“When you hear how coaching helped me change my drinking, you’ll be floored!” shares JiAna Dollarhide — and once you hear her story, you’ll understand exactly what she means. Alcohol coaching can change your life — and JiAna’s story proves it. After years of using alcohol to manage the debilitating pain of endometriosis, JiAna found something she’d never encountered in traditional wellness spaces: shame-free support. In this episode of the This Naked Mind Podcast, she sits down with certified TNM Senior Coach Cole Harvey to talk about how coaching — not willpower, not rules — helped her change her relationship with alcohol and rebuild her sense of self.
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JiAna grew up in a family where alcohol was a central, normalized part of life. However, it wasn’t until her late twenties that drinking shifted from a social activity to a daily crutch. Diagnosed with severe endometriosis, she experienced debilitating, nerve-centric pain that left her bedridden and exhausted. Pain medication was heavily discouraged, but alcohol was culturally pushed at every baby shower, wedding, and mommy playgroup.
“I would have done anything to help and allow me to show up,” she explains. She used alcohol to numb the pain, creating a temporary euphoric loop. But as her tolerance grew over the years, her consumption skyrocketed, leaving her trapped in a cycle of cognitive dissonance.
The realization that she needed to change wasn’t a dramatic, movie-style rock bottom. Instead, it was a quiet, heartbreaking fade. “Alcohol stripped me of the ability to see the glimmers,” JiAna notes, explaining how she lost the capacity to find joy in her child’s laughter, the scent of rain, or simply breathing outside. A compassionate primary care doctor eventually helped her see the reality of her drinking, prompting JiAna to seek support that resonated with her true self.
Finding This Naked Mind provided the exact safety net JiAna needed. Instead of the traditional shame-based models she feared, she encountered unconditional support and was introduced to the liberating power of curiosity. By learning the ACT technique (Awareness, Clarity, Turnaround), she began auditing her negative thoughts without judgment. Through this inner work, her deep self-loathing slowly transformed into self-acceptance, and eventually, radical self-love.
Can alcohol make chronic pain like endometriosis worse? While some people use alcohol to temporarily numb physical pain, it often creates a dangerous rebound effect. As JiAna discovered, heavy alcohol consumption can increase depression, deplete energy, and mask the root causes of the pain, ultimately making chronic health issues harder to manage in the long run.
What is the ACT technique mentioned in this episode? ACT stands for Awareness, Clarity, and Turnaround. It is a powerful process used in coaching to help individuals take negative or limiting beliefs, gain clarity on how those beliefs dictate their feelings and actions, and find new, empowering perspectives without judgment.
What is the This Naked Mind coaching method?
The This Naked Mind coaching method is built on Annie Grace’s revolutionary, proprietary approach called Affective Liminal Psychology — a framework that combines neuroscience-backed behavior change with deep emotional and subconscious work to help you shift your relationship with alcohol from the inside out. Coaches are trained in tools like the ACT technique — Awareness, Clarity, and Turnaround — which helps you identify limiting thoughts and find new perspectives without self-judgment. It’s the same methodology behind The Alcohol Experiment and The Path, This Naked Mind’s flagship programs.
How is alcohol freedom coaching different from traditional rehab?
Traditional rehab programs are often built around structure, clinical settings, and crisis intervention. This Naked Mind coaching takes a different path — one rooted in neuroscience, compassion, and the belief that lasting change happens from the inside out, not through fear or force. Rather than white-knuckling through rules, you’ll work with a coach to understand the emotional and subconscious drivers behind your drinking and shift them at the source. Explore The Path to learn more.
Since her Path Alive experience, JiAna has transformed her personal healing journey into a powerful mission. Recently recognized as one of the Most Influential Women of 2025, she is a certified Women’s Health Coach and the founder of Endo Ease Health Coach. Having personally navigated the intense physical and emotional challenges of endometriosis and adenomyosis, JiAna credits the TNM methodology for helping her heal from deep health trauma and self-shame. Today, she is dedicated to helping other women turn their pain into purpose.
Connect with JiAna: www.endo-ease.com
Coach Cole Harvey is a certified This Naked Mind Senior Coach, stepping in for Annie Grace on today’s episode to guide this powerful, shame-free conversation.
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