Emerald LaFortune (she/her) is an outdoor writer, whitewater and flyfishing guide, as well as a community builder. She is based in rural Idaho.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What’s bringing her joy right now
- Why Idaho is such a special place
- The realities behind being a guide
- How if you can't or won’t name a problem, you will not be able to solve it
- How she came to the idea of sober curiosity in her life
- How much of drinking is just a way of trying to convey certain character traits
- How valuable the outdoors are in letting go of control
- Distinguishing between what positives have come from sobriety and what positive things have come from therapy, energy work and others
- How she moved through the fear of not being as ‘fun’ anymore
- The constant decision making that comes with social drinking
- Why it is important to let people surprise you
- Letting go of the reward mentality of alcohol
- How the social media society doesn’t allow for much fluidity of experience
- The importance of finding a community that you see yourself in
- The idea of no feeling being a good or bad thing
- What is in her toolkit in her sober curiosity
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