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Podcast: The Truth About Alcohol (Why Quitting Feels So Hard)
Episode: Preston Smiles: Heal the Nervous System, Not Just the Habit
Description: What if the problem isn’t your drinking, your spending, or your spirals—but your nervous system’s capacity to hold pain, joy, and truth?
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In this powerful conversation, Preston Smiles—author, coach, and embodiment guide—joins Lee to challenge the hustle-addicted, trauma-avoiding way most of us have been conditioned to live. Together, they explore how early childhood wounds, societal approval traps, and unresolved shame shrink our emotional capacity and drive our escape behaviours.
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From redefining success beyond money to unpacking our deepest secrets with safe humans, this episode is a deep dive in...