A Sober Girls Guide To The Holiday Season What does a sober girl do to navigate the holiday season, drinking events, office parties, family gatherings and New Year’s Eve without alcohol? The end of each year can be a happy, fun and exciting time to gather with family...

How Can You Identify The Changes You Want In Your life + Get Unstuck? How do you identify the changes you want in your life and move forward when you feel stuck?  What if you have a family you love, a good job and responsibilities that keep you busy and needed but you...

The Best Non-Alcoholic Drinks to try when you're not drinking alcohol Are you taking a break from drinking and looking for the best non-alcoholic drinks on the market? I've got your full list right here.   If you’re worried about going booze-free and fear that you’ll...

Reinventing Non-Alcoholic Beer With Athletic Brewing Company Do you think all non-alcoholic beer sucks but you’re not sure what to order at a restaurant when you go out? Or are you trying to stop drinking but don’t know what to do with yourself when happy hour rolls...

What To Expect In Your First Year Of Sobriety What’s getting in the way of making the decision to stop drinking? The fear of never drinking again? Uncertainty about what your life is going to look like? Worry about what people might think of you if you stop drinking? ...

How will you feel in your first year alcohol-free? What happens in your first year alcohol-free? How will you feel in your first 30 days sober? What changes should you expect after 100 days of not drinking? How do you navigate your first holiday, party, friendships,...

Signs You Should Take A Break From Alcohol Have you been going back and forth about whether you should take a break from drinking but don’t check all the boxes for a person who had a “real problem” with alcohol?  That’s the case for a lot of high achieving women.  You...

Women and Burnout: Signs, Symptoms And How To Recover Do you drink a lot and also feel physically and emotionally burned out?  Maybe your life feels unmanageable, work stress is constant, you’re sleeping terribly, tired, empty, unmotivated, overwhelmed or mentally...

Make Some Noise: How To Speak Your Mind + Own Your Strength with Andrea Owen For women, moving away from behaviors that don’t work for us anymore, letting go of core beliefs that convince us we’re broken and not enough, laying a stake in the ground around our desires,...

How To Stop Overperforming, Overdrinking And Underliving Ambitious and capable women can easily fall into the trap of overperforming, overthinking, overcommitting and underliving. We prioritize other people’s needs and priorities and end up living a life someone else...

A lot of people pleasers turn to alcohol to fit in, blend in with the crowd or get out of their own heads. These days I describe myself as a retired people pleaser (and an ex-drinker!) and the two really go hand in hand. For years I hustled to make sure that everyone...

What Happened In My Marriage When I Stopped Drinking? This podcast episode is Part 2 of a conversation with my husband about what happened in our marriage when I stopped drinking. To listen to Part 1 of this conversation click here.  Mike and I had been together for...

My Marriage, Drinking and Not Drinking What role does alcohol play in your marriage?  What happens in a marriage when one partner stops drinking?  My husband Mike is here to talk about drinking, dating, parenting, marriage and what happened when I decided to stop...

The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober + Sunshine Warm Sober With Catherine Gray If you've read any Quit Lit, Catherine Gray's book, The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober, is likely on your bookshelf or Kindle. It's one of the first books about giving up alcohol I recommend to...

Divorce, Women and Drinking Many women find themselves turning to alcohol and drinking more during the decline of a marriage, during a separation or divorce. Why do women drink after a divorce?  Divorce can bring to the surface feelings of uncertainty, loneliness,...

Sober Travel is all the rage. So how do you take an alcohol-free vacation?  If you’re sober curious, in early sobriety or simply want a mindful and relaxing health and wellness break, you are going to love sober travel!  The New York Times published an article...

Healthy coping mechanisms for stress and how to model them for your kids How many of us learned healthy coping mechanisms for managing stress, anxiety or depression when we were kids?  If our parents didn’t model for us healthy ways to cope with the normal human...

Does Alcohol Keeps You Playing Small? If you’re a smart, ambitious, accomplished woman who feels stuck and can't figure out why you're not achieving your dreams, it might be time to take a look at your wine glass. So many of us love opening a bottle at the end of the...

I USED TO BE A WINE MOM I had completely bought into wine mom culture and the idea that moms need to drink to relax and cope with the demands of motherhood. I felt like opening a bottle of wine helped me transition from work to home and made me feel the way I used to...

Giving up alcohol with Paul Churchill of Recovery Elevator Today I’m talking about giving up alcohol with Paul Churchill, the founder of Recovery Elevator.  Paul is a leading voice in the world of recovery having launched the podcast, Recovery Elevator, 6 years ago as...

Get Out Of The Alcohol Detox and Retox Cycle with Sober Sis Do you go through the cycle of trying to detox your body after drinking too much with healthy eating and exercise, only to turn around and retox again with wine, beer or cocktails? I did that for years.  I’d...

Recovery Happy Hour and Life Beyond The Bottle with Tricia Lewis Are you worried you won’t have fun without alcohol? Is the fear of missing out (FOMO) keeping you from stopping drinking?  Can’t imagine what life would look like without happy hours? Wondering if there...

Self Care & Self Love In Sobriety What does your self love practice look like? Are you chasing love and acceptance from others instead of finding love within yourself?  Self love means taking care of your needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others....

Dawn Nickel of She Recovers on The Many Paths To Recovery Sometimes if you’re lucky someone reaches out to you in the early days when you’re first trying to stop drinking and shows you how to take the first steps.  And for me that person was Dawn Nickel.  8 years ago,...