SMART Recovery for Women

02/25/2025

Input please! My innovative Alcohol Freedom course is starting again in March. I am always updating it, so would would love to make sure it will cover what you need. (It always incorporates SMART Tools and philosophy.)

This will only take a few minutes. Thank you so much!

Cutting Back on Drinking-Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfP29JyKOQxaIKE7eJ5TzTo7ALCHd2Q-no8a9CWelpyrmUoOg/viewform?usp=sharing

12/27/2024

How was the communication over the holidays? Kind and warm-spirited, or did it kind of go off the rails at times?

Do you know that there are well-established ways to get through emotionally charged conversations without making things worse?

Boy, I heard some words that hurt more than helped!

Let’s talk about it this Sunday afternoon on a free Zoom call.

This won't be an official SMART meeting, but we will work through the helpful ABC worksheet and other SMART tools. I will share some other good resources to guide our future conversations to help us express ourselves so we are heard and validated.

Caring relationships add so much value to our lives, they are worth some effort. Sometimes we just need the right words!

DM me for the link and details, or type WORDS in a comment below. Let’s get through this together!

12/23/2024

Need a quick way to shift your mood or nip a craving? It only takes 3 minutes!

Hoping to be free from overdrinking, overeating or overthinking? My clients love this, it's so versatile and it works!

The first few minutes of this video explains it. After watching that part once, from then on, just skip to the demo and follow along.

Feeling upset? Stressed? Anxious? Angry? Sad? Craving something unhealthy?You can quickly change the channel on your emotions with this simple technique.This...

05/24/2024

So true.

I get it. Numbing out with alcohol seems like a tempting, short term fix - but it always makes the real issue harder to solve.

Drinking simply shuffles your problems along by a few hours… before waking you up at 4am, so you can face the exact same stresses as before… only now everything seems even worse! 🫠

Drinking feels so tempting in the moment but that short term distraction comes at a high price 😐

If you’re feeling tempted to drink tonight, listen to my pep talk instead. It will help you stay on track and finish the week hangover-free and feeling good 🙌

🎧 Here's the link to listen: https://thesoberschool.com/pep-talk-fb

04/22/2024

An Earth Day Gift for you-a lovely imaginative meditation-"Secret Garden of your Mind." (Request audio below.)

On Earth Day, do you ever think of yourself as a part of nature that needs care?

Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson suggests that we should imagine our mind as a garden and understand that we are the gardeners.
What flowers would you like to see in your mental garden?

It’s crucial to actively plant the positive and lovely in order to overcome the brain’s negativity bias. This is similar to how weeds seem to grow more easily and quickly than flowers or other plants we want to see.

It does get easier with time, just like a well-tended garden. It takes less effort once everything has been well-watered and nurtured.

For the audio, DM me or just write GARDEN below for the link to the Secret Garden of Your Mind meditation. Enjoy!

04/08/2024

How about some 1-2 minute mind/body/breath techniques to get you through urges and cravings?

These are a great compliment to our SMART thinking tools!

04/08/2024

I just read that 49% of people who drink alcohol want to cut back, but they don't, because they don't realize how many tools, resources and solutions are available nowadays.

Many have no idea that successful evidence-based ways to get free from alcohol have expanded way beyond traditional AA 12-Step programs. The possibilities for woman are amazing.

Reach out and explore! Let me know if you need more info.

As far as SMART Recovery meetings, if there aren't any near you, there are online meetings going on everyday, at all hours. The link to the national directory is below.

04/07/2024

Have you noticed this? You drank to fall asleep, only to wake up more stressed than ever at 2 am?

Fortunately, we can learn great tools to have a great night sleep that really work! With no side effects!