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The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenDrunk-ish: Casey’s Drinking From Blackouts To BreakthroughsHey there! In today’s episode, I’m flipping the mic and sharing an interview of me—recorded on the Drunk-ish podcast with the hilarious and wise Stefanie Wilder-Taylor—comedian, author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay and Drunk-ish, and one of the original mom writers who made me feel seen in the early days of parenting (and wine o’clock).
If you’ve ever wanted to hear the full origin story—like, how I went from a straight-A, people-pleasing diplomat’s kid to doing rugby keg runs in college and the book I read that made me recogniz...2025-05-011h 08The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Get Help From Your Doctor If You’re Struggling With AlcoholIf you're worried about your drinking and wondering how your doctor can help, you’re not alone. So many women I talk to want support—but they’re unsure what to say, how it’ll show up in their medical file, or whether their doctor will even take them seriously. You might worry about being judged, dismissed, or told to “just cut back” or “go to AA.”That’s why I asked Megan Popp, a family nurse practitioner with almost six years of alcohol-free living and 15 years of recovery from an eating disorder, to join me on the pod...2025-04-0354 min
The Stepmom Side Podcast#79: The Impact of Alcohol on Marriage, Parenting, and Relationships with Casey McGuire DavidsonIn this episode, Casey McGuire Davidson, a life sobriety coach, shares her personal journey with alcohol and its profound impact on her relationships, parenting, and well-being. Casey discusses the societal pressures and stigmas surrounding alcohol consumption, especially for high-achieving women and mothers, and how "mommy wine culture" perpetuates harmful coping mechanisms. She opens up about her struggles with drinking, the resentment it created in her marriage, and how quitting alcohol led to a more peaceful home, stronger boundaries, and greater self-awareness.In this episode:Alcohol’s biochemical effects on cortisol, dopamine, and serotonin, and how these co...2025-01-141h 08The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAre You An Introvert? How To Socialize Without Liquid CourageIf you’re an introvert it's likely you’ve used alcohol in social situations to ease anxiety, be more outgoing and cope with large gatherings. So what do you do when you stop drinking?Most introverts gain energy from solitude and quiet and enjoy interacting one on one or with smaller groups. Parties and lots of social interactions can feel draining for introverts, and it’s common to use “liquid courage” to feel more at ease in uncomfortable social situations.If you’re an introvert socializing in a world without alcohol it can be challenging to figure ou...2023-10-191h 09The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhat You Need To Know About Breast Cancer + AlcoholWhat you don’t know about breast cancer and alcohol can hurt you. Most Americans believe that “moderate” drinking (think 1 drink a day for women or 7 drinks a week) is “safe”, and many Americans believe that red wine is good for you. While most people know that you shouldn’t drink and drive or drink while pregnant, a recent study found that only 34% of the general population knew that alcohol is a risk factor for cancer. Compare that to the 78% of Americans who correctly state that smok...2023-10-121h 12The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenBreak Up With Alcohol To Live Your Best LifeYou don’t need to have a drinking problem for alcohol to keep you from breaking through to your best life. Sometimes, without even being aware of it, we’ve allowed alcohol to steal our time and energy, cloud our clarity, fuel self-doubt, reduce motivation and alter our brains and bodies. Our lives have been dulled by booze.I asked Amanda Kuda, author of the book Unbottled Potential: Break Up With Alcohol And Break Through To Your Best Life to talk with me about how al...2023-10-051h 13The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAre You Ready For Sober October?Sober October is the perfect time to take a break from drinking so you can look and feel your best going into the holidays. And I got some of my favorite sobriety podcasters together to talk about all things Sober October and share what helped us most in our first month alcohol-free. Join me, Suzanne Wayre from The Sober Mom Life, Amanda E. White from Therapy For Women, author of Not Drinking Tonight and host of the Recovered-ish Podcast, and Gill Tietz from Sober Powered for the Sober October kic...2023-09-281h 21The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenSober Sex, Dating and Relationships“Let’s grab a drink” is a pretty standard invitation for a first date and in my drinking days almost every date with my husband involved a bottle of wine. So when you stop drinking it’s normal to wonder how sober sex, dating and relationships are going to work without alcohol as a social lubricant. The good news is that there are a lot of benefits to dry dating. When you take alcohol out of the equation you can be more present, evaluate if the person you’re with is a go...2023-09-211h 10The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHigh Achieving Women At Work - Pressure, The Patriarchy + A Bottle Of Wine A NightHow do you handle an endless number of meetings in a single day and the pressure to constantly do more? Do you feel like you’re always behind, overworked and undervalued? What if you wake up everyday to head into a workplace that feels toxic and untenable but blame yourself for not handling it all with grace and ease?If you’re a high-achieving woman with an ambitious career, the pressures of corporate life can make it easy to buy into the idea that alcohol will help you cope. It's a...2023-09-141h 34The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenIt’s Not About The Wine - How To Cope With The Mental Load of MotherhoodWhat’s the image that comes to mind when you hear the phrase “wine mom”? In popular culture she’s portrayed as a woman with small children, barely getting through the day and reaching for a glass of wine at night to ease the stress of parenthood. Or maybe she’s a soccer mom with a tumbler of wine on the sidelines or escaping the kids for the night at a book club meeting with girlfriends and lots and lots of wine. The idea that being a modern mom means you are “surviving motherhood one glass of wine a...2023-09-071h 01The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenEp. 177: Self-Care In Early SobrietySelf-care is critical for setting you up for success in early sobriety.If you’re like most women who drink to reward yourself at the end of the day you’ve probably been going through life over-scheduling yourself, putting your head down to get through your endless to-do list, feeling like there’s never enough time in the day.You’re likely overwhelmed, overworked and overtired.And if you continue to feel that way you’re going to do what you’ve always done: drink to che...2023-08-3130 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAre You Burned Out? How To Cope Without Drinking Over ItAre you caught in the relentless whirlwind of life, desperately seeking the off-switch for that ever-churning mental engine? In this podcast episode, we're peeling back the layers of burnout with the incredible Dr. Sharon Grossman.Dr. Grossman unveils the root causes and the early signs of burnout: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased productivity. She guides us through the stress burnout continuum, helping us recognize the signs of burnout and offering strategies to address it before it becomes overwhelming.For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in th...2023-08-241h 09The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhat Can You Expect In Your First 90 Days Of SobrietyWhen I first tried to stop drinking I couldn’t get much more than 4 days alcohol-free, so the idea of 90 days of sobriety seemed impossible. Looking back I now realize that part of why staying sober for 90 days felt so hard was that the first week was miserable and I had no idea what to expect for the next 3 months.So I want you to have the information I didn’t have when I was in the drinking cycle. I asked Courtney Andersen, a Sober Coach, Podcast Host, and Author of Sober Vibes, A Guid...2023-08-171h 05The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women3 Stages of Relapse + How To Protect Your SobrietyOnce you’ve gotten a period of time alcohol-free, how do you protect your sobriety and avoid relapse?It’s a question I get all the time from my sober coaching clients and one I have personal experience navigating, both successfully and unsuccessfully.I know from personal experience and from working with hundreds of women in private coaching that coming back to sobriety after a relapse is not easy or guaranteed, so I want to give you the tools to prevent a relapse before it happens and to make it easier to get sober momentum agai...2023-08-101h 20The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow Alcohol Companies Target Women Through Marketing, Influencers and Social MediaHave you ever wondered why you drink what you drink? Why is red wine best paired with steak and white wine the right choice in warm weather? Why is champagne the appropriate choice for weddings and beer is best for a ballgame? What does it mean about you if you order a cosmopolitan vs. a gin and tonic at a bar and why are there entire articles written about what a woman’s drink says about her?So many of our cultural beliefs about alcohol have been driven by the...2023-08-031h 15The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow Ambitious Women Can Have It All Without Doing It AllAre you trying to do it all and losing yourself in the process? I know what that’s like. When I was drinking I was completely overwhelmed by my schedule and responsibilities and saw drinking as my one reward.I felt like I was barely holding it together each day with the demands of my career and my family, paying the bills and the mortgage, trying to maintain friendships and a strong marriage, along with the doctor’s appointments, camp schedules, figuring out what’s for dinner and all the rest. If...2023-07-2754 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhy I Don’t Use The Word “Alcoholic” To Describe Myself (Or Anyone Else)Here’s something that I get asked about often but don’t talk about much: why I don’t use the term “alcoholic” to describe myself or anyone else.It’s funny because as a sober coach, the host of a popular sobriety podcast and a person who has been immersed in the world of addiction and recovery for the last 10 years, I should be the poster girl for being comfortable using the terms alcoholic and alcoholism. I have spent hundreds of hours talking about women and drinking, alcohol and our socie...2023-07-2046 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenSeltzer Squad - Staying Sober In The CitySobriety can be a serious subject but it doesn’t always have to be. And I love to find real people talking about their drinking and sober journey with humor and honesty. One of my favorite podcasts to listen to to get a dose of relatable, engaging and seriously funny discussions of life on the sober side is Seltzer Squad with Kate Zander and her and former co-host Jes.So I invited Kate Zander from Seltzer Squad to have a real conversation about getting sober in the city and what...2023-07-1356 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAre You A Gray Area Drinker?How do you know if your relationship with alcohol falls into the category of being a “gray area drinker”? That muddy space existing between the two extremes of being able to ‘take or leave’ alcohol and becoming increasingly dependent on it in a problematic way?Before Gray Area Drinking was even a term I spent years debating if I was just a “red wine girl” who drank socially like most of my friends or if I had a serious problem with alcohol that I needed to control. It was a confusing pl...2023-07-061h 02The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenSober Summer Success Secrets + How To Rock Dry JulyAre you ready for an awesome Dry July and incredible sober summer? I’m betting you probably have a ton of drinking memories, rituals and events tied to the summer season. I know I did. It might be beer at ballgames or camping, drinks out on a boat or hanging out at BBQs with friends. Maybe you love dive bars on road trips or European vacations with the wine flowing.But right now I’m going to help you do something new, energizing and exciti...2023-06-2947 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAll About (PAWS) Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome From AlcoholWhat is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome from alcohol and why is it important for you to understand it if you’re quitting drinking?PAWS or Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, refers to a series of symptoms that can arise after quitting alcohol and after you successfully navigate your first few weeks of sobriety. Think of it as a secondary phase of withdrawal from alcohol, which can hit a few weeks or months into recovery, or even further along. There’s a lot of misinformation out there in the so...2023-06-221h 03The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenNutrition For Recovery: How To Increase Energy and Improve Your Mood In Early SobrietyDid you know some of the most common questions googled in early sobriety are related to how to improve your energy and mood and manage fatigue and irritability? It’s true. Here’s a sample of what people are asking as they stop drinking…
How do you get energy in recovery?
How can I be happy in sobriety?
Why am I so tired now that I'm sober?
Is it normal to feel depressed in early sobriety?
How do you deal with anxiety in early sobriety?
What are the hardest weeks of sobriety?
Does giving...2023-06-151h 05The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenCan Motivational Psychology Change Your Drinking Habits?If you're ready to take control of your relationship with alcohol and embrace positive change, exploring a motivational psychology approach can be a game-changer. Motivational psychology can help you change your drinking habits by giving you a framework to understand the driving forces behind your drinking behavior, overcome challenges, and cultivate a positive mindset. Changing your relationship with alcohol is hard for so many reasons. You’re breaking long-standing habits, social rituals, go-to coping mechanisms and navigating daily cravings and temptations. But by identifying your causes of stress, self-doubt and n...2023-06-081h 07The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenDaily Meditations For Women in RecoveryIf you are very lucky you’ll connect with someone further along in sobriety who takes the time to show you the way. For me that person was Dawn Nickel, the founder of She Recovers, long before it had grown into the powerful recovery movement it is today. Ten years ago, when I was 20 days alcohol-free for the first time, I shared in a group that I was nervous about going to Victoria BC for a long weekend with my husband and 5 year old son. I couldn’t imagine going out to dinner and being...2023-05-251h 03The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenManaging Sugar Cravings After AlcoholAre you craving sugar in early sobriety?If you are, you’re not alone. When I first stopped drinking I kept Peanut M&Ms in my bag so I could grab them if I really wanted to drink. It’s normal to crave sugar in early sobriety for the simple reason that alcohol contains a lot of sugar. Your body has gotten used to the regular influx of sugar from drinking. There are a lot of (very real) reasons your body is seeking sugar when you remove alcohol. Hunger is a huge trigger to dri...2023-05-181h 21The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhy I Stopped Drinking - Casey’s StoryIf you’re sober curious, worried about your drinking or want to take a break from alcohol this episode is for you. I’m going to share my story of drinking, why I stopped drinking when I turned 40 years old and what my life has been like since I went alcohol-free seven years ago. For years quitting drinking was my absolute worst-case scenario and it’s turned out to be the best decision of my life. Your life doesn’t end when you stop drinking. It’s actually the start of a be...2023-05-1158 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAligning Your Core Values with Alcohol-Free LifeIn this episode, we explore the topic of how to identify your personal core values and use them to reinforce your decision to live an alcohol-free life in a positive and meaningful way that sustains your sobriety over the long-term. Core values are fundamental beliefs that can guide our behavior and decision-making in life. They serve as a compass, giving us direction and helping us to prioritize what is truly important and meaningful in our lives. Once you know your own personal core values you can use them to ev...2023-05-041h 16The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Quit AlcoholWhen you’re ready to stop drinking it’s important to learn not only how to quit alcohol but also how to sustain an alcohol-free lifestyle over the long term.Because many of us drink to relieve feelings of discomfort, social anxiety or self-consciousness, the work to quit alcohol requires understanding the uncomfortable feelings that drive us to seek self-soothing through alcohol. Because drinking helps to numb emotions it’s often what we want, but it’s not what we need.If you’re ready to quit alcohol, understand the psycho...2023-04-271h 10The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women6 Healthy Habits You Need In RecoveryWhen you stop drinking, recovering from drinking and thinking about drinking you might find yourself with an unsettling amount of spare time in your (usually) busy schedule. This is the perfect time to create new healthy habits to support your recovery.Today Sober Coach Casey McGuire Davidson and Yoga Teacher and Sobriety Podcast Host Ash Butterss share 6 healthy habits that will strengthen your recovery, help you process your emotions and navigate life without alcohol, improve your physical and mental health and reduce the risk of relapse. For full show n...2023-04-201h 16The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Use Positive Discipline To Ease The Stress Of ParentingParenting young children can be wonderful, fulfilling, frustrating and exhausting. People will tell you “the days are long but the years are short”, but when you’ve got a toddler melting down at the end of the day it’s easy to want to escape by opening a bottle of wine. Wine mom culture exists because being a mom is hard. For a lot of us pouring a big glass of wine is the “easy button” to numb out from overwhelming situations and responsibilities. I got into the...2023-04-131h 20The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenDoes Alcohol Help You Sleep?If you've ever wondered whether alcohol helps you sleep, why you wake up in the middle of the night after drinking or how much alcohol messes up your sleep, this episode is for you. Some people believe that drinking helps them go to sleep. Since alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, it causes brain activity to slow down which can feel relaxing. But while alcohol may make you feel sleepy initially, it wreaks havoc on your sleep for the rest of the night. Drinking decreases the amount of ti...2023-04-061h 08The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenThe Original Sobriety Podcast For Women - The Bubble Hour10 years ago, when I was first questioning my relationship with alcohol and trying to stop drinking, I discovered The Bubble Hour Sobriety Podcast.On The Bubble Hour I heard real people, telling real stories about addiction and recovery. When I was first trying to get a handle on my nightly bottle of wine drinking habit, I didn’t know a single person who was sober. All of my friends drank, my husband drank, and I had so many fears about what people would think if I...2023-03-301h 02The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women5 Types Of Perfectionism And How To Make Them Work For YouWhy do so many self-described perfectionists, bright, ambitious and hardworking women, feel like something is wrong with them? Why are women taught that perfectionism is a flaw to be managed?Why are perfectionists so hard on themselves?And how can ambitious achievers, striving towards the ideal, find peace and self-compassion while continuing to embrace their perfectionism? I wanted to dive into all these questions with my guest today, Katherine Morgan Schafler, because I both identify as a perfectionist and wo...2023-03-231h 11The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenIs Moderate Drinking Good For Your Health?Let’s dive into a hotly debated topic: Is moderate drinking good for your health?If you google this question you’ll likely find articles with titles like “surprising ways alcohol is good for you” with outdated information based on flawed studies that imply there are both health benefits and risks to drinking, or that it’s an open question if moderate drinking is good for your health. Here’s the truth: there are no health benefits to drinking and it’s not an open question if moderate drinking is good for you...2023-03-161h 14The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhat You Don't Know About Ambien and Alcohol AddictionIf you've ever talked with a doctor about trouble sleeping, you may have been prescribed Ambien, one of the most popular insomnia medications.But most people prescribed Ambien are not aware of the addiction risk that comes with long-term use.In this powerful episode, we dive into Laura Cathcart Robbins' moving memoir, Stash, in which Laura shares her personal story of addiction to Ambien and alcohol and the lengths she went to in order to hide it from those around her, from stockpiling pills to meticulously scheduling withdrawals between PTA meetings, baby showers and tennis...2023-03-091h 03The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow to Get Through Sobriety with Laura McKowenGetting through sobriety can be one of the most difficult and rewarding experiences of your life and Laura McKowen, founder of The Luckiest Club, an international sobriety support community and best-selling author of We Are The Luckiest, The Surprising Magic Of A Sober Life is here to help us through the process.In Laura’s new book, Push Off From Here - The 9 Essential Truths To Get You Through Sobriety she shares how to get through sobriety in a modern exploration of addiction, sharing practical advice for achieving sobriety and living a fulfilling life in...2023-03-021h 01The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Have The Best Sober Vacation - Tips For Alcohol-Free TravelAre you ready to have an amazing sober vacation? Here are the 10 tips you need to do to plan your next alcohol-free trip and enjoy sober travel, even if you’ve never done it before. I know it’s possible that every trip you’ve taken since college has featured cocktails on the beach, wine tasting tours or boozy pubs, but I promise you that you’re going to love sober travel. I asked Margaret Ward, owner of Alcohol Free Adventure Retreats, an alcohol free travel company for women to join me...2023-02-231h 10The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWorking Moms Are Drinking To Cope - And It's Not HelpingMother’s feel that they’re not doing enough in the workplace when they leave the office to pick up the kids from childcare, when they try to get to a sports game, or when they have to block off time for a child’s dentist or doctor appointment. And mother’s feel guilty that they’re not spending “enough” time with their children. Or volunteering at school. Or going on field trips. Or making homemade cookies. Or whatever else the perfect Pinterest mom would do. It’s no wonder we drink. I...2023-02-161h 21The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Examine Your Relationship with Alcohol“Maybe you should reevaluate your relationship with alcohol”. That’s what my mother said to me when I was 23 after I told her I had spent a very long night on my bathroom floor throwing up bile. She might have said it again when I was 25 and jumped off the stage at my sister’s wedding, tripped and slid across the dance floor on my knees in my maid of honor dress. And possibly for a third time when I shared that I had thrown up (on myself) in a taxi on a business trip at the...2023-02-091h 07The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Be A Sober Mom In A Wine Mom WorldHow do you navigate life as a sober mom when the alcohol industry has spent millions of marketing dollars to embed the “mommy needs wine” message firmly in our culture? How do you talk to other moms about your decision to take a break from drinking and see what it’s like to be a sober mom? Motherhood without alcohol can feel like a foreign concept for many of us. We’ve been convinced, through advertising, marketing, social media and each other, that drinking is our well earned reward for the ha...2023-02-021h 01The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Take Sobriety To Recovery 2.0 With Tommy RosenHave you heard of Tommy Rosen and The Recovery 2.0 approach to holistic healing from addiction to alcohol and drugs? If not, you’re in for a treat. Tommy Rosen is the founder of Recovery 2.0 and works to help people build powerful, sustainable lives in which they thrive, not just survive, in sobriety. Anyone can fall victim to addiction, whether it be to alcohol, drugs, food, people, money, sex or technology. Tommy sees addiction as “any behavior you continue to do, despite the fact that it brings negative consequences into your l...2023-01-261h 11The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenYou Are Not StuckDo you feel stuck? Not just in the drinking cycle, but stuck in your job, your commitments, your role in relationships or habits or patterns that are no longer serving you and yet seem impossible to break. Becky Vollmer, yoga teacher, speaker and author of You Are Not Stuck: How Soul-Guided Choices Transform Fear into Freedom, joined me to help us understand what’s actually holding us back from changing what’s not working in our lives.What if we’re not really stuck? What if we’re actually just scar...2023-01-191h 18The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenQuit Like A Women by Holly WhitakerHolly Whitaker, author of The New York Times best-selling book Quit Like A Woman, The Radical Choice To Not Drink In A Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, was an integral part of my decision to stop drinking and support in early sobriety and her work has helped thousands of women. When I was 60 days sober I signed up for Holly Whitaker’s Hip Sobriety School, an eight-week sober coaching group program with tools, resources and lessons from Holly on “how to quit drinking when you think you can’t”. And when Holly...2023-01-1257 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women4 Paths To SobrietyIf you’ve evaluating your relationship with alcohol and looking for support as you stop drinking there are many paths to sobriety and sources of support for an alcohol-free life. The most important thing you can do as you stop drinking is to find the approach, tools and resources that are the right fit for you.For decades Alcoholics Anonymous, founded in 1935 as a mutual aid fellowship for abstinence-based recovery through its spiritually-inclined Twelve Step program, was the best-known program recommended to people who struggle with alcohol use disorder.Po...2023-01-051h 05The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Make Sobriety StickHow many times have you told yourself that you were going to stop drinking? I did it hundreds of times. Sometimes I’d rationalize drinking again that very night, but often I’d go 4 days, a week or even 2 weeks alcohol-free before I’d decide that I deserved “just a glass” on a Friday night. Stopping drinking is hard, but making sobriety stick is also difficult. You might have decided to stop drinking because of a particularly brutal hangover, an embarrassing night or a slow decline into feeling worse and worse due...2022-12-2956 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenFinding Your Identity In SobrietyFinding your identity in sobriety can be scary for many women when they stop drinking. For years I described myself as a “red wine girl” and drinking was essentially my favorite hobby. I surrounded myself with other people who loved to drink so my social life, activities, favorite places, traditions and relationships were deeply intertwined with alcohol. When I stopped drinking I didn’t know what I enjoyed without drinking. Maz Compton, host of the Last Drinks podcast and I are here...2022-12-221h 02The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhat You Need To Know About Highly Sensitive People And AlcoholHighly Sensitive People may turn to alcohol as a tool to numb overwhelming situations or as a coping mechanism to dull strong emotions. Alcohol has been described as a “mute button” for highly sensitive people in a world that is often too loud. It’s estimated that 15 to 20 percent of the population are HSPs and 1 to 2% of the population are true empaths. An empath is a person who is highly sensitive to the feelings and emotions of those around them and may absorb those feelings as their own.2022-12-151h 20The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Recover From Infidelity And BetrayalHow can couples heal and recover from infidelity once trust in an intimate relationship has been shattered by an affair?The first step, after the sexual acting out has stopped, is to understand and treat the betrayal trauma.In addition to learning about and coping with infidelity, an affair, sexual acting out, pornography use or sex addiction itself, the partner who has discovered infidelity is also suffering from betrayal trauma that is often not appreciated or fully understood.Betrayal trauma is a form of...2022-12-081h 01The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenTools To Overcome Alcohol CravingsIn early sobriety, it’s important to have tools and practices to help you overcome alcohol cravings.It’s normal to have cravings to drink in your first few weeks without alcohol, and they’ll get less strong and frequent the further you get away from the drinking cycle. In the beginning, alcohol cravings are driven by physical, social, emotional and habitual cues to drink. Understanding why cravings occur, knowing your triggers and finding new activities and practices to overcome the discomfort of wanting to drink...2022-12-011h 20The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenLife After Drinking - Two Years Alcohol-FreeWhen you first start on your sober journey it’s hard to imagine life after drinking, much less how you’ll feel at 2 years alcohol-free. So I asked a sober coaching client of mine, Sue Winters, to join me on the podcast to talk about quitting drinking and her life now that she’s 2 years alcohol-free. I started working with Sue in early sobriety and here’s what she told me about her drinking…“For the past 10 years I’ve known that I was drinking too much. I’ve tried repeatedly...2022-11-241h 33The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenLove Your Sober YearYour first sober year can be awkward, challenging, empowering, tender, transformative and unsettling. Over the course of moving from your first 30 Days not drinking to completing 12 months alcohol-free you will learn to navigate events, relationships, work, parenting and joy, anger, anxiety, stress without drinking. You’ll also move through awakenings, transitions and the seasons of the year with a new clarity and awareness of the world around you. Some people describe sobriety after a longer period of drinking as being able to see everything in technicolor. So as you move...2022-11-1756 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenYour First Sober Holiday SeasonIf you’re in early sobriety or are trying to stop drinking, navigating your first sober holiday season can be a challenge. Why is it hard to get through your first sober holiday season?Well, the holidays are not only a wonderful time of year but also a gauntlet of social, emotional and environmental triggers to drink. I was nine months sober my first holiday season and thought that I would have no problem enjoying it alcohol-free. And still, I was surprised by the need...2022-11-101h 20The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenYour Addictive Voice and The One You FeedWhen you’re struggling with drinking it can feel like a battle within you, between your addictive voice that tells you that you deserve to have a drink and the other voice (the one that shows up in the morning) that tells you alcohol is dragging you down and making you sick. I call my addictive voice “Wolfie” based on the parable of The Two Wolves. When that endless debate goes on in your head about whether you should drink or not, you might wonder, which voice wins?2022-11-031h 28The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenRisk Factors For Alcohol Use DisorderWhat are the risk factors for alcohol use disorder? Are they genetic, social, environmental or psychological?Alcohol is the most widely misused substance in America and, according to the National Center For Drug Abuse Statistics, 1-in-10 Americans over the age of 12 qualify as having a mild, moderate or severe Alcohol Use Disorder.So how do you get to your first year alcohol-free?I asked Dr. Nzinga Harrison to share both the risk factors for alcohol use disorder and strategies to help people become part...2022-10-271h 00The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenUsing Science + Kindness To Change Your Relationship with AlcoholRedefining your relationship with alcohol is a learning process that requires compassion and grace for yourself. Alcohol is the most prescribed drug in the world by friends, family and society. Many people are actively encouraged to drink by others if they are having a bad day, stressed out, out for an evening or celebrating. And it’s no surprise that nearly half of all American adults are dealing with substance abuse problems in their family. But according to the co-author, Carrie Wilkens, PhD of the book, The Beyond Addiction Work...2022-10-201h 10The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenNavigating A Toxic Relationship With A NarcissistNavigating a toxic relationship with a narcissist is incredibly difficult and it’s easy to start drinking as a coping mechanism to escape. You may have a partner who is a narcissist, have grown up with a narcissistic mother or father, or navigating co-parenting your children with a narcissistic ex. And if you’re in a relationship with a narcissist and you’re drinking a lot, they will use your drinking as a tool to further confuse and gaslight you, or blame you for situations where they need to take resp...2022-10-131h 09The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenTherapy For WomenTherapy for women often focuses on a unique set of challenges experienced by women in their lives and in society. Some mental health issues are much more common in women than in men, some only appear in women, or some mental health issues may affect all genders but impact women differently.The US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health reported that more than 1 in 5 women in the United States experienced a mental health condition in the past year, such as depression or anxiety. And the Mayo Clinic has found that women are ne...2022-10-061h 20The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenChanging An Unhealthy Drinking Culture At WorkWhat does an unhealthy drinking culture at work look like?
Is drinking a company-organized activity? Are company events centered around alcohol?
Are new employees taken out for drinks, team bonding gatherings hosted at a bar or holiday parties at a winery?
Is drinking normalized as a coping mechanism for stress at work? Do you hear colleagues discussing “needing a drink” after a tough day or being hungover on a Monday morning?
Is alcohol the reward for a job well done? Are champagne bottles left on desks after a big project or alcohol brought in to toast to a big wi...2022-09-291h 04The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Be OK When Things Are Not OKIn the book, Big Feelings: How To Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay, Liz Fosslien and her co-author, Mollie West Duffy, examine the seven emotions that are especially hard to overcome: self-doubt, comparison, and anger, as well as burnout, perfectionism, despair, and regret. And these are emotions most of us never talk about. Instead, we move through life wondering “What’s wrong with me?” and “Why can’t I handle this like everyone else?”.The truth is that most women are struggling with these emotions too, quietly and alone, just l...2022-09-221h 02The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhy High-Achieving Women Struggle To Set BoundariesHigh-achieving women can struggle to set boundaries. If you’re managing an endless to-do list and many responsibilities you likely have a tendency to over-deliver, over-give, people please and ignore your own needs instead of setting strong boundaries. While you may get positive reinforcement from doing all the things for all the people (especially by those who benefit from your over-giving like your boss, colleagues, spouse, kids, family and friends), having poor boundaries is a recipe for burnout (and over drinking). In fact, high-achieving women often suffer from perfectionism, impos...2022-09-151h 08The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow Family And Friends Can Support Your SobrietyOnce you’ve decided to stop drinking it is incredibly helpful to get your family and friends on board to support your sobriety. Your loved ones have the ability to make a number of easy changes and small adjustments to support your sobriety and make it so much easier for you to successfully and happily navigate life alcohol-free. Your social and physical environment can either be a safe space for you in a boozy world or a source of triggers and temptations. One problem you m...2022-09-081h 26The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenThe Best TV Shows and Movies About Addiction and RecoveryIf you’re searching for the best TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery, which realistically depict the nuances, emotions, strengths and struggles of walking away from an addictive substance, they can be hard to find.When you’re scrolling through broadcast TV, Netflix or Hulu you’ll find that most shows and movies glamorize alcohol and depict it as essential for a good time.In fact you can find hundreds of powerful, compelling, heartwarming, heartbreaking and funny TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery that will inspire you to change and remind you th...2022-09-0158 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhy Is Moderating Alcohol So Hard?Moderating alcohol is likely your ultimate goal if you’re worried about how much you're drinking on a regular basis. You probably don’t want to stop drinking completely, but rather you want to cut back, drink less, drink less often or (what I hear most) you want to “drink like a normal person”. And yet most people who love to drink find it incredibly hard to moderate how much alcohol we consume. Often we’re able to take a week off, a month off, a few mo...2022-08-251h 05The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenThe Advertising of Alcohol To WomenAlcohol advertising spending is set to hit 6 billion dollars in 2023 with the advertising of alcohol to women as a key industry focus for the last 60 years. On the podcast today we’re talking about the advertising of alcohol to women with Jean Kilbourne. Jean is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and for her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising.In her film, Deadly Persuasion, Jean exposes the manipulative marketing strategies and tactics used by the tobacco and alcohol industries to keep Ameri...2022-08-1859 minThe Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenMy Diary of Early Sobriety From Day 60 to Day 100 Alcohol-FreeHitting 100 days of sobriety is a huge milestone to be celebrated. In your first 30 days sober you might struggle with poor sleep and cravings to drink. It’s common to feel incredibly tired in your first month sober, irritated and rageful. You’re going through physical withdrawal from an addictive substance in a world where it’s all around you.In your second month of sobriety, you’ll feel much better physically, emotionally and mentally. The days will pass more quickly and you’ll develop other interests and habits that aren’t centered around alcohol. You’ll sleep b...2022-08-111h 33
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenBurnout: To Unlocking The Stress Cycle with Amelia NagoskiBurnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski is a book for every woman who has felt overwhelmed and exhausted by everything she has to do, and yet is still worried that she’s not doing enough. Which basically describes every woman I know. As an ex-red wine girl, the first story of a woman experiencing burnout felt all too familiar. Amelia and Emily describe Julie, a middle school teacher whose “burnout had reached an intensity where merely the anticipation of the start of the first semester had activated a level...2022-08-041h 18
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenRediscovering Creativity in SobrietyThere is a quiet time in early sobriety, after you get through the really hard first weeks, and before alcohol-free life is your new normal. The days and evenings may feel long and you might not know quite what to do with your time. Over time drinking can become an activity, entertainment and a hobby. My guest today is Jess Steitzer @decidelydry and she’s here to talk about why rediscovering creativity in sobriety can increase your happiness and strengthen your recovery.To access show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head over...2022-07-2859 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenRecovery Is The New BlackIs recovery the new black? Is sober becoming the new cool? With the rise in the sober-curious movement, Dry January and Sober October, sober influencers and the growth in the non-alcoholic drinks movement it seems like sobriety is all the rage.Articles in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and stories on The Today Show and in wellness and fashion magazines are increasingly referencing “the sober curious movement” - the rise of people experimenting with sobriety for mental and physical health reasons and do not consider themselves addicted to a substance.Mic...2022-07-211h 08
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Be A Mindful DrinkerWhat does it mean to be a “mindful drinker”? Mindful drinking is about becoming more aware of how your body and mind are affected by alcohol, and how you use alcohol to relate to the people around you. Mindful drinkers notice, learn and ultimately take control of their drinking.Today I'm welcoming Laura Willoughby, the co-founder of Club Soda, the mindful drinking movement. Club Soda’s mission is to make mindful drinking widely accepted so that everyone feels confident to change their drinking habits if they want to and to make sure that peo...2022-07-141h 00
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenThe Problem With Using Alcohol To Joke About ParentingIt’s time to stop using alcohol to joke about parenting. If you look up for a minute you’ll see the wine mom humor all around you. On birthday cards at grocery stores, on cute hand towels and wood signs in home decor shops and everywhere on Etsy. “They Whine. I Wine”, “Mom’s Reasons To Drink: My 3 Kids”, “Mommy’s Sippy Cup”, “Mom Juice”, “It takes a village and a vineyard”, “This mom runs on coffee, wine and Amazon Prime”...Funny, right? Or not so much.My guest today is Blair Sharp. Blair wrote An Open Lette...2022-07-0754 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenPerimenopause, Burnout & AlcoholIf you’re a woman in your 40s you’re likely both moving into perimenopause hormonally and also navigating one of the busiest times of your life. If you’re also using alcohol to ease the symptoms of burnout and perimenopause the combination can lead to a vicious cycle of heightened anxiety and physical and emotional exhaustion.You might notice that the symptoms of perimenopause are similar to those of alcohol withdrawal and burnout. In fact, alcohol can intensify the more severe symptoms of anxiety and depression experienced in perimenopause. Drinking alcohol also disturbs...2022-06-301h 09
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenLove, Sex, Intimacy, Attachment Styles & Relationships In RecoveryWhat’s your approach to sex, love and relationships? Do you feel anxiety when you’re in a relationship or avoid intimacy?Do you trust easily or cling to your partner? Do you struggle to communicate your needs and fear rejection or push yourself to be overly self-reliant?Many women drink to smooth the edges of our emotions around relationships, love, sex and intimacy.In today's episode we’re digging into love, sex, intimacy, attachment styles and relationships in recovery.My guest is Dufflyn Lammers, the go-to relationship expert for women in rec...2022-06-2350 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAlcohol, Insomnia + Sleep In SobrietyWhat questions do you have about alcohol, insomnia and sleep in sobriety? You might be wondering…
Does alcohol help you get to sleep?
What contributes to good sleep?
Why am I so tired in early sobriety?
What can I do if I can’t sleep early sobriety?
When will I start sleeping well after I stop drinking?
So here’s the big question: does alcohol help you sleep? Nope. Alcohol is a sedative that makes you feel sleepy, but it actually significantly decreases your sleep quality (and leads directly to those awful 3am hangxiety w...2022-06-1649 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenRecovery RocksRecovery rocks, so let’s smash the stigma of addiction and normalize sobriety. Lisa Smith and Tawny Lara are doing just that through their podcast, Recovery Rocks, and their writing and advocacy work in the sobriety space. Tawny is a New York City based millennial who writes about the intersection of sex and sobriety. Lisa is the author of Girl Walks Out of a Bar, a memoir of her descent into and recovery from high functioning addiction in the world of New York City corporate law. Ready to drink less +...2022-05-261h 00
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Prepare To Be Alcohol-FreeHow do you prepare to be alcohol-free before you stop drinking completely? If you have realized that alcohol is not working in your life and are tapping into resources like this podcast, you’ve already moved from precontemplation to contemplation and into action.But it’s likely you’re not sure exactly how to put down the wine glass, build up sober momentum and set yourself up for long-term success.We’re here to help. My guest today is Jean McCarthy, author of the book UnPickled - Prepare To Be Alcohol-Free. 2022-05-191h 04
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenMy Diary Of Early Sobriety From Day 30 to Day 60 Alcohol-FreeWhat should you expect after 30 days of sobriety? I recorded my diary of my first 30-Days alcohol-free (you can listen to it here), but what happens after that first month?You probably have a lot of questions about what happens in your second month without alcohol. I know I did. So I’ve recorded my diary of exactly how I felt, what I did, what was hard and what helped me keep going in my second month of sobriety. I hope it helps you. Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To T...2022-05-1252 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenSober AwkwardIs the fear of feeling awkward in social situations keeping you from trying sober life? I get it. When I was stopped drinking I felt awkward in every part of my life - going to a bar and ordering a non-alcoholic drink, turning down a glass of wine at a friend house, making small talk at a work event without my social lubricant, telling people I wasn’t drinking and let’s not even talk about sober sex! When you stop drinking it can be surprising to realize just how much you’ve r...2022-05-051h 02
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenLiving With A Partner Who Drinks When You’re SoberToday we're talking about living with a partner who drinks when you're sober. Maybe your husband or partner is your drinking buddy and going to a bar or sharing drinks at the end of the day is the way you connect and celebrate. Maybe your partner loves drinking too and is resistant to getting the alcohol out of the house. Or perhaps your partner tells you that you “don’t really have a problem”, “are being too hard on yourself” or “should just cut back a bit”. Maybe you...2022-04-281h 17
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenGrowing Pains: Releasing Your Past Identity As A DrinkerWhat we drink and how we drink is often deeply intertwined with the image and personality we present to the world, and can also be a part of our own internal identity. As Kristi Coulter wrote in her essay Enjoli, what we drink can be a shorthand for who we are…“A woman with a single-malt scotch is bold and discerning and might fire you from her life if you fuck with her. A woman with a PBR is a Cool Girl who will not be shamed for belching. A woman drinking MommyJuice wine i...2022-04-2159 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenMidlife Evolution - Embrace Who You Are With The Work of Brené BrownMany women look up in midlife to realize that while their lives look really good on the outside they don’t feel that good on the inside. They’re smart, capable, and productive and work hard everyday to accomplish a lot.They take care of people, managing work deadlines and finances, business trips and family vacations, school conferences and day care pickups. But they’re not as happy as they thought they would be. They’re tired, pulled in a million directions, anxious, overwhelmed, accomplished but unfulfilled. And often women in midl...2022-04-141h 19
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Take Break From DrinkingTaking a break from drinking can be as simple as unlearning a conditioned and ingrained behavior and approached and addressed without shame, blame or labels. In fact, the social learning model suggests that drug and alcohol use are learned behaviors and that such behaviors persist because of reinforcement from others, your environment, your thoughts and feelings, and from the direct consequences of drug or alcohol use. If you’re struggling to break the habit of drinking you are not required to describe yourself as an “alcoholic”, join a 12-Step program or attend AA...2022-04-071h 05
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenDialing Back Pandemic DrinkingDuring the coronavirus pandemic, adults started reaching for the bottle more than ever. An increasing number of Americans responded to the stress, anxiety, isolation, loss and boredom of the pandemic by turning to alcohol. According to a Nielsen study, consumption of alcohol grew amongst adults over the age of 30 by 14% during the pandemic. In 2020 there was a 41 percent increase in the number of days on which women drank heavily, and the rate of adults who reported drinking more to manage pandemic stress was more than twice as high for parents with children between the ages of...2022-03-3154 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAnger Management In SobrietyAnger (and the suppression of anger) can be a big trigger for women to drink in sobriety. There’s a reason that people tell you to remember “HALT” when you’re removing alcohol from your life. HALT is an acronym for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, which are four of the most common stressors in recovery.One of the most helpful skills you can learn when you’re quitting drinking is how to manage anger in a healthy way. Both navigating the intensity and effect anger has upon you, as well as how to understand and express you...2022-03-241h 03
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenADHD, Women & AlcoholWomen with ADHD are creative, spontaneous, problem solvers, energetic and have the ability to focus intensely on a project or task. They are also more likely to drink heavily, become reliant on alcohol and are more sensitive to the effects of alcohol on their brains and bodies. In fact, 25% of adults being treated for alcohol and substance use disorders are diagnosed with ADHD and alcohol abuse among people with ADHD is 5 to 10 times more common than it is in people without the condition.As a woman with ADHD you may struggle to focus, be easily d...2022-03-171h 08
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenThe Alcohol Experiment with Annie GraceAnnie Grace, the author of The Alcohol Experiment and This Naked Mind, has joined me on my 100th episode to shift your perspective on drinking so that you can gain control of alcohol and find freedom. Her work has helped thousands of people understand the impact of alcohol on their lives and dispel widely held beliefs and misconceptions about the benefits of drinking, including that it helps you relax, sleep and connect. Annie’s goal is to help you decide that alcohol is a substance that isn’t making your life better so...2022-03-1051 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenSober CelebritiesWondering which celebrities are sober and whether any of your favorite actors, musicians and models live alcohol-free? You might be surprised by how many famous people have decided to quit drinking.Personally, I love it when a celebrity comes out to say they've stopped drinking or are questioning the role that alcohol is playing in their lives because it normalizes living alcohol-free and disrupts the narrative that you have to drink to live an exciting, fun and glamorous life. Sober celebrities who talk about their decision to stop drinking can start a larger co...2022-03-0342 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenParenting Teens and Tweens Without The DramaParenting teens and tweens can be a messy time that can bring joy, satisfaction, frustration, worry and a desire to drink to tune it all out. It’s a time when kids are moving out of childhood and into adulthood, but they’re not there yet. Kids in adolescence experience intense emotions, are wired for novelty seeking and start to prioritize peer relationships over parental ones. Because of all of this parenting teenagers can be a personal growth and development workshop for the adults in their lives. The behavior of teenagers can trig...2022-02-241h 14
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenAging, Sobriety and Women’s Wellness After 40Worrying about your drinking is a lonely and dark place to be, especially in midlife when women often feel stressed out, unfulfilled and lonely. And that’s where my guest, Lori Massicot, says she lived for too long. At 45 Lori says she was an over-drinker, overeater, "sky is falling" type of gal who, after questioning her drinking for two years, finally decided to stop drinking. And then she discovered all the possibilities available to her now that she no longer spent her evenings on the couch drinking. 2021-01-211h 00
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenThe Enneagram and Transformational HabitsThe Enneagram is a tool of self discovery. It can help you understand yourself and why you respond and act the way you do. Today my guest is Jim Zartman. Jim is a certified Enneagram coach who walks us through the Enneagram types as well as transformational habits that can change our lives. Since Jim has done Enneagram work and typing interviews with over 50 women who are on the alcohol-free path, I asked him to talk about how the Enneagram work can be viewed through the lens of women who have reli...2020-11-121h 12
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHealing Codependency In Family Relationships - Breaking Unhealthy Patterns Established in ChildhoodHow can you heal codependency in family relationships and break unhealthy patterns established in childhood? That’s what we’re here to talk about today.Codependency is a buzzword you might hear often, but it can be confusing and misunderstood.My guest today is Brandi Merrill, she’s a life and recovery coach, a She Recovers coach, a licensed clinical social worker and a “boundary boss”. Brandi’s going to help us understand what codependency is (and is not) and how to break unhealthy patterns that may be sabotaging your health and happiness. C...2020-10-291h 00
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenWhat’s Next in Mid Life - Creativity, Change + Finding Your Purpose‘What’s Next?’ is a huge question for midlife women who have quit drinking or are working on quitting drinking. You're evolving, you're changing, your coping mechanisms are changing. Lots of times when you stop drinking, suddenly you have a lot more free time and energy than you used to. When you were drinking and recovering from drinking. You are sort of in a holding pattern. You were stuck. And now you're wondering what to do with all that time. In today’s ep...2020-10-2241 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenLearning to Know, Like + Trust YourselfWhen you stop drinking, doing inner work around knowing, liking and trusting yourself again can be healing and empowering. For years you may have been meeting external expectations and caring for others over listening to your inner voice and intuition. By the time you’ve stopped drinking you may be so removed from your authentic self that you no longer know who you truly are or what you want and need. Today my guest Tanya Ouhrabka is going to share ways that we can regain our “know, like, and...2020-09-031h 09
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenRebuilding Self-Esteem And Ending Self-SabotageHave you ever sabotaged yourself and you can’t figure out why? You want to get promoted, improve your health and your relationships, achieve a big goal, and somehow you get in your own way and wreck your best-laid plans. Self-sabotage was definitely a part of my story when I was drinking.
I would be getting ready for a big opportunity at work - a business trip or presentation - and I’d drink the night before. The next day when I was on center stage I was hung over...2020-08-131h 19
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenQuieting Your Inner CriticDo you have a loud inner critic voice? You know the one that starts when you wake up and tells you that you're not good enough, thin enough, productive enough, patient enough, strong enough, smart enough or whatever?I used to believe that these daily repetitive negative thoughts were helping me.I thought I could berate myself into 'being better' or shame myself enough that I would stop drinking, start running or lose weight.I thought if I was just hard enough on myself - I'd get my shit together.2020-07-301h 00
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenHow To Get Over Yourself + On With Your LifeWe all have our own personal brand of nonsense - self sabotage, blame, people pleasing, control issues. A lot of women deal with almost all of these but especially scarcity versus abundance and making decisions out of your fears. We all have things we're doing that are standing in the way of our health, happiness and success. Learn to get out of your own way, to identify the nonsense in your life, and how to move past the big ones. My guest is Meredith Atwood. She's a former attorney, a podcaster an...2020-07-231h 16
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenManaging Anxiety In Sobriety Using Rain MindfulnessDo you use drinking to shut off your mind? Do you use drinking as a coping mechanism to push away your feelings? Many women, just like you, who drink have underlying anxiety issues they might be coping with, and they use drinking to make those feelings go away. Anxiety is the number one side effect from drinking. If you drink often, you may have anxiety more deeply and more pronounced than you would have otherwise. Jessica Foody and I are discussing anxiety and the tools to cope with anxiety that you ca...2020-07-161h 06
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenIs Work Driving You To Drink?Do you feel trapped in a job or career that doesn’t make you happy?Is work a trigger that makes you want to drink?If the answer is yes, this podcast episode was created for you. For years when I was climbing the corporate ladder I felt like I needed (and deserved) wine at the end of a long day to unwind. And I know I’m not alone. So many women have spent a decade or two working hard, paying their dues and climbing the career ladder, only to find t...2020-07-091h 14
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women10 Things You Need In Your Sober ToolkitOnce you’ve decided that it’s time to take a break from drinking you need to set yourself up for success. That means you need a really good sober toolkit. In this episode, I’ll share 10 things you absolutely need in your sober toolkit:
Your iPhone. And that includes your earbuds and your charger.
Audiobooks, podcasts and messages of sober support.
Food and beverages that will help you get through a craving, help you during the witching hour, and make you feel satisfied and a bit indulged.
A list of your favorite “sober treats”. Bub...2020-06-2550 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenJean McCarthy on Change, Growth, Rediscovery and RecoveryMany women know Jean McCarthy as an award-winning blogger, the host of the Bubble Hour Podcast, and through her work in recovery advocacy.But in today’s episode we get to know a more personal and intimate side of Jean through her poetry. Jean describes putting out this book of poetry as if she is saying “Here’s what the inside of my head looks like. Here’s the voice no one else hears.”In this episode Casey and Jean dive into her new collection of poetry “The Ember Ever There: Poems on Change, Grief, Growth, Reco...2020-06-181h 11
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious WomenInterview With Authors Of The Sober Lush, Amanda Eyre Ward & Jardine LibaireIn this episode I got to interview two incredible authors and really cool women, Amanda Eyre Ward and Jardine Libaire about their new novel, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life - Alcohol Free. The book is all about the joy to be found in life after you step away from wine as your constant companion. Jardine and Amanda have called this book “an ode to the technicolor playful side of sobriety” because it evokes the pleasures, feelings of connection and deliverance from the ordinary, that com...2020-06-0458 min