#307: Break Up With Alcohol to Reach Your Highest Potential with Amanda Kuda
“My mission is to really help people see that that they can be so incredibly powerful without alcohol, not that alcohol is bad or wrong or evil, but I want you to feel so good that it's not even a question as to should I have it a little bit some of the time. It's, I don't want that because I feel so amazing. And once you feel that, it's just a really powerful feeling” — Amanda Kuda
This episode delves into topics surrounding alcohol, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
Could ditching the drink be the doorway to a life more authentic and fulfilling? In this episode of I AM HUMAN, I interview Amanda Kuda, author of Unbottled Potential: Break Up With Alcohol and Breakthrough to Your Best Life, about why and how alcohol can be stopping us from reaching our highest potential and living our best lives. We talk about emotions, authenticity and how learning to sit with the ups and downs makes you a more resilient person. This is a fantastic episode if you are sober curious, but it applies to anyone who feels that they have a habit that’s holding them back from living a life they desire.
Together, we traverse the landscape of our drinking culture, with Amanda's personal account of sobriety shedding light on the transformative effects of living without alcohol. Our conversation doesn't shy away from the emotional complexities untangled in the process, revealing the unspoken freedom and potential that awaits on the other side of the 'sober curious' movement.
Discussion points:
Amanda’s alcohol journey, exploring alcohol's impact on life, pillars of lifestyle health
Statistics on drinking, the “gray area”
Peer pressure, alcohol consumption, sober-curiosity
Covid and the extreme opposite responses to stress and change
Questions to ask yourself about your relationship with alcohol
Rethinking alcohol consumption for health
Alcohol and health risks
Breaking the cycle of dysfunction
Understanding energy, vibration, and alcohol's effect
Embracing authenticity, adhering to social expectations, self-expression
Sober curious resources
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Amanda Kuda
Alcohol-free lifestyle expert
Amanda is an alcohol-free lifestyle expert. She’s a holistic life coach, speaker and author living, working and playing in Austin, TX. As a coach, Amanda helps ambitious, soul-centered women stop drinking and start manifesting the life they deserve and desire. She teaches a modern approach to personal development, self-actualization and spiritual enlightenment through the lens of elective sobriety. Amanda’s first book, Unbottled Potential: Break Up With Alcohol And Break Through To Your Best Life is out now (Penguin Random House / Avery) is available now wherever books are sold. Her work has been featured on CNN, Business Insider, and The Skimm.
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