this transition.

Inspired by her own journey, she designed a holistic self-care and expert-assisted care platform to break the silence around menopause and ensure that this once-taboo topic is discussed openly.

Learn more about Nourish Doc right here!

Learn more about minimizing alcohol use, micro-dosing and hypnosis at

La Vida, Salud.

If you are on the fence (or have been for awhile ; ), about changing your drinking habits, this episode is for YOU!

We are opening up this years 6 week program, What do Wino - change the story that you are telling yourself about the importance of alcohol, for 20 people. We begin on March 21st!

Learn more here.

xx Jess @la.vida.salud for The Mindful Drinking Movement

Sara Budhwani is the founder of Happy Tea, a company born from a personal mission to transform social drinking culture.  Drop in with us for this week's episode where we talk - why micro-dosing psilocybin is a good substitute for alcohol in social settings, how Sara's personal journey helped her form a business in pursuit of bringing community and micro-dosing together, and who maybe is this particular substance a good fit for and who is it probably not a good fit for.

Connect with Sara, Happy Tea, and Microdose Together

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For the folks who are ready to lean into being part of a community that is actively drinking LESS or no alcohol with hypnosis, meditation, and microdosing, find us inside of SALUD! The Mindful Drinking Membership for Spiritually - Minded People.

Hi friend!

Thank you for being here and working on transforming your drinking behavior so that you can feel more aligned, creative, and excited. ; )

In todays episode, I am sharing 5 irregular things that have helped me find pleasure in being someone who drinks less - way LESS, and how you can have fun while doing it!

If you would like to take Mindful Drinking practice even deeper - here are some services that I offer:

8 Week private program to Heal your Relationship with Alcohol

6 Week online, on demand course to Re-Write your Story about Drinking

SALUD! A Mindful Drinking membership community for Spiritually inclined people.

A FREE Mindful Drinking Starter Guide

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To your health and healing!

Jess

#mindfuldrinking #sobercurious #dryjanuary #consciousconsumption

What if you are engaging with Dry January but it isnt going as smoothly as you had hoped? Here is the thing - thats OK! Having a perfect Dry January track record is really not the name of game. But getting to know yourself better is.

If you would like some support doing the inner work of Dry January without being hard on yourself if it doesnt go exactly as planned - you are welcome to come try out SALUD for free for 3 days!

Salud is a Holistic Health approach to creating a mindful drinking lifestyle which is not just about paying attention to the moment that you are contemplating having a drink or not. It is a way to mindfully change your behavior by changing your thought patterns and giving you more connection to yourself and to life. Feel nurtured and supported not just told not to drink.

If you would like to work with me personally in transforming your relationship to alcohol using hypnosis, I am accepting private clients for my 8 week program, The Mindful Drinking Method.

What if your addiction or your addictive tendencies were not an accident?

What if your journey through learning about your addiction or attachment to alcohol was a necessary part of your souls unique journey and it was helping you uncover more information about what you are meant to learn in this lifetime?

Join me in conversation with Amy Babish as we explore these questions and hear Amys valuable, tangible advice on how to work with the spirit world in easing your journey with substance use.

Connect with Amy Babish on Instagram.

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My guest today is Amy Babish, a multi-faceted therapist and healer.

In our conversation we explore the necessity of a returning home to the BODY in order to facilitate deeper healing and remedying of the symptoms that pose as addiction.

Most addictive tendencies are the minds way of trying to escape the discomfort of being present with oneself as trauma and unresolved emotions exist and live in the body.

Amy offers us some valuable insights as to how to begin to allow LIFE FORCE back in to a body whos spirit has been displaced by prolonged distraction of what it really needs - a safe home.

Have a listen!

Connect with Amy on IG

https://www.instagram.com/amy.babish/?locale=de&hl=am-et

And check out her therapeutic meditations on Insight Timer

You can even fall asleep to them, but please don't drive or do anything with sharp objects while consuming them.

The 10 and a half minute Golden Meditation lives here.

The 11 and a half minute Green Meditation lives here. This is more gentle and works with rebalancing feminine and masculine energy within you. When you have a tendency of over-doing, this is a great choice.

Twenty plus minutes - Reconnecting with your heart (somatic resourcing & somatic dialoguing) here.

Learn more about The Mindful Drinking Movement and La Vida Salud, Alternative Therapies here.

Hi! Thank you for being here. Today's episode is a look at what it means to find yourself along the spectrum of alcohol use and how wherever you currently are, is not an indicator of your intelligence.

I also share my 3 step method for becoming more self-reflective of your own alcohol use.

Updates:

Salud, The Holistic Health Approach to creating a Mindful Drinking Lifestyle is available now as in a membership app.

It includes new hypnotherapy sessions each month as well as access to mindfulness resources housed in a user friendly app that will help you drink less when you do drink and to feel content when you don't.

Learn more right here.

Salud,

Jess at La Vida Salud and The Mindful Drinking Movement

Let's connect on IG!

I have a very special guest for todays podcast episode - my very own sister Kristin Schroeder. My sis has been on an 11 year sobriety journey as a single mom, fitness fanatic, spiritual seeker and a total badass. And in todays episode she shares with us some of the practices, philosophies, and quotable quotes that carry her through...

Enjoy!

xx Jess and Kris

The quest of the human being is really universal - to feel connected to oneself and to life. For many people, alcohol seems to serve that purpose - at least at first. But somewhere along the way, you realize that it isnt possible to feel deeply connected via alcohol. And that is when many people end up on a spiritual path - a different method to achieve the same goal.

The 21 Day Holistic Health Challenge!

Come take a supported break from drinking and explore spiritual practices, a gentle detox, and fun ways to connect to your body and spirit.

Are we connected on Instagram?

Come hang out with us over there for regular doses of high vibes without the need for booze. ; )

Join us in taking a break from drinking while upgrading our health - giving, youth - enhancing, life - affirming habits!

The 21 Day Holistic Health Challenge!

On demand course to change your drinking mindset

What do Wino, 6 weeks to change the way that you think about the way that you drink

Microdosing

As an affiliate of Microdosify, please use the code blessedvida to recieve 10% off.

My guest today is Shanenn Bryant. Shanenn helps women demolish their patterns and dominate their future.

As a Pattern Transformation Expert and founder of Top Self, she bridges the gap between attachment theory and real-world transformation, showing women how to recognize and transform patterns that limit both their personal and professional lives.

Combining her certification in Integrated Attachment Theory with nearly a decade of corporate Learning and Development experience, Shanenn demonstrates why "conscious seeing leads to conscious being."

Please visit Top Self to learn more.

To learn more about hypnosis for habit change with Jessica Betancourt, please visit La Vida, Salud.

Come feel whole, renewed, and highly energized with The 21 Day Holistic Health challenge!

Take a supported break from drinking.

Learn fun ways to implement micro habits into your daily routine that make you feel lively, soothed, and healthy!

Connect more deeply with your spirit and tend to your body's needs for nourishment.

https://blessed-vida.systeme.io/21daysholistichealth

If you are re-evaluating your relationship with alcohol and  if you are looking for natural ways to drink less or not at all, taking away or minimizing your drinking has a long list of benefits, 

But it also comes with some complications.  

Like now we having to find ways to manage your stress, emotions, anxiety, feel entertained, to be ok with boredom or not feeling amazing and not trying to get out of it.

In todays episode I am sharing some of my favorite tried and true ways to move through expressions of anxiety that are readily available to you at anytime. Plus a new hypnotherapy technique that can help you trace a physical symptom of anxiety to a memory or an event of the past.

This experience is also available to you if you would like to have a private session where I will safely guide you to having an emotional release so that the symptoms lessen and lighten.

Anxiety Relief / Emotional Release Sessions

To your health and healing,

Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

Connect with Me!

Heal your Relationship with Alcohol inside of The Mindful Drinking Method, a private 8 week 1-1 coaching and hypnotherapy program- schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino a 6 week on-demand program with on-going community support.

Ways we can work together in closer proximity this Summer!

1-1 private 8 week container for Healing your Relationship with Alcohol

What do Wino, 6 weeks to tell yourself a new story about you and alcohol. On-demand course with 3 Live coaching/energy healing sessions. Use the code HEALTHY to get 25% off until July 31st!

FREE Mindful Drinking Starter Guide

How to Have an Alcohol-Free Day! Mini-Course use the code AFDAYZ to get it for free!

Happy _ day! Any day is the best day to change something that no longer serves you... like a habitual drinking habit for example.

Today's episode is an excerpt from a class I taught on redirecting your thinking. Because we act most of the time based on how we feel, and our feelings are generated in a high or low vibration from the quality of our thoughts, the best way to change your behavior is to witness and understand your thinking processes in a loving and compassionate way.

Disclaimer - the episode ends a bit abrupt with me saying that "alcohol is a void", which I stand behind although I would typically prefer to end my podcasts on an elevated note. So let's add one here -

You are more in control of your self and your thoughts than you may currently believe - but all of that CAN be changed!!

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

Connect with Me!

Heal your Relationship with Alcohol inside of The Mindful Drinking Method, 2 month private program - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino

Hi Friend!

I haven't been on here for some weeks due to needing to reassess my time and energy currencies. But I've been feeling ready to return to this space and share what's new with Mindful Drinking, how you can use it to enhance your life, and specifically in this episode, what my personal Mindful Drinking journey has looked like up until now and what's next.

To your Health and Healing,

Jess

Ways we can work together in closer proximity this Summer!

1-1 private 8 week container for Healing your Relationship with Alcohol

Alcohol Free Dayz - FREE Mindful Drinking support for July 8th - 12th

Emotional Un-Drinking, 2 day experiential workshop to understand your emotions as allies and how to let them move through the body without drinking to 'change' them

What do Wino, 6 weeks to tell yourself a new story about you and alcohol

FREE Mindful Drinking Starter Guide

Morning time is the prime time to set yourself up for Mindful Drinking later in the day/ evening.

When you wake up and hit the ground running, you are far more likely to cave on your good intentions as the day wears on.

When you spend the first hour of your day CONNECTING with yourself, you have much more energy, much more resolve to make healthier decisions later.

Train your brain for SUCCESS!

Want some FREE Mindful Drinking coaching?

On 4/22-25, I'm offering a pop-up Mindful Drinking Coaching Experience on a private Telegram group, to help you have one or more Alcohol Free weekdays!

Come join us!

Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

A consistent meditation practice is a cornerstone of having a Mindful Drinking lifestyle. When you take the time to create a stronger connection with yourself, the need to reach for drinks (or even anything that is outside of yourself!) becomes less and less powerful.

Sit down, relax, go inward.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

Connect with Me!

Heal your Relationship with Alcohol inside of The Mindful Drinking Method - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino

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The 3 keys that will give you long term success with changing your drinking habits are:

1) Setting yourself up for success

2) The Art of Changing your mind

3) Raising your Vibration

We are going deep into all of these inside of What do Wino, especially #2, so if you're ready to get off the hamster wheel and feel like drinking LESS or not at all comes super naturally to you, come join us!

We kick it off May 14th!

To your health,

Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

When you start to notice or continue practicing becoming aware of how you are talking to yourself, you will become aware of how your thoughts are driving your behavior.

When people tell me that they "Got a case of the Fuck its" for example, I ask them how were they talking to themselves in that moment when they were also deciding to have a 4th or a 5th drink or to finish the bottle.

They always respond that their thoughts were not in a good place at that moment.

Changing your thought patterns changes everything!

Notice how you speak to yourself and adjust your thinking to be more loving, compassionate, and nurturing, and see how that helps to change your behavior.

Are we connected on IG?

Are you ready to truly change your relationship with alcohol?

Click here to learn more about my private hypnotherapy program,

The Mindful Drinking Method

You've got this!

xx Jess

Welcome Mindful Drinker!

Today's exclusive episode is one of three Masterclasses that were part of my Dry January 2024 group program, 'Something Greater'. In this 21 day container, we worked on establishing and maintaining healthier more fulfilling habits to compensate for the time spent not drinking.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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Healing is non-linear, not particularly pretty, frustrating at times, and can feel like its 'not working'. If this is happening to you please remember that it is not ALL of you that feels this way. The part of you that is attached to the habit or behavior that you want to change is in need of compassion and understanding. Its really important to acknowledge where change IS happening even if it seems slight or infrequent.

Hypnosis is an incredible tool for habit change and the effects are long lasting and continue to evolve.

I invite you to experience the shifts for yourself.

Book a single custom hypnosis session.

Book an Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Session (specifically for people who want to heal from Alcohol Use Disorder).

What happens when you realize and start to take action on changing your drinking? You're not fully a member of the sober crowd and you're no longer someone who is just blindly consuming all of the time either.

So who are you now? What label best describes your drinking habits?

How about not using a label? What about just carving your own path of experience and taking the journey towards healing and creating healthier habits that are better for YOU?

If you have a personal goal for the evolution of your drinking habits that you don't want to have to explain to anyone else - good news, you don't have to!

This is also yet another reason why I created Mindful Drinking Mastery, a judgement free zone to work on your drinking habits with other people who get it.

If you are chronically stressed or feel compelled to drink to help you navigate challenging feelings or upsets, lie down and use this meditation first.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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Heal your Relationship with Alcohol inside of The Mindful Drinking Method - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino

Your current situation with alcohol did not develop overnight. Your behavior with drinking is governed by a system of beliefs that have been with you for a long time.

If you are feeling like your drinking habits are outdated, it is because your belief system is outdated as well.

Inside of The Mindful Drinking Mastery program, we will work together to identify and locate your personal belief system around alcohol, how you can successfully modify and update this system and how your drinking habits then become much more refined and decreased in volume and consistency.

Connect with me!

Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

Moderation techniques have their place but on their own I don't think it's enough to HEAL your Relationship with alcohol.

However, it is really important to know how much you are actually drinking and for this awareness you need to know your units metrics for standard sized drinks.

If you are new to Mindful Drinking and you need a place to start, grab a free copy of The Beginners Guide to Mindful Drinking.

Here's to your health!

Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

When you really don't want a drink but part of your psyche is trying to convince you otherwise, play this audio. Close your eyes and listen and do the visualization practice to disrupt 'tunnel vision' and to expand your awareness to being drawn to other choices.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino

Hey! Have you noticed how smoking has lost popularity since let's say - the 50's? Remember Lucille Ball lighting up on I Love Lucy?? Those were the times.

And THESE are the times where a similar thing is happening with alcohol. So if you're waking up to not wanting to drink as much as you used to - you're right on time.

xx Jess

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The Mindful Drinking Method - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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This is a group session from my Thanksgiving 3 day event - Grateful AF. Inside I share how your beliefs about how you think that alcohol is 'helping' you are keeping your ritualized habits in place. And how you can start to see your beliefs differently.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino

Alcohol is a depressant so it only makes sense that it generates low grade thoughts. It's really important to remind yourself however, that you are NOT your thoughts. You are a Spiritual being in a physical body having a human experience. Your thoughts are not facts. And the ones that tell you crappy things about yourself and what is possible for you are NOT coming from a higher place.

Notice when you are speaking to yourself in an unkind way and assign those thoughts to the effects of alcohol - not your true nature.

xx Jess

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Transform your thinking about your drinking inside of The Mindful Drinking Method - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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You've been thinking about it... you may have even done it a couple of times, but now you're really ready - to have a 24 hour period without alcohol!! Yay you can do this!

In today's episode I am walking you through 3 key things to do to set you up for success in having an AF Day.

You've got this!

Ps. I am now offering Exclusive Content here on the podcast for those who want more influence of the Spiritual sort: guided meditations, hypnosis, and mindset training all in the name of becoming indifferent to drinking. Check it out and lmk what you think!

Love, Jess

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Transform your thinking about your drinking inside of The Mindful Drinking Method - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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This meditation is intended to be used in the morning to set your focus for the day, the decisions that you make or don't make, around the awareness of creating and maintaining a healthy body.

Where your attention goes energy flows!

And remember, no matter what we've been led to believe, alcohol is NOT healthy for our bodies. Our bodies are never asking for alcohol - only our outdated subconscious programming is and that can be changed.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino

My guest today is Natalie Bedard, also known as NatNat, an 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 committed to guiding others on their journey of self-discovery and emotional well-being. As the founder of Lift OneSelf and the host of the Lift Oneself podcast, she’s been transforming lives since 2019 by offering tools to regulate the nervous system, relieve emotional pain, and transform anxiety into empowerment.

NatNat’s trauma-informed approach helps individuals embrace their fullest potential through small, actionable steps toward growth and transformation. Despite facing life-threatening illness and the challenges of single parenthood, she remains a resilient mentor, empowering clients with compassion, resilience, and radical honesty.

To learn more about Natalie, her work and her offerings, please visit

Lift OneSelf

To learn more about Jessica, Hypnotherapy and Holistic Health Coaching please visit La Vida, Salud.

This meditation is designed to help you connect to your Spirit Guides - the enlightened beings that are specifically assigned to our soul's journey through our lifetimes.

When you make concentrated efforts to connect with your Spirit Guides - you feel more connected to life itself! You feel that you have support, guidance, and protection. You can ask them to help you make decisions based on your greater intentions for your life and its purpose.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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Use the power of your mind's eye to SEE yourself making new and exciting - DIFFERENT choices around alcohol!

Sit comfortably, close your eyes, breathe deeply as you relax your body and use your imagination to envision yourself PREFERRING to drink LESS.

Love, Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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Heal your Relationship with Alcohol inside of The Mindful Drinking Method - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

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Tell yourself a new story about you and Alcohol inside of What do Wino

Yay!! You had a Dry/ Damp January!! But now what?

Awesome job for any alcohol free (AF) days that you did get - but perhaps more importantly - what did you LEARN?

In today's episode I reviewed The Levels of Mindful Drinking.

See where you find yourself 1-10 and then make your intention to graduate upwards, 1-3 levels higher.

If you HAVE just done a successful (on your terms) Dry/ Damp January however, you're probably ready to just head into the big time - which is NO patterns with alcohol.

Listen in to today's episode to learn more.

xx Jess and The Mindful Drinking Movement

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How to Have an Alcohol Free Day without feeling tortured

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Today's episode is the basic process on how Hypnotherapy help you heal addictive drinking patterns.

If you are seeking a shift in your habits and you'd like alcohol to play a lesser or even non-existent role in your life. It's possible, and very doable. And you can do it.

Love,Jess

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I see you hard-working mom. Doing everything for everyone all day.

You wish you could do something for yourself - go to yoga class or run around the park like you used to or just read a book for like 30 minutes.  But who will let you do that?  You feel like you have to scrape and justify your needs so that you can take a few breaths to try and fulfill them because no one is coming to do it for you.  

It only makes sense that you look forward to a drink at the end of the day!

And yet, if you've been looking forward to a drink a the end of the day for awhile now, and you're beginning to notice negative side effects, and this is something that you'd like to change - please know that this is something that is entirely possible.

You’re a wonderful mom.  A loving mom, a fucking great mom!! 

And if you’re excited about being a more present mom, drinking less can help you achieve that.  

xx Jess

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Are you focusing on self-reflection this month if you're engaging in a Dry/ Damp January? Or are you white - knuckling yourself through this experience and can't wait for it to be over?

Whichever method you are choosing, first of all YAYYY for you for taking a break from booze!! That is a courageous and healthful choice that will bring you benefits regardless of how you go about it.

And... if you are already in this situation of removing or minimizing your drinking, why not take the opportunity to re-invent yourself a bit?

Today's episode will help you create a shift in your game plan for Dry/ Damp January so that February doesn't result in a binge-fest.

Can I support you in your Dry/ Damp January with helping you SEE yourself as an up-levelled, up-graded version of you?

Come to SOMETHING GREATER! 21 days of longterm habit change with 15 minute daily practices.

Have a beautiful day!

xx Jess

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Transform your thinking about your drinking inside of The Mindful Drinking Method - schedule your Alcohol Awareness Breakthrough Conversation right here.

Mindful Drinking Coaching One hour private 1-1 coaching sessions

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Hi Mindful Drinker!

I made this podcast to help you if you are experiencing low vibrational feelings this season. Winter is MEANT for introspection, hibernation, retreating - not just parties and martinis ; ). So, if you're feeling less than jolly, remember that this is NATURAL! It is how nature moves, and without the darkness, there can be no light.

In January I am offering SOMETHING GREATER . It is a 21 day supported private community where you will deconstruct obsessive thinking about alcohol and use that focus and energy instead to create highly successful habits that you can use to further enhance any area of your life!

Today on the Solstice I am offering 25% off. Use the coupon code GREATNESS at check out.

Love,

Jess

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If you resonate with today’s episode I have a special invite for you - I’m offering a two day workshop experience called Emotional Un-Drinking on December 14th and 15th at 1:30 pm UK time. You do not have to attend live, you will get lifetime access when you sign up.  

We will be working with the spiritual meanings and messaging of your emotions, specifically the emotions which typically trigger you to feel like drinking.  And we will be doing somatic and hypnotic exercises to help liberate that energy from your body.

Because when you learn that you don’t have to fear anything that is your own experience you truly feel like there is no reason to hide, there is nothing to escape from, you are at home with yourself and you can find peace, love, and acceptance right where you are.  

Join Emotional Un-Drinking

Love,

Jess

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A few lessons learned from this Thanksgiving at 26 years old.

1.Not having a strong support system outside of my ride or die friends who were also on the party train, compelled me to believe that I was emotionally alone much of the time.  This feeling of loneliness, even when you are surrounded by people, is a driving force to go to bars, go get drunk because that is how one gets immediate company and a false sense of community.

2.Tofurkey is not a real food.

3.My life had been designed, constructed around drinking, drinking activities and other people who drank,  And so If I didn’t drink or didn’t want to, that would mean an identity crisis which our minds try to avoid at all costs.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Love,

Jess and @the_mindful_drinking_movement

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This is a session extracted from my program Happier Hour. In this session you will learn how cravings and urges are psychological phenomena and the ideal way to manage them is to acknowledge them, and allow them to pass through the body as a SENSATION and not something that needs to be acted upon.

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My guest to day is Victor Briere, A.D. Victor is the head of the International Institute of Ayurveda where he serves as an Ayurvedic Doctor and teacher. Victor specializes in ayurvedic diagnostic techniques and health counseling.

He is the author of Pulse Unveiled and will be publishing Ayurveda for Diabetes in 2025. He has spent over 10 years learning how to understand and help people with addictions. Currently, he teaches other healing professionals about the nature of addiction and how to address it clinically.

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In today's episode I sit down for a Zoom convo with my awe-inspiring friend and fellow California Institute of Integral Studies alum Ana Bess Moyer Bell.

Ana Bess holds a Masters degree in Drama Therapy from New York University and has been a practicing clinician since 2014. She is the founder of COAAST (now 2nd Act) and has practiced and taught drama therapy nationally and internationally and is a commissioned playwright. She is currently on the advisory board at the Rhode Island Department of Health helping to create and maintain the medical regulations for the nation's first legal harm reduction centres. She is a senior advisor to RI Governor Daniel J. McKee on substance use, harm reduction, and recovery. 

Listen in to hear how personal tragedy inspired her to create the work that she now does, from developing grassroots theatre to effecting policy change for harm reduction clinics and resources.

Even tho the focus of her work is on illicit substance use, the same conversation could be had around with alcohol use - the subsequent shame, loneliness, denial and search for relief are all relevant.

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Alcohol is the gateway drug not only for the subsequent usage of other drugs and substances but also because it gives spirits access to your nervous system. 

Alcohol lowers our vibration and in excess, causes a toxic environment for our spirits to be in, it has also been shown in Kirlian photography to generate holes in the auric field. Our divine spirit then partially or even fully leaves the body but is still tethered to it.  And when our spirit is essentially NOT HOME, this becomes an opening and even an invitation for other spirits or energies to enter our bodies and animate them in ways that are not really us, not really in alignment with who we want to be or what we want to be doing, things that are out of character. 

Some spirits actually have a thirst or a craving for alcohol which then becomes your body’s thirst or craving for alcohol. And this also explains why we do or have done horrible things while intoxicated, or ended up hurting ourselves or others, and putting ourselves in danger sexually and physically.  Because these lower vibratory spirits have no regard for your body, your well being or your good intentions.  

Here to inform not to freak you out.

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If you consider that you’re a healthy person, and that alcohol backs that up in someway, like giving you down time, relaxation, ME time etc. as a form of self care, you probably aren’t too activated to make changes.  

BUT if you notice that you’re having thoughts sprouting up about alcohol being not so great for you, whether you immediately dismiss them or if you’re beginning to entertain them and be curious about them, letting them in if you will, you are probably more in the zone of cognitive dissonance, which means that you are near if not already, ready to make changes in your drinking habits.

If this speaks to you - this episode is for you! 

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Jess @the_mindful_drinking_movement

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Are you headed into the weekend with drinking plans? Are you going to a gathering or otherwise hosting some shindig yourself?

And do gathering events make you a bit anxious about your alcohol consumption?

Then this episode is for you!

A few takeaways at a glance:

Remember that you are an ADULT!! You are not a teenager sneaking booze.  It does not have to be consumed in a vapid pace - tho your body and subconscious may act this way if you started drinking at a young age and had to hide it or drink it fast.  

You don’t have to hang!! In fact, be the one who doesn’t hang.  Remove your self from the conversation, the immediate vibe, if you feel compelled to drink beyond a light buzz or your own personal needs for comfort and safety.  

Be picky!! Don’t drink the cheap red wine, the Coors Lights whatever just because that is all that is left.  Look around - notice how the ‘drunk’ people are still getting drunker… ask your self if you want to BE drunk as well - is that where you are headed?

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Jess

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