A Final (?) Wrap Up
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Jolene and Aidan catch up after a long break in recording a podcast. Listen in as they share what they’ve been up to the past couple years and where they are focusing their attention these days. CONNECT WITH JOLENE: Gray Area Drinkers - Jolene on Instagram - Email: CONNECT WITH AIDAN: Aidan Donnelley Rowley Aidan on Instagram- Email:
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Episode 38 - Burnout
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
If you are feeling run down and drained then this conversation will lift you up and give you the inspiration to start the energy recovery process. You deserve to have your fire burning bright.
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Episode 37 - Forgiveness
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
No matter where you are on the journey, this episode will inspire you to cut yourself some slack and to give yourself the soothing forgiveness you need to get out of the cycle of gray area drinking.
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Episode 36 - Thinking About Drinking
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
In this episode, Jolene and Aidan share about the times when they think about drinking- like sitting by the fire or waiting for a table at a bar after a tough day.
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Episode 35 - Intuition
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Jolene and Aidan both share the practical, daily tools to access intuition on a deeper level, especially in the first months and years after giving up alcohol.
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Episode 34 - Gray Area Drinking
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Jolene and Aidan discuss the polarizing trend around drinking labels and what constitutes “problem drinking”.
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Episode 33 - Relationships
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Navigating romantic relationships without alcohol.
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Episode 32 - Present Moment
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
How can we sit in the hard moments without longing to escape? That is the million dollar question.
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Episode 31 - Grief
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Aidan and Jolene discuss the connection between grief and gray area drinking.
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Episode 30 - One Year Of EDIT Podcast
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Aidan and Jolene look back on one year of podcasting together and talk about the things that have happened in their lives as a result.
info_outlineAidan and Jolene talk about how they view their own introvert and extrovert personalities. How they feel about being alone vs with others as a way to recharge and regenerate. Aidan mentions the book Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain.
Aidan also shares this quote from Blaise Pascal: "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."
When we take alcohol out of the equation what really happens on the introvert/extrovert scale? For some people, it's harder to be alone at home and not reach for a drink while others might find it harder to be out with others and not drink. But according to Susan Cain, historically the greatest minds are introverts and we need to celebrate introversion more in a world that glorifies extroversion.
Jolene mentions the book, The Last Best Cure: My Quest To Awaken The Healing Parts Of My Brain and Get Back My Body, My Joy, and My Life by Donna Jackson Nakazawa. This is the book that explains the Orchid/Dandelion gene in more detail. Jolene shares the upside of being an Orchid (sensitive gene). She also touches on Pyroluria - which is a hemoglobin synthesis that has gone awry and can deplete B6 and zinc which can make us feel more socially anxious and introverted.
They end with the questions of "what are we really camouflaging from the world and ourselves when we're drinking?" And "what are we really hungry for or craving when we're drinking? Is it more connection, solitude, creativity, nature etc? What really feeds our introverted, sensitive selves?
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CONNECT WITH JOLENE:
- Craving Brain Coaching - www.healthydiscoveries.com/coaching/
- Jolene on Instagram - www.instagram.com/healthy_discoveries/
- Email: jolene@healthydiscoveries.com
CONNECT WITH AIDAN:
- The Dry Life Blog - www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/the-dry-life/
- Aidan on Instagram- www.instagram.com/drybeclub/
- Email: aidandonnelleyrowley@gmail.com