149. RSVP

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This is my second attempt at recording this. I mostly never record when my family are at home

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and I have just been reminded why they are oh so loud. Anyway Hello, darling heart, and welcome

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to this episode of the drink less live better podcast. This is the podcast that helps you to

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see that drinking less doesn't need to be stressful, lonely, or boring. I'm your host, Sarah

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Williamson, and I decided to have a year alcohol free as a little life experiment and haven't

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looked back. I'm the best selling author, expert speaker, A corporate workshop facilitator and

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life coach. I'm here to support you with your alcohol free or drink less adventures. To keep

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up to date, be sure to follow me on Instagram at drink less, live better, and head to the website,

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drink less, live better Dotcom, where you will be able to sign up to the 5 day drink less experiment,

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find blog posts, and you can choose to join the email club where I share resources, wisdom,

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insights, and glimmers of hope and joy. I hope you enjoy this episode. Let's get straight to

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it. RSVP. This morning I was procrastinating so I decided to file my entire inbox. Good grief.

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What a of. However, I'm so glad that I did. This morning was a glorious Walk down memory lane.

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It was a warm hug. It was a reminder that there's still so much to do. I was reminded of successful

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events. I was reminded of fabulous clients and I was reminded of projects that didn't quite

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come off in the end. There were emails about accreditations, qualifications, awards, and accolades.

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My drink less live better inbox receives emails from anybody who's in my mail club. I also receive

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emails from people I work for or with or alongside, and I receive speculative emails there.

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I've always replied to every email, and I do that myself because I don't employ a VA or anybody

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else. Today, I was reminded of fleeting email conversations, Just a quick exchange of information,

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guidance, advice, or love, or support in another form, and some ended up as lengthy conversations

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over a really extended period of time. Through 2023, I shared some of the information about

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my cancer journey, and people responded with love, Kindness and honesty. These words in tough

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times were really reassuring. The emails that that were difficult to look back on were the ones

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where people were in real times of personal struggle. The ones where that words might not always

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be enough to help someone and I feel as conscious of it now as I did at the time when I was

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sending replies. We all learn and develop in different ways. Some of us like to listen, some

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of us enjoy reading, and indeed watching, and perhaps it would be useful to either speak out

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loud or write or create in other ways. Use your thoughts, your feelings, your emotions. Don't

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be passive. Respond or engage If you find that useful or helpful, RSVP in life, not just in

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your inbox. Thank you for listening in today. Come back again next week. And I've got good news.

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After about a month's worth of attempts, The podcast is now successfully loaded onto YouTube,

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so you can listen there too if you enjoy that Platform. I'd massively appreciate it if you could

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subscribe, rate, and review wherever you're listening. Well, do that if you love it. Don't do

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that that if you don't enjoy the podcast, check out the show notes for a link to a hidden podcast

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episode that will help you with your 5 PM cravings and details about my one to 1 life coaching

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and sober coaching programs, you'll always Also, find a link to sign up to my email club, and,

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PS, I believe in you.