Hi hello & welcome to Behindleweyes The Podcast where we are transparently chatting about the messy parts of life in order to help those who are silently struggling with similar things, feel seen & heard.

In today's episode, our first solo episode in a whole month, I just wanted to let you guys know what's going on in my personal life, a lot of exciting things happening, and wanted to give an update of what's happening on the pod for the month of May!

May is postpartum awareness month and we have 4 special guests coming on to the pod to talk about their journies with motherhood, postpartum, etc. Giving moms an opportunity to share their story in a way to help those who could be silently struggling with similar things, feel seen & heard. So I hope you enjoy May's theme!

30 has been really great to me! I can finally, officially tell you guys that I am being promoted. As you know, I was recently transferred to the North Shore of Massachusetts, after having been stationed, some days, over an hour away from where I live. I highly value the 11 years that I've spent with the company I'm with. So it was really discouraging the past couple years, feeling so burned out. Because normally I have a very strong work ethic. It's why I love the podcast hustle, and why I think I'm able to make it work while working full time, because I have the will to do so, to make it work.

I got the call that I was getting the position and felt so incredibly proud of myself! Because I had worked really hard for the position! So moving forward, I'll be working in southern New Hampshire and I truly love it. It feels new, it feels challenging and I really love that stuff, I love being out of my comfort zone!

Although this promotion is occupying a lot of my time lately, the podcast is still going strong. We've had some really amazing guests the past few weeks so make sure to check back on those!

Another thing I talk a lot about in this episode, is 10 months without alcohol! Which is such a wild concept to me. I wasn't sure I'd actually get this far. 300 days is a long time! I'm super proud of myself because it hasn't been easy in the very least. There have been a few times where I've questioned my sobriety.

My WHY has been so important for me to hold on to. The holidays were a really hard time for me and when the whether switched from winter to spring; wanting a cold beer or a patio drink or a spiked seltzer. Alcohol-free options really help me! I understand those who are in recovery may not be able to drink alcohol free products.

I have successfully fought every urge that I've had to drink and it always goes back to that original why. I go a little bit deeper in this episode than I have in the past; I take pride in my sobriety. I'm very proud of the will I have to stick to something that feels right in my gut. When I stopped drinking, I had made the decision that I was never going to drink again.

I was listening to a podcast recently where Trent Shelton was talking about making the decision to just be better. It all starts with us. No one else can make you do anything. It has to start with you. He used the analogy of burning that bridge behind you, leaving that old life behind. I don't have room in my life for alcohol so that was a bridge I made the decision to burn.

I go into detail about the things that have helped me the most: surrounding myself with other people who also don't drink, changing environmental variables around me, in order to live into the higher version of myself I know I'm meant to live, and having conversations with those closest to me so they are able to understand WHY I'm alcohol-free.

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