Scared to Try Rehab? Real Talk On Inpatient, Outpatient, Detox, And Recovery Options For Women Let’s be honest: the decision to go into a treatment program can feel terrifying. You’re juggling work, kids, a million invisible tasks—and the idea of raising your hand and...

What You Need To Know About Breast Cancer And Alcohol If you’ve ever poured a glass of wine thinking “It’s fine—it’s heart-healthy!” you’re not alone. For years we’ve been told that “moderation is key” and that red wine is practically a wellness hack. But what if...

How Can You Stay Sober If Your Partner Drinks Problematically? If you’re trying to get (or stay) alcohol-free and your partner is still drinking, I see you.  It’s already hard to change your own habits—doing it while someone you love keeps pouring a glass can feel...

Purpose in Sobriety - How to Say Not This, Pivot Your Career And Find Meaning After Quitting Drinking Have you ever quit drinking, looked around your life, and thought, “Wait… is this it?” I get it. Sobriety cracks you wide open. Once alcohol is out of the way, the...

Money Stress In Your Marriage: How To Break The Cycle (Without Reaching For A Drink) Do you and your partner keep circling the same money arguments — budgets, spending, saving — and somehow end up frustrated, shut down, or resentful? You’re not alone. Money is...

The Sober Shift: Outgrowing Alcohol, Celebrating Your Sober Firsts And Choosing Your Hard If you’ve been thinking, “I’m not that bad… but I’m also not okay,” this one’s for you. Today I’m talking with my dear friend Suzanne Warye—creator of The Sober Mom Life and...

Divorce, Toxic Co-Parenting, Anger & Alcohol: How To Protect Your Peace (And Your Sobriety) If divorce or co-parenting has you thinking “this could drive me to drink,” you’re not alone. Separation brings anger, resentment, logistics chaos, and a whole lot of...

Are You “Being Nice”... or Stuck in the Fawning Trauma Response? If you’ve ever felt like you’re the one who keeps the peace, says yes to everything, earns the gold stars, and never wants to disappoint anyone—even when it means abandoning yourself—this episode is for...

Midlife, Perimenopause & Sobriety: How Alcohol Impacts Your Hormones, Sleep & Mood If you’re in your 40s or 50s and wondering why your body feels like it’s changing overnight, you are not imagining it. One minute you’re juggling kids, work, and family life—and...

You Stopped Drinking…He Didn’t. How Sobriety Might Change Your Marriage One of the most common questions I hear from women who stop drinking is: “What happens to my marriage if my spouse still drinks?” When I stopped drinking it was something I worried about.  For...

The Sober Diaries with Clare Pooley – Life After Alcohol and How Sobriety Changes Everything If you’ve ever wondered what really happens after you quit drinking — not just the “before and after” highlight reel — this episode is for you. I’m sitting down with Clare...

Hormones, Menopause & Better Sex in Sobriety: What Every Woman Needs To Know If your sex drive has gone missing, your body feels like it’s betraying you, or you think that wine is the only thing that can get you through the mood swings, hot flashes, and insomnia...

I Sat Down With 5 Friends to Share Why We Really Drank—And What Sobriety, Healing, and Joy Look Like Now Do you ever wonder why you really drank? Not the surface reasons (like stress, fun, social pressure, or the witching hour), but the underneath stuff—the big and...

I Didn’t Know It Would Be My Last Day One: A Personal Reflection on Sobriety and Support   Do you remember the last time you said, “I can’t keep doing this?” I do. But at the time, I didn’t realize it would be my last Day One. I just knew I couldn’t go on like...

Embracing The Adventure Of An Alcohol-Free Life If you’ve ever asked yourself, “But how will I have fun if I stop drinking?” or “Will life just feel... dull without wine?”—you’re not alone. So many of us worry that going alcohol-free means giving up the good stuff:...

Perfectionism, Anxiety, and Drinking: How to Stop the Cycle  As a recovering people pleaser—and someone who coped with anxiety by overachieving, micromanaging, and trying to make sure nothing ever fell through the cracks—I know how exhausting perfectionism can be. It...

You Quit Drinking… Now What? How To Live With Purpose in Sobriety with Laura McKowen If you’ve ever looked around your life after you stopped drinking and thought, “Wait... is this it?”—you’re not alone. Sobriety cracks you open. And once you’re no longer numbing out...

Surviving Hard Times In Sobriety: Moving Through Betrayal, Divorce and Rebuilding Your Life Without Numbing Out If you’ve ever had one of those “how is this my life?” moments in sobriety—when it feels like everything is crashing down around you and a glass of wine (or...

How To Stop Romanticizing Drinking, Rewire Your Brain And Start Loving Sobriety If you’ve ever thought, “Life without alcohol sounds boring, lonely, or just... blah,” you’re not alone. Let’s be real—most of us grew up swimming in wine-soaked messaging that told us...

How Alcohol Affects Your Brain, Body + Mood (And What Happens When You Stop Drinking) If you’ve ever found yourself googling “why can’t I sleep after drinking?” or “is alcohol making my anxiety worse?”—you are not alone. So many of us are walking around exhausted,...

Not Drinking Tonight | A Therapist's Take On How To Break Free From Gray Area Drinking Ever found yourself googling “Do I have a drinking problem?” at 2AM after another night of “just a couple glasses of wine” turned into a bottle (again)? Or wondering if you really...

Your First Night Sober - How to Survive Cravings and Not Drink (Even Though You Want To) If you’ve ever decided you’re not going to drink tonight—and then found yourself pouring a glass of wine at 9PM anyway—you’re not alone. Cravings are intense. Early sobriety can...

Sober Summer Secrets: What No One Tells You About Not Drinking in the Summer Let’s be real—summer can be one of the hardest seasons to stay alcohol-free. Between the barbecues, beach days, boozy vacations, girls’ weekends, and pool parties, it can feel like every...

10 Sobriety Myths That Are Flat-Out Lies (And What’s Actually True) Have you ever heard someone say, “Only people with a problem with alcohol stop drinking” or “Life without wine is so boring”? Yeah. Me too. The truth is, there are a lot of flat-out lies floating...