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.
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⚠️ 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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There is a gap between being a drinker and getting alcohol out of your way.
You know, because you have fallen in that gap, many times.
You have to build a bridge.
It's not always EASY, but it can be sim…
For women of all ages, child baring or NOT, it is so important to understand the DEPTHS of the implication of alcohol on your hormones and reproductive health. (pre and post menopause.)
Especially if …
Our bodies and emotions respond to beliefs (thoughts) and real life experiences the same.
Are you making decisions from BELIEF or FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE?
We have so many uncovered beliefs about ourselve…
Overwhelm and stress come from an unmanaged mind. The more you can see where you are leaking energy, the less need you will have to "unwind" in the evenings.
You can mitigate your desires for alcohol …
Are you dreading the holiday's or are you excited for some socializing and warm hugs?
Either way, the thoughts and emotions you bring to the table are going to determine the results of the evening.
Al…
There's a reason you can't fathom a life without alcohol. When you try, it feels like a hole. The access to a part of you that will be missing forever.
It's been the only portal to the desires you ha…
When we leave the results of NOT DRINKING, up to chance, 99% of the time, it will win. The other 1% is you holding on for dear life.
In today's episode I talk about how the result of not drinking is 1…
The only way to dismantle old thoughts is to prove them wrong through emotional embodiment. When it comes to alcohol the the ability to think on purpose gets over run by the powerful and avoided sens…
Some times there isn't available SPACE in the body to bring in new emotions, before you clear the old ones out. That is why sometimes no matter how hard you try you have to change your mood, be grate…
Alcohol is the solution to the problem of drinking. Say what?!?
When you get to this place, your dopamine reserves are always dipping below your baseline, creating a deficit. This robs you from the …
My wonderfully graceful client, Paula, learned that the only way to change, was to first admit what was wrong. Paula found herself and on the other side of the empty nest and was experiencing a trans…
Awareness is always the first step to a new relationship to alcohol.
New knowledge and a new perspective is KEY to NEW results.
If you can't clearly see where you ARE, you can't clearly see a new poss…
You already have all of the tools you need for change. First you need to become aware of them, understand how they can be applied to alcohol and stay inspired enough to use them.
In today's episode I…
In today's episode, I speak to my brave and witty client about her transition from feeling powerless and divorced from spirit through compulsive behavior, to discovering the power of choice and the f…
Whenever you undertake a new project, have a baby, start a job hunt, learn a new skill, there is preparation and dedication required. There is adjusting your schedule, shifting your priorities, wakin…
How to stop caring what other people think about you drinking. (hint: they don't)
Your relationship to alcohol is no one else's business but your own.
The fourth mistake people make when trying to quit…
Alcohol Is Queen and You're The Problem, so you think...
The third mistake people make when trying to quit drinking is not having your own back. Not trusting that the life you want is better than a li…
Got Strategy? The second mistake people make when trying to quit drinking is expecting different results with the same mindset. During this 5 part series, I will teach you the five biggest mistakes …
Over the next five shows I will teach you the five biggest mistakes people make when trying to quit drinking, how to recognize it, what to do different and how have some fun!
Don't miss all 5, It's a …
Your relationship to alcohol begins and ends in understanding the relationship to yourself.
Your personal monthly cycle is the ESSENCE of who you are and your emotional understanding.
In today's epis…