Growing Pains: Releasing Your Past Identity As A Drinker What we drink and how we drink is often deeply intertwined with the image and personality we present to the world, and can also be a part of our own internal identity.  As Kristi Coulter wrote in her essay...

Navigating Midlife with the Work of Brené Brown Many women look up in midlife to realize that while their lives look really good on the outside they don't feel that good on the inside. They’re smart, capable, and productive and work hard everyday to accomplish a lot....

How to Take a Break from Drinking Taking a break from drinking can be as simple as unlearning a conditioned and ingrained behavior and approached and addressed without shame, blame or labels.  In fact, the social learning model suggests that drug and alcohol use are...

Dialing Back Pandemic Drinking During the coronavirus pandemic, adults started reaching for the bottle more than ever. An increasing number of Americans responded to the stress, anxiety, isolation, loss and boredom of the pandemic by turning to alcohol. According to a...

Anger Management In Sobriety Anger (and the suppression of anger) can be a big trigger for women to drink in sobriety, so anger management is an important skill to learn when you're quitting drinking.  There’s a reason that people tell you to remember “HALT” when...

ADHD, Women & Alcohol Women with ADHD are creative, spontaneous, problem solvers, energetic and have the ability to focus intensely on a project or task. Women with ADHD are also more likely to drink heavily, become reliant on alcohol and are more sensitive to the...

Control Alcohol and Find Freedom with Annie Grace Annie Grace, the author of The Alcohol Experiment and This Naked Mind, has joined me on my 100th episode to shift your perspective on drinking so that you can gain control of alcohol and find freedom.  Her work has...

Sober Celebrities and Stars who are Alcohol-Free Wondering which celebrities are sober and whether any of your favorite actors, musicians and models live alcohol-free?  You might be surprised by how many famous people have decided to quit drinking.  Sober celebrities...

How do you parent teens and tweens without the drama?  Parenting teens and tweens can be a messy time that can bring joy, satisfaction, frustration, worry and a desire to drink to tune it all out.  It’s a time when kids are moving out of childhood and into adulthood,...

Alcohol-Free Life: How To Live Happy, Healthy And Sober There are so many benefits to choosing an alcohol-free life, but how do you make it a positive choice that you can maintain once the novelty has worn off? Janey Lee Grace, host of the Alcohol Free Life podcast,...

There is a learning curve to making marriage work after quitting drinking. Most marriages have some common patterns and habits that can make or break the relationship. And when you stop drinking new ways of communicating and interacting with your partner can...

Sobriety, Growth & Personal Development When we change how we experience the world, we can stop trying to escape our feelings with alcohol. - Veronica Valli, Soberful What if drinking isn’t the problem, but rather a symptom of the problem? Is alcohol masking...

Diet Culture, Disordered Eating + How To Stop Fighting Food Diet culture is all around us in advertising, fashion, TV shows, movies, popular culture, doctor's offices and with our family and friends. It influences what we eat, how we eat, how we move, how we judge...

Not Drinking Tonight | Create A Sober Life You Love What do you do when you realize 1) alcohol is making your life worse and 2) moderating is not working? That’s where my guest, Amanda E. White, found herself as she started reevaluating her relationship with alcohol. ...

Dry January: Start The New Year Alcohol-Free Are you ready to rock Dry January alcohol-free? I want to give you all the tips to make your Dry January fun, exciting, easy and (most importantly) a success.  Dry January is the act of giving up all forms of alcohol for...

Holding Your Hand Through A Sober Christmas and New Year’s Eve So it’s Christmas week with New Year’s Eve right around the corner and you’re not drinking. Or you’re trying not to drink Or you REALLY want to stop drinking but you’re not sure you’re ready yet Or you...

6 Mistakes to Avoid When Getting Sober What are the most common mistakes women make when quitting drinking and getting sober? If you’ve tried to quit drinking before and keep picking up a bottle of wine on Day 4 or Day 16 I’ve got the advice you need to set yourself...

How To Break Up With Booze Have you been thinking about breaking up with booze but aren't sure how to get started?  If you're ready to shift your mindset about what it’s like to live alcohol-free and take a break from drinking, this episode is for you!  My guest is...

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...

How To Stop Romanticizing Alcohol + Start Romanticizing Sobriety What do Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte + Miranda from Sex And The City, Bridget Jones and Olivia Pope on Scandal have in common? Their shows, characters, sets and plot lines romanticize and glamorize...

Sobriety Myths: What Are Your Fears About Life Without Alcohol? If you’re like most women you have a lot of fears and limiting beliefs about what life without alcohol might be like.  You might worry that life without happy hours will be boring. Or that people will...

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...