Stop Drinking and Start Living
Do you feel like you’re outgrowing alcohol—longing for a deeper connection to life, but stuck in the tug-of-war between numbing, overwhelm, and self-doubt?
Welcome to Stop Drinking and Start Living—a podcast dedicated to helping women create a life they love, beyond alcohol.
I’m Mary Wagstaff. After a 20-year relationship with daily drinking, I finally flipped the switch that made alcohol completely irrelevant in my life. Now, as an expert holistic alcohol coach, I guide women to do the same through my proven 5 Shifts process.
Each week, I share tools, stories, and fresh perspectives to help you expand your desires and reclaim the pleasure, purpose, and power of being a woman.
Sobriety isn’t the end—it’s the beginning of your awakening.
Want to drink less without deprivation? 60 Seconds To Calm Is How you do it. Grab the free guid here. https://marywagstaffcoach.com/urgetracking
⚠️ Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational and inspirational purposes only. It is not a substitute for medical treatment, therapy, or professional healthcare advice. I am not a doctor. If you are at risk of harming yourself or your health, please call your doctor, 911, or a local emergency line right away. In the U.S., you can also dial or text 988 to connect with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 326
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ep. #136 Awakening to the wisdom of innocence
Stop Drinking and Stop Living Program Portal Doors Are OPEN!! Awakening to the wisdom of innocence, is the connection you’ve been seeking.
Today I share a live post I recorded to welcome you into the …
Ep #135 Alcohol Exhaustion
The conflicting beliefs about alcohol are confusing and EXHAUSTING.
Something you once loved, is revealing its self as no longer useful.
The gap between being a drinker and no longer wanting to, is ge…
Ep. #134 The ONLY thing you need, to be good at NOT drinking.
You don’t need to be a previous version of yourself.
You don’t need to be highly motivate.
You don’t need to be excited about sobriety.
Getting good at not drinking is about how you TALK TO yourself, …
Ep. #133 SPECIAL EP. BONUS OFFER WEEK: When You Know It's Time
You know it's time, because you are here. Because after the curiosity and the new thinking , there is only ACTION.
You do NOT have to stop drinking to start the process, all you have to do is get in t…
Ep. #132 Client Spotlight: Elevating Abundance, Making Space and Igniting Passion with Amanda
Get ready to be inspired! My fun and inspirational client, Amanda started her journey with a year of curiosity listening to the podcast.
Things started shifting for her when she realized there was in …
Ep. #131 Peek Inside: Why I Am Starting The Stop Drinking & Start Living Program
The narrative of what you think it means to drink or not drink is one of the biggest things keeping you stuck in your relationship to alcohol.
What I want you to know, is it's all made up and you get…
Ep. #130 Client Spotlight: Putting Alcohol In It's Place w/ Laura Jelinek Kusto
If you have been on the fence at all about joining the program, you DO NOT want to miss today's episode on the podcast.
I interview my super fun and ambitious client, Laura Jelinek.
It's PACKED with …
Ep. # 129 Learning A New Way, Step 10 Of 10
Your attention span is your advantage to success.
Learning takes time to get you from where you are to where you want to go
vs. jumping around from one thing to the next because it "didn't work."
Anyt…
Ep. #128 Step 9 of 10 Love & Abundance vs. Fear & Scarcity
The energy of emotions fueling your decision has a bigger impact on the result than the decision itself. We make decisions for two reasons: to move towards pain or away from pleasure. This is why it…
Ep. #127 Step 8 of 10 Generating Evidence In Your Favor
Remember what you love and you will remember who you are.
Make a list of all of the things little to big you have ever loved since you were a baby until now.
Look at how they make you feel and how many…
Ep. #126 Step 7 of 10 Stop Bargaining and Start Accepting
When we try to change the way things are and create expectations that we can't control, we create more longing, desire and attachment for alcohol and stress around life.
Acceptance and loving what is,…
Ep. #125 Step 6 of 10 Processing Emotion/Urge With Quantum Healing LIVE!
This is an intimate and vulnerable episode you don't want to miss. I take you through the interpersonal workings of my brain and body through a fear response, melancholy and the Exact, step by step, …
Ep. # 124 Step 5 of 10: Set Your Belief Goal
Setting a goal to stop drinking over night is like trying to loose 10 pounds by Tuesday morning, it won't work.
There are steps you must take to build your bridge to a life free of the desire and atta…
Ep. #123 Step 4 of 10: Awareness of Attachment Thinking
The habit and addiction to alcohol is a learned behavior, no matter WHY you are drinking or what your set of adverse experiences have, you weren't BORN attached to alcohol.
For this reason your desir…
Ep. #122 Step 3 of 10: Awareness of Desire Thinking
The habit and addiction to alcohol is a learned behavior, no matter WHY you are drinking or what your set of adverse experiences have, you weren't BORN attached to alcohol.
For this reason your desir…
Ep. #121 Step 2 of 10: Cultivatiing Non-Judgmental Emotional Awareness
The habit and addiction to alcohol is a learned behavior, no matter WHY you are drinking or what your set of adverse experiences have, you weren't BORN attached to alcohol.
For this reason your desir…
BONUS: Sensation Embodiment Practice To Eliminate The Desire To Drink
This is the companion episode to #120. Cultivating the witness and the willingness to FEEL sensations is how you begin to eliminate your desire and attachment to alcohol.
If you are enjoying this pod…
Ep. #120 10 Steps To Eliminating Your Desire and Attachment To Alcohol: Step 1, Sensation
The habit and addiction to alcohol is a learned behavior, no matter WHY you are drinking or what your set of adverse experiences have, you weren't BORN attached to alcohol.
For this reason your desir…
Ep. #119 Get Out Of Jail Free Card For Drinking
The VAST majority of your daily thinking goes uncovered in the subconscious mind.
This means your response to life is mostly unconscious.
It has been learned and is now a habit.
Your unconscious belie…
Ep. #118 Why "Alcohol Is Bad For Me" Doesn't Work
There are a lot of approaches that you have taken to stop drinking. We all have the first hand experience of the negative impact of alcohol on our bodies. You have woken up time and time again thinki…