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Love in a F*cked Up World Holly WhitakerDean sits down with Holly Whitaker, author of Quit Like a Woman and host of the Co-Regulation podcast to talk about Holly’s critical feminist analysis of how the alcohol industry and the ubiquity of 12-step impact how we perceive drinking and sobriety. We recommend pairing this episode with our previous episode with Shira Hassan, as well as the bonus interview with Shira that you can find for free on Patreon. Shira is the author of Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction, and her discussions with Dean also dug into addiction, sobriety, and 12-st...

2026-01-0854 min

co-regulation A pause; a new book; an upcoming series on ADHD and addictionTL;DR: we're wrapping co-regulation Season 1 and releasing future episodes on Holly's Substack, Recovering.Access new episodes and more by going to newsletter.hollywhitaker.com or clicking here to sign up.CreditsOriginal music by Gracie Coates @graciecoates @gracieandrachel on Instagram, gracieandrachel.comSound engineering, editor: Adam Day, adamdayphotography.comProducers: Holly Whitaker, Adam Day, Kate SinesOriginal art by Misha Handschumacher, cmisha.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-09-2808 min

Redesigning Life with Sabrina Soto Encore Episode: Holly Whitaker - Rethinking Your Relationship with AlcoholThis week, we are re-releasing one of Redesigning Life's most well-received and downloaded episodes... Holly Whitaker : Quit Like A WomenHave you ever wondered why we reach for a drink during life's highest moments and lowest lows? Why does alcohol seem essential to celebrating a wedding, mourning a loss, or simply getting through a Tuesday?In this illuminating conversation with Holly Whitaker, author of "Quit Like a Woman", we explore the complex relationship many of us have with alcohol and how it might be affecting more than we realize. Holly shares her personal journey from...

2025-09-1138 min

co-regulation Why Sky Fusco Doesn't Want a Boyfriend (Sky Fusco)Sky Fusco and Holly wrestle with fundamental questions about the role of the artist in times of crisis: Who gets to claim the title of artist? Is making art "enough" or should creative people abandon their practices to become EMTs and nurses? The conversation explores the existential doubt that plagues many creatives during unprecedented times, the fantasy of having "useful skills" instead of making vulnerable art, and how Sky uses herself as a guinea pig to give others permission to follow their creative impulses. The discussion evolves into Sky's recent decision to step back from dating...

2025-09-041h 15

co-regulation Your Phone or Your Life? (Cody Cook-Parrott)Holly and author Cody Cook-Parrott dive headfirst into the raw realities of staying regulated in an unregulated world. Cody shares their journey from near-mental breakdown to thriving queer rural life in Michigan, including the radical decision to permanently delete their 80,000-follower Instagram account while preparing to launch a book. Together, they explore the parallels between social media addiction and alcohol addiction, the art of building community in conservative small towns, and how to support trans loved ones during increasingly dangerous times. This conversation is a masterclass in attention as spiritual practice and choosing alignment over algorithm.

2025-08-281h 09

Self-Conscious with Chrissy Teigen RE-RELEASE: Holly Whitaker – 30 Days to a New Relationship With AlcoholIn this episode, Holly Whitaker, bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman, joins Chrissy to help rethink our relationship with alcohol. Drawing from her Audible Original 30 Days to a New Relationship with Alcohol, Whitaker introduces a compassionate approach that meets listeners wherever they are on their sobriety journey—without pushing for total abstinence. Together, they dive deep into the emotional and spiritual roots of addiction, offering empowering strategies to break free from dependency and reclaim personal freedom.30 Days to a New Relationship with Alcohol is now available on Audible and Amazon.See Privacy Policy at https...

2025-08-2134 min

co-regulation How To Stop Thinking Everyone Is Always Mad at You (Meg Josephson, Part 2)In the second part of Holly's deep dive with Meg Josephson, they shift from understanding fawning to working with it. Continuing their exploration of Meg's book "Are You Mad At Me?", the conversation explores perfectionism as a protective mechanism, "secondhand fawning" through others, and the core shame beliefs that drive these patterns. Meg explains how healing happens through secure relationships and offers a compassionate framework for understanding these survival mechanisms. Holly reflects on how recognizing her fawn response has been foundational to her healing journey.Topics CoveredThe fawn trauma response and...

2025-08-141h 04

co-regulation Why We Think Everyone Is Always Mad at Us (Meg Josephson, Part 1)Part 2 of this is available now on patreon for patrons of this show! Check us out here.In this first installment of a two-part series with therapist Meg Josephson, Holly and Meg unpack the fawn trauma response - the fourth trauma response that leaves people constantly wondering, "Are you mad at me?" Drawing from her new book of the same title (Are You Mad At Me?), Meg gives language to this internal hypervigilance that develops as a childhood survival mechanism. Holly shares her journey of recognizing chronic dysregulation and fawning patterns. They explore how this response...

2025-08-0759 min

co-regulation Can You Heal a Friendship You Keep Burning Down? (Laura McKowen)Holly and Laura sit down for their first public conversation in seven years, since the abrupt end of their previous podcast, Home, after a falling out. Peeling back the layers of what is, for each of them, their most complicated creative partnership and friendship. What started as two women finding each other on Instagram in 2013, who wanted to talk about sobriety and alcohol, became the wildly successful Home Podcast, a deep friendship, and eventually a painful, public dissolution that left both women changed forever. Now, after multiple reconciliations and breakups, they've found their way back to each other—not as...

2025-07-311h 30

co-regulation Why Christianity Is Still Calling Women Whores 2000 Years Later (Meggan Watterson)Holly reunites with her friend, feminist theologian Meggan Watterson, to discuss her new book The Girl Who Baptized Herself Their conversation moves between Watterson's childhood religious trauma, academic mission to recover suppressed women's voices in early Christianity, and what it means to be called a heretic for telling the truth about women's spiritual authority. With raw vulnerability, both women explore how ancient stories of resistance mirror our current moment under Christian nationalism and an increasingly fascist America, the difference between going inward v. seeking external validation, and why small communities might be our salvation. This dialogue weaves personal transformation...

2025-07-241h 37

co-regulation Why Soothing Your Nervous System IS Managing the Crisis (Erica Chidi)Erica Chidi shares her unique perspective on navigating crisis and uncertainty, drawing from her formative years in post-apartheid South Africa and her work as a doula, author, and founder. She discusses how current global events represent a collective consciousness shift where "everybody's here now," forcing those who previously remained disconnected to engage with reality. Erica offers practical wisdom on nervous system regulation during turbulent times, emphasizing presence over emotional labeling and the critical importance of sleep, movement, and community. She advocates for "narrow and deep" activism—becoming obsessive about one specific cause rather than spreading thin—and shares how her...

2025-07-171h 20

co-regulation Are You Betraying the World by Being Okay? (Elise Loehnen)Writer, podcaster, polymath, and intellectual synthesizer Elise Loehnen joins Holly for a wide-ranging exploration of how to navigate our current cultural moment with wisdom, nuance, and hope. From her unexpected journey from being the 2nd in command at Goop to becoming one of today's most thoughtful cultural commentators, Elise shares how she maintains optimism while grappling with the full complexity of our times. This conversation weaves together threads of spiritual practice, political engagement, shadow integration, and the essential work of staying regulated in a dysregulated world.Topics CoveredIdentity and Intellectual Formation...

2025-07-101h 27

co-regulation Feministing in the Anti-Feminist Era (Amanda Montei)Producer note: The term 'feministing' was coined by Jessica Vlenti for her groundbreaking feminist blog Feministing.com (2004-2019), which was instrumental in shaping online feminist discourse during the height of feminist digital media.Holly sits down with feminist writer and author Amanda Montei to explore what it means to be Outspoken Intellectual Feminist in what feels like the height of feminist backlash. Montei, author of "Touched Out," opens up about her recent divorce, the collapse of feminist movements, and how she's navigating the intersection of personal upheaval and political crisis. The discussion delves into the challenges...

2025-07-031h 21

co-regulation When Recovery Becomes Another Addiction (Carl Erik Fisher)Holly talks w/Dr. Carl Erik Fisher, addiction psychiatrist and author of The Urge, about the intersection of narcissism and addiction in our current cultural moment, and the paradox of how recovery culture itself can create new forms of self-obsession and addiction.Key themes discussed: Living through institutional collapse and staying grounded; Anna Lembke's theory that endemic narcissism drives peak addiction; distinguishing between grandiose vs vulnerable narcissism and trait vs process narcissism; how 12-step programs were designed to deflate powerful men's egos but modern recovery often demands constant self-optimization; the difference between false refuges (money, power...

2025-06-261h 16

co-regulation How to Stop Caring About What Everyone Else Thinks (Emily McDowell)Holly reconnects with her friend and former podcast co-host (Quitted) Emily McDowell for a raw conversation about how extreme adversity can strip away everything that doesn't matter and reveal what does. After years of health crises, family loss, and business transitions, Emily describes arriving at a place of No Fucks Given that feels like coming home to herself. Together, they explore what it means to build real community, trust your body's wisdom, and stop proving yourself to the world.Topics covered include how selling her business and facing health challenges (brain tumor, autoimmune thyroid condition) led...

2025-06-191h 46

co-regulation Ethical Prepperism and How to Stay Present During Collapse (J Wortham)Holly sits down with J Wortham, NYT Magazine staff writer, co-host of the Still Processing podcast, and co-editor of the anthology Black Futures. In this wide-ranging conversation, they explore how to navigate authoritarian times through spiritual practice, community building, and practical survivalism, while examining the tension between ambition and enoughness in creative work.Topics coveredThey discuss why current upheaval isn't new for people who've survived oppression; J's evolution from tech journalism to culture writing through curiosity rather than ambition; the collapse of arts funding + how institutions are becoming irrelevant; moving...

2025-06-171h 11

co-regulation How to be a Dissident: Learning From Indigenous Resistance and Resilience (Chris La Tray)In this first episode, Holly talks with Chris La Tray, Métis storyteller, Montana Poet Laureate, and author of the brilliant and timely memoir Becoming Little Shell. Chris shares the story of his people—the Little Shell Tribe, who remained landless for over a century after refusing to accept an exploitative treaty—and what their resilience teaches us about playing the long game in dark times.They discuss why current political upheaval represents familiar patterns to Indigenous peoples who have survived 500 years of colonialism; how Chief Little Shell's principled refusal to accept 10 cents per acre for triba...

2025-06-121h 11

co-regulation Introducing co-regulation: a new podcast by Holly Whitakerco-regulation is a podcast hosted by Holly Whitaker (HOME, QUITTED) that creates space for authentic conversations about how we're navigating this period of societal upheaval and profound transition. Through conversations with thinkers, artists, and experts, informed by Holly's perspective on addiction, recovery, and the intersection of personal healing and cultural systems, this show invites listeners into real-time exploration of how we're living through unprecedented change—not as isolated individuals, but as interconnected beings whose nervous systems regulate better together than apart.In the aftermath of the 2024 election and accelerating pressure on our social systems, the limitations of...

2025-06-1207 min

Self-Conscious with Chrissy Teigen Holly Whitaker - 30 Days to a New Relationship with AlcoholIn this episode, Holly Whitaker, bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman, joins Chrissy to help rethink our relationship with alcohol. Drawing from her Audible Original 30 Days to a New Relationship with Alcohol, Whitaker introduces a compassionate approach that meets listeners wherever they are on their sobriety journey—without pushing for total abstinence. Together, they dive deep into the emotional and spiritual roots of addiction, offering empowering strategies to break free from dependency and reclaim personal freedom.30 Days to a New Relationship with Alcohol is now available on Audible and Amazon.See Privacy Policy at ht...

2025-05-1534 min

The Rest Effect Podcast The Confidence in Colour – A Chat with Ann WhitakerIn 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...

2025-05-0216 min

Begin A Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook On Your Commute.30 Days to a New Relationship with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker, 30-Day Guides to Improve Your LifePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/21057to listen full audiobooks. Title: 30 Days to a New Relationship with Alcohol Series: 30-Day Guides to Improve Your Life Author: Holly Whitaker, 30-Day Guides to Improve Your Life Narrator: Holly Whitaker Format: mp3 Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins Release date: 01-02-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 184 ratings Genres: Addiction & Recovery Publisher's Summary: Whether you’d like to give up alcohol or just drink less—or you’re just thinking about drinking less—this guide is for you. Each day for 30 days, New York Times best-selling author and recovery expert Holly Whitaker brings you a 5- to 10-mi...

2025-01-023h 52

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 WhitakerChapter 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...

2024-11-1705 min

Bookey Summary Empowerment and Liberation: A Journey Through 'Quit Like a Woman' by Holly WhitakerChapter 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...

2024-11-1605 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...

2024-05-301h 05

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women Quit Like A Woman with Holly WhitakerIn 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...

2024-05-161h 06

9natree [Review] Quit Like a Woman (Holly Whitaker) SummarizedQuit 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...

2024-04-2904 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...

2023-12-0453 min

CALLING HOME with Whitney Goodman, LMFT Holly WhitakerWhitney 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...

2023-11-0744 min

The Modern Spirituality Show Sobriety and Spirituality with Holly Whitaker and Ben DeckerYour 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...

2023-03-1658 min

Where the Road Bends #003: Holly Whitaker - Respecting the Order of LifeFEB 24 • 1 hour 5 minutes 50 secondsWTRB Episode #003: Holly Whitaker and Respecting the Order of LifeThe third guest on WTRB is Holy Whitaker, a New York Times bestselling author, and speaker. Her book "Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol," was published in 2019 and has received praise for its fresh perspective on sobriety and addiction.In this episode we covered:How identity and a company you started can be intertwined and what it's like to have it taken away.Navigating the chaos of major li...

2023-02-241h 05

Kater. Sucht. Freiheit. - Glücklich Nüchtern Podcast Quit like a Woman - Holly Whitaker ⎜Quit Lit - Bücher zum Aufhören ⎜Alkoholproblem, AlkoholsuchtDas 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...

2023-02-0415 min

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women Quit 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 min

Quitted Diane Sanfilippo Quits Diet Culture: Part 1Diane 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...

2022-06-2359 min

Quitted An Update Episode: Holly Whitaker and the Lost PlaceAn 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...

2022-06-1655 min

Quitted Sara Clark Quits the United StatesSara 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...

2022-06-091h 08

Flourishing After Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher Many Pathways to Holistic Recovery, with Holly WhitakerOne 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...

2022-06-021h 12

Quitted Mar Grace Quits Trying to be SomeoneMar 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...

2022-06-0258 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...

2022-05-2645 min

Quitted Zach Anderson Quits Everything He KnowsZach 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...

2022-05-191h 07

Quitted PART TWO: Martha Beck Quits LyingPART 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...

2022-05-1241 min

Quitted Martha Beck Quits LyingMartha 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...

2022-05-0553 min

Quitted Koa Beck on Quitting Self-OptimizationKoa 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...

2022-04-281h 15

Quitted Africa Brooke Part 2: Knowing Who You Are So You Know How To ActAfrica 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...

2022-04-2144 min

Quitted Africa Brooke and Quitting Self-CensorshipAfrica 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...

2022-04-141h 04

Quitted It's Quitting Season with Lindsay CrouseIt’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...

2022-04-0753 min

Quitted Dr. Nathalie Dougé Quits Doctoring in the Middle of COVIDDr. 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...

2022-03-311h 34

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...

2022-03-171h 14

Quitted Elizabeth Gilbert, Black Diamond Quitter Part 2Elizabeth 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.

2022-03-101h 01

Quitted Elizabeth Gilbert, Black Diamond Quitter Part 1Elizabeth 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...

2022-03-0349 min

Quitted Holly Whitaker Reports from the Liminal SpaceHolly 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...

2022-02-241h 21

Quitted Emily McDowell Quits Being a Human BrandThe 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...

2022-02-171h 14

Quitted The Longer TrailerIn 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2022-02-0321 min

Quitted Quitted TrailerIntroducing Quitted, a podcast about quitting by Emily McDowell and Holly Whitaker. Quitted launches on February 10, 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2022-01-1302 min

Solving the Riddle of Being Human Self-Discovery: The Most Dangerous Thing of All - with Holly WhitakerThis 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 journeysHow Tempest came to beThe challenges of sobriety and how to make quitting drinking excitingLetting the full...

2021-11-211h 16

For Your Listening Pleasure Holly Whitaker - Quit Like A Women, Tempest and Forging Her Own Path To RecoveryHolly 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.

2021-11-1849 min

Good Bodies How Do I Know If I Should Drink Less Alcohol Ft. Holly WhitakerOn 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...

2021-06-1044 min

Only One In The Room On My Nightstand: May 29, 2021 by Holly WhitakerToday’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.

2021-06-0413 min

Comeback Stories Holly Whitaker's Comeback Story - Learning to Love YourselfHolly 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...

2021-04-2941 min

American Fever Dream Afternoon Tea With Holly WhitakerIn 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...

2021-04-2345 min

The Two Percent How Holly Whitaker Turned Her Sobriety Journey Into a VC Backed CompanyAnu 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.

2021-02-2534 min

Only One In The Room The NOW Normal: Holly Whitaker Is The Only One Who Thinks We’re All Going To Quit DrinkingJanuary 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...

2021-01-1431 min

Heart of the Matter Author Holly Whitaker on forging her own path and why women struggle with alcohol useFor 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...

2021-01-1240 min

Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s Hour Ep 371: 'Quit Like A Woman' with Holly Whitaker, and Ireland makes the internet safer for womenWith 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...

2021-01-0453 min

Redesigning Life with Sabrina Soto Holly Whitaker: Quit Like A WomanIf 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

2020-11-1838 min

The Operators S2E5: It's Personal: Addiction, Sobriety and Multi-Million Dollar Entrepreneurship with Tempest CEO Holly WhitakerOn this week's episode of The Operators, Neil sits down with Founder & CEO of Tempest Holly Whitaker. Holly never planned on starting her own company, but out of her battle with addiction came her calling to create Tempest. Breaking the typical rules of both entrepreneurship and sober living, Holly details her complex journey of raising almost $20M in venture capital for Tempest, ultimately helping so many in their battles with addiction.

2020-10-2940 min

The Guilty Feminist 225. Intention with Michelle Buteau and special guest Holly WhitakerThe Guilty FeministPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Michelle Buteau Episode 225: Intentionwith special guest Holly Whitaker Recorded 5 January 2020 at The Gramercy Theatre in New York. Released 26 October 2020. The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon. Watch Shirley from 30 October, in cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema. Book tickets: https://bit.ly/31HrjWz Be Well Workshops. https://guiltyfeminist.com/be-well/ Deborah Frances-White Skills Booster. https://guiltyfeminist.com/skills-booster/ More about Deborah Frances-White http://deborahfrances-white.com https://twitter.com/DeborahFW https://www.virago...

2020-10-2645 min

Home Body [ReBroadcast] Drinking, Feelings + Being Enough with Holly Whitaker[Originally aired on March 30, 2020] Hey love, episode two is up -- and I decided to dive in with a bang (we’re about being real over here, y’all) -- and talk alcohol, awkwardness, being queer, and not feeling like you’re enough with one of my sheroes, Holly Whitaker. Holly is the author of the new book ‘Quit Like a Woman’ (recommended for adults and older teens), the founder of Tempest, and one of my personal definitions of badass. If you’re ready for a new kind of conversation about drinking (that gets nerdy about feminism, marketing, corporations, and how to l...

2020-09-0855 min

BRN Podcast: Buddhist Recovery Network BRN #45. Holly Whitaker ❖ Authored “Quit Like a Woman” & Founder of Tempest, Feminist Recovery, Personalized PathwaysHolly Whitaker speaks on Tempest and what it means to create an inclusive online recovery program. Interview by Vimalasara Mason-John.https://www.jointempest.com/_____________________________________🗺️⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Need a Meeting?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buddhistrecovery.org/meetings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thelargest, up-to-date, comprehensiveBuddhist recovery meeting list.Hundreds of meetings across various Buddhist programs. (Both Online & In-Person meetings.)📺⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Looking for a good Dharmatalk (on Recovery?) 👉buddhistrecovery.org/academy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Though Dharmatalks are aplenty, it's rare to find ones that speak directly to our addictions. Fortunately, ourAcademy Teachersvideos are available, anytime. Respected teachers share great tools and practices you can apply to your recovery.🤲⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Share the love + karma! Pay it forward 👉buddhistrecovery.org/donate⁠⁠...

2020-08-031h 08

The Same 24 Hours Holly Whitaker: Quit Like a Woman & SobrietyHolly Whitaker is the Founder + Editor-in-Chief of The Temper and Founder + CEO of the digital recovery platform, Tempest (formerly Hip Sobriety). She lives in Brooklyn with her cat Mary Katherine and she likes things. ====================== Request to Join the FREE Meredith Atwood Community & Coaching https://meredith-atwood-coaching.mn.co/ ====================== Buy Meredith’s Books: The Year of No Nonsense https://amzn.to/3su5qWp Triathlon for the Every Woman: https://amzn.to/3nOkjiH ======================= Follow Meredith Atwood & The Podcast on Social: Web: http...

2020-07-0246 min

Only One In The Room Holly Whitaker Is The Only One Who Quit Without AAPicture this - it’s morning, and you’ve woken up on a mattress stained with food, wine and puke. Your computer and your TV are still on and there are half-eaten food cartons and beer bottles strewn around your apartment. Can you imagine what it must feel like to realize for the first and last time that this is NOT normal, not something you will just “grow out of” one day?Holly Whitaker, founder and CEO of Tempest Sobriety, and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir/self help book, Quit Like A Woman, found herself...

2020-05-121h 08

The Beyond Addiction Show Treating Substance Use Disorders Online with Holly Whitaker & Julia BernsteinHolly Whitaker is the founder, CEO, and driving force behind Tempest, an online treatment program for substance use disorders and Julia Bernstein is the COO. They join us to talk about Tempest, online treatment, taking a new approach to dealing with substance use disorders, and why now is the time to change your drinking.

2020-05-0755 min

Unperform with Tiffany Han (formerly Raise Your Hand Say Yes)Ep. 314: Holly Whitaker on Quitting, Not Giving Up, and Constant InterventionsAhhh, this interview y'all. There is so much goodness here. This week, I'm talking with Holly Whitaker, founder of Tempest Sobriety School and The Temper, and author of the recent "Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol." Holly also played a huge part in my decision to quit drinking, over three years ago, and I loved getting to have this conversation with her. Even though we recorded pre-coronavirus, everything we talked about is relevant to where we are today. You'll hear us cover pivotal life moments, why sometimes...

2020-04-2857 min

The SHAIR Recovery Podcast SP 272: Holly Whitaker - Remember How Powerful You AreToday we are excited to have Holly Whitaker on The SHAIR Podcast. She was the co-host of the HOME podcast, the bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman, and the founder of Tempest, a holistic, evidence-based digital recovery platform It’s not just people in addiction recovery who hit a bottom. We all will have that point of reckoning in our lives that will turn us inside out. The current pandemic will force many of us to reevaluate how we think about ourselves and the world. Holly talks about her struggle with the desire to be...

2020-04-2800 min

Home Body Drinking, Feelings + Being Enough with Holly WhitakerHey love, episode two is up -- and I decided to dive in with a bang (we’re about being real over here, y’all) -- and talk alcohol, awkwardness, being queer, and not feeling like you’re enough with one of my sheroes, Holly Whitaker. Holly is the author of the new book ‘Quit Like a Woman’ (recommended for adults and older teens), the founder of Tempest, and one of my personal definitions of badass. If you’re ready for a new kind of conversation about drinking (that gets nerdy about feminism, marketing, corporations, and how to love ourselves be...

2020-03-3055 min

Dive Into A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Summary, Analysis, and Review of Holly Whitaker's Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Start Publishing NotesPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/121255to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summary, Analysis, and Review of Holly Whitaker's Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol Author: Start Publishing Notes Narrator: Michael Gilboe Format: mp3 Length: 31 mins Release date: 03-21-20 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings Genres: Alcoholism Publisher's Summary: Holly Whitaker's first book is a seamless blend of personal narrative, science, spirituality, and self-help aimed at creating a new dialogue around alcohol in America, getting rid of the term "alcoholic" for good, and helping anyone who wants to, create a better...

2020-03-2131 min

How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.Ep. 142 How I Raised It with Holly Whitaker of TempestProduced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Holly Whitaker of Tempest (www.jointempest.com) an online sobriety and alcohol rehabilitation platform. In this episode, Holly talks about her motivation for starting a sobriety platform, what it takes to be a "good networker," collecting feedback from VCs when they say no, when and why to raise a bridge round, why she moved the company from SF to New York, the hardest part about raising capital, and more. The Company most recently raised a $10.25 million Series...

2020-03-1137 min

Unleash Your Inner Creative with Lauren LoGrasso (A Creativity Podcast)Reparent Yourself, Build Self-Trust & Recover Creatively w/ Holly WhitakerHolly Whitaker is a sobriety coach, teacher, Author speaker, co-host/co-producer of the Home Podcast, Yoga Instructor and the founder and CEO of Tempest, an online sobriety school a modern, accessible, and recovery program that’s build around you! Lauren wanted to have Holly on the show, because she can’t think of many things that are more creative than paving your own path to recovery in a world that tells you a 12 step program is the only way to do it. From the conversation you’ll learn: How to overcome having your creativity stifle...

2020-02-251h 05

This Is the Author S5 E4: Holly Whitaker, Romi Neustadt, and Laura HuangS5 E4: In this episode meet Holly Whitaker, Romi Neustadt, and Laura Huang. Go behind the mic with these authors and hear what it was like to record their audiobooks—and what they discovered in the process! Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/605025/quit-like-a-woman/ You Can Have It All, Just Not at the Same Damn Time by Romi Neustadt: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/611452/you-can-have-it-all-just-not-at-the-same-damn-time/ Edge by Laura Huang: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/600457/edge/

2020-01-3013 min

SHE RECOVERS Podcast Episode 28: Quit Like a Woman with Holly WhitakerTaryn and Erin talk with Holly Whitaker, founder and CEO of Tempest (formerly known as Hip Sobriety). Holly's new book, "Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol," recounts her transformative journey of removing alcohol and other self-destructive behaviors from her life, while questioning the limitations of established recovery modalities and advocating for individualized and varied patchworks and paths.Her work also lays out in vivid detail the targeted marketing and manipulation of women by big alcohol. Holly issues a powerful call to arms against the insidious nature of...

2020-01-2056 min

Eat the Rules with Summer Innanen #157: Alcohol Culture & Quitting Like A Woman - interview with Holly WhitakerI'm interviewing Holly Whitaker author of Quit Like A Woman and founder and CEO of sobriety school Tempest, about how alcohol culture strips us of our power, the patriarchal nature of AA and her approach to becoming a non-drinker geared towards women and other marginalized groups. We chat about: -Holly's personal story of her battle with alcohol and how that inspired her to write the book Quit Like A Woman and start the sobriety school Tempest, - How alcohol culture is embedded into female culture and the various ways this shows up in our everyday life, - Why...

2020-01-1448 min

Feminist Hotdog Feminism and Sobriety - Part I with Holly WhitakerWe are kicking off 2020 with a guest I have wanted to interview forever: Holly Whitaker, founder of Tempest Sobriety School and author of the fabulous new book Quit Like a Woman. If you’ve ever questioned your relationship with drinking or you're thinking about making a change for 2020, this episode is a MUST LISTEN.Today's topic is particularly personal. This is the first in a three-episode series about feminism and sobriety that I wanted to do, in part, to create some space to talk about my own recovery and to come out as a sober person and wh...

2020-01-0934 min

Grab Best-Selling Digital Audiobooks with Easy Access Enjoy Quit Like a Woman from Holly WhitakerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/121194 to listen full audiobooks. Publisher's Summary: We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at work events, lunches, book clubs and weddings. Yet no one ever questions alcohol's ubiquity. In fact, the only thing ever questions is why people don't drink. It is a qualifier for belonging. As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some sort of magic elixir. It is anything but. When Holly Whitaker started to look for a way to recover, the support systems she found for recovery where archaic...

2020-01-0905 min

Plenty with Kate Northrup Episode 165: Choosing to Not Drink In A Culture Obsessed with Alcohol with Holly Whitaker, author of Quit Like A WomanWondering if you have a drinking problem? Yeah, I know. That first line is intense. Well, here’s what: Today is the first day of a new year. The first day of a new decade, in fact. Can you think of a better time to talk about the most widely-used, (abused), and normalized drug on the planet (responsible for more deaths than all of the other drugs combined) and your relationship with it? I can’t. If you’ve been wondering if you have a drinking problem, if you’ve dubbe...

2019-12-3151 min

Ep 138 Where are they now?Ep 79- Quit Like a Woman/ Holly WhitakerRecovery Happy Hour celebrates inspiring stories of recovery from alcohol addiction and gray area alcohol abuse. Hosted by Tricia Lewis, we look at life beyond the bottle and what's current in sober culture. Introduction: Quit Like a Woman Interview: Holly Whitaker Episode Sponsored by: Better Help Links: www.recoveryhappyhour.com Get 10% off your first month of Better Help Quit Like a Woman on Amazon The Temper Monument, formerly Tempest Sobriety School Holly on Instagram

2019-12-3147 min

Tune In To The Most Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook Today!Quit Like a Woman by Holly WhitakerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/121195to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quit Like a Woman Author: Holly Whitaker Narrator: Holly Whitaker Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins Release date: 12-31-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 5,259 ratings Genres: Alcoholism Publisher's Summary: We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. Yet no one ever questions alcohol’s ubiquity—in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn’t drink. It is a qualifier for belonging and if you don’t imbibe, you are considered an anomaly...

2019-12-3110h 08

A Sober Girls Guide Podcast Holly Whitaker: Making Sobriety AccessibleIt's been a long time coming, a year to be exact! Holly Whitaker the OG of sobriety, sits down for an epic, uncut, unfiltered conversation about it all. How she got into recovery, started Hip Sobriety and how that lead to a multi million dollar company that makes sobriety accessible to all, Tempest Sobriety School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2019-12-0545 min

Sober Curious Grey Area Drinking with Holly WhitakerHolly Whitaker has been a pioneering voice in addiction and recovery since the launch of her Hip Sobriety platform in 2014, which recently relaunched as online sobriety school Tempest. In this wide-ranging conversation, Holly and Ruby get into the nuances that exist on the subject of grey area drinking—and where the "sober" and "sober curious" communities both differ and overlap. As well as her opinion that "there is no such thing as an alcoholic" (and her super progressive thinking on this), Holly shares deep insights from her work at the leading edge of the sober revolution. In th...

2019-06-181h 21 $Do The Thing, with Whole30\'s Melissa Urban$

Do The Thing, with Whole30's Melissa Urban Build a Life You Don’t Want to Escape From | Holly WhitakerHolly Whitaker (she/her), is the founder of Tempest, Inc., a digital platform for the treatment and support of alcohol mis-users. She believes recovery isn’t about discipline, willpower, or even abstaining, but building a life you don’t want to escape from. Today, we’ll discuss her own experience with alcohol and recovery, the problems with how drinking is portrayed in the media and pop culture, my own “I’m not drinking right now” experiment, and how you can explore your relationship with alcohol without judgment or shame. Continue the conversation with me @melissa_hartwig on Instagram. If you have a questi...

2019-05-2831 min

Speaking Broadly Alcohol—Addiction and Hope: Holly WhitakerHolly Whitaker was at one time addicted to alcohol, pot, and cigarettes. She was bulimic, depressed, tried to get help. But the services that existed—the clinics and AA—weren’t right for her. Six years ago, she finally hacked her way to her own recovery. Now she’s founded a company called Tempest that is reinventing rehab for a new generation. Whitaker's plan makes recovery affordable, accessible, empowering, self-directed, and non-anonymous. On this episode of Speaking Broadly, Whitaker shares intimate details of her own story as well as her pointed opinions about our culture which glamorizes alcohol while demonizi...

2019-01-1642 min

The Unruffled Podcast Episode 81 - Holly WhitakerOn this week’s podcast, Tammi and Sondra are so excited to bring you a conversation with Holly Whitaker. If you don’t already know Holly, she in the founder and CEO of Tempest, Inc. (formerly Hip Sobriety, Inc.) and the newly launched media site, The Temper, and is currently one of the smartest voices in modern recovery. They talk about how she took her sobriety school from just a handful of students to the progressive company it is now, they talk about the decline of the beloved Home Podcast and how she personally channeled former accounting skills into her abou...

2018-10-221h 45

RECLAIM with Thais Sky Addiction and A New Model For Recovery with Holly WhitakerAddiction recovery is often seen through the lens of Alcoholics Anonymous, an organization established in the early 1900's. Now, almost 100 years later, it is long due for us to reexamine addiction as women and how we can reclaim our lives. In this episode, Holly Whitaker shares her insights and thoughts on a different way that we can look at addiction and recovery with the needs of women in mind. To grab the show notes including all the information on today's guest, go to www.ThaisSky.com/podcast/51 and please consider supporting this podcast through Patreon a...

2018-09-2554 min

The Biddy Tarot Podcast: Tarot | Intuition | Empowerment BTP72: Tarot for Healing with Holly Whitaker from Hip Sobriety I think it's beautiful when people use Tarot to heal themselves and to tap into their inner wisdom. Holly Whitaker, founder of Hip Sobriety and co-host of the HOME podcast, is a great example of that. Whether you're on a healing journey yourself, or you're simply seeking to connect more deeply with your intuition, I think you're going to really love today's conversation. It truly resonated with me, and I loved hearing how Holly has been able to take the healing power of the Tarot cards and bring it into her daily practice in a beautiful way. ...

2017-05-0129 min

?????????????Alcohol and Anxiety - Hip Sobriety with Holly WhitakerWelcome to Episode 6! In this episode I'm talking with Holly Whitaker of Hip Sobriety. If you're curious about how alcohol effects anxiety levels and are interested in a booze-free life, this episode is going to blow your mind. Holly is such an incredible voice for how freeing and empowering a sober lifestyle can be. In this episode she shares about her history with alcohol, and how she came to discover that sobriety was the path she was meant to travel. You'll learn Holly's history with drugs and alcohol, how she built a custom recovery plan that supported her mental, physical and...

2017-04-1149 min