Episode 109 - Rethinking alcohol with Anna Donaghey
In this episode I talk to Anna Donaghey. Anna is a Strategy Director turned Alcohol Mindset Coach. She helps people who are stuck in drinking behaviours that aren’t serving them - from those just keen to explore a life where alcohol plays less of a role, to those battling with addiction.
Often working with people who are experiencing turbulence, change and upheaval in other aspects of their lives, Anna helps dig into the emotions and beliefs around WHY they drink, to create mindset shifts and forge new, healthier behaviours.
Anna draws enormously on her own experience of being stuck in a cycle of alcohol addiction for much of her working life.
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More about Anna
“I've worked in the advertising industry for over 25 years, ultimately as the Strategy Director for an integrated creative & media agency. Skilled in growing businesses and brands, I am also passionate about helping grow people. As a qualified Life Coach, I'm combining my strategic skills with life experiences, to help people ‘stuck’ in beliefs and behaviours that aren’t serving them.
My specialism is dismantling and reshaping beliefs and behaviours around alcohol. It’s a personal calling because my own drinking got out of control, with a constant cycle of drinking, failed moderation and self-loathing leaving me exhausted. How could I be successful in other aspects of life, but feel such a failure in this one? Why could I not control it? Why was it my answer to everything? Internal conflict dominated my headspace, stole my time and sapped my energy. Yes, I have had a great career, but I wonder how much more I might have achieved, and how much more I could have contributed, if I had just stayed ‘me’. If I'd used that energy in more productive ways and built my own natural resilience.
Using the approach I now coach, I have taken my power back and made alcohol small and insignificant in my life. So much so, that I choose not to drink at all. Personally and professionally, the passion and drive that I knew in my 20s and 30s has re-emerged to energise my 50s. I realise that alcohol literally diminished me and by beating its grip, I feel powerful and capable of anything.
Quite simply, by changing my beliefs I changed my life and I can help you find the same feeling of empowerment and control. Preventing you wasting time and opportunity. Equipping you with the strategies to explore your true potential and reach new heights.”
Anna
https://www.thebeliefscoach.com
