Hi, I‘m Maryanne Petkac.

I’ve always been interested in exercising and good nutrition.  Ever since  I graduated high school, I‘ve belonged to both gyms and yoga studios.  I’ve run marathons and ultra-marathons.  I graduated with my BA while working full-time; my MA four years later. 

Sounds like a perfect picture, doesn’t it?

What this picture doesn’t paint is my nightly routine of drinking a bottle of wine.  No matter what my achievements or crises, I either celebrated or commiserated with a bottle of Chianti.  I awoke nightly around 3am, unable to return to sleep for several hours, angry for breaking the promise I made to myself 24 hours earlier not to drink that next evening.  But then the next evening would come around, and I’d find a glass of Chianti in my hand.  Again.

I was trying to maintain the image of a middle-age woman in good health when what was written in my medical chart indicated otherwise.  Both my cholesterol levels and my blood pressure were elevated, and my PCP wanted to put me on medications for both, something I adamantly refused.  My bone density scan showed evidence of both osteopenia and osteoporosis.  I knew alcohol was the culprit.

But I had no idea what to do or how to stop drinking.

Then, in December 2018, I took a yoga class at a local studio.  Upon leaving, I saw a promotion for an upcoming book study during the month of January.  The book was This Naked Mind.  I went directly to my local library and borrowed it.  I read it, bought it on Amazon, and reread it.  And I learned so much about why I drank and why I couldn't stop on my own.  

I have been alcohol-free since December 2020, and my life has gotten so much fuller and better.

I became a Registered Yoga Teacher in May 2021.  

I've been a This Naked Mind Certified Coach since July 2022.

I placed first in my age group in two trail races this past August and September.

I co-authored a book that was published this past September.

And I'm not even close to being done!

Is your story similar to mine?  Do you promise yourself every morning that alcohol won't be a part of your evening but aren't really that surprised when you find a glass of wine in your hand?  

Let me help you become the person you were meant to be.