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Hello darling heart and welcome to the drink less, live better podcast.
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This is the podcast that helps you to see that drinking less doesn't need to be stressful, lonely, or boring.
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I'm your host, Sarah Williamson, and I decided to have a year alcohol free as a little life experiment and haven't looked back.
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With my experience and training, I now help other people with their alcohol free or drink less adventures.
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You can find out more and sign up to my 5 day drink less challenge at drink less live better dot com.
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I'm here to tell you that you can relax, connect, and have fun without alcohol in your life.
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Join me here each week to find out how.
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We We get closer and closer to publication date for the book. It's going to be really soon.
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Please keep an eye on my Instagram to see the announcement of when it is published.
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Today, we are talking about holidays and how can we come back from our holidays or vacations feeling really well rested. Here are some of my tips. Plan. Have a plan.
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When you are booking your holiday do you know what you want to get out of it?
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Are you aware of what needs and wants you have and how they can be met?
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Do you feel like you want to go on holiday to relax or to have an adventure?
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Do you want to experience freedom or change from your normal routine?
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Be really clear on these things when you are booking your holiday.
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Once your holiday is booked and you are beginning to look forward to it, what do you need to organize?
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Which elements can you look forward to pleasing yourself on?
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And where do you need to help others organize things for themselves?
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What needs to be agreed upfront well before you go on holiday or in the weeks days before you go on holiday?
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Is it possible for you to have a technology break whilst you're away?
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I'm not suggesting that you have to lose your phone completely, but can you set aside big chunks of your day where you don't need your phone?
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If one of the things you want to achieve on holiday is some time relaxing, what are the activities that help you to relax? Do you enjoy reading
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more joyful? Will you be able to spend time outside? Do you want to be active?
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Will you be eating really well, and will you be able to sleep fabulously?
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A couple of years ago, we went on a family holiday where there were the most spectacular blackout blinds in our room, and
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all 4 of us went to bed at about 10 o'clock every night and woke up at about 10 o'clock the next morning.
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That was a holiday we all came home so well rested from. Be realistic.
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Know that not everybody might get on fabulously with every minute of the holiday, and that's okay. That's entirely normal.
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Can you have a vision to share your feelings?
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Can you say to yourself, on holiday, I will be honest about about what I do and what I don't want?
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Can you feel okay about saying no thanks to things that other people want to do, and can you let them just go off and do their thing without you?
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How would you like to be active, and can you make sure that that gets planned into your holiday?
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A change of routine is a lovely opportunity to be able to consider the things that you want to bring home to your life after your holiday.
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Use your holiday as an opportunity to treat yourself.
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Perhaps now might be that fabulous time to have a massage, or maybe that time to try out a new exercise class that you wouldn't do at home.
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Don't drink, obviously, or if you're going to drink, can you drink much less than you ever would have done on previous holidays?
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We so often come back from our holidays saying that we need a holiday to get over our holiday, we come back feeling absolutely
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exhausted, bloated or perhaps hungover, and that might not be the feeling that you want to embrace after your holiday.
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Thank you so much for listening in again this week.
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Check out the show notes on this podcast episode or any other, and you'll see the link to a hidden episode to help you with
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your 5 PM cravings, and you'll be able to read about my one to one coaching programme. Thank you for listening in today.
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Come back again next week, and PS, I believe in you.
