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Colleen Freeland · 359 episodes with transcripts

Would you like to reduce your alcohol consumption by about 80 percent? Become the version of you who can just "take it or leave it" so that you can enjoy drinking socially without relying on alcohol to manage your stress, anxiety, loneliness and boredom when you're by yourself?

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EP358 Why you need wine when you're stressed (and how to reduce cravings without whiteknuckling) with Sian Cook

October 6, 2026

Colleen Freeland (0:00)

If you actually want to get to a point where you can just relax and enjoy yourself with or without a drink in your hand, without feeling like you're white knuckling or having to worry that one drink is going to turn into the whole bottle, then you have to understand that what really needs to change is not how much…

My guest today is Sian Cook, and Sian was in The Next Chapter a couple of years ago. If you're new here, The Next Chapter is my one year signature program for high achieving professional women who want a more holistic, science-backed methodology for alcohol reduction. Instead of the traditional just get sober…

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