Mind Love: Modern Mindfulness For Happiness, Health And Success

Here's what you'll learn in this episode:  • The latest neuroscience on how alcohol hijacks your brain's reward system and why willpower alone never works  • A four-step method for rewiring cravings and handling social pressure without feeling deprived  • How to shift from seeing alcohol-free living as deprivation to embracing it as the ultimate competitive advantage What if the very thing you think is helping you relax is actually stealing your energy, your clarity, and your connection to the people you love most? Last week, I was talking to my neighbor Sarah about her morning routine. She was glowing – literally glowing – and I asked what she'd been doing differently. "I stopped drinking," she said simply. "Three months ago." Then she told me something that stopped me in my tracks: "I didn't realize how much mental space alcohol was taking up until it was gone. I used to spend so much energy thinking about when I'd have my next glass of wine, whether I'd had too much the night before, making excuses for wh