A Few Thoughts About...

Scott Pinyard
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A Few Thoughts About...is a podcast that talks about change, and in particular how our thinking makes a massive difference in the process. afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

  1. 8h ago

    A Few Thoughts About...Comfort

    We spend a lot of time trying to get comfortable. We avoid difficult conversations, seek familiar routines, and look for ways to change how we’re feeling. And sometimes, alcohol becomes part of that search. But comfort and peace aren’t necessarily the same thing. In this episode, I explore the difference between feeling comfortable and being okay, how our pursuit of comfort can keep us stuck, and why change doesn’t necessarily need to feel comfortable before it can begin. Maybe there’s a different kind of freedom available when we stop treating discomfort as a problem.LINKSYou don’t have to wait until January to begin changing your relationship with alcohol! What if you spent the next couple of months getting curious about your drinking, your thinking, and what you’re actually experiencing? If you’d like some support exploring that, I’m currently welcoming new one-on-one coaching clients. Learn more about working with me at scottpinyard.com/coaching. I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...Comfort

  2. Nov 6

    A Few Thoughts About...Enough

    There’s a strange little voice in our heads that always seems to be saying, “Not yet.” Not until we lose the weight. Not until we make more money. Not until the relationship improves. Not until we’re less anxious, more confident, or finally have everything figured out. There’s always something else that would make life just a little bit better. But what if there isn’t? In this episode, I explore our tendency to continually search for what’s missing, why the finish line of self-improvement and achievement keeps moving, and the difference between wanting something to change and needing it to change before we can be okay. We also look at how this shows up in drinking, where alcohol can become the thing we imagine will finally complete an otherwise ordinary experience. Maybe being okay doesn’t require us to stop wanting things, improving things, or making changes. Maybe we can do all of that without making this moment wrong. And maybe right now is already enough. LINKSYou don’t have to wait until January to begin changing your relationship with alcohol. What if you spent the next couple of months getting curious about your drinking, your thinking, and what you’re actually experiencing? If you’d like some support exploring that, I’m currently welcoming new one-on-one coaching clients. Learn more about working with me at scottpinyard.com/coaching. I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...Enough

  3. Oct 30

    A Few Thoughts About...Evidence

    We like to think we look at the evidence and then decide what to believe. But what if it often works the other way around? In this episode, we’ll explore confirmation bias—our tendency to notice, remember, and interpret information in ways that support what we already believe—and how it can shape our experience of change. We’ll look at why a single difficult moment can feel like proof that we’re failing, while dozens of small successes barely register. We’ll also explore how our beliefs about ourselves can become self-reinforcing, particularly when we’re trying to change long-standing habits like drinking. This isn’t about ignoring problems or forcing ourselves to think positively. It’s about becoming curious about the evidence we might be missing. Because sometimes change is already happening. We just haven’t been looking for it. LINKSYou don’t have to wait until January to begin changing your relationship with alcohol. What if you spent the next couple of months getting curious about your drinking, your thinking, and what you’re actually experiencing? If you’d like some support exploring that, I’m currently welcoming new one-on-one coaching clients. Learn more about working with me at scottpinyard.com/coaching. I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...Evidence

  4. Oct 23

    A Few Thoughts About...The Paradox of Control

    n this episode, I explore the strange paradox of control: in order to control an experience, we have to keep paying attention to it. We monitor the anxiety, check whether the urge is gone, try not to think the thought, and continually ask ourselves whether we feel better yet. And suddenly the thing we’re trying to get away from is sitting right in the center of our experience. We’ll look at why control can feel so much like safety, the difference between controlling our lives and participating in them, and what can happen when we stop demanding that our internal experience be different before we’re okay. Maybe the goal isn’t to become better at controlling what we think and feel. Maybe it’s discovering that we don’t always need to. LINKSInterested in One on One Coaching? Book some time with me here and we’ll chat: https://calendly.com/scottpinyard/coaching-discovery-call I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...The Paradox of Control

  5. Oct 16

    A Few Thoughts About...Learning to Trust Yourself Again

    If you’ve spent years drinking when you said you wouldn’t - or repeatedly trying to make a change and struggling to follow through - it can be easy to conclude that you simply can’t trust yourself anymore. But maybe we’ve been asking trust to mean something it can’t. In this episode, I explore the difference between trusting yourself and certainty, why past failures don’t necessarily make us untrustworthy, and how trust can grow from seeing what we’ve already made it through. Trusting yourself doesn’t mean knowing you’ll always make the right decision or never screw up again. Maybe it means knowing that whatever happens, you’ll be there to meet it, learn from it, adjust, and figure out what comes next.LINKSInterested in One on One Coaching? Book some time with me here and we’ll chat: https://calendly.com/scottpinyard/coaching-discovery-call I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...Learning to Trust Yourself Again

  6. Oct 9

    A Few Thoughts About...The Problem with Certainty

    We spend a lot of time waiting to feel certain. Certain that we’re making the right decision. Certain that something will work. Certain that we won’t regret it. Certain that we’re ready. But what if the certainty we’re waiting for isn’t actually available yet? In this episode, I explore why we crave certainty before taking action, why feeling certain isn’t the same thing as actually knowing, and the strange trap we create when we insist on knowing the outcome before we’re willing to begin. We can gather information. We can think things through. We can ask questions and make plans. But eventually, we may reach the edge of what we can know from where we’re standing. Sometimes the only way to learn what happens next is to take the next step. LINKSInterested in One on One Coaching? Book some time with me here and we’ll chat: https://calendly.com/scottpinyard/coaching-discovery-call I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...The Problem with Certainty

  7. Oct 2

    A Few Thoughts About...Fresh Thought

    What if you don’t have to figure everything out right now? When we’re stuck, our instinct is often to think harder. We analyze the problem, replay it, argue with it, and search for the thought that will finally make everything okay. But some of our best insights seem to arrive when we stop looking for them. In this episode, I explore the idea of thought as a river—constantly moving, with something new always coming downstream. We look at why the thinking available to us right now isn’t all the thinking we’ll ever have, why fresh thought doesn’t require us to be calm or clear-headed, and what can happen when we loosen our grip on the things we’re trying so hard to solve. You don’t have to push the river. You don’t have to manufacture the next insight. Sometimes it’s enough to remember: There’s more coming. LINKS Interested in One on One Coaching? Book some time with me here and we’ll chat: https://calendly.com/scottpinyard/coaching-discovery-call I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...Fresh Thought

  8. Sep 25

    A Few Thoughts About...Self Improvement

    There are almost endless ways we could improve ourselves. We could exercise more, eat better, become more productive, be more patient, meditate, stop procrastinating, quit drinking, get organized - the list never really ends. But what happens when self-improvement quietly becomes self-rejection? In this episode, I explore the assumption hiding underneath a lot of our attempts to change: that the person we are right now isn’t quite good enough yet. We look at what happens when behaviors become judgments about who we are, why self-improvement has no natural finish line, and whether change really requires us to declare war on ourselves. Maybe you can take responsibility without making yourself wrong. Maybe you can want something different without needing to become someone better. And maybe being okay isn’t the reward you get when you’re finally finished improving yourself. Maybe it’s where you start. LINKSInterested in One on One Coaching? Book some time with me here and we’ll chat: https://calendly.com/scottpinyard/coaching-discovery-call I always love to hear from you! If you have thoughts on this episode, or if you just want to reach out, please go to www.scottpinyard.com/podcast and send me a note! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

    A Few Thoughts About...Self Improvement
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A Few Thoughts About...is a podcast that talks about change, and in particular how our thinking makes a massive difference in the process. afewthoughtsabout.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Scott Pinyard
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Scott Pinyard
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