Love Sober Podcast (Kate Baily)

This week on the podcast Mandy speaks with Michael @happywithoutthehooch

It was a real pleasure to talk to Michael and for him to share his incredible journey to sobriety. It shows us all that there is possibility and we do recover and how comedy, community and connection can provide the tools to a life without alcohol. There is talk of overdose and suicidal ideation and attempt in this conversation. So please do make sure you are in the right space to listen, it is also a conversation of hope, survival and recovery which is really inspiring.

Michael Sargood is 39 years old and from Southend-on-Sea in the UK and is over one year sober. At the depths of his alcohol addiction, he was drinking up to a litre of neat vodka per night and was diagnosed as being alcohol dependent. Despite this, he managed to hold down a good job until the last few months of his addiction. He decided to quit alcohol in March 2020 and went to live with his parents for the first three months of his recovery. He was sober seven months before relapsing in October 2020. That "one" drink lasted four months and saw him placed under the care of the local mental health team. On the 17th of February 2021, after losing over 24 hours to blackout, He went sober again. That was the last time he drank.This time round, He is trying to recover differently. Instead of just "subtracting" substances, people and places, he is focussing on adding things to his life: new friends, interests and ambitions.

  He has taken up comedy and recently started performing.

He runs alcohol-free social events in his local area and is on a mission to meet IRL with other sober people he's connected with on Instagram. "Life has never been so good for me and I want to help others who are struggling with alcohol and substance abuse discover the joy of sobriety." He says.

Michael is off to Scotland with @welovelucid 20th - 23rd of Scotland - so if you're up for some laughter, connection and bagpipes don't miss out!

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love M & K xx

In 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 about bossing our sober tool kits with tips, tools and strategies. 

We are diving into Chapter 12 in our book Love Yourself Sober to mine those treasures about bossing sober & social. 

Grab a cuppa and let's chat

K&M X 

Episode 101! This week we are delighted to chat to Le'Nise Brothers @eatlovemove. Le’Nise Brothers is a registered nutritionist, mBANT, mCHNC, specialising in women’s health, hormones and the menstrual cycle, yoga teacher and host of the Period Story podcast. She works with women who want to get control of sugar cravings, mood swings and hormonal acne, bloating and headaches, as well as increase their energy levels. 

Le’Nise has helped many women with hormonal issues ranging from PMS, PCOS, fibroids, endometriosis, heavy, painful, missing & irregular periods, post-natal depletion, peri menopause and menopause. 

She set up her practice Eat Love Move to help empower and educate women to understand their bodies, advocate for better healthcare and heal. 

We had a great discussion about sobriety, nutrition, self-care and women's health, so grab a cuppa and let's chat.

To find out more about Le'Nise https://eatlovemove.com/ or insta @eatlovemove and her podcast @periodstorypod

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We 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 speaker and podcast host and his mission is to help as many people as possible with their self-development. Johnny is a popular in-person and online speaker for businesses, charities, schools, sports teams, and universities. He regularly holds MasterClasses and is passionate about delivering live sessions and engaging with his self-development community, The Changing Rooms. This online community is open to anyone with a passion for self-development, and membership is available for only £10 per month.

Connect with Johnny:

https://www.instagram.com/theselfdevelopmentcoach?igsh=MWkzNnR5ZHZod3lsZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

https://www.facebook.com/theselfdevelopmentcoach

https://www.tiktok.com/@theselfdevelopmentcoach?_t=8nKRPvbIAAi&_r=1

 

Transforming his life in January 2019, David Wilson, Trauma Informed Coach and Accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach and Public Speaker, he is dedicated to motivating others to transform their lives, overcome personal challenges and embrace life with a renewed mindset. Using his unique delivery and no nonsense approach, Dave is both personable and relatable.

His Top 10 Apple Podcast 'One For The Road' reaches a global audience with over 300K downloads in the first year. Dave's rich and varied guest list includes RTT founder Marisa Peer, SAS Who Dares Wins Ollie Ollerton and author of 'The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober' Catherine Gray and recently popstar Matt Willis.

Connect with Dave: 

https://www.soberdave.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/one-for-the-road/id1565341712

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CN86KLT8?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_1MXZRRDXXZ7BGT374RWR_1

 

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Love Kate x 

It'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 give ourselves the best chance of success. 

The secret of our success is built day by day, so keep going, grab yourself a cuppa and let's chat. 

Love Kate & Mandy x 

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In this week's podcast we chat about the end of Dry January and how to navigate the next part of the year and journey. With a focus on this last part of winter, mindfulness, self-care and looking for the light when the days are still dark, we explore the practices that keep us going and loving sober. 

We reflect on reflection, and bringing light in terms of growing awareness and embracing and allowing the light of happiness in.

Grab a cuppa and let's chat 

Love K&M XXX

We are delighted to end 2019 with a very special guest @tarynstrong

Taryn is the co-founder of @she_recovers the international women’s recovery movement with her mother @recoveringdawn Taryn is also a qualified yoga teacher and aromatherapist and runs the She Recovers Yoga teacher training program and online yoga classes.

It was wonderful to hear her incredibly inspiring and open hearted story of recovery, the dynamics of mother and daughter relationships, the work of She Recovers of which we will be helping to develop as designated SR coaches for the UK.

We talk the new year, how important the body is in recovery and being trauma informed how SR isn’t just for women in recovery from substance abuse but all women who are recovering from something. We talk her morning routine, setting intentions and the importance of self-care.

It was truly a joy to speak to her, we are sure you will enjoy this gem. So grab a cuppa and let’s chat.

Happy New Year everyone XXX

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In 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

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tawnymlara/

Substack https://substack.com/@tawnymlara

Grab a cuppa or a cool drink - it's getting hot in here!

Kate x 

Episode 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.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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TW: Please note there is discussion of sexual trauma in this podcast, so take care of yourself and your well-being.    This week Mandy is joined by @traumathrivers_loulebentz Lou is a well-known UK therapist, trauma clinician, speaker and Founder of “Trauma Thrivers” a hugely popular Facebook community for those in recovery from trauma, addiction and complex PTSD. Lou worked for over a decade on the addiction treatment programme at the Priory Hospital in Roehampton, and has been “in recovery” for 15 years herself.    This conversation touches on the interconnection between addiction and trauma, how many of us compare or discount our trauma story without compassionately understanding what trauma is and how it shows up in the body as a disregulated nervous system. We talk about Lou’s own story and why she is so passionate about helping people move from surviving to thriving, her new thrivability programme and @besoberandquit up coming Sobriety Breakthrough event.   To register interest in Lou’s new group programme Thrivabililty and the trauma thrivers Facebook group visit the website https://traumathrivers.com/   If you would like to join us at Simon Chapple’s event tickets can be found https://besober.co.uk/select-ticket/   If you would like to support our work and the podcast you can become a Matron/Patron https://www.patreon.com/lovesoberpod thank you so much!   Grab a cuppa and let’s chat.   Love K & M xxx

In this week's pod we are Marie Kondo-ing our sober toolkits and what the new additions have been over the last few months. We are reflecting on what brings joy and the gentle exploration and enquiry into the changing needs and growth that happens in sobriety. 

We also invite all coaches or those interested in coaching and expanding their experience in the area of addictive behaviours to join us in an introductory FREE event via zoom on Tuesday 3rd Nov ant 10am : LINK to join to find out a bit more. 

We have been working with them since March and they recognise the importance and are very keen to provide a training in their portfolio for a Certification in Addictive Behaviours Coaching. This will be facilitated by us in Feb 2021. If you're interested in finding out more join this free event... https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIof-Gsqz8jG9HORP-ixjppC7Y3thqW4MBD?utm_campaign=Halloween%20Scary%20Myths%20about%20Coaching%20-%20Coaching%20Weekly%20(ID:%20892)&utm_source=COCO%20Email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Main%20Link  

Things we think ROCK and are in the toolkits ATM are asking the question does this spark joy?: 

Podcasts: 

Brene Brown- Unlocking Us Homosapiens Ear Hustle Conversation with Alanis Morisette Home Cooking Sober Sex How to be a boss at Ageing Conversation with Nova Reid

Books : 

Atomic Habits 

Craving Mind 

Smellies

Neals Yard Seaweed and Arnica Body Soak

Neal's Yard Women's Balance Essential Oil Blend 

Headphones and music Comedy on Facebook

 

100th EPISODE of Love Sober Pod!!! WHAT AN EPISODE! What a lady, what a night .....We are delighted to speak to our dear friend and sober sis Rose Romain. Rose tells us her story of her journey to sobriety - she has been sober for 8 years. She talks of being an English girl in Paris , going to rehab, coming out the other side and then her journey of self discovery in sobriety. We also discuss the idea of a Love Sober Panto, sober sex and finding our people.

Rose Romain is a Certified professional creative and trauma informed recovery coach and she recovers designated coach , with a range of experience in supporting clients with substance misuse, debating, depression, anxiety, intimacy issues and creative burnout. Rose has worked extensively in the entertainment world (wearing many a different hat) before retraining as a coach. Rose specialises in helping clients transform their inner voice to become their ally whilst re-connecting with their body, mind and soul with intuition, integrity and inspiration. Rose is a member of the (MITC - music industry therapists and coaches collective) and proud co-host of the podcast SOBER SEX.

She is ALSO the voice of the audiobook of our book Love Yourself Sober 

Find her at roseromain.com

https://www.instagram.com/rosieromain/

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This week on the pod, Mandy interview Lois Beim and Liz Mckean from The Phoenix @riserecoverylive  Liz McKean is a Yoga Teacher and Person in Recovery.  Born and raised in Western NY, she lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband and rescue dog and cats.  After years of struggling with anxiety and drinking, she found strength and sobriety on the yoga mat, and soon after found community with The Phoenix.  In her current role of National Virtual Program Manager at The Phoenix, Liz helps bring the sober, active community to people across the country and beyond through live streaming events such as fitness, yoga, meditation, and social gatherings.  She also teaches yoga within her community, and at a local treatment center.  There is nothing she’d rather do than work for and with people in and seeking recovery.  Sharing her story and the joy of community and yoga is the honor of her life.   Lois is a yoga teacher, personal trainer and fitness instructor and has been sober for around five years. She lives in Surrey with her husband, three children and two Jack Russells. She was brought up in Belfast during the troubles and previously worked in the police. She began drinking as a teenager and used alcohol to numb difficult emotions and escape crippling shyness. She initially began exercising in order to be fit for her job, but began to notice other benefits including increased confidence and better mood. Yoga took this one step further and taught her self compassion and allowed her to connect to her body and feel at peace. She has been volunteering for The Phoenix sober community for over a year teaching yoga and meditation.   In this episode we talk about exercise, yoga and community, how together we are stronger than stigma and what the amazing people at The Phoenix do.  To find out more and join a class you can go to https:/www.thephoenix.org follow @riserecoverlive or @power_yoga_cobham Grab a cuppa and let’s chat! 

This week on the pod we talk to @josh_ffw about his mental health and sobriety journey, his work with @nacoa and his personal journey growing up with a parent who drank too much. Josh is a wonderful speaker and this raw and honest conversation really stayed with us, we recorded it at the end of last year, but it now being #coaweek2021 it seemed like the right moment.

Please just a note that Josh’s story refers to suicide so take care listening and if you’re feeling fragile come back to it when you’re feeling stronger. It’s a great conversation about resilience, sobriety and finding purpose, well worth a listen so grab a cuppa and let’s chat.

Love K & M xxx

In this episode we talk to the fabulous Dr Alice Kerby who is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Health Consultant, a Holistic Health Practitioner, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in training. She uses her decades of experience and training to focus on the stress response from an autonomic nervous system and physiological perspective.

She helps her clients to identify areas where they feel stuck, and provides a well regulated and supportive environment for them to begin gently touching past trauma or overwhelm, and heal these states through presence and awareness of the body in the present moment.

She specialises in working with sober and sober curious women who are seeking additional tools to manage stress, increase a sense of calm, and move forward in creating their lives. This is gold to sober people to help us deal with triggers and move swiftly from fight/flight response to calm and to regulate our autonomic nervous systems so we don't hit the F it button and the bottle.

Dr Alice Kerby's online course about nervous system regulation for sobriety, 30 Day Sober & Calm course will start next Monday, July 13th 2020 

http://www.kerbymethodconsulting.com/sober--calm.html#/  

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Happy New Year and welcome if you are doing #dryjanuary go you! This week we chat a little bit about how we are coping with the current difficult Covid climate. We talk through our WOTY (word of the the year) we we use as a way to set an intention of the year. We talk about what we do at Love Sober and our philosophy for soberliving our courses and community and our new project to train coaches in the area of addictive behaviours. See links below for details, grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love K & M x If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below:

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This week Mandy is joined on the pod by Lisa and Alex from Sober Experiment. It was such a great chat, we discussed familys, life, drinking, trauma and the adverse childhood experiences that perhaps are behind why we numb out with alcohol and the power of really healing. We talk about their brilliant work within the workplace to invite the sober curious for a sober experiment and all the work they are doing. Including their event at Redemption on March 28th with guest speakers, Simon Chappel, Sober Dave, William Porter and Mandy https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sober-experiment-uk-tour-london-tickets-88427939347?aff=ebdssbeac sponsored by Vibe Drinks.

Their friendship is a beautiful thing to witness, and there is nothing better than listening to people's stories, being in awe of their bravery, spirit and journey, we really enjoyed this chat and we know you will too, so grab a cuppa and let's chat. X

Learn more about Alex and Lisa on their website www.soberexperiment.co.uk The Sober Experiment was founded by Alex and Lisa, best friends for almost 30 years. They have worked together, drank together, emigrated together and after a short period of time spent on their own life journeys, have now embarked on a sober experiment together.

Despite both having successful careers and settling down to family life, both had been using alcohol as a crutch for all sorts of relatively ‘normal’ reasons, alcohol began to play too much of a part in their everyday lives. One morning, Lisa called Alex to announce she was experimenting with sobriety for 100 days.  A year later, after Lisa had decided sobriety was a permanent fixture, Alex joined her.  Together they have shared experiences beyond their wildest dreams and decided sobriety was just too good to keep to themselves.

They both realised that it wasn’t necessary to be labelled alcoholic in order to want to improve your lifestyle and become a healthier version of yourself.  Through shared and different life experiences, they realised that although on the same journey, their pasts and present situations were so different that they could touch the hearts and minds of so many different people and turn their negative past into help for others. 

They agreed that change was needed and wanted to create a platform where the stigma surrounding alcohol and alcoholism could be removed.  The Sober Experiment was born and in such a short amount of time, they have been able to bring their services to help others.  As an IPHM accredited training provider, The Sober Experiment now works interactively with groups of people in the workplace to allow them to ask anything and say anything in a safe environment with no stigma attached.  Alex and Lisa ensure everyone they touch has a raised awareness surrounding the impact of alcohol on wellbeing, from CEOs to Managers to Staff to Students, and provide the tools to allow people to support others by knowing how to identify and refer concerns.

So many people use alcohol along life’s pathway.  From wetting the baby’s head, to raising a glass at a funeral but the conversation of alcohol as an addictive substance is avoided until it is too late.  Alex and Lisa want to change this and start having these conversations before a person becomes addicted. The Sober Experiment provides a safe space and support for everyone who chooses not to drink alcohol (either for social, religious, cultural or personal reasons) for people to be a part of and to talk without the fear of being labelled and encourage open and honest conversations. 

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Lock 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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In 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 the United States House of Representatives and Senate, has served as an expert witness in federal and state opioid litigation, and is an internationally recognized leader in addiction medicine treatment and education. In 2016, she published Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic (Zuger, 2018).  Dr. Lembke appeared in the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives.  Her latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (Dutton/Penguin Random House, August 2021) was an instant New York Times bestseller and explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Kate x 

 

Episode 111

Happy New Year! In this episode Mandy chats to our good pal and sober daughter lols Millie Gooch. Millie is a writer, speaker and alcohol-harm campaigner. She is the founder of Sober Girl Society and the author of The Sober Girl Society Handbook.

Her new book available for preorder now https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sober-Girl-Society-Handbook-empowering/dp/1787634124/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OFWTCJ5I4E4S&dchild=1&keywords=sober+girl+society+handbook&qid=1608649602&sprefix=sober+gir%2Caps%2C176&sr=8-1 released Jan 14th 2020. You can also buy it in a book bundle with our book! https://www.thebookbundle.com/products/the-sober-girl-society-handbook-love-yourself-sober-easy-way-to-control-alcohol-3-books-set?_pos=3&_sid=9e620cc0d&_ss=r

 

Millie does so much to change how people perceive alcohol free living and we really admire and appreciate all she does. So grab a cuppa and let's chat. K & M xxx

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This 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. EARLY BIRD AT CHECKOUT SUMMER20 for 20% off. 

Love Kate x 

Welcome 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 inspiration from the sober community to brighten your autumn days and Max is a brilliant and funny shining example of being a thoroughly good girl who always keeps it real - so grab a cuppa and let’s chat.

Love Kate x

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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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EARLY BIRD OFFER TILL 25th October 2021. 

In this Episode Mandy talks to Johnny Lawrence https://www.instagram.com/theselfdevelopmentcoach/

about sobriety, trauma recovery and his brilliant work as a coach. We also want to give a shout out to the sober dads for Father's Day. 

Johnny’s coaching journey started in 2006 when he qualified as a health and fitness coach. It wasn’t long before he realised that he was coaching across so much more than physical health. Supporting people to improve and change all aspects of their lives became his passion which led him to become a self-development coach. He found from working with a diverse range of people, and also from healing from his own childhood trauma, that he had a passion and a talent for supporting people with their self-development. Johnny also hosts a popular podcast called LIFE TALK, The Self-Development Podcast, where he has conversations with industry leaders surrounding self-development in a vast array of areas and topics.

There is a lot of laughter, authenticity and honest conversation. There is also discussion of domestic violence and childhood abuse so please take good care of yourself and make sure you are in the right headspace/environment to listen. It was an absolute pleasure to chat with Johnny a real sobro. So grab a cuppa and let’s chat.

Love K & M XX

In 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 was for the latter that she prepared a 14-part series on Women and Alcohol in the Toronto Star, looking at the closing gender gap on risky drinking. In 2013, she wrote Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, a book named one of the top 10 of the year by the Washington Post.

We talk about why writing is such an important tool for women in recovery, how to look after yourself emotionally in the process and rules of self-disclosure. Ann also gives us her expert tips on how to get started as a writer. Ann has advised many authors including Holly Whittaker when she wrote 'Quit Like a Woman' and so I'm honoured to have her sharing her experience and passion on the podcast. 

What a treat!

Grab a cuppa and let's chat

Love Kate x 

 

 

In this episode we discuss the load of carers & in our cases as mothers. We discuss the need for honesty, extra support and wider nexus for us to thrive. Our mental health journeys, our kids', how we walk the line of nurture and letting go and questions about why the obsession with productivity is BS are all topics for today. 

Resources mentioned:

The Body is Not an Apology 

The Human Library at Copenhagen 

Co-Women group Sussex, UK. 

In 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 become who they are meant to be. “I return people to themselves,” she says. Veronica has helped thousands of women not only recover from alcohol but also transform their lives.

Veronica works with women and men all over the world through her successful and innovative online recovery programs. She developed the Soberful program into an online subscription community; Soberful Life. Now based in the US after relocating from the UK, she is married and lives on Lake Tahoe, NV, with her husband and two sons.

Free Facebook group: Soberful

Instagram: @veronicajvalli

Website: Soberful.com

Details of Veronica's new book can be found here: 

https://soberful.com/soberful-book-launch

Episode 91,

We absolutely loved chatting with Ella about her journey to sobriety and all the gifts it has brought her, she's a great guest, so grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love M & K xxx

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In 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, as we try to cope with overwhelm, lack of support and isolation. Here we chat about the gifts and challenges of caring and how to build support and find support and why it takes a village. 

Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss death by suicide. Please take care of yourself if you listen to media by respecting your boundaries around subjects you may find upsetting or triggering. 

Writer, podcaster and photographer, Penny Wincer.

 www.pennywincerwrites.com

Instagram: @pennywincer

Twitter:@pennywincer

Podcast: Not Too Busy To Write

Tender: The imperfect art of caring is out now 

 

Kate 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 it a thing? Surely we should be bossing it by now? What was missing? Our expectations and minds can hinder more than help at this delicate time for sure. 

So in this episode, we talk about things that tripped us us and what we have learned along the way in terms of stress management, support, boundaries and our on ongoing journeys in the hopes that it resonates with anyone out there feeling the wobbles. 

If you love the Love Sober Podcast and it’s helped you get, stay or  love sober please support us to keep going by giving £1 per episode at https://www.patreon.com/lovesoberpod

Grab a cuppa and let’s chat. 

Love Kate & Mandy 

This 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 the impactful stresses of your own life.

Please get in touch if you are struggling. You can also listen back to earlier episodes. Reach out -you are not alone. Love Kate & Mandy X P.S. We may have got this wrong and will probably continue to get it wrong but we are committed to listening, learning and saying sorry. Practice not perfection in all areas of our lives.

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In this episode we are beside ourself with excitement to talk to author and storyteller Bernadette Russell about her journey through activism and self care in terms of mental health tools and about her new book out 10/9/2020 called 'How to be Hopeful.' From news gatekeeping, the sober lens, to Pandora's Box we talk about the importance of hope, especially now, for all of of us. 

How to Be Hopeful BUY HERE Your Toolkit to Rediscover Hope and Help Create a Kinder WorldBernadette Russell

Elliott & Thompson / £12.99 / 10 September 2020

Bernadette presents the ‘How to be Hopeful’ podcast. More information at: https://www.bernadetterussell.com/ Instagram: @bernadetterussell Twitter: @betterussell / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bernadetterussellwrites /

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In this episode I have the privilege of talking to the gorgeous author Suzy Greaves about the vital skill of self-care and its foundational place in managing our wellbeing. Inner and outer care, self-respect, self-talk, boundaries and empowerment are just some of the topics we touch upon in this episode as Suzy shares her passion, compassion and wisdom. 

Suzy is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist and Coach. She specialises in self-care, helping people manage their stress, emotions, and energetic bank balance. It was her life experience of motherhood colliding with the terminal illness of her father that sparked her passion for self-care which she now teaches to her clients, young and old, to cope during periods of stress, loss and change and to boost their resilience in the face of future challenges. Suzy is the Psychology Expert for wellbeing brand Neom Organics and is a founding member of the ‘Nourish’ app. She figure-skated her way through her childhood, growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, and now makes her home in the hills of Hertfordshire, UK. Her first book ‘The Self-Care Revolution’ published by Aster came out in 2017, 'Stand Tall Like a Mountain: Mindfulness & Self-Care for Children and Parents' and 'The Little Book of Self-Care’ came out in 2019. ‘Self-Care for Tough Times’ and her first children’s book ‘This Book Will (Help) Make You Happy’ were published in 2021. Her first journal And Breathe,  Sit to Get Fit and her new deck of cards, “The Little Box of Self-Care” came out in 2022. Rest to Reset is hot off the press now, just in time to shake off the winter blues and boost the rebirth of Spring.

 

Join Suzy’s Wellbeing Community at:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/suzyreading/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SuzyReadingPsychologyAndYoga/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuzyReading  

www.suzyreading.co.uk

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Love kate x 

In 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 life they love.

Courtney is certified in Holistic Health and Addictive Behavior Coaching. She has been sober since June of 2019. She lives in Connecticut with her husband Tyler and their two dogs, Leo and Olive. 

She is a beautiful soul and a sober sister - check her out! 

Kate x 

Find Courtney Here:  www.theradicalwellness.com https://www.instagram.com/theradicalwellness/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theradicalwellness

BALANCE 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. 

So grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Kate & Mandy 

The 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 stop drinking or identify as being in recovery. 

 

She will popping  on regularly to take questions about relationships throughout the season and you I will be exploring sobriety questions so please feel free to write in to  hello@lovesober.com if you have a relationship  or sobriety quandary. 

 

You can find Dufflyn at :

https://www.dufflyn.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/dufflyn/ 

https://www.facebook.com/Dufflyn 

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Kate x 

 

In this episode I talk to writer Clover Stroud about creativity, sobriety, life, love and loss and her new memoir 'The Giant on the Skyline - On home, belonging and learning to let go.' ( May 8th 2024) 

Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist writing for the Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, and Conde Nast Traveller, among others. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and five children.

Pre-order 'The Giant on the Skyline-On home, belonging and learning to let go.'  Signed copies! Available to pre-order now. https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-giant-on-the-skyline/clover-stroud/2928377236977

Such a beautiful, affirming and honest conversation with Clover....so let's grab a cuppa and chat.

KX 

Connect with Clover: 

Website: cloverstroud.com

Substack: https://cloverstroud.substack.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clover.stroud/?hl=e

This week it’s Alcohol Awareness Week ( alcoholchange.org.uk) 16-22nd Nov 2020. This year’s focus from this UK based charity is around mental health. In this session we talk about our individual mental health journeys, and the part alcohol played, and how it will always make it worse and how we came to realise this. Lastly we talk about how we care for our own mental health as an ongoing practice. Trigger warnings: ACEs, sexual trauma references.

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In this week's podcast we welcome sober star, Janey Lee Grace. Janey is a BBC Radio presenter, speaker, NLP practitioner, grey area drinking recovery coach, founder of The Sober Club and author of several best selling books. The new book is Happy Healthy Sober - ditch the booze and take control of your life. 

Connect with Janey at the following: 

www.thesoberclub.com

facebook@janeyleegraceloves

instagram@janeyleegrace 

Happy Healthy Sober 

 

 

 

This week on the pod we catch up with Linda Parmar our fellow She Recovers Coach and Sobersister from Canada. Linda specializes in financial recovery and helping women in recovery to heal their money thoughts and behaviors. Her life in addiction led her to a life of financial chaos. With her recovery she has learned that alcohol and drugs were just a symptom of negative patterns and behaviors. This is the same for money. A few years into recovery she was ready to look at these patterns and behaviors which led her to become a Certified Money Coach. Linda has worked in the financial industry for 20 years and has made a career from helping people with their finances. Linda gives some great tips for getting started on our money health also in this current situation how we can protect ourselves. It's a great episode, so grab a cuppa and let's chat.

Love K & M xx

 

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In this episode we revisit some of the language and around sobriety and being alcohol free, recovery, addiction, trauma and grey area drinking. We talked in episode 3 about language and now having trained as coaches, set up a community and written courses, and delved into this subject, we decided to look again at what the language around this subject is doing now. It's so great to reflect on this as we as the sober community co-create the language of our experience. 

If you would like to join us on the Addictive Behaviours Taster Session, 2 hour online class on June 28th book here: https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/online-events/addictive-behaviours-coaching/june-2021/

This is some great science-based learning to understand addictive behaviours with some takeaway  tools around habit change.

Grab a cuppa and lets chat:)

K&M XXXXXXX

In 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 

Episode 62:

We are delighted to welcome Simon Chapple on the pod this week. Simon Chapple is the founder of Be Sober, the author of The Sober Survival Guide and a senior alcohol coach for This Naked Mind. He has made it his life mission to spread the word about the benefits of an alcohol-free life and has helped thousands of people change their relationship with drinking. This was SOOO good, we chatted through strategies for people starting out in sobriety how to view sobriety as an exploration and to be your own detective, write about your experiences, add in rather than relying on Willpower alone. We talked personally about what sobriety has brought to Simon especially in his relationships with his wife and son. We talk about his journey which is very inspirational! We also talk about barriers to men getting help in Sobriety and his mission to change that which is fantastic. We really enjoyed this, so grab a cuppa and let's chat.

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In 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 Spring. We want to invite you to this brand new, one of a kind workshop for sober and sober curious women in midlife, Hot Sobriety. 

Hot sobriety was created by therapist and author Veronica Valli, creator of the Soberful program & Kate Baily, author, coach, Menopause Doula and co-founder of Love Sober to help women understand their cycles, support their sobriety and live a healthier lifestyle.

SELLING FAST - GRAB YOUR SEAT HERE! 

This unique online masterclass combines up to date research-backed menopause information with Sobriety Lifestyle Coaching to guide women towards bossing their midlife transitions and thriving in Perimenopause, Menopause and Beyond.

Why midlife is a unique time for women The best way to support your hormonal changes in sobriety  How to transform your past into wisdom The Hormone Collective and how it works The link between hormones, stress and alcohol  How to deal with anxiety Liver Health & Hormones How to use the Holistic Health Sheet Tools to help you take control, understand your needs and thrive in your midlife.

Grab a cuppa and let's chat...

KX 

Resources: Second Spring by Kate Codrington.

 

In this week's podcast we chat about the M word- the money- in terms of us growing up as poor kids, setting up a CIC, the gender nuances and the invisible role of home carers which is really being thrown into profile in our own lives in lockdown. We are getting our big girl pants on and looking at our relationships with money and our goals and recovery around it. We are also looking at the new Institute of Happiness research around measuring countries' wealth and tools to keep us well in uncertain times. 

So grab a cuppa

Love K & M xx

 

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In 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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This week is our 2 year soberpodversary, we cannot believe it ! Over 160K downloads too ! Wow thank you so so much for your continued support and listening in, we are chuffed to bits ! So to celebrate we have a very special guest William Porter author of Alcohol Explained and Alcohol Explained 2. His book was incredibly important to both of us in the early days, that no BS approach that framed alcohol as it really is and what it really does to us helped ALOT with mindset. In this chat we discuss parenthood, William’s time in the military and his experiences of getting sober and writing such a helpful book.

 

To find out more

https://www.alcoholexplained.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Alcohol-Explained-William-Porter-ebook/dp/B00W4D1YW4 https://www.amazon.com/Alcohol-Explained-Tools-Stronger-Sobriety-ebook/dp/B082FKS8KY

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This 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 entrepreneur, a small business owner and a former secondary school/ high school Spanish teacher. Her mission with her writing and coaching is to help as many women as possible get unstuck and live fulfilling, wholehearted lives. 

Rachael May lives in her native Warwickshire, England with her partner and their gorgeous border collie. 

Radically Sober  is her first book and is available on Amazon worldwide.

You can find her on Instagram @rachaelmay_coaching and her website, which is coming soon  is rachaelmaycoaching.com

In this episode I talk to the founder of The Menopause School, Fiona Catchpowle who gives us a masterclass in understanding hormonal health & ageing, peri menopause, menopause and holistic health, HRT and alcohol plus practical ways to empower us to make choices for our health. 

Fiona Catchpowle is a Menopause Doula and the Creator and Founder of The Menopause School -  a centre of excellence for holistic practitioners to become menstrual health informed.

Even with a background in Biology and Holistic Therapy, Fiona’s own experience of menopause was like hitting a brick wall. How could it be possible to reach 47 and not know about something called perimenopause? Had she missed the menopause memo?

It soon became apparent that there was no education, formal or otherwise, for menstruators of any age to learn about the menstrual health journey and how to best support themselves. 

Driven to make a change in menstrual and menopause health education, Fiona built The Menopause School.

Fiona is on a mission to change the face of menopause care by creating a global collective of Menopause Doulas who will guide, nurture and support others along the menstrual health timeline from periods to perimenopause and beyond.

 

Social Media Links

Facebook

@TheMenopauseSchool

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Instagram

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https://www.instagram.com/themenopauseschool

Twitter

@menopauseschool 

https://twitter.com/MenopauseSchool

LinkedIn

@TheMenopauseSchool

https://www.linkedin.com/company/themenopauseschool

In 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 always say, mental health tools, are life tools, are sober tools. In the words of my first and most enduring girl crush, the wonderful Kate Bush in Cloudbusting, ' Oooooh... I just know that something good is gonna happen, and just saying it could even make it happen...' YEAH BABY.

'Love Your Sober Year' is a seasonal guide to sustainable alcohol free living. It starts in Spring so it's the perfect time to grab your copy and start or continue your holistic sober journey. 

And a wee favour - If you liked the book please could you leave a review on Amazon? It really helps. Thanks so much x 

So grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Love 

Kate xxx

 

 

In 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 his sober journey hoping to inspire and support others along the way. His coaching site is https://www. davidwilsoncoaching.com He has several articles published in the national press, and has appeared on numerous podcasts. Dave is now a grey Area Drinking Coach, an Ambassador for @Alcoholchangeuk and he also has his own podcast called “One For The Road.”

Episode 131 This week Mandy has an incredible chat with Danusia Malina-Derben @school.for.mothers.podcast and author of Noise - Danusia is a mother of ten children, and still her own woman. From teen mother to tenured Organisational Behavior and Development academic, and onto award-winning, internationally published leadership expert. Danusia traded academia to head a global firm that fixes corporate boardrooms and develops top talent. She also hosts two critically acclaimed companion podcasts; School for Mothers and School for Fathers. Danusia has received praise and recognition from The Sunday Times to Metro, Psychologies to Good Housekeeping. She lives in the South Downs, UK with her family, and their mini-dachshund, Dickie. Visit her online at danusiamalinaderben.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/school.for.mothers.podcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danusiamalinaderben/ Twitter:https://www.facebook.com/SchoolForMothers Clubhouse: https://clubber.one/@danusiamd  schoolformothers.com  danusiamalinaderben.com    This was a great chat about motherhood, feminism and sobriety and how powerful Danusia’s own journey to sobriety has been on writing this incredible book. So grab a cuppa and let’s chat.   Love K & M xx   Her book NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Motherhood - 30 March 2021 THE BOOK THAT ANSWERS: HOW CAN I BE A MOTHER AND STILL BE ME?  Part manifesto, part memoir, part guide; this book unflinchingly flips conventional thinking surrounding motherhood on its head. On the one hand, this book is about being a mother, but it's also about how, once we become mothers, we're not allowed to be ourselves. NOISE is a powerful dismantling of the barriers and central tenets that hold women back.  This manifesto was built to start a conversation; it's a call-to-arms to get ideas flowing through our communities, and an invitation to think differently about what we're repeatedly told about motherhood. An intimate, bold blend of memoir, thought-leadership and research, Danusia provocatively reframes the NOISE around motherhood and repositions mothers as the social change agents our world desperately needs. “A debrief on motherhood for today” The Telegraph "Danusia makes motherhood political - giving tangible steps to help shift our societal views on motherhood and make a change.” Eve Rodsky, author of NYT Bestseller Fair Play “It is a beautiful thing when a book about motherhood is about people; about remembering that mothers are people in their own right. I think we so often forget that. This is a soothing slap in the face reminder.” Hollie McNish, author of Nobody Told Me & Slug Triumph Press: https://www.triumphpress.co/books/p/noise Available for purchase at (amongst others): Amazon UK — Foyles      

In 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 chat is focussing on the narrative and psycho-spiritual elements of this life-transition, which is one element of this journey. If you are struggling reach out to your healthcare practitioner. 

 

 

 

The Red School Menopause School is coming soon, starting on Nov 1st  with a free introductory event on October 20th - all details can be found on: https://www.redschool.net/menopause

https://www.facebook.com/redschoolonline https://www.instagram.com/red.school/   

Alexandra & Sjanie are the co-founders of Red School, and co-authors of  the iconic and hugely celebrated book from Hay House, Wild Power: discover the magic of the menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to power. 

They are pioneering the new emerging field of menstruality, creating a new lexicon and approach to women’s health and wellbeing; creativity and leadership; and spiritual life based on the power of our menstruality consciousness. 

Between them they bring over 45 years of experience. And today they teach worldwide on the psycho-spiritual process of maturation that unfolds from menarche to menopause and beyond. They’re committed to training the menstruality leaders of the future.

 

Episode 70.

This week we talk anxiety in light of the current world situation and especially in relation to media panic. There is a real need to work together, look after each other, regulate our nervous systems and protect our sobriety when anxiety kicks off, so we unpick how we feel at the moment and what strategies we are employing to get through this uncertain time. So grab a cuppa, snuggle up and let's chat this one through, with love from us. K & M xx

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In 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

There were so many wow and ahhh moments, dancing with Payton and yoga-ing with Taryn. Still holding on and processing and smiling.

On another note... change being part of life and necessary for growth and health, Mandy talks about her decision to step back from Love Sober & the podcast, to honour health, wellbeing, family and transitions after much deliberation. Kate will continue to run Love Sober & they remain great friends and collaborate on their coach training and their second book which is out in September.

For now a sacred pause to honour Mandy and her incredible contribution to the sober community in her work with Love Sober & her coaching and awareness raising - she's not going anywhere - you can find her at https://www.instagram.com/mandymannerscoach/

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to DM. 

Grab a cuppa your sober stars and let's chat. 

Love K&M X 

Episode 97

This week we talk about losing our sh** then putting ourselves back together again! It happens... Sh** happens and that's ok. We talk about emotions and how to release our feelings, Mandy also has a giggle fit! A general round up of life through the sober lens so grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love K & M x

 

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Ep 68

This week we talk through the rather sticky subject of comfort zones, are they good? Do they hold us back? When to push them and when to retreat, it's not always easy to know and so we mull this over and how we can help ourselves if we feel stuck in a rut. So grab a cuppa and let's chat x

Love K & M xx

 

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In 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, new sober friends and old drinking friends and what happens if sober friends drink again and the surprising power of a frenemy... oof, it's a biggie! 

So grab a cuppa and let's chat.

Kate x

Resources: 

'Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships' by Robin Dunbar 

Alcohol Change UK for #alcoholawarenessweek

  Free resource from Dufflyn about Attachment Styles.  https://www.dufflyn.com/get_the_love_you_want_free_video https://www.dufflyn.com/     Kate's Substack for news and inspo.  https://katebaily.substack.com/ https://www.lovesober.com/       Grab a cuppa and let's chat. KX   

 

 

 

 

Episode 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. We have been really touched by your support throughout the growth of this pod and then book and now our coaching practice, even our website is having a rebrand www.lovesober.com

Grab a cuppa and let's chat and thanks again. Love Kate & Mandy xxxx

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In 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 us  along the way. 

We also reference the Vision Boarding Workshop with Kate , this coming Sunday on Mother's Day in the UK at 5pm. This is an opportunity to engage your creativity in envisioning a life you love sober or bringing more of what you love into your sober life. 

Booking link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-vision-boarding-for-sobriety-tickets-291730663267

Grab a cuppa and let's chat

K&M X 

In 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 also an ex-Grey Area Drinker who finally quit booze in April 2019 and has NEVER looked back!

Grab a cuppa and let's chat!

Love Kate x 

You can find Sarah's website and book below. 

https://sarahrusbatch.com/   https://sarahrusbatch.com/beyond-booze

 

Episode 122

This week we had the great honor of talking to one of the early pioneers in the conversation about women and alcohol. Ann Dowsett Johnston she is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author, turned psychotherapist.

Winner of seven National Magazine Awards, she is also the recipient of a Southam Journalism Fellowship and the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. It was for the latter that she prepared a 14-part series on Women and Alcohol in the Toronto Star, looking at the closing gender gap on risky drinking. In 2013, she wrote Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, a book named one of the top 10 of the year by the Washington Post. Part memoir, part journalistic exploration, the book exposes the “pinking” of the alcohol industry. Says Gabor Mate: “The writing is gripping and vivid, the voice personal, the research exacting, the stories revealing if sometimes heartbreaking, the conclusions essential. A triumphant life, a triumphant book.” Since the publication of Drink, she has worked hard to destigmatize mental health and addiction, earning an honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen’s University for her efforts. She is also the recipient of a Transforming Lives award from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the American Research Society on Addiction’s Media Award, plus the T. A. Sweet Award from the Ontario Psychiatric Association for helping address stigma related to mental health and addiction. In 2017, she decided to follow her heart, applying to the Master’s of Social Work program at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. What this represents is the fulfillment of a decades-old dream: to become a psychotherapist. Writing remains a significant part of her life, and she is  hard at work on her second book. She also has recently started a writing group and workshops https://www.anndowsettjohnston.com/workshops .

In this interview Ann talks openly about her mental health and drinking. Her recovery and finding purpose in her writing to change the conversation around alcohol in society and especially how it is marketed to women. Such a great conversation, we might have been a little over excited! Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love K & M xxx

In this episode ( way back from 2018! ) we talk about your first steps into sobriety. What are the key triggers to look out for HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) we would add bored in there, and what you can do to distract. We talk what it can feel like physically & emotionally as you detox from alcohol and the strategies that have helped us a long the way. So grab a cuppa and let's chat X

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In 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  VACI as part of the sober toolkit - (Vital Absorbing Creative Interest) and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi conducted extensive research into states of Flow and how creativity boosts resilience and helps post-traumatic growth and healing. 

So let's grab a cuppa and chat 

Kate x 

Links and resourses:

Ann Dowsett Johnston Course - Writing Your Recovery (starting 18th Jan 2023) https://writingyourrecovery.com/register/

How to find Sarah: 

Web: https://sarahlevinecoaching.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/sarahlevinecoaching/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahlevinecoaching

 

Episode 128   This week on the pod we talk to the wonderful Laurie McAllister about sobriety & mental health.    Laurie is a life and empowerment coach for sober and sober curious women, yoga teacher and writer of many things.  In 2016, she stopped drinking and turned her life around - she now supports other women to do the same through coaching, writing and marketing support for sober businesses. Relocating from London to Norfolk to Cambodia and back to Norfolk, Laurie believes we are all far more capable than we have been led to believe and we are all allowed to change our stories whenever we choose.  Behind the scenes she spends more time than she’d like to admit in her pyjamas and likes nothing more than a hot bath and a nice cup of mint tea. Website address: https://girlandtonic.co.uk Insta address: https://instagram.com/laurievmcallister 

We loved talking to Laurie about the light and shade of sober living. The importance of talking about our mental health and healing from it. We talk about the difficulty in accessing services and how brilliant and vital it is to lean on the sober community for support whilst talking to your GP and getting the right support on board. It’s a great and important chat. So grab a cuppa. Love K & M xxx 

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In this week's episode we talk to sober sister and Empowerment Coach, Polly Jukes about her decision to go alcohol free and the journey of self-discovery that has unfolded since that key decision. She shares coaching tips and real life experience for coping in times of heightened anxiety. 

Polly is an accredited life coach with lots of other qualifications, including NLP, Reiki and mBIT. She has overcome trauma and  adversity and says her choice to be alcohol-free has improved every aspect of her life

Polly says' I am passionate about educating you that there is another way to think, feel and behave. So you can live the life you want by stepping into self-empowerment. Then you can wholeheartedly feel you are enough as this what everyone deserves regardless of their past or life experience.'

Find out more about Polly at : 

https://pollyjukes.com/   https://m.facebook.com/mindbodyconnects/   http://www.cardinhamfarmholidaycottages.com/  

So grab a cuppa

Love K & M xx

 

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This week Mandy interviews Arlina Allen. Arlina is a Teacher, Author, host of the award winning recovery podcast "The ODAAT Chat Podcast", and founder of Sober Life School. 

She has been sober since 4/23/94, married for 23 years, and mother of two amazing boys. Her class "Reinvent-How To Rebuild Self-Esteem After Addiction, Heartbreak & Trauma" is being taught to those who've suffered from low self-esteem, codependency, workaholism and many other issues. It is also being taught in the CA Prison System to help provide healthy coping skills to inmates before they are released. 

"We only allow into our lives what we feel we deserve, consciously or unconsciously. You can change what you believe and create the life of your dreams. Change your mind, change your life." ~Arlina Allen 

Her course sounds amazing, she is such an inspiration, this was a great conversation, so grab a cuppa and let's chat.

Links: Reinvent - Self Esteem Course http://www.selfesteemcourse.com Podcast http://www.odaatchat.com

Main Website - http://www.soberlifeschool.com 

Our book Love Yourself Sober is now available to buy https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Yourself-Sober-Mandy-Manners/dp/1789561442/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= or in any bookshop it can be ordered in XX

This week Mandy talks to Janique Sveberg CSAT-s, MCC, CPC, CAI-s. The Founder of the International Recovery Specialist Institute.  Janique is an interventionist and public speaker who loves working with people, Janique first set out to work as a recovery coach helping people on their road to recovery. She became an entrepreneur and wrote the autobiography Blood, Drugs, Rock & Roll an account of her own rise to fame and fall from drugs.  In recovery, Janique has been a tireless advocate of, and voice for, people needing help from substances and behavior disorders, by becoming a highly sought after recovery coach. Janique has spoken to hundreds of people at conferences and in workshops, and in 2006, seeing the incredible need and short supply of recovery coaches, she began providing training for recovery coaches and sober companions creating her own training company “Road To Recovery.” Her dream and ambition is to bring the knowledge she has learned to even more parts of Europe and to be part of the growth and changes to the field of addiction and mental health it so desperately needs. 

This is a fantastic conversation about Janique's personal story her work and the complex questions around addiction and recovery. Janique is incredibly knowledgeable and an advocate for pushing quality and qualifications in the field of recovery coaching, intervention and treatment. Mandy herself trained with Janique as part of her coach training and you can find out more about Janique's work at https://www.internationalrecovery.net/ Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love K & M xx

Kate 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.  She teaches how to make alcohol small and irrelevant in your life, whilst showing how to get in control and build emotional strength and resilience.  Running both 1:1 and group programs, Ellie has a curiosity-driven approach, knowing the power of understanding ‘why’ in sparking transformative change and expanding life potential.

Ellie lives with her husband, three young kids and three hounds in a very old pub in Cambridge, England.  She’s a passionate yogi, Wim Hof-fer and gymnast (back in training!).

You can find out more about Ellie at www.pumpupthepresent.com and follow her at @pumpupthepresent on Instagram and Facebook.

https://podcast.presentandsober.com (Apple podcast link here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/present-and-sober/id1569061067)   This is the link to our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/presentandsoberpodcast/

Episode 113

This week Mandy is joined by our friend and fellow Coach and Trainer Stephanie Chivas.

Stephanie has 15 years personal and professional experience to share. She has a brilliant outlook on life, sobriety and what works. We had a great chat about the 90s, how to change and take control of your own life and how to look after yourself long term. You can find out more on her website. https://www.womenwhodontdrink.com/ So grab a cuppa and get inspired by Stephanie's sobriety journey and immense knowledge on this subject.   Love K & M xx  

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In 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 

Episode 90 - This week Mandy chats to Emily Lynn Paulson, Emily is a certified professional recovery coach, She Recovers Designated Coach, This Naked Mind Institute Trainee, founder of Sober Mom Squad, and a member of the long-term recovery community. She is passionate about connecting women with resources for recovery from trauma, eating disorders, and substance abuse, and believes that sharing our truth with each other is the best resource of all. She has appeared on media outlets including The Doctors, Parade, Today Parents, Bustle, and USA Today, discussing how to end the shame and stigma of mental health by and substance abuse disorder. Sober since January 2, 2017, her recovery path is focused on ruthless honesty, grace, and self-love and is documented in her memoir, Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life.  She resides in Seattle with her husband and their five children. This was a great chat despite poor Emily being ill with Covid, urg poor thing, we talk about her book and the brilliant journey Emily has had to living her honest authentic life, so grab a cuppa and let's chat x

 

Connect with Emily Lynn Paulson on Instagram @highlightrealrecovery and visit  www.highlightreallife.com

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Episode 129

This week on the pod Mandy chats to Camille @thinkbeyondthedrink Camille Kinzler is an alcohol-free lifestyle/habits expert with a Master’s in Science and Physician Assistant (PA) Studies. She is passionate about helping the high-achieving over-drinker unwind, have fun, and connect instead of instinctively reaching for her go-to cocktail by learning to trust herself again. She does this through a process she calls the COZY Method in 1:1 and intimate group coaching. She offers an intimate 4 month container for 10 women 2 times a year with an optional retreat component. We had a great chat about our similar journeys, seeing Alcohol-Free living as exploration and gaining rather than losing and the important element of trust. Camille is heading up 7 Days and 14 Ways to Break Your Drinking Habit Challenge of which we will be in conversation with her live in the Facebook group on May 15th at 8pm your time, which is 2pm CST US. If you would like to join the challenge and not only work with Camille but be invited to guest interviews each night click on this link - it's free! https://thinkbeyondthedrink.lpages.co/may-2021-awareness-challenge-love-sober/

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love M & K xx

In 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 to Cumbria. After vowing to leave booze and lethargy behind, he threw himself into a life of fitness. A close friend then introduced him to hiking the local fells. A new passion was ignited and a fresh lifestyle began that remains to this day. Harrison is now over 5 years sober and can often be found merging his lifelong passion for cooking with his contemporary appreciation for the outdoors, producing restaurant-quality dishes in remote locations. This is such a good Episode, so grab a cuppa and let’s chat.

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In this week's episode we are delighted to talk to fellow coach, community and podcast host Janey Lee Grace.

Janey Lee Grace is an Amazon No 1 Best-selling author, speaker, and co-presenter on the UK’s biggest radio show, BBC Radio 2’s  Steve Wright in the Afternoon.  She runs the popular recommendations blog www.imperfectlynatural.com

Janey has written five books on Holistic living including the number One Amazon best seller Imperfectly Natural Woman and currently writes columns for many magazines, and runs training workshops and consultations on Media Breakthrough for holistic businesses and solopreneurs.  She hosts the annual Janey Loves Platinum Awards to recognise the best in natural and organic products and services with categories for practitioners and wellbeing authors.  After ditching the booze Janey launched a podcast ‘Alcohol Free Life’ focusing on sober self-care, she gave a TEDx talk Sobriety Rocks-Who Knew! in July 2019 and launched The Sober Club in Sept 2019, a membership portal and community for people who are committed to sobriety and want to ‘upscale’ their life without the booze.  Its all about the ‘Whats next?’ so members range from Day 1 to 6 years.

Janey is passionate about encouraging people to ditch the chemicals, focus on great nutrition, selfcare, and finding their purpose as she found for herself that quitting the booze was the missing link in the ‘holistic living’ picture. She also offers coaching and is trained in EFT and Matrix Re-imprinting.  Janey is married, lives in Herts and has 4 children aged 14 to 21.

We had a great time talking to Janey, she is such a positive advocate for sober living and doing so much for the sober community, so grab a cuppa and let's chat X

@janeyleegrace https://www.thesoberclub.com

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We kick off our Love Yourself Sober series this week, with themes from our book Love Yourself Sober - a Self-Care Guide to Alcohol-free Living. In Part 1 we talk about neuroscience and sobriety and the simple things we do to help keep our brains and nervous systems well. With tools such as nutrition, sleep, movement but also joy , connection and calm, we chat through the hows, whys and wherefores of this fascinating subject and how we put together our own brain/ body sober toolkits and how to work with these without overwhelm or placing unrealistic expectations on ourselves. 

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

K&M X 

Episode 117

This week Mandy is joined by the wonderful @dufflyn to discuss recovery and relationships, fitting before Valentine's Day!

Dufflyn is a Relationship & Recovery Coach, Writer and Speaker. She has extensive experience with addiction and attachment and how this can affect all our relationships. She works with women who are struggling with fears of abandonment and/or fears of intimacy. She is expert at helping women to embody their highest energy. She empowers her clients to embrace self-responsibility, clarity, and the security of abundance. Her approach is client-led and non-judgemental. She leads workshops using improv games and creative writing to teach essential skills both on-line and in-person. In addition to her training as a Certified Professional Coach and Certified Arise Interventionist she spent a year apprenticed to renowned Neo-Tantra teacher Dawn Cartwright. She works remotely with clients all over the globe. Her FREE interactive workshop on Sunday Feb. 14th at 6pm CET (5pm GMT) for single women: HOW TO USE THE 4 A's TO FIND YOUR PARTNER BY NEXT VALENTINE'S DAY you can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516127870464/WN_W8K-VxnRQYSzVI7y3NAyAg   She has published in The L.A Times, Adelaide, Santa Fe Writers Project, Iowa Woman, and more. Her essay "Tinder in Paris" won a Silver Medal in the Love Story category for the Twelfth Annual Solas Awards, 2018. Lammers co-edited the spoken word anthology Chorus with Saul Williams, 2014 (Simon & Schuster). Lammers has appeared on RUSSELL SIMMONS DEF POETRY JAM (HBO), CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS), ENTOURAGE (HBO), and in BELLY from Artisan Films. Her one woman show DISCOVERED was a 2017 Duende Distinction Award nominee in its debut at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Her memoir about falling in love and moving to Paris is now being shopped to publishers. Her personal website is: www.dufflyn.com   Dufflyn is hugely knowledgable and it was great to chat about intimacy, embodiment, trauma, relationships and love, so grab a cuppa and let's chat.   Love M & K xxx      

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 cuppa and let's chat. 

KX 

In 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! 

Love K & M 

She has a monthly pack that she curates with wisebartender - such a great way to sample drinks with a premium mixer to find out if you like them before committing to a full sized bottle.

https://wisebartender.co.uk/miniature-monthly-spirit-subscription-2390-p.asp

Episode 125

This week on the podcast Mandy talks to the incredible Jen Elizabeth @resurrektion_of_me a

Jen is a writer, speaker, trauma educator, Harm Reduction Specialist with The Sidewalk Project, and the founder of Resurrektion of Me, a community for people healing from trauma and addiction. She is the author of the book, “Shape of a Woman.” And host of the “Sober Mom Squad.” As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, familial abuse, addiction, the prison system, and spending the majority of her adult life experiencing houselessness... she has taken her power back and dedicated herself to supporting others as they heal from trauma. Her incredible story and triumphant recovery has been shared worldwide in publications including The Mirror, LAD Bible, The Sun, and The Daily Mail. She is a mother to two incredible children and lives in beautiful Southern California.

This conversation is incredibly insightful and empowering, *trigger warning* on a discussion about trauma and sexual abuse, please do take good care of yourself and use discretion if you feel you are not in the right space to listen x There is a lot of learning to be done around language, stigma, shame, harm reduction and addiction. We really hope you get something from this and greatly thank Jen for her work and sharing her story with us. Grab a cuppa and let’s chat.

Love K & M

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Today we talk to sober legend, Veronica Valli.

Veronica has been joyously sober since May 2, 2000. Originally from the UK, she is a psychotherapist, Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner, Recovery Coach and author of the books Why You Drink and How To Stop and Get Sober Get Free. She is also co-host of the Soberful Podcast. Veronica passionately believes that anyone can recover from an alcohol problem if they are given the right tools and support and she has personally helped thousands of women transform their lives. Veronica believes that alcohol is only a symptom of the problem and that to recover, thrive and become the women we are truly meant to be, we need to embrace a process of change. Now based in the USA, Veronica works with women all over the world through her online programs and Facebook groups. She is married and lives on Long Island with her husband and two sons.

https://www.veronicavalli.com/

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This week on the pod Mandy chats with Chris Marshall from @sans_bar Chris Marshall is the owner and founder of Sans Bar, an alcohol free space and community based in Austin, Texas. He has been alcohol free since February 16, 2007.  Chris started working as Substance Use counselor at Integral Care in 2009 and witnessed his clients struggle to remain abstinent from alcohol after they exited treatment. He created Sans Bar in 2017 with the belief that everyone deserves a safe, sober, and inclusive environment where they can authentically connect with others. Chris identifies as a person who is thriving despite a mental health diagnosis, and is an advocate for mental health across North America. This is a brilliant uplifting chat about thriving despite adversity, looking for the fun and sparkle in life and working from your authentic self. It's a great chat. So grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love M & K xxxx

Episode 99!

This week on the pod we had the great honor of talking to the wonderful @welfordwellbeing Rachael Welford. Rachael is the founder of Welford Wellbeing and Clear Club and the host of Things I Wish I’d Known Podcast.

She is on a mission to empower people to take control of their mental, emotional and spiritual health so they can live fuller and happier lives. If you’re looking for a self-love overhaul, newfound confidence and a mindset reset,  you’ve found the right place. Rachael’s infectious energy sparks motivation and change. She shares practical tools, and life strategies which take her clients from stressed out, anxious and stuck to confident, positive, happy and really living their best lives. She’s worked with some significant names since setting up, including celebrity influencers, Hollywood actresses and companies like Reuters, Spotify, TikTok and DMG Media Group. She was voted one of London’s best alternative therapists by Time out and has been featured in VICE, New, Stylist, Evening Standard and Huffpost and now you can work with her this autumn to build self-love, confidence and realise how awesome you are! Whether you’re looking to clear the COVID-fear, start a new business, find love, build self-confidence and self-trust, she has the tools you need to get your head straight, find your passion and become your best self.

We had a great chat with Rachael about spirituality, mental health and sobriety so grab a cuppa and let's chat

Find out more about Rachael:

Founder - Welford Wellbeing  Host - Things I Wish I'd Known Podcast Co-host - Journey Through the senses yoga and sound healing retreats   @welfordwellbeing on Facebook and Instagram  

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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 

On 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 can try a free class with Bryony at  https://www.be-yoga.uk.com/

or follow the socials: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yogabryony/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Be.yoga.Sussex

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YSSwrmRtYMINpqmsNCESA

To help Be-Yoga to survive the financial impact of COVID you can, if you would like, donate to the Just Giving page Kate has set up because they are a huge factor in her not losing her shit and being sober XXX 

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/kate-baily-1

 

Mandy 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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In 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 and author of the Unpickled Holiday Guide and today she shares some top tips for surviving the holiday period and Christmas with grace and good humour. Jean is also a mother, wife, daughter and grandmother and shares that wisdom with us too. 

Social media links: www.facebook.com/unpickled www.facebook.com/thebubblehour www.instagram.com/jeanmccarthy_writes

 

This 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. This course is the toolkit. 

Written by: Kate Baily, who is a trauma-informed, ICF Sobriety Coach and habit change coach & author specialising in stress, midlife and addictive behaviours.

Also by Mandy Manners - who is a trauma informed life and recovery coach & author.

Sessions are facilitated by Kate & Nancy Evans, who is a certifices Life & Addictive Behaviours Coach and a trainee Compassionate Enquiry Practitioner, training with Dr. Gabor Mate. 

Course Starts November 13th - Feb 5th. Calls at 5pm GMT Sundays.  

Grab a cuppa and let's chat.

KX 

You can sign up here or find out more : 

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https://www.lovesober.com/love-sober-life-school-copy-2

Any qs: email me at kate@lovesober.com 

 

For more information about Nancy or to get in touch with her it's: 

https://www.nancyevanscoaching.co.uk/

This week we are delighted to welcome Lulla HF on the pod. Lulla is an alternative Hip Hop Artist and happily 18 months sober. We had a great chat about men's mental health, music, toxic masculinity, sobriety and creativity. Find out more about @lulla_hf or https://biglink.to/384804659319310 also the book mentioned "Mask Off" by JJ Bola is here: Mask Off (plutobooks.com) Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love K & M xxx

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Episode 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+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 rain of self-compassion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxfmarLIBo0 Club Soda - https://joinclubsoda.co.uk/ 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

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Episode 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 x

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Episode 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 Books says it, “offers a sturdy and flexible framework to navigate whatever path you are currently on.”

Cait’s story has been shared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Oprah.com, Treehugger, Forbes, and more. She always has an adventure in the calendar, and believes in leaving every place better than she found it. She is from Victoria, BC, Canada.

We really enjoyed this chat and we're sure you will too. Also mentioned by Kate B RELIGION FOR ATHEISTS

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Grab a cuppa and let's chat :) Love K & M xx

In 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 use that energy to be powerful leaders in the world. She has also been alcohol and substance free since 1998 and feels that recovery has informed all areas of her life, especially her work as a nurse and a coach. When she isn’t coaching, speaking, and podcasting, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, being in nature and creating more fun, adventure, and play in life.

Find Tiffany here: https://www.coachtiffanyrn.com/quiz.html

Grab a Cuppa and let's chat. 

Kate & Mandy x 

We are delighted to share this episode with you again. We interviewed Clare Pooley author of the Sober Diaries and The Authenticity Project and the blog Mummy was a secret drinker back in 2019. She is an absolute gem, supporter of others, all round girls girl, friend and passionate advocate for living the sober life. WE LOVE HER and in the spirit of the 'summer holidays' and it's joys and challenges we wanted to re publish. There are lots of good advice here, so grab a cuppa and let's chat.

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This week Mandy is joined by @thefoodaddictioncoach Dr Bunmi Aboaba is a Recovery Coach specialising in Food Addiction, helping clients to achieve a healthy relationship with food to meet long-term health goals. Dr Bunmi’s work covers the full spectrum of disordered eating, including overeating, compulsive eating, emotional eating, addicted eating and other associated patterns. Dr Bunmi is also creator of the first Certified Food Addiction Certification to support nutritionists, personal trainers, dieticians, nurses and clinicians to help their clients achieve long-lasting results. We had a great chat about Bunmi’s own story to sobriety, cross-addiction and her vision for helping people, breaking stigma and looking at how we eat, what we eat and why we eat it. We also talked about the way we can spot patterns of addictive behaviours no matter how they manifest. Bumni is a great friend of the show and a brilliant coach, don’t hesitate to get in touch if this resonates you are not alone. Love M & K Web: www.thefoodaddictioncoach.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunmiaboaba/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefoodaddictioncoach/

In this episode, Mandy talks to sober shero and coach Jo Walduck. Jo Walduck (she/they) @zesobercoach @jowalduck loves long naps, white chocolate, social justice, walks on the beach and fluffy cats. Currently working remotely, she lives in Lyon, France but has grand plans to relocate to the seaside as soon as possible. Sober since October 2019, her journey to sobriety came off the back of burnout from teaching, and retraining as a life and business coach.

After taking one month off the booze to boost the launch her company, she realised the tip of the iceberg had just been scratched in terms of the benefits and lessons that can come from sustained sobriety, and since then has navigated quitting nicotine, coming out as trans, living with chronic illness, losing friends and family to isolation, illness and death, and of course, the adaptation to life in a pandemic. She works on herself and with women and queer folk as a coach, exploring the hindrances to sustained sobriety and the shadows that can appear when the sober light gets stronger.

Her support group (The Deep Duckpond) is currently only in English, but she works 1:1 with clients in English and French and hopes, *once things settle down* to be more actively involved in the alcohol free world in France, and to produce more resources and supports for members of the queer community who struggle with addictive substances and behaviour. Community, therapy, boundary work (inward and outward-facing), non-violent communication, and radical self-love and self-care (it's not all fluffy slippers) are the cornerstones of her sobriety, healing and recovery.

Grab a cuppa and let's chat.

M & K 

Website: www.jowalduck.com

This week in the pod we talk strategies for the summer holidays, and mum guilt, and the juggle. We also talk about emotional triggers, why is it that the sun comes out and we want a drink? Why can memory triggers seem to be hit us harder even though we know that drinking is harmful? We unpick this and think of some strategies to build new memories around not drinking and use mindfulness and our senses to challenge our thinking and keep ourselves sAFe and sober. Grab a cuppa and let's chat. K & M xx

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In this episode we discuss reconnecting with ourselves. This could be after a social time, a busy time or even if we are coming back to sobriety or indeed, getting sober for the first time. This is notoriously hard to navigate, fraught with the noise and static of our busy lives.Why do we get social hangovers, even when we don't drink? Did you know they can be triggers in themselves? So let's dissect this tricky bugger. When coming back to sober we can feel such enormous shame and blame so we discuss tools and strategies - self compassion, nervous system regulation, naming and calling those transition times, forgiveness and rest. Self-care always.

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In this episode Mandy talks to Mental Health specialist and trainer Amanda Townsend. Amanda is a self-care & self-love advocate who uses her lived experience of poor mental health to inspire others on their journey to becoming their best selves. In this episode we talk about the impact of alcohol on mental health, we talk about Amanda's work and the importance of mental health first aider training to challenge the stigma and create a safer and healthier world for all. Amanda is incredibly passionate about honest and diverse conversations about mental health in her work and it was a great pleasure to dive into her self-care and self-love story.    www.pharustraining.com The Mandy & Co Show - YouTube  

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This week’s podcast we talk about Self Love. It’s not easy to deconstruct the process of where we are now and where we were. To that place of deep self loathing and crippling low self worth. To both be able to say, I love myself and I am my own best friend.   For us the catalyst is and always has been stopping drinking that fundamental decision of self love, the consistency it has brought, the self-trust and pride is for us the key to self love. We talk about how guided meditation and working with a therapist can help, letting go of Shame and watching out for proof of the things we do well.   So grab a cuppa and let’s chat.    Resources mentioned: Welford Wellbeing https://www.welfordwellbeing.com/ Calm - Self Love daily meditations. Sarah Blandin - Live Awake Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/live-awake/id1030019034?l=en Tara Brach - The Rain of Self compassion. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxfmarLIBo0  

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