Mindful Drinking NASM Podcast Network

Mindful Drinking is about drinking with intention, but what happens when it's hard to follow through with your intentions and the way you drink feels out of control? While mindful drinking may be useful for most of us, others aren't exactly sure where to draw the line and may need expert advice.
In this episode host Derek Brown is joined by featured guest, Dr. Nzinga Harrison, author of Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life, to discuss the complexity of addiction and problem drinking and what signs might help warn us of the risk. They’ll also deep dive into everything from adverse childhood experiences, to inherited risks, and help draw the line between a few drinks too many and the drink standing between you and addiction.
An in-depth conversation on addiction may be the difference between life and death.
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Alcohol has been an integral part of human society for thousands of years and has not only been part of our social, religious, economic, and political endeavors but is ingrained within our evolution. As such, it holds a special place within human culture and remains the most used psychoactive substance in the world.
In this episode of “Mindful Drinking,” host Derek Brown is joined by featured guest, Dr. Edward Slingerland, author of Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, to explore the complexities of alcohol, culture, and human evolution.
Drawing from Dr. Slingerland's experience in religion, evolution, and tracing the history of alcohol, they explore what makes alcohol so important to the human experience, as well as some of the difficulties that come along with alcohol, especially when it's distilled into a more concentrated form. 
Don’t miss this conversation on alcohol's place in the human experience.
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Recently, we have heard a lot about the health effects of ultra-processed foods.
Do the same effects apply to Ultra-Processed Drinks?
Are we just trading alcohol for sugar, carbonation, and preservatives when we drink non-alcoholic adult beverages? 
In this episode, host Derek Brown is joined by featured guest, wellness expert, and host of the Better Than Fine Podcast, Darlene Marshall, to explore what makes a drink ultra-processed and whether that may have similar or worse health implications than alcohol.
We will also deep dive into Darlene's study of positive psychology and how we can apply her studies to reducing or eliminating unhealthy drinks.
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If you're trying to drink more mindfully, it's important to know what your limits are. But, aside from recommended guidelines that aren't always context or person-specific, how do you know how much is too much for you?
In this episode of “Mindful Drinking,” host Derek Brown shares what a "standard drink" is and outlines some of the factors that determine both the amount of alcohol in an alcoholic beverage and its absorption rate. Ultimately, navigating how much is too much is not much harder than other nutritional guidelines!
Don’t miss advice from this top bartender and wellness coach on how much is too much and how you can put mindful drinking into action.
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Alcohol has been at the inception of some of humanity's greatest endeavors, from religious ceremonies to agriculture. And it still serves an important role in communities throughout the globe. Yet the growing scientific consensus is that no amount of alcohol is healthy. As we drink more mindfully, it's important to recognize the value of alcohol to society even if we don't personally drink alcohol or are reducing our alcohol consumption.
In this episode of “Mindful Drinking,” host Derek Brown is joined by featured guest, writer and entrepreneur, Cecilia Rios Murrieta, to discuss the role of alcohol in society and her journey from Mezcal writer and owner to mindful drinker and founder of a new non-alcoholic ready to drink (RTD) cocktail, Jas.
Don’t miss the chance to explore some of the ways alcohol has been important to humanity despite its well-known health effects and how mindful drinkers can reconcile these otherwise seemingly contradictory stances.
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There has been a lot of talk about why you should drink more mindfully, especially on the heels of Dry January, but there remains an important question: how do you drink more mindfully?
In this episode “Mindful Drinking,” host Derek Brown shares his experience moving from a heavy drinker to a mindful one, and how he created the acronym RATE, which outlines the strategies you can use to reduce or eliminate drinking alcohol.
Don’t miss advice from this top bartender and wellness coach on how you can change your relationship with alcohol, as well as adopt new ways of drinking that meet your goals, health or otherwise.
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