Best Cprc Podcasts (2025)

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E287: Are You “Strong Enough” or Just Stubborn? (Self-Control & Willpower) 22:07

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When we think about getting sober, most of the focus is on not drinking, but we don’t think about what to start doing to actually rewire the brain and move forward. In this episode, I’ll explain why white-knuckling doesn’t work. You’ll learn about why willpower is not the most important factor for staying sober, how being “strong” prevents us from …

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5 Year Podversary Q&A (E286 Part 2) 33:23

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Join me for a special Q&A episode. We talk about my story, my work, my gaming history, book writing, what I've noticed in the sober community, and more! Thanks to everyone who submitted questions Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-…

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E286: How This Podcast Changed My Life (Happy 5 Years to Sober Powered) 31:19

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On June 25, 2020 I decided to start this podcast. You’ll learn the story of how this podcast started, how it’s changed my sobriety, how it’s changed me professionally, how it’s helped me do my own “work”, and some of the hurtful things people have said to me over the years. I want to share about the shifts I’ve had to make to sustain being a public…

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E285: How Exercise Helps Your Brain and Body Heal From Alcohol (and How to Get Started) 22:45

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Besides not drinking, one of the simplest ways to heal the damage left behind from your drinking days is to exercise consistently. In this episode, I’ll explain how exercise helps to heal the body and brain, specific types of exercise that are beneficial, and how exercise can increase the likelihood that you’ll resist cravings and stay sober. You’l…

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Just Following Up with LeadershipFPRA 27:42

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In this episode, we dive into the LeadershipFPRA program. CWC Members Jennifer Hemmerdinger, APR and Laura Ansel, APR, CPRC share their experiences in the LeadershipFPRA program and how the program has impacted their careers. If you're ready to join LeadershipFPRA after listening to this episode, hurry over to the FPRA website. Applications for Cla…

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E284: Reward Substitution: Healthy vs. Harmful Replacements for Alcohol 19:49

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When we quit drinking, it’s pretty common to pick up another crutch or transfer the addiction to something else like food, work, cannabis, shopping, etc. Your brain still wants comfort, relief, stimulation, and escape and it’s easy to use other methods of relief instead of doing the emotional work and not needing relief. In this episode, I discuss …

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E283: Alcohol Shortens Your Perception of Time (Instant Gratification) 18:08

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Learning to put effort into our lives, be patient, and not rely on instant gratification is challenging. Alcohol teaches us that we can have what we want immediately and with no effort. Real life doesn’t work that way. In this episode, I explain alcohol myopia, which is how alcohol narrows our focus and prevents us from accurately thinking about th…

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Pennie Sempell, JD • Live at the Summit 27:48

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With a background in law, conflict resolution, health advocacy, and stress education, Pennie Sempell, JD, is well-equipped to address the critical issues surrounding burnout prevention in healthcare. As the CEO of StressPal, Pennie is at the forefront of innovation, developing ACCME and ANCC accredited programs that provide participants with a soli…

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E282: Minimizing, Rationalizing, and the Myth of “I Wasn’t That Bad” 19:11

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Maybe your drinking isn’t/wasn’t that bad, but does that mean it’s good? If you don’t truly face what you’re doing, then how can you expect to change and move forward? In this episode, we dig into the psychological tricks we use to protect ourselves from the truth about our drinking- minimizing, rationalizing, and rewriting the past. I explain how …

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Just Following Up with Julie Frey, APR, CPRC & Lindsay Hudock, APR, CPRC 43:11

1M ago43:11

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State President Julie Frey, APR, CPRC and State President-Elect Lindsay Hudock, APR, CPRC sat down with CWC-FPRA President Hunter Carpenter, APR in this episode of Just Following Up…Again. They discuss the benefits of an FPRA member and some of the exciting programs on the horizon, including the PR & Comms Summit. Learn all about with FPRA has to o…

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E281: Why Your Brain Makes Drinking Look Better Than It Was 18:06

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When the sun comes out, so do the memories of “fun” drinking days, but are those memories even accurate? In this episode, I break down how your brain edits the past to make alcohol look better than it really was. I’ll explain how dopamine, emotional memory, and the fading affect bias distort your perception of your drinking life, and why the “good …

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E280: Romanticizing Alcohol: What’s Going on in Your Brain 18:59

2M ago18:59

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Are these harmless thoughts or do they lead to relapse? In this episode you’ll learn what is going on in your brain when you romanticize alcohol, how this can make being sober more challenging, and 3 ways to break the romanticizing loop. I’ll share a story from 4 years ago about when I romanticized alcohol, how I used tools, and what that same situ…

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Just Following Up with Joseph Grano, Next-Mark 34:00

2M ago34:00

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Just Following Up...Again is back with a very special interview with Joseph Grano, President and Founder of Next-Mark. In this episode, listeners will learn about Next-Mark's growth over the past 20th years and lessons in business Joe has learned through growing the company. Future entrepreneurs will also get some insight into how to start their ow…

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E279: The Pendulum Effect of Healing 25:10

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When we start doing “the work”, it’s normal for your behavior to swing hard in the other direction. Emotions become more intense, old memories flood back, or you may feel like everyone needs to know how they’ve wronged you. This is the pendulum effect. We are learning how to do life without alcohol, and that process takes experimentation. In this e…

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Britney Broyhill, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP • Live at the Summit 24:54

2M ago24:54

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Britney Broyhill, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP, is the Senior Director of Advanced Practice for Atrium Health. Thanks for tuning in! Check out more episodes of The Well-Being Connector at www.bethejoy.org/podcast.By The Coalition for Physician & APP Well-Being

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E278: Intrusive Thoughts About Drinking When You’re Already Sober & 3 Ways to Deal 22:10

2M ago22:10

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We’re used to intrusive thoughts about drinking while we’re trying to quit and in the early days, but these thoughts can continue to pop up months or even years later. Does this mean you’re on the path to relapse? In this episode I’ll explain where intrusive thoughts about drinking come from and 3 strategies to deal with them. You’ll learn the 4 mo…

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E277: Being Willing to Start is the Hardest Part (“The Work”) 20:54

2M ago20:54

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I thought getting sober was the end of the story. I did it, I succeeded, now life will be amazing forever. But the parade never came. Instead, I started to get uncomfortable and notice patterns in my behavior that I didn’t like, and without alcohol around, I couldn’t unsee it. This is where a lot of people fall off. Their work begins to show up, it…

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E276: A Burst of Mental Clarity at 60 Days Sober (Cognitive Healing) 26:25

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Many people experience a noticeable shift in mental clarity around 60 days sober. When it happened to me I felt like I was waking up from a long dream and I could finally use my brain again. This may feel like being present, having patience, better focus and attention, improved memory, and reduced mental clutter. In this episode, I’ll explain how a…

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E275: 3 Ways Alcohol Damages the Heart and How to Have Good Heart Health in Sobriety 25:55

3M ago25:55

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Alcohol damages every area of the body, but in this episode we are focusing on the heart. I’ll explain 3 ways that alcohol damages the heart, how the heart heals after we get sober, and 5 things you can do to have good heart health moving forward. What to listen to next: E232: The 3am Wake Up E266: Can You Drink After Taking a Break? E268: Is Moder…

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Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD, Kim Bambach, MD & Blair Creedle Reynolds, MD • Live at the Summit 34:57

3M ago34:57

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Advocating for yourself is a crucial skill for well-being, professional identity formation, and career advancement as women in medicine. In this episode, our guest speakers touch on their RAFFT (Resident and Faculty Females Together) program, where participants learn tangible skills for building their own self-promotion toolkit. The program involve…

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E274: High Dopamine, Low Effort Behaviors and Making Sobriety Feel Less Hard 27:28

3M ago27:28

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Your brain is wired for quick hits of dopamine, or high-reward, low-effort habits that feel good in the moment but sabotage your long-term goals. Over time, this conditions your brain to expect rewards without effort, making real change feel harder than it actually is. In this episode, I’ll explain how these patterns destroy motivation, fuel incons…

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E273: How the Sober Brain Breaks Down Alcohol Associations (But They’ll Build Back Up if You Drink Again) 33:10

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We believe alcohol is required for vacations, unwinding, dealing with stress, celebrating, and socializing. We have built up powerful associations in our brains to reinforce these beliefs through dopamine and repetition. After you get sober, facing life without alcohol can feel impossible. Everything reminds you of alcohol. You start to notice how …

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Just Following Up with Linda Carson, ABC7's Suncoast View 23:05

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Those on the Suncoast likely know Linda Carson from ABC7's Suncoast View, but she has had an expansive career spanning decades. Linda started her TV career in 1964 as a "TV Weather Girl" at Channel 11 in Atlanta. She went on to become one of the first female TV reporters and one of the first prime time female anchors in the country. Through her car…

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E272: 6 Habits That Make My Life Better 24:03

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When we develop a problem with alcohol, it becomes the center of our lives and most or all decisions are made after taking alcohol into consideration. When you remove alcohol, there’s a big empty hole in your life. You can fill this hole with other substances, sex or relationships, gambling or shopping, sitting around sad, or you can make some chan…

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E271: Alcohol, Career Stress, and the Lie of “I Function Just Fine” 27:28

4M ago27:28

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“I function just fine, it’s not like I’m missing work”, I said until I started missing work. “I have a masters degree, I couldn’t have gotten this far if I was an alcoholic.” Have you ever thought things like this to yourself? Most drinkers are able to function. Most will never reach the stereotypical alcoholic that we think of. High functioning do…

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Just Following Up with Kristen Lessig-Schenerlein & Hannah McGowan, CORE Leadership 28:10

4M ago28:10

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Kristen Lessig-Schenerlein is an executive coach, wellbeing strategist, keynote speaker and founder of Koi Coaching and Consulting. Hannah McGowan is a professional trainer, coach and founder of Hannah McGowan Coaching. Together they founded The CORE Program, a transformational leadership development program designed to unlock hidden potential in t…

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E270: Cravings Increase After Quitting Drinking and Peak Around 60 Days Sober and 6 Months Sober 28:41

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You probably expect that the more sober time you have, the less you crave alcohol. That’s true for some people, but others experience an effect called incubation of craving. This is where cravings build up over time and peak around 60 days, then again around 6 months sober. In this episode, I’ll explain the research on incubation of craving, what y…

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Arpita Gupta DePalma, MD • Live at the Summit 29:12

4M ago29:12

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Arpita Gupta DePalma, MD founded Thought Work, MD to help physicians and professional women learn how to identify, manage, and then let go of what is not serving them through transformational mindset coaching. She helps powerful women learn how to stay ahead of their anger so that they show up calm, collected and in control, ready to lead and execu…

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E269: Running on Autopilot Mode 31:11

4M ago31:11

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Regular drinking and early sobriety often feel like living on autopilot, where we are repeating the same routines without conscious awareness. Alcohol changes the brain to increase mindless activity, which can lead to rumination, excessive self-focus, anxiety, and addiction-related thought loops. In this episode, you’ll learn about how alcohol affe…

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Just Following Up with Hallie Peilet Young, CEO & Founder of No Blues News 35:04

4M ago35:04

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Being prepared for an interview is a crucial part of media relations and telling a good story. Hallie Peliet Young, Founder & CEO of No Blues News, shares best practices when conducting on camera interviews. Hallie’s expertise has earned her two prestigious Telly Awards and an Emmy nomination, recognizing her talent for creating content that resona…

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Making Friends After Getting Sober (Mini Coaching Call) 33:33

5M ago33:33

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Making new friends as an adult is difficult enough, but when you're sober, it adds an extra layer of difficulty. In this episode, we're talking about how to find friends in sobriety with a focus on what's the block from putting yourself out there, what do we have control over, how much armor do we have up, a fear of rejection, and how we can start …

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E268: Is Moderate Drinking Healthier? Here’s Why So Many Studies Say Yes 26:57

5M ago26:57

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Most people defend moderation. What about all those people in the blue zones? Europeans drink every day, what about the French Paradox? If you do a quick search, then you can find tons of articles telling you how moderation is healthier than not drinking. Drinking a little bit every day will help you live longer and have a healthier heart. This has…

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Just Following Up with Linda Beltran, Holiday Inn Club Vacations 25:57

5M ago25:57

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How one leads a team can make or break the success of a department. Linda Beltran, VP of Corporate Communications for Holiday Inn Club Vacations, shares that effective leadership isn’t about having all the answers or never making mistakes. Being a leader is about empowering one's team and recognizing each team member’s unique strengths and contribu…

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E267: Resources vs Support: Are You Setting Yourself Up for Success? 26:53

5M ago26:53

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This is the biggest mistake I see people make. There’s one pattern I’ve noticed with people where they want to be sober, but they approach it in a way that makes them less likely to actually achieve sobriety. In this episode I’m going to explain how you can set yourself up for success, how to build an effective support system, and how support can h…

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Jenny Michel, DNP, APRN-CNP • Live at the Summit 26:18

5M ago26:18

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Jenny Michel is the Director of Advanced Practice at Akron Children’s and works clinically as a nurse practitioner in the emergency department. She is currently the co-chair of the provider resilience committee, the Well-Being index APP champion, and an advocate for recognizing the importance of provider wellness and improving the health and wellne…

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E266: Can You Drink After Taking a Break? 35:38

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So you’ve taken a break from alcohol and now you’re wondering do you stay sober or do you go back to drinking? In this episode I’ll discuss your options, when the best benefits from a break are, whether it’s possible for some people to moderate their drinking after a break, and how to know if you really have a problem and need to be sober or not. W…

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Just Following Up with the CWC-FPRA Credentialing Directors 20:30

5M ago20:30

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Are you ready to earn your Accreditation in Public Relations? Credentialing Co-Directors Jennifer Moss Wilson, APR, CPRC and Sharon Kunkel, APR, CPRC share why public relations and communication professionals should consider getting their APR to enhance their careers and understanding of the field. For more information on earning your credentials, …

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E265: Rewiring Your Reward System After Getting Sober 28:10

5M ago28:10

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When will being sober feel rewarding? When does it get easier? When does the boredom go away? In this episode you’ll learn about the process of recalibrating your reward system after quitting drinking. I’ll explain how alcohol messes up the reward system, the process of recalibration that occurs during the first year, what happens if you relapse, a…

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E264: Here’s Why You Have Mood Swings After Quitting Drinking 28:32

6M ago28:32

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Are you cranky AF after getting sober? Is your mood volatile and unpredictable? Are the little things setting you off? This is a normal part of the sober experience, so congrats on getting started. In this episode, I’ll explain why we have mood swings after quitting drinking. You’ll learn what’s going on in the brain, when it should start to ease u…

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E263: Sugar Cravings After Quitting Drinking 22:27

6M ago22:27

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Did you go from never wanting dessert to now never skipping it? Are you craving sugar constantly now that you’ve quit drinking? Sugar cravings in sobriety are very normal and in this episode I’ll explain a few reasons why we crave sugar after getting sober and how you can start managing your sugar cravings moving forward. What to listen to next: E1…

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Guided Hypnosis Meditation for Self-Love | Goddess Aja 8:57

6M ago8:57

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Immerse yourself in a transformative journey with "Guided Hypnosis Meditation for Self-Love" featuring Goddess Aja. In this calming session, you'll find a sacred space dedicated to nurturing self-acceptance and inner peace. Guided by my soothing voice, you will embark on a relaxing descent into deep meditation, releasing tension and inviting love i…

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Short Guided Meditation for Peace and Calm After a Hectic Day 5:12

6M ago5:12

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This short meditation, perfect for those rushed evenings, focuses on the breath. Find a quiet spot, close your eyes, and gently bring your attention to the sensation of your breath entering and leaving your body. Notice the rise and fall of your chest or 1 abdomen. If your mind wanders, gently guide it back to the breath. Even just 5 minutes of thi…

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Alcohol and Cancer Risk (Surgeon General Warning Explained) 14:55

6M ago14:55

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The Surgeon General just recommended that cancer warning labels be included on alcohol bottles. However, the link between cancer and alcohol is old news. A recent study from the National Cancer Institute found that only 50% of Americans are aware that alcohol causes cancer, so in this episode you'll learn how alcohol causes cancer, alcohol and canc…

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Amber Orman, MD, DipABLM • Live at the Summit 30:17

6M ago30:17

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Amber Orman, MD, DipABLM is a double board-certified radiation oncologist and lifestyle medicine specialist focusing on focusing on breast cancer treatment and prevention, providing holistic care that encompasses mind and body. She is the first ever Chief Wellness Office (CWO) of AdventHealth Medical Group, working to improve the well-being of her …

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E262: 31 Tips to Quit Drinking in Dry January 37:09

6M ago37:09

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Are you trying to quit drinking for Dry January? A sober month is a good opportunity to learn more about your drinking and get experience handling your life without alcohol. I know it’s scary in the beginning and you may not know what to do. In this episode I’ll share some research about Dry January and how to be successful this month, then we’ll c…

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Just Following Up with CWC-FPRA Members for the New Year 6:19

6M ago6:19

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Happy New Year from the Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association! In this special edition of Just Following Up…Again, we asked our members what lessons they learned in 2024 and what goals they have for 2025. Have a suggestion for a future episode? Let us know by filling out this form. For more information on the Centra…

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E261: The Psychology of New Year's Resolutions (Willpower and Goal Setting) 22:46

6M ago22:46

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2025 can be your year. Most of us set goals to quit drinking or lose weight, and then we don’t achieve it. In this episode, I’m going to explain 3 things that make us less likely to meet our goals. Most people think lack of willpower or self-discipline is the reason why we don’t succeed, and I’ll explain why that’s not the case. You’ll also learn 4…

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E260: 5 Holiday Mental Health Challenges 23:17

7M ago23:17

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If you love the holidays, then I’m happy for you, but many of us don’t. If the holidays make you feel tired, jealous, stressed, and resentful, then you came to the right place. In this episode I’ll discuss different mental health challenges that may be coming up for you and I’ll weave in survey data on stress and mental health during the holiday se…

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Just Following Up with Randy Mitchelson, APR; M&M Multimeda 27:32

7M ago27:32

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Welcome back to Just Following Up…Again: A PR Podcast by the Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association. To kick off season two, Media Relations Director Muffy Lavens speaks with Randy Mitchelson, APR of M&M Multimedia. They discuss the importance of video production for public relations and communications professionals,…

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E259: 10 Things You Might Be Doing to Sabotage Your Sobriety During the Holidays 19:56

7M ago19:56

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Staying sober during the holidays is difficult, but there are some things that I’ve observed people do that make it even more difficult. In this episode, I’m covering 10 things you may be doing to sabotage your sobriety and how to stop doing them. What to listen to next: E211: The Anticipation of a Drink E255-258 holiday support episodes Sober Supp…