Q1 Results

I got an email about something business-y and it included Q1 results.

What comes to mind when I say that to you? Dread? Pride? Fear? Shame?

It got me thinking about some of the things I've been working on this year. 

Remember when I started the 30/30/30 program in January? I am still sort of doing it. I always get the protein and I usually get the walk but it isn't always before coffee or in the first 30 minutes after waking, but mostly it IS. It's a win. I am mostly doing it, even if I am not taking it quite as seriously as I did at the begining of the year. I am getting more steps in this year than I did last year. It's alarmingly how little steps you can take when you work from home.

The 30/30/30 plan has led to something else. I signed up for a 5K race and I have started running again. It has been years since I ran and I thought I had maybe put it behind me. 21 years ago I ran my first 1/2 marathon in under 9 minute miles. I didn't know it at the time but I was pregnant. Today, I am working on running a 5K  in under 12 minute miles and not having to go to the bathroom during the race. It's humbling, okay?!

Because everything is like everything... running is like sobriety. I took a few weeks to hem and haw over if I was really going to sign up for the run before I did. I took a practice run to see where I was at. I made a decision to go for it. Then I invested in new running shoes and an interval app. Next, I set goals. Then I started going for runs. Now, I am doing it. 

You are hemming and hawing about your drinking, perhaps. Maybe practicing taking a day or a week off? Not yet invested in support? Not yet setting any real goals? Not really quitting drinking but spending a lot of time thinking about it? I was there for a decade or more. The fact is that most people question their drinking for 11 years before they take real action on it. Where are you on that spectrum? Is that how you want to spend your time?

I am looking at the vision board I made on my retreat in January. This serves as a great reminder of where I was at the begning of 2025. It literally says "Art of Connection" on it. I'll be hosting the Sober in the City Scottdales, Kaftans and Quesadilla's - Art of Connection event next month. Manifest much? If you've been here awhile you know I manifested my first Sober in the City event in Palm Springs too. 

Q1 results for Ditched the Drink include, added topics for our Insider Calls, two book clubs with authors, moved from Season 2 to 3 of the podcast. I am taking my writing more seriously by developing a real writing practice. I am getting a new certification (more to come on this) to further serve my clients'. I lauched a new annual program 🔗 Unleash Yourself.

I am feeling pretty good about my Q1 results. I don't measure only in numbers, as you know. There are many types of success and wealth for that mattter. Health, time, creative expression, alignment, and autonomy are always at the top of my list.

I remember when I never kept any of the promises that I made to myself. Addressing my relationship with alcohol taught me how to address my relationship with everything. My family. My career. My resistance. My inner critic. My goals. My failures. My insecurities. Everything. That's the beauty of ditching the drink. It's also not only in numbers about counting drinks, days, or dollars. It's learning how to live, which is so much more expansive than learning how to be only moderately buzzed or hungover. 

Some wins this week include a client of one of my business coaches who celebrated 100 days alcohol-free from France. She's in her 80's.

A previous client and Insider has had the same therapist for over 15 years and the therapist was amazed, delighted, and inspired by the courage this woman had by taking the leap to sign up for Sober in the City!

A client and Insider won an Impact Award (voted by the people she serves) and is also nominated for an Outstanding Mentor Award. 

A brand new client dumped out her wine and went on a walk with a podcast instead on Day 1 at wine-o-clock.

A previous client and Insider turned 3 years alcohol-free this week.

This is what she text me:

(I feel) Amazing! I wish I had done it way sooner, but better late than never. It's pretty fricking amazing that I haven't felt that shame and humiliation in 3 years. It's not one big change overnight, but it's small consistent changes that you don't even really notice over the course of 3 years. I have actually exercised consistently over 3 years! I recommend sobriety to everyone! 

The longer I coach, the longer my client's milestones are getting. It's so cool! 

This week's podcast is about self leadership with Angie Chaplin. Angie opens up about her dark decade marked by personal and health crises and how she overcame these challenges through the principles of self-empowered leadership. They explore the development of 'The Way Onward', a training curriculum for mental health and recovery practitioners, inspired by Angie's journey and leadership principles. The episode highlights the importance of values, self-regulation, and the need to talk openly about struggles to diminish stigma and save lives.

Listen 🔗 here or anywhere you listen to podcasts. 

Spring into Sobriety and let's get the Q2 results and outcomes that you desire. Your 🔗 complimentary call awaits.

XO!

-Heather