This Naked Mind Podcast

Rob Lohman is the founder of The Addiction Recovery Hub and Host of the Beyond the Bars Radio Podcast.  Rob shares with Annie about his story of immense addiction and his amazing journey through recovery in such an honest and raw way.  Rob’s journey has brought him to a place where he has such a heart for helping others and he is currently developing a transformational house for men who are on their own recovery journey.   Episode Links: Beyond the Bars Podcast The Addiction Recovery Hub

So many of us have turned to alcohol in times where we just want to lose ourselves and escape the pressure and noise.  What can we do to get out of this cycle?  Annie answers this question with some great information and amazing advice. Episode Links: Byron Katie's You Tube Channel Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted by Dr Daniel G. Amen  The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer

Lee Davy is the founder of The Truth About Alcohol.  Lee shares his incredible story with Annie of how he found spontaneous sobriety after years of excess partying and how “The Truth About Alcohol” came to be from his desire to help others uncover the truths he had discovered about alcohol. Episode Links: Webinar Details for Resistance Training on June 22nd Strive Follow Lee on Instagram Life Changing Experience Lee is also in the middle of a 365-day challenge where he is facing his fears. Check out his Instagram Live show Sundays through Thursday.

In this episode, Annie describes her own personal journey that brought her to the research behind This Naked Mind and how her method of unconscious conditioning worked to finally bring that ultimate freedom in her relationship with alcohol.   Episode Links: Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by Dr John Sarno The Alcohol Experiment 

Jenna Sinclair spent much of her childhood in pubs observing her mom drinking too much and being carried home by some of the locals on a regular basis.  It didn’t take too long before Jenna realized she was following in her mom’s footsteps and wanted to make a change.  Jenna tells Annie her story and describes that “aha moment” that has helped her to find freedom and increased her desire to help others in any way possible.   Episode Links: Jenna’s Website Jenna’s Food Blog Alcohol Explained by William Porter

Annie responds to an article titled “Moderate to Heavy Drinkers are More Likely to Live to 85 Without Developing Dementia” by breaking down the details from the study and providing her own research.  Annie also addresses the headline culture that we live in that allows for articles like this to become sensationalized.

Laura McKowen somewhat reluctantly overcame what she describes as a “life-threatening drinking problem”. She then started to share her story with others through her website and podcasts before she decided to leave her successful corporate advertising career in order to pursue writing, teaching and speaking full time.  Laura very candidly and honestly shares her story with Annie and how she came to a place where her life’s purpose is to help others in such an amazing way.   Episode Links: Laura’s Website

Is it really possible to be happier without alcohol?  That can be really hard to even imagine.  Annie describes her thoughts around happiness with alcohol and happiness without it by providing some specific examples for various emotions that are tied to happiness and her experiences relating to each of those emotions.   Episode Links: Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life by Barbara Fredrickson

Ruari Fairbairns is the co-founder of One Year No Beer and the author of The 28 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge.  Ruari shares his story with Annie starting with how he got drunk for the first time at the age of 12, to having a career in his 20s that required taking clients out for drinking and entertainment, to an anger management class that gave him the idea to just take a 90 day break from alcohol. That 90 day break from alcohol changed Ruari’s life in so many amazing ways that he and his friend Andy Ramage decided to start One Year No Beer to help others find this amazing freedom as well.   Episode Links: One Year No Beer 28 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge by Andy Ramage and Ruari Fairbairns Follow One Year No Beer on Facebook Follow One Year No Beer on Instagram

Annie gets asked this question all the time.  Did she go into this with the plan to quit forever or just to drink less? And does she consider herself someone who has quit drinking forever?  Annie describes her intentions and the outcome of finding complete freedom in her relationship with alcohol.  She also gives us some great advice on what kind of commitments we should be trying to make and how to approach those commitments.