The Truth About Alcohol (Why Quitting Feels So Hard)

Episode #126: Greg Reid - Are You Ready to Bleed

As a Keynote Speaker, Master Storyteller, Bestselling Author, Movie Producer and Writer, Greg Reid is someone who will make you see what’s possible. Experiencing Greg on stage is like a rollercoaster you’ll never forget, with twists, turns and surprises that will ignite your senses leaving you on your feet screaming for more. He has graced the stages from the Pentagon to the United Nations on topics such as perseverance, success, adaptability, and turning ideas into reality. A producer and writer, Greg is known for Three Feet From Gold, Pass it On, and WishMan. Take a ride with Greg and experience, as he does, the wonders of the world and connections life brings. Change your life and the lives of others, determine what you need for success, and become a champion.

Episode #125: Georgia Foster on How to Drink Less in 7 Days

Georgia Foster is a Clinical Hypnotherapist & Voice Dialogue Trainer Georgia qualified with distinction at The London College of Clinical Hypnosis in 1994. She also is trained in Voice Dialogue with the founders Hal & Sidra Stone. Georgia then went on to become one of the college’s senior lecturers before venturing out on her own to build her on-line products while running her busy London Clinic. Georgia now resides in Melbourne, Australia with her partner Ian and triplet boys Ollie, Finn and Hugh. Georgia has been featured regularly in the media in Britain and Australia including Sky News, GMTV, Psychologies Magazine, Good Housekeeping, just to name a few. Georgia specialises in alcohol reduction, emotional over-eating, self-esteem, anxiety and fertility issues. Her unique and highly successful approach has helped tens of thousands of people learn how to feel better emotionally and physically. Books that Georgia has published: • The Weight Less Mind • The Drink Less Mind • Drink Less in 7 Days • The 4 Secrets of Amazing Sex • The Stress Less Mind • The Fertile Mind Her on-line programs are: 7 Days To Drink Less, Believing In You, The 3 Minute Anxiety Fix, The Weight Less Mind and more. Georgia’s contact details are: Georgia@georgiafoster.com www.georgiafoster.com

Episode #124: Alicia Cook on The Other Side of Addiction

Alicia Cook is an established writer and award-winning activist from New Jersey. She has been featured in the NY Post, CNN, Asbury Park Press, Teen Vogue, Bustle, American Songwriter Magazine, and the LA Times. Cook contributes regularly to the HuffPost, USA Today, and Thrive. Her best-selling book of poetry, “Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately“, was a finalist in the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards. Cook announced her next book of poetry, “I Hope My Voice Doesn’t Skip,” will be released through Andrews McMeel Publishing in June of 2018. The recipient of the Special Voices Award (NJTV, Trenton), her essay series exploring the direct impact addiction has on not only the user, but the family, “The Other Side of Addiction”, has gained a worldwide readership. The Other Side of Addiction shares stories of people who have experienced this disease. After losing her cousin, Jessica, to a heroin overdose, Cook began using her words to help other families going through similar situations feel less alone. These are very personal accounts, written to shed light on this deadly epidemic and prove that anyone can be affected. Some pieces of the series have gone on to be viewed over 1 million times, with the average essay being viewed at least 10,000 times. Her efforts to combat the heroin epidemic, which include writing, appearing on podcasts, and speaking to students and their parents, caught the attention of PBS Executive Producer, Steve Rogers, who created an episode of his Emmy-nominated documentary series, “Here’s the Story” around Cook and her efforts entitled “A Family Disease.” The episode was dedicated to Cook’s cousin, Jessica. It has gone on to be officially selected in numerous film festivals across New Jersey.

Ep 123: Rosalyn Dischiavo on Sex and The Deep Yes

Dr. Rosalyn Dischiavo is the founder and director of the Institute for Sexuality Education & Enlightenment, which is approved as an institutional provider of education by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT). She began her career as a drug and alcohol counselor working with inpatient as well as outpatient populations, then combined counseling skills with her work in health promotion. She was the Director of both the Women’s Center and the Health Education office at the University of Hartford from 1999-2006, where she currently still teaches gender and sexuality courses part-time. Dr. Dischiavo had a private marriage and family therapy practice from 1996-2013, working with individuals, families and partners. She has a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Doctor of Education in Human Sexuality, and is an AASECT Certified Sex Educator Supervisor. She published a book in 2015 called “The Deep Yes: The Lost Art of True Receiving.”

Episode #122: Ruby Roth on Parent to Child Communication

Featured on CNN, FOX, Today, and other major media outlets, Ruby Roth is an artist and the world's leading author and illustrator 
of vegan and vegetarian books for children.  

Vegan since 2003, Roth was teaching art at an elementary school when her students' fascination with her eating habits inspired her to write That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals in 2009—the first book of its kind in children's literature. Vegan Is Love and V Is for Vegan followed. Today, Roth's books have been translated into multiple languages including German, Italian, Korean, French, Polish, Finnish, and Slovenian, and can be found in retail stores around the world.

Roth's newest title, The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids is designed to get all kids into the kitchen to chop, sprinkle, mix, mash, and roll their way into healthy eating habits!   Complementing her degrees in art and American Studies, Roth has researched animal agriculture, health, nutrition, and the benefits of a plant-based diet for over a decade, helping raise a vegan child through adolescence.

Episode #121: Dr Amy Johnson on Clarity, Habits and Insights on Life

Amy Johnson, PhD is a psychologist, coach, author, and speaker who shares a groundbreaking new approach that helps people find true, lasting freedom from unwanted habits via insight rather than willpower. She is author of Being Human (2013), and The Little Book of Big Change: The No-Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit (2016). In 2017 she opened The Little School of Big Change, and online school that has helped hundreds of people find freedom from anxiety and habits and live a more peaceful life. Johnson has been a regularly featured expert on The Steve Harvey Show and Oprah.com, as well as in The Wall Street Journal and Self magazine. Learn more at www.DrAmyJohnson.com. In this podcast we talk about the power of thoughts, the impact the weather has on our psyche, the role of willpower in breaking habits, anxiety, and much more.

Ep 120: Belle From Tired of Thinking About Drinking

Note: Belle is anonymous so there is no video for this podcast. I have attached the Mp3 so you can download it. Alternatively, you can listen to the podcast on all of the main channels such as iTunes, Soundcloud or Stitcher. Belle has been a sober pen pal with over 2750 people, individually communicating with each person, to help figure out what works and what doesn’t regarding support to be sober. Some people use Belle in addition to AA or rehab or medication, and some just use her. One advantage to having a sober online coach is that it’s 100% truly anonymous and so people don’t have to go to meetings, or even tell her their real names if they choose not to. Belle has also written a book; has two podcasts (one long format, the other is one-minute messages) and sends out daily emails to her subscribers, and has conversations with them on the blog. During our conversation we talk about the importance of language and in particular the power of metaphors, the contrast between group help and one-to-one individualised help, the importance of entering your decision to quit alcohol as a trial and much more. Links Belle Website - http://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com/ Tired of Thinking About Drinking (The Book)- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0995158002?ie=UTF8 Blog collection: “Keeping the Wolf from the Door” – first year of my daily blog put together in a combined PDF file which is easier to read than online - https://gum.co/Year1-Blog/ld Daily emails (free)- http://eepurl.com/BqAEn Daily one-minute audio messages (free)- https://gum.co/belle-omm/ld Sober Penpal for a year (this is part of the Sober Jumpstart Class)- http://www.soberjumpstart.com/

Episode #119: Matthew May on Loneliness

Dr Matthew May is an Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He served as an instructor for Stanford's Core Psychotherapy Sequence from 2006 - 2009. He supervises residents, local practitioners and graduate students, both individually and in weekly seminars at Stanford. From 2005 - 2009, he was the primary instructor for the Stanford-Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Consortium/Palo Alto University course: "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy". He has lectured, as a course instructor, at the American Psychiatric Association conference on the Medical Uses of Hypnosis. In this episode, we talk about nothing but loneliness. Podcast Links Matthew May's website - https://matthewmaymd.com/ The Feeling Good Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/feeling-good-podcast-team-cbt-the-new-mood-therapy/id1171155453?mt=2

Episode #118: Marisa Molina on Mind, Body & Spirit

Marisa Molina helps people to transform their relationship with food, their bodies, and themselves so they can eat, love and live freely. She teaches people how to use mindfulness and awareness to move past mental blocks that keep them from reaching their goals and to face challenges with ease. She works with clients and teaches coaches how to help clients overcome binge and emotional eating. Marisa is the founder of Hello Beautiful Health, a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, life coach, a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and has a Master’s Degree in Public Health, concentrated in Epidemiology. Prior to starting Hello Beautiful Health, she spent 10 years in public health research and 5 managing an Obesity Prevention Research Study for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this podcast, we talk about changing jobs, shame, divorce, judgments, cravings, #MeToo, communications skills, and a whole lot more. If you would like a 60-minute free consultation with Marina then please contact her at email: info@hellobeautiful.com. Links Marisa Molina https://www.hellobeautifulhealth.com/marisamolina/ Abraham Hicks http://www.abraham-hicks.com/lawofattractionsource/index.php Joe Dispenza Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848508565?ie=UTF8 Emily Ann Peterson https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0999729411?ie=UTF8

Episode #117: Dr Stephen Lewis on the Importance of Personalised Health Treatments

I first heard about Dr. Stephen Lewis and his work through Lucas Rockwood’s Yoga Talk Show podcast. Lucas had submitted a blood test to Stephen, and he went through the results leading to lifestyle changes. People talk about the need to go on this or that diet, but this isn’t the way we begin our journey. We are all very different, and it’s important that we all identify how our body is functioning, and take the appropriate measures. I learned this the hard way after developing hypothyroid in the past 18-months. I took the blood test with Stephen, and in this podcast, you will hear us talk about my results. Dr. Stephen  Lewis, D.C. and Janet have a long history of helping people achieve their optimal health, by utilising extensive, but low cost lab work. Dr. Stephen  Lewis, D.C. stays current on the latest research pertaining to nutritional supplements and optimal health. Janet Lewis is a Certified Natural Health Consultant with a unique perspective on alternative and complimentary nutrition from studying with numerous national leading alternative health experts. Their company, Green Wisdom Health, provides Science-Based knowledge, where you get information based on years of experience. Dr. Lewis and Janet treat patients with natural compounds and verify the results with pre and post lab tests. This service is provided across the United States, making it convenient and affordable. Based on lab results findings, Dr. Lewis and Janet then provide you with the most highly researched bio-available nutritional supplements that are only available thru a health care professional. Resources Green Wisdom Health Website- https://www.greenwisdomhealth.com/ Green Wisdom Health Podcast- http://podcast.greenwisdomhealth.com/