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Love Sober PodcastReparenting Explained with Cybele BotranWhat if you could meet yourself with the care you always needed? In this episode, I talk with Cybele Botran about the transformative practice of reparenting.
Cybele is a trusted guide for women on the path of emotional healing. She is a Certified Trauma-Informed SHERECOVERS® Coach, an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and a Mother Hunger® Trained Facilitator. Her work centers on reparenting as a powerful modality for transformation. Through one-to-one coaching, courses, groups, and retreats, Cybele creates supportive spaces where women can reconnect with their most tender selves.
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2025-09-2659 min
The Sober CreativeEpisode 018 - From Overwhelm to Alchemy: How Sobriety Unlocked Kate Baily's Creative SuperpowersThe fear haunts many creative professionals: What if sobriety kills my creative edge? Kate Baily’s story demolishes this myth completely. Nine years sober, she's transformed from someone using alcohol to manage overwhelming sensitivity into a published author of two books, community builder, and creative force who describes her post-alcohol creativity as being "on steroids."Kate's journey reveals something profound about the relationship between clarity and creative expression. Rather than losing her artistic voice in sobriety, she discovered it was there all along—just waiting for the noise to quiet down. Her path from numbing overwhelm to embr...
2025-09-1144 min
Love Sober PodcastMidlife Alchemy: How Sobriety Becomes Your SuperpowerMidlife isn’t a crisis — it’s an initiation. In this episode, I explore the Queen Phase archetype, why sobriety is a midlife superpower, and how we can rise into this season with clarity, energy, and sovereignty.
👉 Join Midlife Alchemy Mentoring — a 12-week journey for sober women in midlife. Early Bird ends 1st Sept. Secure your place here 🌿 EARLY BIRD ENDS SEPT 1st use code ALCHEMY20 to claim. Only 5 places left.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat!
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2025-08-2926 min
Love Sober PodcastExploring the Sober Journey with Maggie Klaassens - The Sober SummitWelcome to the Love Sober podcast, a supportive space for the sober and sober curious.
In this episode, Kate Baily interviews Maggie Klaassens, a certified alcohol-free coach and founder of The Sober Summit and Sober Circle community.
Maggie shares her inspiring journey to sobriety, navigating Mommy Wine Culture and Covid and her motivation to create the free transformative online event The Sober Summit (23.04.25 -25.04.25) and the powerful impact of being part of a supportive sober community.
Join us as we explore the benefits, challenges, and tools of the sober lifestyle, and discover the...
2025-04-1846 min
One For The RoadKate BailyThis week on One For The Road, i am joined by Kate Baily who is an author, speaker and community and podcast host. Kate is an ICF Certified Holistic Midlife, Menopause and Sobriety Coach and yoga teacher, a She Recovers® Designated Coach and holds certificates in Counselling, The Science of Happiness, The Neurobiology of Stress and Positive Psychology. She was a Finalist in the International Coaching Awards in 2019. Kate raises awareness about sobriety and supports women to boss their midlife, mental health and wellbeing by choosing alcohol free living as the foundation of self care and self empowerment.
2024-10-041h 02
Love Sober PodcastHow to Fall in Love with Sober October Casey M DavidsonIn this episode I talk to Casey M Davidson about how to fall in love with Sober October. We discuss habit change, early sobriety tools and the practices that have helped us to fall in love with our sobriety.
Casey McGuire Davidson is a Certified Life + Sobriety Coach who helps busy women quit drinking and create lives they love without alcohol at Hello Someday Coaching and the host of The Hello Someday Podcast.
The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women is a Top 100 Mental Health podcast, ranked in the Top 0.5% of all global podcasts w...
2024-09-261h 06
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast- Guest Arlina Allen - 30 Tips from 30 Years SoberIn this episode I talk to a fabulous sober sis who this year has been sober for 30 YEARS! YAS queen...Arlina Allen! With this kind of sobriety timeline, Arlina has an amazing perspective on the shifting cultural narratives around sobriety and addiction over the last three decades and the expansion of all patchworks and pathways of recovery and has a refreshing take on the 12 Steps from her badass journey.
With her trademark down-to-earth, humorous take on life and sobriety you are going to want to hang out with her for the next hour, I promise! We talk...
2024-08-0150 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast: Friends & Sobriety with Kate Baily & Dufflyn LammersIn this episode, Dufflyn and I delve into the rich and complex topic of friendships and sobriety. Whether a friendship is for 'a reason, a season or a lifetime', (thanks for this, D), human beings are naturally wired to connect with others. Navigating the adjustments to our friendships and connections when we stop drinking can be challenging. Today, we discuss how to make friends, keep friends, and how to look after ourselves and our sobriety if things go wrong with friends.
Boundaries, the importance of our connections, our attachments styles, how to let go, how to keep...
2024-07-041h 02
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Sober Dave & Johnny Lawrence - Sobros, Friendship & Mental HealthWe kick off the summer season with sober legends Sober Dave & Johnny Lawrence talking about their friendship in the sober sphere, their mental health, getting sober as men and ongoing tools for sobriety. It was so lovely to hear about their friendship, vulnerability and how their connection led them to climb a mountain together and what they discovered about themselves as a result. They are both great advocates for men's mental health, work as coaches ad continue to raise awareness and build community in the sober space.
The Self Development Coach, Johnny Lawrence is a coach, public s...
2024-06-2156 minLove Sober PodcastPeri Menopause Power Tools - Kate BailyThis episode Kate talks midlife transitions, sober tools and the upcoming group coaching in Love Sober - Love Your Sober Summer and why we need to strategise for success.
Kate is the co-author of two books Love Yourself Sober - a self care guide to alcohol free living for busy mothers and Love Your Sober Year - A seasonal guide to alcohol free living. She is an holistic, ICF accredited coach, She Recovers Coach, a menopause coach and currently doing her yoga teacher training.
Find out about LOVE YOUR SOBER SUMMER: Starting June 22nd 7pm GMT...
2024-05-1633 min
Love Sober PodcastSober sex & relationships with Tawny Lara author of Dry HumpingIn this episode I have a fantastic chat with top sober sis, sober sexpert Tawny Lara, author of Dry Humping - a guide to dating, relating and hooking up without the booze. And basically, we talk about all of that.
Tawny Lara is an NYC-based journalist and public speaker with 8+ years of reporting on the sober (curious) space, focusing on the role liquid courage plays in interpersonal relationships.
She is a podcaster, host of Recovery Rocks and has her own AF drinks brand Parentheses.
You can find all of these here
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2024-04-1858 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast. Beyond Booze with Sarah RusbatchIn this episode I talk to the gorgeous Sarah Rusbatch, author of the best selling book “Beyond Booze” about all things grey area drinking and being a woman in midlife. We unpick the marketing, cultural messages around alcohol, discuss why midlife is a great time to quit the booze and start making ourselves and our wellbeing a priority.
Sarah is a multi award winning Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach, a menopause accredited coach, a motivational speaker and a passionate ambassador for helping as many women as possible to live their best life.She's...
2024-04-0435 min
Love Sober PodcastNEW SEASON LOVE SOBER PODCAST 2.0 Dufflyn Lammers & Kate BailyThe first episode of Love Sober Podcast 2.0 with guest Dufflyn Lammers, relationship and recovery coach.
We know that, as Johann Hari says, connection is the opposite of addiction and so this season has a focus on relationships with self and others.
We introduce ourselves and delve into a bit of our respective histories, and why we do what we do. Dufflyn got sober 30 years ago, before we had the language around grey area drinking.
Dufflyn talks to us about how she helps women thrive in relationships once they sto...
2024-03-2139 min
Confident Sober WomenSpirituality Meets Middle-Age In Long-Term Sobriety w/Kate BailyWhat do sobriety, spirituality and menopause all have in common?Kate shares how her early religious experiences had a key role in her drinking. In fact, religion was her first drug. Kate shares vulnerably about her struggle with her drinking and her spiritual struggle, she referred to it as an inner and outer mismatch. She also realized later that as a child who was neurodivergent in a neurotypical world, she didn’t know where she fit in. She was attempting to control, regulate and fit into her world by using religion.Kate finally found something onli...
2024-03-1944 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - HOT SOBRIETY - With Veronica ValliIn this episode I talk to sober legend Veronica Valli, creator of the Soberful Program and author of Soberful, about our experiences of the midlife so far and in particular the perimenopause. For too long women's bodies have been ignored in the sobriety conversation and we intend to change that! You can't mindset your way out of hormones! Midlife is a cluster of stresses and transitions for women and we talk about why sober is a super power for this period of our lives to enable us to thrive, process and prepare for the next phase - our Second...
2023-06-3031 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Guest - Courtney McMahon - The Radical WellnessIn this episode I talk to Courtney McMahon, the Radical Wellness Founder about her sober journey. She shares her beautiful insights, her wise tips and a weird synchronicity about how we can be connected with exactly the right people to inspire us and not know it (no spoilers!)
Courtney is a Holistic Sobriety Coach and founder of The Radical Wellness. She helps individuals make (seemingly) radical lifestyle changes that improve their overall health and empower them to trust their intuition so they can remove the booze, break the loop of self-sabotage, create healthy habits and start living a...
2023-06-0646 min
The Merry Menopause BookclubKate Baily author of Love Your Sober YearFor this episode I am joined by Kate Baily co-founder of the Love Sober platform and author of 'Love Your Sober Year.' Kate coaches women to feel empowered by their choice to stop drinking alcohol, harnessing their decision to go sober and pivot from surviving to thriving in all areas of their lives using a holistic approach to growth, mindset and wellbeing.Join Kate and me as we talk about both of our sober journeys during Perimenopause including:-Perimenopause and alcohol.The important distinction between 'what looks normal' socially vs...
2023-04-1935 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Guest Laura McKowen - Push off From HereIn this episode I talk to bestselling author of We Are the Luckiest and founder of the international recovery community The Luckiest Club Laura McKowen about her new book Push off From Here.
The stories and advice McKowen shares are specific to alcohol addiction, but the tenets are universal in their application and useful no matter what challenge you face. With profound honesty and boundless compassion, Push Off from Here provides an actionable framework for healing what pains us and proves that a life of sobriety can be synonymous with a life of magic, peace, and freedom.
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2023-03-1039 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 190 Sober Toolkit - HopeIn this episode I look at the subject of hope and how to practically cultivate a hope practice. "an optimistic mindset based on the expectation of positive outcomes.'' It's one of those tools that can be a bit overlooked, easily mistaken for a lofty virtue or a whimsical fancy or naivety but it is in fact a badass resilience tool. In this episode I am taking the chapter from our book Love Your Sober Year and delving into hope and actionable steps to cultivate hope and why it's such an important part of the sober toolkit. As I alw...
2023-03-0316 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Guest Sarah Levine - The Joy of Writing in RecoveryIn this episode I 'soul dive' with the gorgeous Sarah Levine, who is an holistic mindset coach for women in recovery and a writer working on her memoir. We met through the process of doing best selling author of 'Drink', Ann Dowsett Johnston's course ' Writing your Recovery' and share our experiences of how writing in recovery and writing our recovery has been a therapeutic foundational piece of The Journey. We talk writing, Internal Family Systems and why we as women need to reclaim our story telling and connect with each other.
Smart Recovery advocates having a VA...
2023-01-1340 min
Love Sober PodcastEP 187 Love Your Sober Year with KateIn this episode I explore bringing 2022 to a close by sharing some reflective practices and welcoming in the new year with intention setting & having a think about the Word of the Year (WOTY). I am also drawing inspiration from Mandy's and my new book 'Love Your Sober Year' and offering journaling prompts to cultivate awareness of slowing down and building patience as part of our sober toolkits. Working with the cycles and seasons for sustainable sobriety has become foundational in the way approach my life and sobriety and I am delighted to share this and the sober journey with...
2022-12-3023 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast -Loving Long Term Sobriety & Love Sober Life School - Kate Baily & Nancy EvansThis week Kate talks to Nancy Evans about tools for long-term sobriety, maintenance and staying in love with sober. Nancy interviews Kate about Love Sober Life school, the flagship 12 week Self-development Group Coaching Program for busy women who want to stay sober & make it stick.
Our tools need to evolve and grow as we do through seasons, life challenges and getting older and we need to be on our stress management, routines, socialising, mindset as well as keeping up those sober treats and keeping motivation and resilience when the going gets tough, as sometimes is just does. T...
2022-10-2046 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast -Guest Ellie Crowe - Perimenopause & Menopause SoberKate talks sober menopause & perimenopause with Ellie Crowe of Pump up the Present and Sober & Present podcast in honour of World Menopause Day 18th October 2022.
Ellie Crowe is a Senior Certified This Naked Mind Coach, a Certified Gray Area Drinking Coach and co-host of the Present & Sober Podcast. Her coaching practice helps overwhelmed and sleep-deprived mums parent peacefully and happily, without needing alcohol to escape at the end of the day.
Focusing on both mind and body aspects, Ellie works with mums who want to drink less and be able to manage stress without drinking. Sh...
2022-10-1451 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Guest Dufflyn Lammers - Is it Love or is it Addiction?In this episode, Kate talks to Relationship & Recovery Coach Dufflyn Lammers about Love addiction and how to spot it.
Dufflyn Lammers, AKA “The cool aunt who took you to Rehab and Planned Parenthood but made you tell your mom,” is the go-to relationship expert for women in recovery.
Lammers is the founder of www.rockrelationshipsinrecovery.com where she offers online courses, an online community, and one-to-one coaching for women who want to succeed at sex, love and dating without resorting to tequila, Ben & Jerry’s or *69. She combines a unique background in Tantra, Attachment Repair, Interve...
2022-10-0739 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast -Guest Claire Sweetman -Socialising Sober for Solo Parents.This week Kate talks with Sober Legend Claire Sweetman on her two year soberversary. Claire is a sober life advocate, a solo parent and is two years sober. She shares how she reclaimed socialising, how she manages her energy and sensory needs as a sober person and as a mum and how she managed to fall in love with partying again as a sober person.
Claire has so many tips and tools about how to navigate all this stuff in the real world and how to keep it real while bossing her toolkit.
Grab a cu...
2022-09-1643 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 182 - Guest DJ Barroness -Emma Barron- House of HappinessThis week Kate talks to DJ Barroness and co-founder of The House of Happiness, Emma Barron. Emma has been DJing for roughly 4 years now. She is also a TV producer for C4. Emma always had a major interest in music and was a drummer in various bands, grew up on the clubbing scene in Manchester in the 90's and then London. She also spent many summers in Ibiza - so both old school house and Balearic sounds have influenced her music style today.
After getting sober in 2017 Emma decided that she wanted to follow her passion so bought some decks...
2022-09-0939 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast NEW SEASON - Episode 181- Guest Maxine Billing-SmithWelcome to A/W2022 Season of Love Sober Podcast! In this new season Kate focuses on Sober Stories and we kick off with a wonderful sober sister, mum of two, teacher and 'Cornish Girl, trying to acclimatise to Scotland', Maxine Billing Smith. Max has two sons and has been on the sober path for two and a half years and shares her story, her tools, her challenges and her wins.
Each of us has a story to tell and in sharing our stories we know we are not alone. Love Sober Podcast brings you tips, tools and in...
2022-09-0245 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Dr. Anna Lembke - Dopamine NationIn the episode I have the honour of speaking with Dr. Anna Lembke about why addiction is everyone's business and dive into the neuroscience of why this is the case and how we can tackle the dopamine response we all have give ourselves the best chance of avoiding and escaping addictive behaviours., be it alcohol, shopping, smartphone.
Anna Lembke, MD is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is the author of more than a hundred peer-reviewed publications, has testified before t...
2022-07-0145 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast- Guest - Hind Nenmassi - Intersection & SobrietyIn this episode I talk to the wonderful Hind Nenmassi about all the things. Hind is a 30-something musician based in Brighton. They have been in the forefront of the Brighton indie scene the last few years with their band SUN & AIR. They are Moroccan and grew up in France and host Assuming Form on Slack City radio, a monthly show on navigating life and identity when you have always been the outsider because of race, ethnicity, gender or sexuality. Hind is also passionate and very open about their own mental health and neurodiversity, and how it has inevitably...
2022-06-1047 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Guest Ann Dowsett Johnston - Writing Your RecoveryIn this episode I have the wonderful opportunity to talk once again with Ann Dowsett Johnston. Ann is the bestselling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, named one of the top 10 books of 2013 by the Washington Post. An award-winning journalist for many years, Ann is now a psychotherapist and the founder and leader of Writing Your Recovery, a popular online memoir-writing course for women. https://www.anndowsettjohnston.com/workshops
Winner of seven National Magazine Awards, she is also the recipient of a Southam Journalism Fellowship and the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. It...
2022-05-2042 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 176 - She Recovers & Next Steps for Kate & MandyIn this episode we talk about our experiences at the She Recovers Conference in Miami. The incredible speakers and the experience of being with 500 women in recovery, dancing, doing yoga, learning, swimming, chatting was an incredible experience. We met other She Recovers Coaches, old friends who have been on the pod, and made new friends. It felt like a global sisterhood moment for sure. There were so many highlights but for Kate, some of her top moments were Nadia Bolz Webber , who founded the Church for Sinners and Saints in Detroit and for Mandy, Shari Hampton and Jennifer Pastiloff
2022-05-1339 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Guest Tiffany North - Intuitive Eating CoachIn this episode Kate talks to Intuitive Eating Coach Tiffany North about healing disordered eating, the neurobiology of stress & trauma and her long-term recovery.
As an RN, Certified Intuitive Eating Professional, and creator of the Food Attachment Model ™, Tiffany helps people with disordered eating finally find freedom, balance, and satisfaction. She personally struggled with disordered eating and found a path to peace. It was so transformational that she dedicated her work to helping others do the same. Tiffany's passion is helping people stop wasting their precious energy drained by the food and body struggle so that they can...
2022-04-2253 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - People Pleasing & AlcoholIn this episode we talk about people pleasing or fawning/ appeasing as it's sometimes referred to. This is actually an adaptive trauma response and a result of us having to fit in, play small and hide ourselves in order to fit in. We look at it's spectrum, how it can actually be a superpower when used wisely and how we can look after ourselves as we learn to connect with others healthily, set boundaries and stand our ground.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Resources mentioned: Untamed Journal, Glennon Doyle
Playing Big, Tara Moh...
2022-04-0841 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Guest Nana Treen.In this episode Kate talks to dear friend and sober legend, Nana Treen, long term Soberista, occasional blogger, advocate for alcohol-free life and creator AF Loud and Proud. https://nanatreen.wordpress.com/
Treen got sober at 59 and in this episode we discuss the challenges of kicking the drink later in life and how to harness the power of 'Life's Third Trimester' to create a mindset for successful sobriety. Nana Treen is a truly inspiration woman, proud to consider herself an Elder and a Sober Sister.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
K&M X...
2022-04-0147 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Motherhood & Gifts of SobrietyIn this episode we discuss our journeys in sobriety and our experiences as mums. We look at why it's so important for women to have the appropriate support, community and care as mothers to honour that rite of passage, protect our mental and physical well-being and to ask the real questions about care - not just be sold Mummy Wine Time. We revisit our first book Love Yourself Sober - a Self Care guide to Alcohol-Free Living for Busy Mothers. which was the book we REALLY needed to write and is a collection of all the things that helped...
2022-03-2559 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast -Guest Emma SobersonicIn this episode, Kate talks to Emma Sobersonic, who is a sober life advocate has been sober since 09/11/2015 🙌🎉 and is an award-winning Non Alcoholic Cocktail Creator and Mocktail Master 2022.
We explore Emma's journey to sobriety, what was the thing that made it stick and why finding your 'thing' - something you love , is so important for happy, sustainable sobriety. We explore how the fun, joy and creativity are at their lightest about play and at their most badass are survival as mums, carers and sober women.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat!
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2022-02-1853 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 166 - Guest Rachael May - Radically SoberThis week Kate talks to Rachael May, accredited professional Transformational Life Coach and author of Radically Sober.
In this episode, just in time for Valentine's Day we dive into Rachael's sober story and into the juicy topic of sober dating, romantic relationships and ultimately with our relationship with ourselves. We look at why the decision to go alcohol free is the foundational piece of self-love which enables all the other pieces to come together in the self-care sober toolkit.
Rachael trained with Mindful Talent Coaching Academy, is also a trained Nutritional Therapist, an entr...
2022-02-1152 min
The Broken Road to Mental HealthTBR2MH Show feat: Kate Baily, Author/Podcast Host/Coach Discusses the Many Ways to Get Sober!Tune in on Wednesday, 2/9/22, at 6:30am EST, for a brand new episode of The Broken Road to Mental Health Show featuring Sober Coach, author and co-founder of Love Sober CIC and podcast, Kate Baily! Follow along with Kate at: @lovesober.cic @katebailycoach @addictive_behaviours_coaching
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ABOUT OUR GUEST:
"I am a trauma informed somatic sobriety coach, a Certified Professional Life and Personal Performance Coach and I specialise in working with Grey Area Drinking, stress management and holistic wellbeing. I'm a writer, speaker, community and podcast host. I'm also a She Recovers® Designated Coach. I trained with th...
2022-02-0938 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 164 - Guest Veronica ValliIn this week's podcast, Kate talks to the wonderful Veronica Valli about her new book ‘Soberful: Uncover a sustainable, fulfilling life free of alcohol’ published by Sounds True. It's an opportunity once again to benefit from her wisdom and experience as a true pioneer of sustainable sobriety. Continuously sober since May 2nd, 2000, and with 20 years experience as a recovery coach and psychotherapist, she understands that there is no ONE path to recovery.
Veronica teaches that alcohol is not the problem—it’s only a symptom of a deeper underlying problem. She helps women dig deep, embrace change, and becom...
2022-01-2854 min
The Self Development Podcast#34 Creating Your Own Happiness with Kate BailyWe place so much expectation on the idea of leading a happy life. It’s often that expectation that can cause us to feel unhappy.In this episode of The Self Development Podcast, I’ll be chatting with Kate Baily, professional personal performance coach specialising in addictive behaviour and grey area drinking, associate coach trainer at The Coaching Academy, co-founder of Love Sober, co-author of Love Yourself Sober and co-host of the Love Sober Podcast.Continuing with the dry January support, Kate discusses her sobriety journey and goes on to speak passionately about her love and...
2022-01-251h 08
The Self Development Podcast#34 Creating Your Own Happiness with Kate BailyWe place so much expectation on the idea of leading a happy life. It’s often that expectation that can cause us to feel unhappy.
In this episode of The Self Development Podcast, I’ll be chatting with Kate Baily, professional personal performance coach specialising in addictive behaviour and grey area drinking, associate coach trainer at The Coaching Academy, co-founder of Love Sober, co-author of Love Yourself Sober and co-host of the Love Sober Podcast.
Continuing with the dry January support, Kate discusses her sobriety journey and goes on to speak passionately about her love and...
2022-01-251h 08Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 162 Tips for Dry JanuaryIt's the first episode of 2022... so welcome to any new Dry January listeners and welcome back to old friends. In this episode we discuss tips and tools from Kate's fitness training sessions and how they translate into sobriety. The way we manage and monitor progress, reward ourselves, acknowledge our achievements in other areas of habit change and the way we manage pitfalls and setbacks are so important for how we view our success and at the end of the day, ourselves. As always we need to treat ourselves with self compassion and get the building blocks in place to g...
2022-01-0741 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 159 Guest Nancy AKA Sober Loving RadicalIn this week's podcast Kate chats to dear Sober Sis, Sobriety Activist Nancy who is known on Tiktok and Instagram as Sober Loving Radical. https://www.instagram.com/sober_loving_radical/
Nancy is a 49 year old mum of three boys aged 9, 15 and 16 and has been sober since April 2018. She was diagnosed with ADHD in April 2020 she says 'after a lifetime of feeling like I didn't quite fit in and struggling with low self esteem." She is a sobriety and self discovery coach, (in training) and can currently be found on TikTok and Instagram as Sober Loving Radical.
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2021-12-1752 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 158 Seasonal Sober Self-Care.In this episode we continue to assemble and refine the advent toolkit - we look at managing energy and staying balanced through 'Wintering' - which is respecting that deep need to rest and restore, do less and why it's so, so important for our sobriety and wellbeing.
We also discuss approaching this through self compassion - modelling that to our kids rather that this hyper perfectionism which feels so stressful and actually stops us being present - which is that greatest gift we can give them - and ourselves.
Hunker down, turn off all notifications, gra...
2021-12-1045 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 157 - Xmas Toolkit PrepIn this episode we chat about how to put our best feet forward for the Xmas period and boss our sobriety with a badass toolkit. We are talking about willpower and how to build our sober identities, liminal thinking, diary being the weapon of choice, respecting the ebb and doing it OUR way.
Head over to https://www.lovesober.com/blog/the-advent-ure-starts-here-your-guide-to-an-alcohol-free-december
for more inspo about the toolkit.
You've got it, we've got you - let's do this!
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate & Mandy
2021-12-0340 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 151- Menopause and Sobriety - Guests Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo WurlitzerIn this Episode Kate talks to Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, co-founders of Red School and authors of Wild Power-Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power.
In this episode we dive into the important subject of conscious menopause and menstruation, how to start prepping for this change in the peri-menopause, respecting the wisdom of our cycles to make intelligent choices for our better well-being and sustainable well being.
NB. HRT, mental health support and lifestyle choices are all important and individual choices at this time and today's c...
2021-10-151h 02Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 150- Rekindling your Sobriety,In this episode we talk about what we can do when we are sober-fatigued, sober-bored or just lost our sober mojo. We look at why our tools get tired, what to do about it and how this is actually a growth moment. If we have plateaued we are ready for the next bit of growth.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate & Mandy
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2021-10-081h 05
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 149 Bex Weller - ChameleonIn this episode Kate talks to one of her favourite people- ubersobersister, sober shero and bonefide girls'girl, author, coach and speaker, Bex Weller, about her new book 'Chameleon - Confessions of a People Pleaser.' This memoir is funny and ouch-making and looks at how approval seeking and people-pleasing underlies so much of our drinking and comes at a high price. We talk about how to recover from people pleasing and set healthy boundaries for ourselves with a modicum grace diplomacy and self-compassion in our sobriety. As always Bex is funny, relatable and tells it how it is. It's a...
2021-10-011h 06
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 148 Harrison Ward - Fell FoodieIn this episode Mandy talks with the very inspiring Harrison Ward, also known as Fell Foodie @fellfoodie, who discovered a love of the mountains just as his life had hit rock bottom. A sufferer from
crippling depression and suicidal thoughts since puberty, life spiralled
out of control in early adulthood as he turned to alcohol to sedate his mind. By age 20, he was regularly consuming over 20 pints a day, was a full time smoker and had ballooned to 22 stone. A major life change in 2016, after coming to terms that he had become an alcoholic, brought him home...
2021-09-241h 01Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 147- When your Partner Still DrinksI this episode we talk about strategies to handle it when your partner still drinks. Both our husbands still drink and we talk about when we first broached the subject, our fears around how it would impact on those relationships and how they have changed over time.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
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2021-09-1740 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 146 What we still find hard & how we cope.We are back! We made it through the summer holidays but are still feeling the burn of overwhelm, expectation and the impact of life events. We talk today frankly about what we find hard about this time, what still challenges us a few years down the sober path and our best coping tools.
Our Book Love Yourself Sober is on Kindle offer at 99p to honour National Recovery Month & Sober October.
This time of year can be tough so grab a cuppa, dial it down where you can and let's chat.
Love Kate and...
2021-09-1043 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 144 Naetha Uren & Calliese AlexandraIn this episode, Kate talks to the the mum and daughter movers & shakers team, Naetha Uren and Calliese Alexandra, who founded Recovery Coach Academy.
Naetha & Calliese are a mother and daughter with credible lived experience and professional experience from the USA and UK. They are part of a chaotic but full of love intergenerational home (4 generations, age 8-80 under one roof!)
When Naetha brought her daughter to the UK nearly 4 years ago, they were looking for the resources and community to support their family in Recovery, but they could not find it, so they decided t...
2021-08-2651 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 142 Summer Holidays Revisited 10.2School's OUT for summer! In this repeat episode from our very first year, we talk honest parenting, triggers, stress balls, how counselling spikes around August, the evils of facebook over the summer and SUPPORT as part of the all important self- care. As parents and carers it can be tough as well as lovely so join us in mutual trepidation as we plan for our hols this year. It made us laugh because we actually took a break that first year LOL ''We are wrapping up for the summer pod wise and would like to say a huge thank...
2021-08-1335 min
Love Sober PodcastEpisode 140 Sober Dave David WilsonIn this episode, Kate talks with sober legend Sober Dave. In this episode we cover Dave's story, how encouraging men to talk is so very important and how the online sober sphere is still underpopulated by the male of the species. We also talk about the art of jumping into your own pants and Dave's tip's for sober living and keeping it real.
Dave is a 57 year old man who after 40 years of drinking decided to kick the booze back in January 2019.
He started his page on Instagram @soberdave and shared the rough and smooth of h...
2021-07-3052 min
Love Sober PodcastEpisode 139 Guest Penny WincerIn this episode, Kate speaks with author Penny Wincer a bout her book 'Tender - The Imperfect Art of Caring.' Penny's story of being a young carer for her mother which comes full circle to finding herself as carer for her son, who has Autism is moving and stirring and throws a light on othering in an ableist society, articulates the struggle of finding help as a carer and raises important questions about how we can support carers.
As carers we have extra weight on our shoulders and that can accelerate a problematic relationship with alcohol, a...
2021-07-2343 min
Parents Who ThinkLoving Sober Life - Kate Baily & Mandy Manners - SUNDAY SUPPLEMENTIs a glass of wine the escape that mothers really need? My guests today are Kate Baily and Mandy Manners, authors of Love Yourself Sober: A Self-Care Guide to Alcohol-Free Living for Busy Mothers. We explore the role of alcohol in relationships, motherhood + "mummy-wine" and the marketing of alcohol. If you're wondering whether alcohol has a place in your life anymore or you're already sober, this conversation explores the many joys of a sober life. Read my book, NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Modernhood About my guests, Kate Baily and Mandy Manners: Kate Baily an...
2021-07-1450 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 137 One Year Pitfalls & How to Avoid ThemKate and Mandy get in the same room! Recording together in London, and at the request of one of our US listeners, we reflect back on our one year milestones, why we went back to drinking and discuss tips for people approaching their soberversaries, and how to stay the course and push through that year mark.
This one year soberversary time is so often laden with expectation and anxiety as well as feelings of pride and achievement. How do we navigate the transition from the first year to year two? What should we expect of ourselves? Why is...
2021-07-0946 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 136 Irene LyonIn this episode Kate talks to her science girl crush - the AWESOME Irene Lyon about the science and process of nervous system regulation and why it's need to know real life stuff for sober people, stressed out mums and carers and, well, basically everyone.
Irene Lyon, MSC. and nervous system expert, teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. To date, her online programs have reached thousands of people in over 60 countries. Irene has a Master’s Degree in Biomedical and...
2021-06-251h 12
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 134 Casey McGuire DavidsonIn this episode Kate talks to the ray of sunshine that is Casey McGuire Davidson, Founder of Hello Someday Coaching and host of the Hello Someday podcast and dear sober sis Stateside.
In this episode we talk about Casey's journey to sobriety, the importance of self-care, sober treats and building the belief that you're worth it. You cannot not feel better after your talk to Casey. She is a true inspiration and a girls' girl who keeps it real.
Casey McGuire Davidson is a Certified Life Coach who helps women quit drinking and create lives the...
2021-06-1156 minLove Sober PodcastEpisode 130 14.05.21 Mental Health Awareness Week UKIn this episode we discuss the role of nature in our mental health and sober journeys to tie in with the UK Mental Health Awareness Week https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week
and its theme #ConnectWithNature #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate & Mandy x
2021-05-1446 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Episode 127 - Mandy's StoryEpisode 127
This week we revist Mandy's story. In this episode Kate interviews Mandy about her relationship with alcohol.
Please do contact us with questions, potential topics or situations you’d like to be discussed – we’d love to hear from you, all our contact details are available at www.lovesober.com
Resources mentioned: CBT, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/
Soberistas – www.soberistas.com
The Sober Revolution, Lucy Rocca - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18320328-the-sober-revolution
Instagram – @mandymannerscoach
Club Soda - https://joinclubsoda.c...
2021-04-2352 min
The Unruffled PodcastEpisode 201 - Kate BailyThis week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Kate Baily. Kate is a certified Life and Personal Performance Coach who specializes in helping women get, stay and love being sober. She is also the coauthor of the book “Love Yourself Sober” and is the cohost of the Love Sober podcast with Mandy Manners. They talk about the beautiful life that can bloom from recovery, in parenting, in ritual, in creativity. You can learn more about Kate, including her book and podcast, at https://www.katebaily.com/ and learn about her coaching offerings at https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/addictive/.
This week...
2021-04-191h 11Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast - Episode 126 - Kate's Story 16 04 2021Episode 126
We have decided to re-release our stories over the next two weeks at it is a timely reminder for us both and for any of you who are new to the podcast. In this episode Mandy interviews Kate about her relationship with alcohol.
Resources mentioned: Add Action - https://www.addaction.org.uk/
Soberistas - https://soberistas.com/
Jason Vale - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kick-Drink-Easily-Jason-Vale/dp/1845903900
Lucy Rocca - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sober-Revolution-Calling-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1783752084/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525542556&sr=1-1&keywords=the+s...
2021-04-1652 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 124. 02.03.21In this episode we are looking at the Easter weekend and easing of lockdown restrictions in the UK and the attendant anxiety and social triggers we may be feeling as sober people and/or introverts. It's like we are all learning a new skill or remembering how to connect with other people not on Zoom. I mean, what lipstick are you going to wear? That red that is genius on Zoom makes me look like The Joker IRL ( Kate). In all seriousness it feels like a a big change and it is a big change so we are talking...
2021-04-0245 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 123 - 26.03.21This week we are opening the discussion about neurodiversity ( ADHD, autism, Dyslexia, dyspraxia , SPD etc) - what it is and our reflections as mums, coaches and in our own experiences. We look at the spectrum of diversity and traits that we recognise that in part contributed to us developing a problematic relationship with alcohol such as exective function and identifying as highly sensitive. We talk about strengths and shame, the all important topic of care for the carer, nervous system regulation in greater detail and why alcohol is never the right 'medicine.'
Because it's Autism Awareness Da...
2021-03-2659 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Episode 119 26.02.21BALANCE revisited. In this week's podcast we talk about the last few sections of our holistic sober tool the BALANCE model. N- nurture, C-connection and E-enjoyment. All the sober tools to keep us balanced , well and thriving in our sober lives.
We also talk about Love Sober Life School spring term which starts on March 21st - there's an early bird offer on at the mo so if you want to join us click here and enter the code EARLY.
Lastly we discuss Kate's shoplifting incident turned joyful micro-connection and the best sex on TV.
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2021-02-2649 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 116 Guest: Bryony HamertonOn this week's podcast Kate talks to Yoga Instructor, teacher and therapist Bryony Hamerton about the benefits of yoga in recovery, sobriety and wellness. We look at both as a process of enquiry. We also welcome February by looking at the concept of Metta ( well-being) in yoga philosophy and the parallels with sobriety. Yoga in terms of brain, neurotransmitters, nervous system regulation, resilience and managing triggers can be SO helpful and has been life changing for Kate in terms her wellbeing.
If you are yoga curious and wondering how this might add to your sober toolkit you c...
2021-02-0552 min
How To Be A Boss At AgeingTrauma, Grief & Addictive Behaviours with Kate BailyIn this episode Anniki interviews sobriety and wellbeing coach (and one half of Love Sober) Kate Baily about addiction and how it’s often linked back to trauma. They talk about how trauma is often relative, and what can seem ‘small’ to one person is gigantic to the person who’s experienced it. They also discuss the general sense of heightened anxiety that we’re all feeling at the moment, and the physically uncomfortable feelings anxiety brings to the surface. They also provide advice on a more holistic tool kit to help soothe ourselves during challenging times.
Follow Kat...
2021-02-0339 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 110 Christmas 25/12/2020Episode 110,
Happy Christmas one and all, just a short pod this week to say we are thinking of you. Kate takes us through R.A.I.N. Recognise, Allow, Investigate, Nurture. We hope and wish all the best for you. Love Kate and Mandy xx
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2020-12-2516 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 109 Guest: Jean McCarthy-Holiday Tips from a Sober Shero 18/12/20In this Seasonal Episode, Kate talks to the sober legend and host of the original recovery podcast The Bubble Hour, Jean McCarthy.
Jean McCarthy is an award-winning recovery blogger, author and podcast host from Alberta, Canada. Jean has spent much of the past decade sharing her story in her blog UnPickled, holding space for others on The Bubble Hour Podcast, and writing books about the lessons learned along the way. Find more about Jean plus links to her projects at www.jeanmccarthy.ca
Jean is a long term advocate of recovery. She is a poet...
2020-12-1827 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 108 Guest: Cait Flanders 11/12/20Episode 108:
This week we had a really brilliant chat with the author Cait Flanders @caitflanders about sobriety, intentional living and living with less - VERY INSPIRATIONAL.
Cait Flanders is the author of Wall Street Journal bestseller, THE YEAR OF LESS. Described by Vogue as “a fascinating look into a living experiment that we can all learn from,” it has been translated into 10 languages, and sold more than 190,000 copies.
Her new book, ADVENTURES IN OPTING OUT, is a field guide to opting out of expectations, changing paths, and leading a more intentional life. Powell’s Book...
2020-12-1155 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 107 Sobriety at Christmas 04/12/2020In this episode we talk about sobriety and Christmas time. How this year may look different, how we can support ourselves during this period and how our Xmas compare between drinking and sobriety. So grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate & Mandy
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2020-12-0441 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 104 Gratitude 13/11/20This week we discuss gratitude- and not the lofty, worthy, you-should-be-bloody- grateful type of gratitude but the actual access point to changing our emotional and mental state. As always these things are evidence-based wellness and mental health tools and so they are sober tools. From tea, to friends, to mindfulness, we look at our journeys with this persistent and gentle art and the unexpected places it shows up in our lives.
Love Yourself Sober - a self care guide to alcohol free living for Busy Mothers Kindle edition by Kate Baily & Mandy Manners is available now for 99p...
2020-11-1343 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 98 Sober October 2/9/20Mandy and Kate chat about Sober October, the offerings during this month and some tips and tools for those who may be starting out on their sober journey this October.
All of the stuff we talk about can be found at lovesober.com
So please feel free to have a look around X
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With love as always
Kate & Mandy XXXXX
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2020-10-0239 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 94 Our Book 28/08/2020Episode 94
This week on the pod we talk book baby, the labour of love and it's creation, we also chat through what we're catchily naming the "best laid plans not carried out" or "the least relaxing holiday ever" It's been a journey folks. We are SO so grateful for those of you who pre-ordered the book, seeing photos of it on social media is SUCH a joy. If you enjoyed it please leave a 5 star review on Amazon and Goodreads it helps ALOT, and hopefully will help other people in need of support to find our book...
2020-08-2845 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 93 Mandy Manners 21/08/2020Happy third Soberversary Mandy! In this week's very special podcast Kate interviews the sober legend that is Mandy Manners about her journey over the last three years: The highs, the lows, the big learnings, the things that work what gives her meaning in her life and why she loves sober.
Mandy Manners is the co-founder of Love Sober, a community and podcast host. She is Certified Professional Life and Recovery Coach, a She Recovers® Designated Coach and a Gray Area Drinking Coach, author and speaker. She specialises in mindset and recovery coaching, focusing on the impact trauma an...
2020-08-2146 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 89 Kate Baily 24/07/2020Episode 89 (Despite us saying its episode 90 lols!)
This week we celebrate Kate's 4 year soberversary by looking at what she has learned and what the shadows and sparkles have been for her since she went sober for the final time on the 23/07/2016. It was a brilliant episode to record to really look at the whole picture and to reflect. It's such an amazing achievement to stop drinking, we think you are all really brave and very awesome. If you are starting out, we are always around for a chat or to offer support. Lots of love K & M...
2020-07-241h 01Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 82 Black Lives Matter 05/06/20This week in recognition of the very essential Black Lives Matter movement, we have recorded a short episode on allyship & anti-racism through the lens of sobriety and mental health. We ourselves are muting, listening and learning in order to educate and show up for, and raise the voices of People of Colour. We are also conscientious and supportive of you and ourselves in sobriety, meeting yourself where you are at, right now. This work is part of our lifetimes learning/unlearning and none of us can show up if we’re broken by problematic drinking, poor mental health and th...
2020-06-0521 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 80 Neurodiversity 22/05/20On this week's podcast Kate talks Educationist, consultant, trainer and workplace coach, Kit Messenger about neurodiversity and its links with mental health and AUD. Kit is passionate about changing the way we address underachievement - in schools, the workplace and wider society by celebrating and supporting diversity and by putting growth mindset and an understanding of executive function at the centre of school curriculum.
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2020-05-221h 04Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 77 Lockdown 01/05/20Lock Down continues and tensions are running high in the Love Sober households ...well, in Kate's they are...Mandy is quite chilled AND she doesn't have a headache! #winning. We just wanted to touch base with each other and talk about what's working and what's not working well and through our ramblings learn a more compassionate way of giving ourselves permission to 'be.'
So grab a cuppa
Love K & M xx
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2020-05-0144 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 75 Guest: The Gay Sober 17/04/20On this week's episode we talk to our dear friend and sobro Lee Mengo AKA @thegaysober ( Instagram) and about his journey to sobriety and his reasons to Love Sober. We talk shame, the peril of easter eggs, sarongs, lockdown and creativity with tips and tools for staying sane and sober. Lee is one of the fuunies , kindest people we know and makes us grateful and proud to be sober and on this journey together.
Not one to miss so grab that cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate and Mandy xxx
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2020-04-1754 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 71 Tools 20/3/20In this episode we talk more about tools and practices to support sobriety, mental health and wellbeing during challenging times. Using our B.A.L.A.N.C.E.D.™ model we explore our ideas and practices for thriving and coping with challenges. These are dear to our heart and they have come from the gentle enquiry (or total freak out) of early sobriety as we suddenly think " What the F am I actually doing ???? and how the FFFF do I do it' They are backed up by our studies in The Science of Happiness, training as coaches, private st...
2020-03-2059 min
SHE RECOVERS PodcastEpisode 30: Love Sober with Kate BailyErin talks with Kate Baily, cofounder of the LOVE SOBER community and cohost of the LOVE SOBER podcast. Kate’s story of recovery began when she stopped wondering if her drinking was “bad enough,” and joined in an online sober women’s community, Soberistas.Kate's “bad enough” question is one many women in our community struggle with as they feel stuck in the gray area of drinking - that space in between the extremes of rock bottom and every-now-and-again drinking. In that gray area, the consequences of our drinking behavior is often intimate and known only to us.
2020-02-031h 01
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast Kate & Mandy 61 03/01/20Welcome back and Happy New Year! This episode is a quick check in with each other. We have lots of exciting projects on the go so we talk through these.
• Our new Facebook community https://www.facebook.com/groups/love.sober.co
• We have our 30 day programme to kick start your sobriety journey available on our website www.lovesober.com
• We are also hosting a panel at the Club Soda Mindful Drinking Festival on the 18th January https://mindfuldrinkingfestival.com/talks-january-2020/
• We have our second edition of Create & Thrive with Sharon Walters https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-sober-life-create-and-thrive-with-sharon-walters-tickets-77874549875
AND...
• Kate will soon be on...
2020-01-0336 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 52 Creativity 25/10/19In this week's pod we talk about flow and creativity, the benefits of finding mindful creative practices and spaces in the company of others and their importance in sobriety and as life tools. We discuss the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one of the co-founders of Positive psychology and our own work in Love Sober creative workshops, in particular our most recent London workshop with artist Sharon Waters aka london_artist1 on instagram.
These practices are not only fun and happy making , they also are badass tools for resilience building when the shit hits the fan.
So...
2019-10-2532 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 50 Guest:Scott Pearson 11/10/19IT IS EPISODE FIFTY!!! How incredible is that? We see no better way to celebrate than by talking with Scott Pearson aka The Boy Who Drank Too Much. Scott is a Sober, Mental Health and LGBQTI+ Activist and is also celebrating his ONE YEAR SOBERVERSARY WoopWoop. He's a writer for the magazine Outlife www.outlife.org.uk and a dear friend to Kate and Mandy who we met have met through the gram.
We talk among other things about how shame has impacted his life, growing up gay in a hetro-normative society and how that internalised for him in a neg...
2019-10-1158 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 47 Overwhelm 20/09/19In this weeks episode we talk about OVERWHELM. Such a huge trigger for so many of us. We talk about our experiences and how that lead into problem drinking. We talk about the problems of perfectionism, parental burnout and Maternal gatekeeping. We talk about how perfect vs honest parenting have both contributed to the growing problem of mummy wine culture and how we need to balance to thrive. We chat through some strategies we use to dial down the overwhelm. Kate talks through a technique to prioritise tasks called the Urgent/Important Matrix, we talk avoiding information overload and trying...
2019-09-2049 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 46 Guest:Clemmie Telford 13/09/19This week on the pod we are joined by Clemmie Telford. Clemmie is the creator of Mother of all Lists and the brilliant Honestly Podcast. She is a creative director and event organiser. Clemmie is also a mum of three and shares her honest portrayal of motherhood through her very popular instagram account. Clemmie suffers from Anxiety and made the decision to go sober based on her mental health journey and has been amazed at how positive breaking up with booze has been on her wellbeing.
It was great to talk to Clemmie about her decision to go sober, her rel...
2019-09-1347 min
Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 45 Summer Holidays 06/09/2019We're back! Hoorah! We are absolutely delighted to return for this new season :-)
In this episode we start off by reflecting on our Summer Holidays (Period of school closure). Using an exercises from Jane Hardy at https://www.blurtitout.org/ - Blurt are actually running a Crowdfunding campaign atm so if your like their work as we do, they really need support right now.
The exercise is as follows: Describe how you feel right now in three words. What has been the highlight reel and the lowlights over the last month? What tools did...
2019-09-061h 02Love Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 44 Planning 1/07/19This is the last pod until the period of school closure (holiday, is it tho?) so we chat through some strategies to think about. Seeking out collective joy, making a plan, taking the pressure off, putting down the beast of comparisonitis which is Social Media and making room for much needed self care. This period can be particularly difficult and having a daily check in email and motivation can really help which is why Kate created the 30 day essential Toolkit which £30 - a £1 a day! https://www.lovesober.com/essential-toolkit/ We also mentioned that you can be a Love So...
2019-07-1255 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 42 Coaching 27/06/19In this week's episode we talk about how coaching has become an important intervention in recovery. Mandy interviews Kate about her training as a mindset and wellness coach. With tips, tools and neuroscience and the processes of goal setting, habit change and mindset and how the holistic , bespoke approach is key in our sober journeys.
So grab a cuppa
Love K & M xx
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2019-06-2859 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 37 Guest: Sober Lioness 17/05/2019Alcohol and Mental health We were greatly honoured to have our friend Laura @thesoberlioness on the pod to talk mental health and alcohol. Laura is an absolute warrior, shero and galpal. Sobriety in her own words "Is the gift that keeps on giving, which changed my life!" Laura, Kate and I’s mental health has dramatically improved by stopping drinking, and as importantly our mental health was significantly worsened by drinking alcohol. So it is one of the most important and vital conversations to be had in sobriety. Also It’s one year since our first pod episode. What a ye...
2019-05-1749 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 32 Guest:Kate 28/03/2019This week on the pod we chat with our younger sobersister Kate @thesobermillenials Kate’s sobriety story is hugely inspiring for anyone who has asked the question, would giving up alcohol improve my mental health? Kate’s decision to stop drinking had a huge impact on her anxiety and depression and she wants to share that message with others. She gives some great tips on starting out in sobriety, to stay present and look for the joy in life. She is hugely enthusiastic about bringing people together and having fun and proving that sobriety is definitely not boring, and defin...
2019-03-2951 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 17 Conversations 15/11/2018Love Sober Podcast Episode Seventeen 15 11 2018 by Kate & Mandy
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2018-11-1551 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 12 Mandy 03/10/2018This episode Kate interviews Mandy about her recent trip to the US and the She Recovers conference, which it seems like she enjoyed just a bit! Lol... Lots of amazing resources: She Recovers - https://www.sherecovers.co Jenn James Coach - https://jennjamescoaching.com/ Cheryl Strayed - http://www.cherylstrayed.com/ Yoga Taryn Strong - https://sherecovers.co/yoga-with-taryn-strong/ Meditation - https://insighttimer.com/sarahblondin Esther Nicolson - http://www.soulrecovery.org/ Shelly-Anne Mckay - https://www.shellyannemckay.com/ Tammi Sallis - https://www.tammisalas.com/ Shelley Richenbach - http://www.nextstepsforwomen.com/pages/about.html Amy Dresner...
2018-10-0443 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 10 School Holidays 20/07/2018School's OUT for summer ! Yay ... really? Kinda... In this final episode in series 1 we talk about how to survive them because let's face it it's a marathon. We talk honest parenting, triggers, stress balls, how counselling spikes around August, the evils of facebook over the summer and SUPPORT as part of the all important self- care. As parents and carers it can be tough as well as lovely so join us in mutual trepidation as we plan for our hols this year. We are wrapping up for the summer pod wise and would like to say a huge thank...
2018-07-2135 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 5 Mandy's Story 14/06/2018Episode Five: Mandy’s Story. In this episode of LoveSober - The podcast, Kate interviews Mandy about her story with alcohol. Resources mentioned: CBT, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/ Soberistas – www.soberistas.com The Sober Revolution, Lucy Rocca - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18320328-the-sober-revolution Instagram – @totaltea_diaries Club Soda - https://joinclubsoda.co.uk/ Clare Pooley TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKfuGMzmfTs Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis - http://www.happinesshypothesis.com/
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2018-06-1452 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 4 Kate's Story 07/06/2018Episode Four: Kate’s Story. In this episode of LoveSober - The podcast, Mandy interviews Kate about her relationship with alcohol. Resources mentioned: Add Action - https://www.addaction.org.uk/ Soberistas - https://soberistas.com/ Jason Vale - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kick-Drink-Easily-Jason-Vale/dp/1845903900 Lucy Rocca - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sober-Revolution-Calling-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1783752084/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525542556&sr=1-1&keywords=the+sober+revolution Allen Carr - https://www.allencarr.com/ Jack Trimpney, Rational Recovery - https://rational.org/index.php?id=1 Rebecca Weller – www.sexysobriety.com Tara Brach - https://www.tarabrach.com/ The...
2018-06-0752 minLove Sober PodcastLove Sober Podcast 1 Love Sober 17/05/2018Welcome to the first ever episode of LoveSober –The Podcast for the sober and sober-curious with Kate and Mandy. In this episode we discuss the aim of the podcast and a little bit about who we are. Resources mentioned: Gretchen Rubin - https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/ Lucy Rocca – www.soberistas.com Rebecca Weller – www.sexysobriety.com EDIT Podcast – Jolene Park and Aidan Donnelley Rowley http://editpodcast.libsyn.com/ Please do contact us with questions, potential topics or situations you’d like to be discussed – we’d love to hear from you, all our contact details are available at www.lovesober.com...
2018-05-1624 min
The Baily Hancock Show22: "Creating a Career & Lifestyle with Purpose" with Kate Gremillion, Founder & CEO of Mavenly + Co.About Kate:Kate Gremillion is Founder & CEO of Mavenly + Co., a professional development company providing tools and resources for young women to have honest conversations about creating career and lifestyle with purpose. She’s also the President of Mavenly Consulting working with business to attract and retain millennial and women talent in the workplace.Kate has worked with young women across the country through group workshops, corporate training, and private coaching to equip them with the resources and mindset they need to pursue work that works for them. She’s the host the weekly Women, Work...
2018-05-1446 min