Drink Less, Feel Better: Mindful Drinking & Sustainable Weight Loss with Molly Zemek | ANEW Ep. 80

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Is it possible to drink less, feel better, and lose weight—without giving alcohol up completely?

In Episode 80 of the ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her powerful conversation with health coach, author, and Weight Loss for Food Lovers podcaster Molly Zemek. In this deeply personal and refreshingly honest second half of their interview, Molly shares her journey of transforming her relationship with alcohol—without going to extremes.

Best known for helping women overcome emotional eating and achieve sustainable weight loss, Molly opens up about how her nightly wine ritual—a deeply ingrained part of her culinary and cultural identity—began to sabotage her health, energy, mood, and progress.

Through mindful experimentation and emotional self-awareness, Molly began listening to her body and breaking the cycle. What she discovered changed her life—and now helps her clients reclaim control over both food and alcohol.

🎧 Tune in to learn:

• Why you don’t need to identify as an alcoholic to reassess your drinking
• How even moderate drinking can impact anxiety, weight gain, cravings, and sleep
• What happens when you stop drinking without restriction or shame
• The connection between alcohol, emotional avoidance, and overeating
• Real-life strategies to reduce drinking mindfully—without cutting it out completely
• Why drinking less often leads to unexpected benefits in energy, self-esteem, and relationships
  
  

Molly explains how she began applying the same approach she used for healing emotional eating to her drinking habits: listening to urges, understanding emotional drivers, and building new habits without rigid rules. The result? Greater presence, better sleep, natural weight loss—and a sense of empowerment that no diet or detox could provide.

Dr. Tovar and Molly also unpack the emotional marketing of alcohol in modern culture—from “wine o’clock” to happy hour—and how normalizing drinking as self-care often masks deeper stress, loneliness, or burnout.

This conversation isn’t about guilt, restriction, or perfection. It’s about freedom, choice, and sustainable self-care.

💡 You’ll walk away with:

• Practical tools to begin cutting back without “quitting”
• New ways to unwind that don’t involve numbing out
• A deeper understanding of how alcohol affects your mind and metabolism
• A non-judgmental approach to emotional wellness and mindful living
  
  

Whether you want to reduce your drinking, improve your sleep, lose weight, or just feel more in control, this episode will inspire and empower you.

Want to know more about Molly Zemek, here are her social media channels : https://www.mollyzemek.com/,  https://www.instagram.com/mollyzemek/?hl=en,  https://www.facebook.com/mollyzemekcoaching/, 

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