Why you need a Tribe with Nigel Jones
Episode 220
My guest is author and coach Nigel Jones who shares his own story as well as some inspiration and great advice!
In this episode:-
- Nigel started drinking daily at 18, struggled to quit for 36 years.
- He found success with a mindset shift, declaring himself a non-drinker from day one.
- We talked more about this identity shift during our first podcast interview which you can listen to here
- Many of our members have found Nigel's identity shift to being a "non drinker" helpful
- Rather than clocking up the sober days they declare themselves a non drinker from day one
- Apart from deciding that he was a non drinker Nigels strategies for quitting alcohol included
- Replacing drinking with new habits like walking.
- His "9 KM before 9 AM" walking routine led to a significant physical and mental transformation.
- Creating new neural pathways through consistent healthy habits.
- I shared my own habit change of going on a long walk every evening at 6pm which was my witching hour
- We both agreed on the stength of peer pressure to drink
- As drinkers we find ourselves in an alcohol drinkers tribe (ADT as Nigel calls it)
- When we decide to quit we need to find a new Tribe
- I went through this myself and I always say that recovery is about “finding your people”
- If you think Tribe Sober might be your people then go to tribesober.com and hit the membership tab
- Nigels benefits of sobriety included:
- Improved physical health, mental clarity, and spiritual well-being.
- Increased time and energy for personal development and learning – for example he
- Qualified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and he’s currently studying Hypnotherapy.
- Nigel’s working on a New Book called Reroot Yourself
- His book focuses on the healing power of nature.
- Concepts like forest bathing (Shinrin Yoku) and the benefits of being in nature.
- Nigel highlighted the scientific evidence for the mental and physical benefits of nature exposure.
- He currently takes these concepts into corporates where he is observing a shift in attitudes towards mental health
- Nigels Advice for people wanting to quit…
- He advocates reading quitlit and listening to podcasts
- Also joining a new tribe for support and encouragement – a tribe to replace your drinking tribe
- I often say that to new members – you don’t even have to quit drinking when you join Tribe Sober
- Just be curious, listen and learn.. and you’ll get inspired to make a change
- As Nigel says curiosity can be a catalyst for change
- Nigel is a coach and runs workshops in corpoprates
- Find out more about Nigel via his website 9kmby9am.com