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How & Why To Carve Out Time For Delight

Our brains might be quick to protest, “I’ll think about delight when I have time.” But far from a frivolous “extra,” delight is an antidote to loneliness and the ultimate way to practice being fully present. So this has enormous implications on the journey of questioning alcohol.

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How One Painting Changed The Course Of My Life…Twice!

And you know what really numbs you from listening to your own information? Alcohol. I was drowning my wisdom. Our wisdom is there. We just have to create moments of stillness to pay attention, to tune in, to listen.
Your way in is your way out. The message in the painting led me into the wine business and when I was ready and still enough, it led me out.

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January Newsletter: Game-changing alcohol PSA from Oregon Health + A Big Hit NA Cocktail

🙌 My top game-changer of the month is this new public service announcement from Oregon Health Authority, Rethink the Drink, - a spot called Why in which a little girl asks if drinking is good for her father since he has just told her it's not good for her. I'm all about it because it is based on curiosity and asking questions, not scaring, preaching or guilting.

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We Can Do Better Than Dry January!

A typical Dry January feels good…for a very short while.
Lasting habit change requires more than just the typical dry january approach. There’s lots more, in my new course Luscious AF.

In this program, I’m offering the essential 3C’s (content, coaching and community) from January through end of March so that you feel very solid for an empowered 2024.

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Decadent Holiday Treats That Aren’t Wine!

When we’re drinking less or not at all, how do we get over that old saw…that long-baked belief that alcohol = holiday indulgence, celebration and largesse?
One of my secrets to freedom was to double-down on the pursuit of sensory pleasures in the realm of wining and dining, not to retreat from them. Food can be fun, playful, joyful, indulgent, decadent, sensuous, exciting, daring, loving!! It involves our senses of touch, vision, smell, taste and hearing (I did a recording of the crackling of my morning baguette!! ). It can involve a challenge, a new culture or tradition, and even a friendly competition....fun to consider for the holidays!

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December Newsletter: Big news on NA bevs, GREAT news for our brains and my SHE-ro Award!

Can you find a good, not too sweet sparkler for $4/bottle? Yes, and it’s been around for a while. Target announced it will carry Ghia and other popular and trending NA brands. Mel Robbins is advertising for Athletic Brewing. Lewis Hamilton, Formula One race car driver, is loving sobriety and has a new tequila. Ghia, founded by the French-born but LA dwelling Melanie Masarin, has introduced its first non-bitter aperitif. And a fave recent podcast with good news about our brains and dementia, for a change!! Plus so much more!!

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Launching New Program: Luscious AF

You deserve a juicy life, not a dry one! For my brand-new 13-module video course, I’m leaning into my background as a winemaker/importer and right-hand to Food Network chefs to serve up new ingredients to help you shift mindsets, slay old beliefs about alcohol and take a bigger bite out of life! I’m talking about how doubling-down on sensory experiences allows us to calm anxious brains, increase connection, keep deprivation at bay, and cultivate a sense of delight, play, and joy.

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October Newsletter: Delight

The more we train our brain to notice small delights, the more it will. But where and how do we start? We can look up, look down, or turn over a new leaf so to speak. Turning over a new leaf....who says that you can't have a romantic dinner without wine? At Pétrelle in Paris, our sommelier/server enthusiastically informed us of an elegant, very dry kombucha made not of fermented tea but of fermented fig leaves. Very sexy. And delicious!

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Cooking-Up & Savoring A Juicy Holiday Season

Join my free Masterclass to discover and share ideas about how this could be the season of big bold flavor, both literally and figuratively?
What if instead of feeling anxious about how to have an AF holiday, we could actually double-down on making sure to serve ourselves from a buffet of colorful, joyful, luscious flavors, activities and rituals that would leave us feeling playful, replenished and alive?

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September Newsletter: Savoring Maine, NA Beers, Wine Country AF

My review of the Zero Proof Experiences event in Maine last week is probably just what the organizers dreamed of. I made new connections and I got out of my comfort zone. I laughed harder than I’ve laughed in a long time (including about some things that went wrong and that’s ok!) and I cried, having vulnerable conversations with some old and new friends. I tried ecstatic dance which actually felt trippy and both relaxing and energizing at the same time which was kind of cool.

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How To Savor Wine Country AF

Does it sound like an oxymoron, or too hard to imagine, that you can have a blast in Wine Country without drinking alcohol?!? I hear you! I was born and raised on the good eats and party culture of New Orleans. I worked for Food Network chefs. Chef Emeril Lagasse cooked my wedding rehearsal dinner. And I spent twenty-five years making, serving and drinking wine. Now I teach my clients how to reclaim spaces that they have loved and to use all five senses to create rich new associations with those places…new associations that are lush and full-bodied, but that are entirely zero-proof! Wine Country is a lush landscape, a back road, a way of life, a mood, an experience. It’s always been more than what’s in one’s glass.

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August Newsletter: Visit AF Distillery with me + Episcopalians and Wine

For readers in the Portland area, I’ve organized a meet-up at Wilderton, the nation’s first-ever AF distillery and tasting room. It’s located in the recreational paradise known as Hood River, OR, just across the Columbia River from where I spend the summer in White Salmon, WA. On Sunday, August 27th, we’ll get a free, private tour (and fun science lesson) of the distillery plus a tasting of three spirits, both neat and with mixers. 

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Order The Lobster

Why is it that I never tormented myself over the price of alcohol? The money on bottles of wine that I never questioned! For years! Ordering exactly what you want and savoring every bite? Priceless!

I’ve seen personally and from my clients that whether we deny versus meet our needs and desires is never trivial! So, go ahead! Order the Lobster Salad!

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Before & After Pics

When I partook of the Alcohol Experiment in 2019, it was suggested to take photos of yourself at the start and end of the 30 days. I didn’t do it. I was convinced I wouldn’t see a difference. I mean, I didn’t drink THAT much, right? And I didn’t want to be discouraged. But recently two different acquaintances that I’d met right around 4 1/2 years ago but hadn’t seen since commented that they almost didn’t recognize me - and asked what I was doing.

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How Do The French Moderate?

As a former importer of French wines, former producer of Pinot noir in Oregon, (and even via the influence of French cuisine from my hometown of New Orleans), I was seduced by the idea of “drinking like the French.” And many of my clients harbor this same gauzy, romantic notion. How are the French seemingly able to sip wine, to enjoy it leisurely, to moderate it? Or are they?

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What Are You Saying Yes To This Summer?

Will everyone think I’m no fun when I turn down a drink? It's the most common concern - fear even - of my clients and I had the exact same one! Yet for better results, since our brains are quite incredible machines and just want to solve problems, we might as well feed them a different question such as, "When I Say No To A Drink, What Am I Saying Yes To?" What if this sober-curious journey is less about saying no and more about saying yes?

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Client Alumni Small Group Program

It takes a village to stay motivated, supported and excited, plus it’s more fun with friends and that’s what we’re here for!! For the next three months, I’m organizing twice monthly coaching, conversation and coffee hang-outs, the first and third Tuesdays at 11:30 am ET. You do not need to be AF already to join!! Sober-curious or dry-ish is great. You just would need to have a desire to make alcohol small and your thriving life BIG. This is a place to process it all….we’ll share wins or data-points, break-down lingering beliefs about alcohol, discuss hot podcasts and topics around personal growth plus maybe enjoy a special guest or two from the wellness and AF space!!

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Dry Jan - Reset Done Right

Does your body crave a reset, but you’re a little scared it will feel miserable?! My small-group program is a stigma-free, shame-free zone, where we focus on the gains and learn the neuroscience that makes willpower unnecessary.

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Sobriety Coach’s Top Tips For Dry January

From coaching hundreds of clients through successful alcohol breaks, I offer you these frameworks, tools and tactics to make a zero-proof month an eye-opening pleasure not a punishment!

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Free Zoom Chat Sept 11: Secrets For A Sober October That Sticks (FREE)

FREE - I’ll be sharing little-known, counter-intuitive tips in this free Zoom chat, with plenty of time for Q&A so bring your questions. I’ll be covering some of the principles that I use in my work with hundreds of clients as a Senior Coach with This Naked Mind and in my own coaching practice. Come learn about habit formation, the role of dopamine, why we can't punish our way into change and why I want you to be a sober LUSH!! I'll share some of my favorite easy, sexy AF drinks too! This is a free session.

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