Are you ready to be free?

It all begins with the idea that there’s something more out there, and a belief that you deserve to find it.

Hi, I’m Krista Hogan and I’m a certified coach. My certification is in Affective Liminal Psychology™, a science-based and compassion-led approach to reinventing your relationship with alcohol and other unhealthy behaviors.

For a long time, alcohol was a critical part of my identity and played a lot of roles in my life. I drank to be the life of the party, the sexy lover, and the networked professional. Booze and wine were my grief counselor, my stress relief, a business strategy, a sleep aid, and the crutch I used as an overwhelmed single parent. I thought alcohol was my best friend through a messy divorce, a challenging career and the loss of loved ones.

I never realized I was giving alcohol so many jobs to do.

Asking a substance that acts as both a stimulant and a depressant — and requires higher and higher doses over time — to fill all these different gaps in my life created, well, complications. I found myself wanting to recover the “me” I was without it.

My body rebelled. My family rebelled. My heart rebelled.

After COVID-19 struck, I felt stuck between the shame cycle and the land of lost memories and numbed feelings. I had constant and increasing anxiety. I was the leader of a global team and I heard about the impact of the corona virus real-time every day during conference calls with colleagues in other countries. I was scared and ill-equipped to cope, as were so many others. It felt like an incoming tidal wave.

My journey took many turns between 2020 and 2022, including the sudden decline and eventual loss of both of my parents. And I became even more curious about what healthier options might be available in our booze-soaked culture. How would I cut back on my drinking and maintain my work and social relationships? What would it be like to live with myself without self-medicating to quiet the voices of fear, frustration, grief, overwhelm and exhaustion?

Then I found Annie Grace and This Naked Mind™ .

I was just curious enough about what life on the other side of alcohol might look like to pick up Annie’s book. And for me, the first step was to simply consider drinking less. Annie claimed to be able to help with that — without pain, without rules, and without missing out

and it was all true~


How did I deal with my build-up of negative emotions without my friend, alcohol?


In exploring these questions, I found so much more than the answers I was looking for. It turns out that alcohol was causing much of the anxiety that I was drinking to avoid! And that having fun is directly related to the fun thing, and not how much anyone has imbibed. And that my emotions just needed a little TLC and some new strategies for coping.

And perhaps the most shocking — and wonderful — finding of all was that by changing my beliefs around alcohol, I no longer experienced ANY desire. And with no desire, there is no temptation.

All this and more is possible for you, too.

Let’s talk about how you can move from behaviors that are no longer serving you to a life that is about so much more than just getting by. For me this meant richer relationships, clean eating, more yoga, a series of sailing certifications, learning a new sport, building a new career, and moving to a new home state. It meant finding my voice, feeling comfortable in my own skin, and no longer like an imposter in my life.

The joyful, radiant freedom of a life governed by your true self is waiting for you. Let’s walk together and take the first steps into this brilliant new world.

Here are some things I want you to know:

  1. Addictive substances and behaviors are addictive, and they are sold and marketed to you ad nauseum for this reason. You are not broken or defective.

  2. Your real friends will adjust to whatever shifts you make in your life and be supportive. Some won’t even notice.

  3. You have the power within yourself to change your own thoughts and beliefs.

  4. You can have boundless energy, mental clarity, improved intimacy, and less stress, anxiety, and depression when you get those monkeys off your back.

  5. Change doesn’t happen overnight. You have to do the work. You will love doing the work.