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Rest Easy Expo Podcast
The Confidence in Colour – A Chat with Ann Whitaker
In this episode, I chat with Ann Whitaker from Ann Whitaker Style—a colour and image consultant and self-described confidence creator. Ann shares her insight into how dressing well is more than just about appearance—it's a powerful form of self-care.We explore the magic of wearing the right colours for you and how it can shift how you feel, boost your confidence, and even change the way others respond to you. From helping with career promotions to attracting aligned people into your life, Ann explains the real impact your wardrobe can have.Ann walks us t...
2025-05-02
16 min
Bookey App 30 mins Book Summaries Knowledge Notes and More
Empowerment and Liberation: A Fresh Perspective on Recovery in 'Quit Like a Woman' by Holly Whitaker
Chapter 1:Summary of Quit Like a Woman"Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol" by Holly Whitaker is a memoir and self-help book that challenges the normalization of drinking culture, particularly among women. Whitaker draws from her personal experiences with alcohol addiction and recovery to advocate for a redefined approach to sobriety.The book combines personal anecdotes, cultural criticism, and practical advice, emphasizing the need for a supportive community and a radical shift in how society perceives alcohol consumption. Whitaker argues that the traditional narratives around...
2024-11-17
05 min
Bookey Summary
Empowerment and Liberation: A Journey Through 'Quit Like a Woman' by Holly Whitaker
Chapter 1:Summary of Quit Like a Woman"Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol" by Holly Whitaker is a memoir and self-help book that challenges societal norms around drinking and offers an alternative path to sobriety. Whitaker draws from her personal experiences with alcohol addiction and recovery to advocate for a more inclusive and feminist approach to sobriety. The book critiques the way alcohol is entrenched in social interactions and discusses the harmful effects it has, particularly on women. Whitaker highlights the need...
2024-11-16
05 min
Quitted
Who moved our cheese? (An update episode.)
In June 2022, Holly drove across the country to move back to Los Angeles from New York after Martha Beck live-coached her into it on episode 14.The plan was to get to New Mexico by Friday in order to record episode 22 of Quitted (quitting compulsory sexuality!), but then Roe got overturned, and because we were both in the middle of having total life meltdowns already and didn't have much grace or space to begin with, we kind of broke. By July, neither of us had any desire to be talking in public; we couldn't even get ourselves...
2024-05-30
1h 05
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women
Quit Like A Woman with Holly Whitaker
In this special anniversary episode, I’m celebrating four incredible years of the Hello Someday Podcast, marked by 214 episodes and 1.5 million downloads. It's been an amazing journey, and I'm deeply grateful to each and every one of you who has joined me along the way.To mark this occasion, I'm thrilled to revisit my top guest interview of all time: my conversation with Holly 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.Holly's book holds a sp...
2024-05-16
1h 06
9natree
[Review] Quit Like a Woman (Holly Whitaker) Summarized
Quit Like a Woman (Holly Whitaker) Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWH6MKZ?tag=9natree-20 Read more: https://mybook.top/read/B07QWH6MKZ/ #Sobriety #Women'sHealth #AlcoholMarketing #RecoveryAlternatives #SocietalNorms #PersonalEmpowerment #MentalWellbeing #QuitLikeaWoman These are takeaways from this book. Firstly, The Gendered Marketing of Alcohol, Whitaker begins by exposing how alcohol companies specifically target women, leveraging feminist messages and promoting products as symbols of liberation, sophistication, and fun. She discusses how these marketing strategies create a culture that normalizes and glamorizes female drinking, often ignoring the unique dangers and...
2024-04-29
04 min
A Podcast Greater Than Yourself
In Defense Of: Holly Whitaker w/ John Barleycorn
You can now contribute via CashApp In today's episode, local loudmouth John Barleycorn joins us to defend Holly Whitaker. APGTY is a weekly podcast with recovered members of Alcoholics Anonymous discussing the 12 Steps, sobriety, the fellowship and more. Drop us a line at: podcastgreaterthanyourself@gmail.com or on Instagram APGTY or Doctor Silkworth
2024-01-19
57 min
Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen
Reimagining Recovery (Holly Whitaker): ADDICTION
“For years, I was asking myself whether or not I was an alcoholic versus really asking myself whether or not alcohol was actually providing any benefit to me. And for me, it was just like, This realization when I stopped drinking that I had been asking the wrong question for my whole drinking career and like, why are we not asking the question? We're just like, we're drinking, it's compulsory in our society. It's exceptional if you don't drink. And then it's also this very addictive drug that's marketed to us in a way that totally overrides our ability to...
2023-12-04
57 min
CALLING HOME with Whitney Goodman, LMFT
Holly Whitaker
Whitney is talking with Holly Whitaker, author and founder of Tempest, about the impact of alcohol on family dynamics. Holly believes that society's positive messaging around drinking often overlooks the negative impact it can have on relationships. She believes that the question should not be whether one is an alcoholic, but rather if alcohol negatively impacts one's life and if steps should be taken to address the relationship with it. She also discusses the lack of informed consent around alcohol consumption, as many people are not fully aware of the potential consequences. She suggests that if alcohol...
2023-11-07
44 min
The Modern Spirituality Show
Sobriety and Spirituality with Holly Whitaker and Ben Decker
Your host Ben Decker welcomes New York Times bestselling author, Holly Whitaker onto the show to discuss:✨ Holly's journey from an accountant, to getting sober in 2013, to publishing a bestselling book, to becoming a CEO and raising capital, to selling the company, and now working on her next book and her Substack ✨ The impact Holly's book on quitting drinking had on culture being part of a major plot line on the popular show 'Sex and the City.' ✨ The relationship between addiction, recovery and capitalism. ✨The impact of TV show, 'The Last of Us', has had on both...
2023-03-16
58 min
Kater. Sucht. Freiheit. - Glücklich Nüchtern Podcast
Quit like a Woman - Holly Whitaker ⎜Quit Lit - Bücher zum Aufhören ⎜Alkoholproblem, Alkoholsucht
Das Buch "Quit like a woman" ist eine absolute Empfehlung, egal ob Mann oder Frau. Warum? Das erzähle ich dir im Video! Außerdem gehe ich ein bisschen näher auf AA und das Problem mit ihnen ein, sowie die fiesen Tricks der Alkoholindustrie. Wenn du dazu mehr wissen möchtest, schau dir hier die Videos von Nathalie an: https://youtu.be/x-YyFogbup0 Außerdem kannst du hier das Buch kaufen (und mich kostenlos unterstützen) 📚Quit like a woman - Holly Whitaker*: https://amzn.to/3IMg9pU Und natürlich meinte ich "A Star is born" - wusstet ihr aber b...
2023-02-04
15 min
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women
Quit Like A Women by Holly Whitaker
Holly 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...
2023-01-12
57 min
Quitted
Diane Sanfilippo Quits Diet Culture Part 2
Diane Sanfilippo Quits Diet Culture Part 2Last week in our interview with best-selling author of diet books and former-diet-entrepreneur-turned-anti-diet-activist Diane Sanfilippo: we got deep into how after 20 years of dieting and building a whole VERY SUCCESSFUL career steeped in diet culture, Diane found she couldn’t make herself lose the same x pounds yet again. Last week we dug into what diet culture is and how that came to define Diane’s existence. This week we go deep into the implications of that decision. We talk about changing our minds in public, being true to our inte...
2022-06-30
45 min
Quitted
Diane Sanfilippo Quits Diet Culture: Part 1
Diane Sanfilippo Quits Diet Culture: Part 1During the pandemic, Diane Sanfilippo got on the scale and saw a number that was more than when she started dieting twenty years before; and she realized she couldn’t make herself diet again. This isn’t entirely exceptional, it probably happened to a lot of us, except in Diane’s case she was the author of six bestselling diet books, from Keto QuickStart to Practical Paleo to The 21-Day Sugar Detox. So it wasn’t as if she was just done dieting; she was also done with her career, liveliho...
2022-06-23
59 min
Quitted
An Update Episode: Holly Whitaker and the Lost Place
An Update Episode: Holly Whitaker and the Lost PlaceThis week, we’re checking in with Holly, who in 2021, basically removed her skin and left it in the closet of her former life. She lost the thing she’d thought she’d do forever, and the person she thought she’d be forever; in her first “who’s Holly Whitaker?” episode that we recorded back in January, she was deep in the long, humiliating, humbling, sucky journey of surrender through the lost place. In this episode, we catch up on where she’s at, and talk about her shifti...
2022-06-16
55 min
Quitted
Sara Clark Quits the United States
Sara Clark Quits the United StatesIt was meant to be a short vacation to Grenada in February 2020, but then Covid hit, and Sara Clark, who just happened to have all her things in storage (!!), followed her intuition and stayed in Grenada and left the U.S. for good. That one terrifying (and she means terrifying) leap led her to an unimaginable quality of life as a Black woman now living in a Black country and as a recovering New Yorker living on an island with just over a hundred thousand people. The m...
2022-06-09
1h 08
Flourishing After Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher
Many Pathways to Holistic Recovery, with Holly Whitaker
One important vision I have for this podcast is to share diverse experiences of addiction and recovery. How people write about it, yes, but even more importantly, the nitty gritty of how they made sense of their own addiction and found their way to recovery. Today’s guest, Holly Whitaker, is a fierce, passionate, and incisive writer who has charted an adventurous path out of eating disorders and addiction.Holly is perhaps best known for her 2019 book, Quit Like a Woman, and she also got a lot of attention around that time for a controversial New York Ti...
2022-06-02
1h 12
Quitted
Mar Grace Quits Trying to be Someone
Mar Grace Quits Trying to be SomeoneHi! Holly here. In this conversation between my friend Mar Grace and myself, we mean to talk about Mar being (their words) a “double black diamond quitter,” but just end up talking about our recovery, very different relationships to relapse, hating each other’s work (at times!) but loving each others’ essence, giving up on leaving a legacy or trying to be significant, divorces that you saw coming and break ups you didn’t want to and which is better, being grateful to those who quit before we are ready to...
2022-06-02
58 min
Quitted
An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting!
An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting!This week, we’re talking about the big thing Emily couldn’t talk about until now: in April, Em & Friends—the brand she founded and infused with her name, personality and life experience—was acquired, and Emily didn’t go with it. What did it feel like to, finger-by-finger, let go of the future she thought she’d have? WTF is she gonna do now? We get into it all. Big themes include the idea of comfort vs. growth; the feeling of knowing it’s time to go, but dec...
2022-05-26
45 min
Quitted
Zach Anderson Quits Everything He Knows
Zach Anderson Quits Everything He KnowsZach Anderson was raised to be a devout Mormon, with the belief that he could earn God’s favor if he could only be good enough. Obedient enough. Perfect enough. But Zach had a secret: he was gay, which meant his very existence was condemned by the church—and, so he believed, condemned by God. Zach’s specific story is about leaving Mormonism and its community; coming out at age 37 after a lifetime of being told that to be gay was the worst thing he could be; deconstructing his faith and re...
2022-05-19
1h 07
Quitted
PART TWO: Martha Beck Quits Lying
PART TWO: Martha Beck Quits LyingAuthor, speaker, teacher, legend, Oprah-endorsed Martha Beck is known for quitting a lot of things: her family of origin, her religion, marriage, heterosexuality, academia, multiple versions of herself…the list is long. But the thing she quit that has had the most profound and rippling effect was lying. And we mean, lying about anything at all. Years ago she made a resolution to not tell one lie—to herself or anyone else, even the pleasant little lies we tell to make other people feel better—for an entire year. It was th...
2022-05-12
41 min
Quitted
Martha Beck Quits Lying
Martha Beck Quits LyingAuthor, speaker, teacher, legend, Oprah-endorsed Martha Beck is known for quitting a lot of things: her family of origin, her religion, marriage, heterosexuality, academia, multiple versions of herself…the list is long. But the thing she quit that has had the most profound and rippling effect was lying. And we mean, lying about anything at all. Years ago she made a resolution to not tell one lie—to herself or anyone else, even the pleasant little lies we tell to make other people feel better—for an entire year. It was through this on...
2022-05-05
53 min
Quitted
Koa Beck on Quitting Self-Optimization
Koa Beck on Quitting Self-OptimizationKoa Beck made it to the top of her field: she was the was the editor-in-chief of Jezebel and before that was the executive editor at Vogue.com with many other coveted roles held along the way, before she left to write a book that guaranteed she'd never be employable by those institutions ever again. But this isn't the story of how Koa managed that transition--it's not her quitting story. It's the story of white feminism and the lie that self-optimization will save us from a system designed to crush us. If...
2022-04-28
1h 15
Quitted
Africa Brooke Part 2: Knowing Who You Are So You Know How To Act
Africa Brooke Part 2: Knowing Who You Are So You Know How To ActWe’re back with the second installment of Africa Brooke. In this episode we dive into how Africa quit self-sabotaging and censoring and found her own voice and the self-confidence to say the things a lot of people are afraid to say. (Hint: it’s sobriety). We go deep on how identifying our values are the key to helping us remember who we are, what we care about, what we stand for, so we can quit trying to stand for everythingin the news cycle...
2022-04-21
44 min
The Pop-Up Pod
Holly Whitaker: Reflections from 10 Years of Singledom
What if you really want a partner, but don't yet have one? Why do we think it "means" something about us if we aren't yet in the relationships we thought we would be by a certain age? Holly Whitaker (she/her) joins us today to talk about her experience of being mostly single over the past 10 years. She shares honestly about what it’s like to really want something, to feel like you’re missing out by not having it, and yet to also somehow also know that you aren’t ready. This conversation is filled with such w...
2022-04-20
1h 29
Quitted
Africa Brooke and Quitting Self-Censorship
Africa Brooke and Quitting Self-CensorshipInstagram, and social media, can be an amazing tool for social justice. It can also be an absolute trash fire where nobody listens to each other, everyone is outraged, and there’s an overwhelming pressure to post the right thing at the right time, or have an opinion about everything, and a deep fear of saying the wrong thing by mistake or being misunderstood. This week, we’re talking to Africa Brooke about navigating all this, how to stop self-censoring and self-sabotage (and the relationship between the two), and showing up, both...
2022-04-14
1h 04
Quitted
It's Quitting Season with Lindsay Crouse
It’s Quitting Season with Lindsay Crouse“When the system doesn't historically stand for you, why sacrifice yourself to uphold it?” Today’s guest, Lindsay Crouse, is as close as it gets to a “quitting expert” in her role as writer and producer at The New York Times, and in this episode, we’re talking about some key things she’s learned and observed through her award-winning coverage. When female athletes at the top of their game like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka start saying no, what larger truth does that indicate, and what does it mean for the res...
2022-04-07
53 min
Quitted
Dr. Nathalie Dougé Quits Doctoring in the Middle of COVID
Dr. Nathalie Dougé Quits Doctoring in the Middle of COVIDNathalie Dougé always knew she wanted to be a doctor: to help people; to make her family proud; and to advocate for people who looked like her: a first-generation Haitian-American woman from the Bronx. When Covid hit, she was working as a hospitalist in Queens: the epicenter of the pandemic. In this episode, Dr. Nathalie Dougé tells us her story: what it took to become a doctor; what it was like to treat the sickest patients in the early days of Covid; how George Floyd’s murde...
2022-03-31
1h 34
Quitted
Aki Ito on Hustle Culture & How We Got Here
Aki Ito on Hustle Culture & How We Got HereIn white-collar, salaried America, there’s an idea that our jobs are supposed to give our lives meaning. It’s the gospel according to Steve Jobs, who famously said the only way to be truly satisfied is by doing great work. And in many industries, working long hours is a badge of honor. But it wasn’t always this way. Work in America was once viewed as a means to an end, not an end in itself. Up until 1980, salaried Europeans actually worked longer hours than Americans in sim...
2022-03-24
1h 08
Quitted
What is it About Endings?
What Is It About Endings?Quitting is a huge topic, and in this episode, Emily and Holly dive deeper into the angles they most want to talk about. Endings excite Holly and terrify Emily. Why? Holly loves destruction; is she okay? We get into ideas of success and failure and what they are; what “failure porn” is, and the glorification of failure (which doesn’t exist in recovery); how there’s so much guidance for creating and so little around walking away; what happens when you lose your purpose and your passion; do we have one magical...
2022-03-17
1h 14
Quitted
Elizabeth Gilbert, Black Diamond Quitter Part 2
Elizabeth Gilbert, Black Diamond Quitter (Part Two)This is the second half of our two-part episode with bestselling author and extremely wise person Elizabeth Gilbert. (If you missed part one, we aired it last week.) Liz is known for quitting many things, and for having a strong inner compass. She is also a person who Emily and Holly look to for guidance in their own lives (WWLGD?), and this conversation is filled with insight, permission, and surprises. It felt like an exhale to record it; we hope it feels that way to hear it.
2022-03-10
1h 01
Quitted
Elizabeth Gilbert, Black Diamond Quitter Part 1
Elizabeth Gilbert, Black Diamond Quitter (Part One)This week and next week, we’re thrilled to have bestselling author and extremely wise person Elizabeth Gilbert on the show. Liz is known for quitting many things, and for having a strong inner compass. She is also a person who Emily and Holly look to for guidance in their own lives (WWLGD?), and this conversation is filled with insight, permission, and surprises. It felt like an exhale to record it; we hope it feels that way to hear it.In this episode, we talk about wh...
2022-03-03
49 min
Quitted
Holly Whitaker Reports from the Liminal Space
Holly Whitaker Reports From the Liminal SpaceWhat happens when you have to quit the thing you thought you’d never quit? Welcome to the Holly Episode: Who is Quitted co-host Holly Whitaker, how did she get here, and why does she want to talk about quitting stuff? Holly is publicly known for quitting things: drinking, drugs, bulimia. Her book is called Quit Like A Woman. What we’re saying is: quitting has been a key part of Holly’s narrative. And getting sober sent her down the path to what became her purpose...
2022-02-24
1h 21
Quitted
Emily McDowell Quits Being a Human Brand
The Emily Episode: Who is Quitted co-host Emily McDowell, how did she get here, and why does she want to talk about quitting stuff? This week, Emily shares the real story behind building a successful brand named after herself and based on her personality, and then, the painful reality of letting go of a dream, and an identity, in order to save both her company and herself. Holly and Emily cover a lot of ground in this hour, including the spiritual implications of “personal brand;” why bigger isn’t always better; the pain we carry from not honoring endings; the lo...
2022-02-17
1h 14
Quitted
Caleb Campbell Quits The NFL
Caleb Campbell is a kid from Texas who did the impossible: he was the first player in West Point history to be recruited into the NFL. His dreams came true, all the hard work paid off, everyone was so proud. He had the life millions of young athletes fantasize about. But there was one problem: he hated himself. And he knew, secretly, that in order to survive, he needed to quit football. On our debut episode of Quitted, Caleb takes us to church as he shares his story of leaving behind who he thought he was and his path...
2022-02-10
1h 12
Quitted
The Longer Trailer
In this second trailer for Quitted, Emily and Holly discuss what they're quitting in order to make the process of making this podcast feel fun (!!!), instead of turning it into another thing to suffer through. Music: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.comSound engineering + edits: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.comSupport us:Quitted is listener supported, made possible by us and by you; you can support this podcast by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/quitted Become a Quitted supporter on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
2022-02-03
21 min
Quitted
Quitted Trailer
Introducing Quitted, a podcast about quitting by Emily McDowell and Holly Whitaker. Quitted launches on February 10, 2022. Become a Quitted supporter on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-01-13
02 min
Solving the Riddle of Being Human
Self-Discovery: The Most Dangerous Thing of All - with Holly Whitaker
This week, Sah welcomes Holly Whitaker. Holly is the founder of Tempest, and author of the bestselling book, Quit Like a Woman. She founded Tempest in 2014 after she couldn't find support that worked for her. Tempest is now the top digital alcohol treatment program. You can use it anywhere, anytime to create an alcohol-free life you love—get expert-led lessons, a supportive community, and the lifelong tools you need.JoinTempest.com@holly@jointempestIn this episode, Sah and Holly discuss... Holly’s spiritual and sobriety journeys How Tempest came to be T...
2021-11-21
1h 16
For Your Listening Pleasure
Holly Whitaker - Quit Like A Women, Tempest and Forging Her Own Path To Recovery
Holly Whitaker is the author of the New York Time’s Bestseller, Quit Like a Woman, the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Tempest, Inc., and co-founder of The Temper publication. Holly talks openly and candidly about her path to recovery, her experience with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and why she felt the need to create Tempest, Inc., an online sobriety school aimed at women and minority groups.
2021-11-18
49 min
The Small Bow Podcast
Pretty Good Shares with Holly Whitaker: Coffee Dad
Holly Whitaker guests on the first Pretty Good Shares, a series of B-side conversations about whatever's been on our minds. This time it's Coffee Dad, self worth, and trying to love the part of you with the knife. And yeah, that's some new music. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-10-29
26 min
Catt Sadler Now
GETTING HONEST ABOUT ALCOHOL: In-depth with Quit Like a Woman Author Holly Whitaker
If you’ve been listening to recent episodes of It Sure is a Beautiful Day you know that both Catt and Cait have been discussing their relationships with alcohol. After reading the much talked about New York Times bestseller, “Quit Like a Woman,” Cait went from being Alcohol’s number one fan to “non-drinker” and hasn’t had a drink in more than two-hundred days. Catt also read the book and has now completely curbed her consumption. What is the power of this book? Are we being honest about alcohol in current day society? Is there even such a thing as...
2021-07-06
59 min
Good Bodies
How Do I Know If I Should Drink Less Alcohol Ft. Holly Whitaker
On this Thursday’s episode, Sami and Aleen are joined by author of the book “Quit Like A Woman” and founder of Tempest, an organization that helps individuals live an alcohol free life, Holly Whitaker. They begin by discussing what it’s like to start drinking at a young age and then decide to quit alcohol in your 30s. Next, they explore what it’s like to use alcohol to fit in, find romantic connections, and what it means to have a comfortable relationship with alcohol. Holly shares her path to understanding that alcohol isn’t for her and explains how s...
2021-06-10
44 min
Only One In The Room
On My Nightstand: May 29, 2021 by Holly Whitaker
Today’s On My Nightstand reading is the essay, May 29, 2021, by Holly Whitaker. Holly is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Quit Like A Woman, a memoir/self-help book about her own recovery. She is the founder and CEO of Tempest (formerly Hip Sobriety), the first female-focused recovery program. With years of experience in the fields of healthcare and tech, she created a human-centered recovery modality and virtual platform offering education, community, and support services, in 2014. Holly has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, and TechCrunch and was named in Inc’s 2019 Female Founders 100 List.
2021-06-04
13 min
Comeback Stories
Holly Whitaker's Comeback Story - Learning to Love Yourself
Holly Whitaker shares her struggle with substance abuse and addiction, and how her experience led her to creating the digital recovery program Tempest. Holly is on a mission to change the conversation about alcohol in society after realizing that her seemingly successful life was just a show, and that there is a different path to recovery available to everyone. Growing up, Holly’s life was fairly idyllic. Her mother was a stay-at-home mom and her father ran his own business. They lived a nice middle-class life but Holly has memories that something that wasn’t right. A big part...
2021-04-29
41 min
American Fever Dream
Afternoon Tea With Holly Whitaker
In this episode of Afternoon Tea, Sami is joined by Holly Whitaker, Founder and CEO of Tempest and author of Quit Like A Woman. They start with a conversation about Holly’s experience and journey to sobriety. Next, they talk about the parallels between the cigarette and alcohol industries and how drinking patterns have shifted over the years. They also discuss the origin and history of Alcoholics Anonymous and its ties to patriarchal ideas. Then, Holly talks about the story behind Tempest and shares its approach to recovery that focuses on the root cause of addiction. Finally, it’s time...
2021-04-23
45 min
The Two Percent
How Holly Whitaker Turned Her Sobriety Journey Into a VC Backed Company
Anu chats with Female Founders Fund portfolio founder, Holly Whitaker of Tempest, a modern, digital approach to helping individuals change their relationship with alcohol. Holly shares her personal addiction story and what she saw missing from the existing sobriety landscape that inspired her to create her own holistic recovery plan. They dive deep into the challenges and advantages of building a product through personal experience, the unique societal pressures women face to drink alongside a growing sober-curious movement, the power of community and more.
2021-02-25
34 min
Only One In The Room
The NOW Normal: Holly Whitaker Is The Only One Who Thinks We’re All Going To Quit Drinking
January 2021 marks the ninth month of a pandemic. Drinking (day and otherwise) has skyrocketed, and for people in recovery, relapsing (drinking again after one has set a sobriety date) has too. So just how does one retain or regain their balance in recovery during this perilous time? Today we have my dear, dear friend and woman of the hour, Holly Whitaker.Holly’s best-selling book, Quit Like A Woman, a memoir/self-help book about her own recovery was released one year ago and the paperback launches this week. Holly is the founder and CEO of Tempest (formerly Hip S...
2021-01-14
33 min
Heart of the Matter
Author Holly Whitaker on forging her own path and why women struggle with alcohol use
For the first episode of 2021, Elizabeth is joined by Holly Whitaker, author of Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice Not to Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol and founder and CEO of the online recovery program, The Tempest. In this interview, Holly and Elizabeth discuss their experiences as women coming to terms with the impact alcohol was having on their lives, how addiction is portrayed in the media, and their perspectives on the roads they took to finding recovery.To learn more about addiction treatment, visit drugfree.org/treatmentoptions. If you are seeking treatment for...
2021-01-12
41 min
Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s Hour
Ep 371: 'Quit Like A Woman' with Holly Whitaker, and Ireland makes the internet safer for women
With Dry January on the horizon, Holly Whitaker shares with Harriet her journey of ditching the booze from her new book "Quit Like A Woman". Plus find out how Irish law now protects women on the internet.Just before Christmas, Ireland passed a law that makes the internet safer for women. Hear from 3 women on how sexual harassment online can have a severe impact on women, and how Irish laws now make it illegal to film and distributing a sex tape without consent. Dr Cliona Saidlear (Exec Director of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland) explains the...
2021-01-04
53 min
Redesigning Life with Sabrina Soto
Holly Whitaker: Quit Like A Woman
If you're sober curious or wondering how alcohol is affecting your life, this episode of Redesigning Life covers it all. Holly Whitaker is the author of QUIT LIKE A WOMAN and in this super honest conversation, we discuss her journey to sobriety and our society's perception on drinking.Holly's Blog: HIP SOBRIETYHolly's book: QUIT LIKE A WOMANHolly's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyHow to: JOIN TEMPEST
2020-11-18
38 min