Sober Bliss

When Your New Year Doesn’t Start Well and What to Do About It is the podcast that will help you get back on track if the year hasn't started well for you. If you've struggled with Dry January, if your life goals are feeling difficult or if you're facing unexpected difficulties or challenges, this episode will help you out. You will discover How I found my way back to a place of calm an...

How to Rock Dry January with Casey Davidson from the Hello Someday Podcast. Who doesn't want to feel inspired, uplifted and motivated about Dry January? Join the wonderful Casey Davidson and me as we share some of our top tips and most supportive advice on how to Rock Dry January and beyond. Sober is fabulous, this conversation will set you up for success! Links for More support Buy my book. S...

“A wise companion on the sober journey, Gayle Macdonald offers nurturing support. A gem of a book for all those new to recovery.” —Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of Drink I am beyond excited to share with you the launch of my new book. Sober Bliss: Quit Drinking Feel Good. In this special edition of the podcast, I read the first setion of my book. This is a warm, uplifitng and insirng book that will...

Ten ways to feel good this Sober October if you’re struggling. Let's face it, sometimes we need a little bit of love, kindness, support and encouragement. I hope this podcast finds you in the form of a hug as we come to the end of the first week of Sober October. From spending time in nature, prioritising sleep, to upping your self care and journaling your journey, I hope this podcast helps yo...

Join me in this inspiring and uplifting conversation with Courtney Andersen, sober life coach, podcast host, and author. She is the founder of Sober Vibes and National Sober Day. She helps high-achieving women quit drinking alcohol and thrive in sobriety.  Courtney is over 11 years alcohol-free, we discuss the moment that led her to quitting, the tools she used along the way and how her life has c...

This side of alcohol is a fun, inspiring and deep conversation with the gorgeous Peggi Cooney. Peggi is a sobriety advocate, a UC Davis professor, and well-known author of “This Side of Alcohol.” Peggi shares the events leading up to the day she had her last day one and how she navigated such a massive transformative period in her life & the wonderful support she received along the way. But Pe...

Over the years I have been extremely lucky to work with some really wonderful, gorgeous people, many of whom stay in touch and become friends. Dawn is one such person. We met six months into her alcohol-free journey when she joined my membership. We recorded a podcast together on her one year anniversary and have stayed in touch. Today I am so excited to share with you the conversation we had on t...

How Michael Jordan helped me to quit drinking is something I write about in my book and I thought it would be good to share a little snippet of this with you today. Because it literally shifted everything for me and helped me to quit drinking and feel good about it with no worry or fear that I would pick it up again, which is very powerful, I know.  What I am going to share with you today is also...

Sobriety & Suicide - The Podcast I didn't want to make, yet I feel is necessary. I have not shared anything new with you for two months because I’ve been in a very difficult place, trying to cope with the unimaginable loss of my son. As the title suggests, this is a podcast about loss and love, suicide and sobriety, extremely hard things to talk about, but I feel that it is my duty to talk...

Do Mummies really need wine? An important conversation with Celeste Yvonne. Like me, you might know Celeste from 'The Ultimate Mom Challenge' and her writing around motherhood, the difficult and challenging aspects of parenting, and the Mummy wine culture which is what we're talking about today. We chat about how Celeste first got into writing, how she gave up drinking secretly and how...

Marvelous Midlife with Laura Shuckburgh is a wonderful, inspiring and uplifting conversation you cannot afford to miss. I chat with my wonderful friend Laura, about all things menopause, what it is, how it can affect you, where to get support and nourishing tools to help you through what Laura describes as often difficult but also natural and beautiful with opportunities if you are open to looking...

The Sober Summit with Maggie Klaassens! Welcome to this fun-filled, exciting, and inspirational podcast episode, where I'm chatting all about the upcoming Sober Summit with the wonderful Maggie Klaassens. Maggie is a mom of three young kids, a health coach, and former wine enthusiast turned sober drinker. She created The Sober Summit to help other middle-lane drinkers rethink their drinking an...

Writing Your Recovery with Ann Dowsett Johnston. I am beyond excited to share this podcast interview with the absolutely lovely Ann Dowsett Johnston. If you don’t know, Ann is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of ‘Drink: The Intimate Relationship between Women and Alcohol’ which is still as relevant today as when Ann wrote it, ten years ago. Ann is an amazing woman who has helped...

I quit social media a year ago for both business and personal use. Today I am talking about how my life has changed one year on. The benefits I have experienced and some of other experiences I have encountered along the way. Including how my business has been impacted, my own personal development and growth and my life at home with family and friends. What have been the biggest benefits? What has...

Positive self-talk in sobriety is a powerful thing because words really can harm or heal. How we treat ourselves and how we talk to ourselves affects how we feel about ourselves. And, if we can change the way we feel about ourselves then there is no stopping us. This podcast is going to help you to change the way you feel about yourself, which will change what you believe can be possible for you....

Change your thinking, change your drinking is a powerful concept.  This podcast episode is going to help you see how your thoughts have been affecting your behaviour and emotion and perhaps keeping you stuck in the negative thinking loop and therefore stuck in the drinking loop too. By simply changing your thinking though, you can literally change everything, including your drinking. You will disc...

January is a really good month to ease into sobriety.  And not because we have magical powers on January first that allow us to suddenly be able to build new habits, and not because everyone else is doing a dry January but because January is a nice month, I feel, to slow down, take it easy and find your way. January can feel like an awful month to do this, if you’re in the northern hemisphere, it...

Welcome to this special edition of the Sober Bliss Podcast where I have lots of festive goodness to share with you. Now, the idea of having an alcohol-free Christmas might seem like a wild one but honestly, they are the best! As I head into sober Christmas number five I have collected my best advice, hints and tips to help you navigate the holidays feeling festive AF. Plus wise words from some of...

Some delicious food for thought in today's episode where I chat with Teri Patterson, a Functional Nutritionist and a This Naked Mind Senior Coach. Teri blends her knowledge of nutrition with her passion for living an alcohol-free life into a unique business as The Sober Nutritionist.   We chat about healthy eating over the holidays and still feeling like you're having a treat, plus... The...

Cosy Sober Bedtimes - A Winter Routine to Soothe & Nourish.  Have you ever woken up at 3 am full of shame and regret about last night's drinking? Wishing it could be different? Dreaming of better bedtimes? This podcast episode is a story about bedtimes and how mine have changed dramatically since I quit drinking. How I went from evening chaos and passing out on the sofa to feeling pure rel...

The fourth and final podcast episode in this mini festive series, helping you plan the most magical AF Christmas ever! How did you get on yesterday with identifying the things that might get in the way of you enjoying an alcohol-free festive season?  By now you should be aware of the role that alcohol really plays in our festive season, what you want to do over the holidays and things that might g...

Episode three in our four part mini series, helping you to have a magical AF Christmas. This podcast will guide you through an exercise that will help you to get clear on what might get in the way of you enjoying the festive season sober. Now, I know this is not as fun as yesterday's exercise but it is equally as important. Because, if we know exactly what might trigger us into drinking (even...

Welcome to episode 2 of our 4 part Christmas mini series - Creating your own magic at Christmas. Instead of thinking about how you might ‘get through’ Christmas or all the reasons why it might be easier to just drink in order to manage the festive season, I want you to really dig deep now and tap into what it is you really want, how you want to feel , and what it means to you to be alcohol-free do...

Episode 1 in our 4 part Christmas mini series - Does alcohol really make a magical Christmas? I think we all know the answer to that, yet drinking and the festive season have become so intertwined, it's difficult to imagine not drinking and still having a great time. This guided visualization will take you on a journey and help you discover the real role that alcohol plays and invites you to t...

The words I hear most often when it comes to quitting drinking are, "I'll stop drinking when..." When, at some unknown point in the future, everything is just right, all your ducks are in a row, the stars are aligned and your fridge is stocked with all the chocolate and AF drinks it can hold. The trouble with waiting until everything is just right is that you are waiting, usually, a...