If you’ve ever found yourself reaching for a glass of wine after a tough day, but wish you had an easier, healthier alternative - this episode is for you.
Today, Anna dives into practical, 5-minute resets: simple, research-backed tools that can help you navigate cravings, manage stress, and regulate your nervous system. Drawing inspiration from global traditions, think mindfulness, breathwork, journaling, movement, and creating your own rituals. It genuinely does just take only a few minutes to reset your nervous system and find real relief.
Whether you’re sober-curious, cutting back, or already alcohol-free, consider this episode your emotional first-aid kit - compact, reliable, and ready to use.
Here are the highlights:
00:00 Introduction
03:20 Cultural Alternatives to Alcohol
09:54 Box Breathing: Stress Relief Technique
14:32 Mindfulness as an Alcohol Alternative
16:21 Mindfulness Grounding Exercise
23:27 Five-Minute Brain Dump Journalling
27:44 Create meaningful rituals
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About the host Anna:
Anna is a certified Alcohol Mindset Coach, trained by Annie Grace of This Naked Mind. Drawing on her own journey out of alcohol addiction, she now helps others explore and control their drinking. With a career spanning 25 years as a Strategist in the Advertising industry, she combines her own lived experiences, with great insight into what makes us tick and what influences us to behave the way we do.
Connect with Anna:
Website: thebeliefscoach.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/annadonaghey
Instagram: instagram.com/bigdrinkrethink
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