Creative Sobriety

Kerri Maher is the USA Today bestselling author of Summer of Love , All You Have to Do Is Call , The Paris Bookseller , The Girl in White Gloves , The Kennedy Debutante , and, under the name Kerri Majors, This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World . She holds an MFA from Columbia University and lives with her daughter and dog in a leafy suburb west of Boston, Massac...

Today I'm speaking with my friend and Killjoy Non-Alcoholic Bottle Shop founder, Stephanie Styll about beauty standards and why we need more honesty and open discussion in the conversation around anti-aging.  I wrote piece for Substack last week titled, Aging Through the Lens of My Sobriety, and the response has been so encouraging and also illuminating. Women are really reaching their breaki...

Hey y'all! I'm so thrilled to have author Jessica Guerrieri back on the podcast! She's back to discuss her brand new novel, Both Can Be True (Harper Muse), available 5/19/26! She is an award winning novelist and essayist, winner of the 2023 Maurice Prize for Fiction, and a proud sober mom of three with over a decade of sobriety.  Her essays have appeared in People , HuffPost, Writer...

Hey y'all! Welcome back. In this episode I'm chatting with author Mary Alice Stephens about her sobriety journey and her memoir, Uncorked: A Memoir of Letting Go and Starting Over.  Mary is an award-winning storyteller who shares her raw, funny, and ultimately inspiring journey from alcohol-fueled chaos to clarity, connection, and self-acceptance. Uncorked was an Amazon #1 new release in...

Hey Y'all! In this episode I'm dishing out a few of my top tips for beginning a sober summer. From purging our space to honoring our commitment with a proper ritual, there are absolutely ways to set ourselves up for success and flow when it comes to giving up booze just as patio season is kicking into full gear.  Quitting drinking doesn't have to feel like a consequence or downgrade...

Hey y'all! I'm joined today by Emmy Award-winning actress and producer Patricia Heaton and award-winning filmmaker, David Hunt. Talk about a power couple.   Patricia is best known for her roles in Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle. Over a career spanning more than 25 years, she's earned multiple awards and nominations and is also a bestselling author and philanthropist.  David...

Hey y'all! I'm chatting with fitness and wellness creator Ash Meredith about her alcohol-free journey and why alcohol and fitness do not belong in the same conversation.  We discuss everything from alcohol's impact on sleep and relationships to the way it prevents fat loss and erases our hard work in the gym. Ash and I both share a history with disordered eating and have an honest c...

Hey Y'all! Welcome back! I'm happy to bring you a conversation with Richard O'Brien, General Manager of Giesen Group which is one of New Zealand's leading family-owned wineries and a global leader in premium non-alcoholic wine.  Since joining the company in 2015, Richard has held senior roles across finance and commercial strategy, playing a pivotal role in Giesen's growth...

Hey y'all! I'm so excited to have writer Carly Schwartz on the show today. Carly is the former editor in chief of the San Francisco Examiner and founding editor of HuffPost's San Francisco bureau. Editor and Publisher  named her one of 10 "Women to Watch," and her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Standard , ELLE Magazine, MSNBC, and more.  As an advocate for suici...

Hey y'all! Welcome back! I'm excited to have Kathryn Sauser on the show today. Kathryn is over five years sober and has more than a decade of experience as a fitness, nutrition, and mental health coach. She's helped thousands of women transform their bodies, but everything changed for her after getting sober.  She created SoberFitGirl because it was everything she needed and couldn&...

Hey y'all! Welcome back to another solo episode with me, Kristen, today! I'm catching up on everything that's gone down so far in 2026 when it comes to booze and it's a lot.  I'm talking about Dry January, the new alcohol guidelines from the clowns at HHS, the Year of the Fire Horse, Jeffrey Epstein, Sean "Diddy Combs, and Diageo's ties to all things dirty busine...

Hey y'all! I'm so excited to bring you the first new episode of 2026! I've got Sara and Max on the show today, founders of Glasrose Farm . The American opera singer and German-born wine maker are raising their daughter on an organic vineyard filled with live oaks and herds of grazing sheep.  Sharing a deep love for the land and a commitment to mindful living, the vineyard is not jus...

Hey y'all! I'm so pleased to introduce you to Jermaine Dante' Burse today. He is an author and critically acclaimed visual fine artist whose life embodies radical transformation. Once consumed by addiction, Jermaine rebuilt himself through discipline, honesty, and an unwavering devotion to creative expression.  His fine art, known for its emotional depth and bold storytelling, has b...

Hey y'all! I'm back with another solo episode, a follow up to my most recent Substack piece about a potential wine bailout in the US that reflects how the EU is approaching their struggling wine industry.  In this episode I go through some key points of the EU's agreement including incentives for no and low alcohol production.  I also take a fun little detour through some of the win...

Hey y'all! So excited to introduce you to Inga Headland Seppala today! Besides being an all-around cool sober chick, Inga is a creative director, writer, and the creator of Landline, a lo-fi call-in show about connection and second chances.  After more than a decade designing pitch decks for studios like Netflix, HBO, and Apple, she now helps writers clarify their stories through her app, The...

Hey y'all! Back at you with another solo episode today. I'm offering some context to help the alcohol industry understand why people aren't drinking as much (spoiler alert: it's not because we are Victorian moralists who want to ruin everyone's party). I go through a quick recap of how we got here, what tactics the industry is using to discredit the modern sobriety movemen...

Hey y'all! Welp. Can't let this one go. I'm diving deeper into the meltdown over the Self Magazine article from Ronnie Koenig, titled, "Can People Stop Being So Sanctimonious About Not Drinking?" I already wrote a lengthy response to the piece over on Substack so please go check that out and share it!! I had some new information come my way, specifically about some of Koen...

Hey y'all! I'm excited to have Will Abeles on the show this week. Will is a nationally touring producer, comedian, and podcaster based in Nashville, TN.  He has captured the #1 spot on the iTunes Comedy Charts twice with back to back albums, his 2017 debut, "Regrets of My Father," and his most recent release, "The Pride of Hagerstown." His special, "The Pride of...

Hey y'all! Meet Nadine Mulvina! She is the beauty and brains behind The Sober Butterfly, a podcast and lifestyle brand redefining what it means to live alcohol-free. Based in NYC, Nadine is just over four years sober. Her content is honest, funny, and inspiring, always infused with just the right mix of radical honesty and humor.  Nadine also vlogs her adventures around the world, showing tha...

Hey y'all! I'm so excited to introduce you to Amanda Thomson today. Amanda is the CEO and founder of Thomson & Scott and created Noughty, the world's first premium non-alcoholic wine portfolio. Amanda won the LCB Entrepreneur Award for Best Wine Concept and was voted one of Business Insider's "Coolest People in Food and & Drink." She's been awarded Le Cor...

Hey y'all! Today I'm speaking with award winning sober, life, and business coach, Heather Lowe. Heather is also the writer behind AFTER Magazine's "Ask A Coach," column!! Heather shares her journey to sobriety with us, how it's changed her relationships and work, what it all means to her, and how she's now helping other women find the same confidence and freedom....

Hey Y'all!! Today I have two special ladies on the show to discuss some exciting events taking place this month, one in Tampa FL on 10/25 and one in San Francisco on 11/1. Fiction author, Jessica Guerrieri, joined me in Nashville this summer to discuss her debut novel, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Harper Muse), and the much needed update to the narrative around women and alcohol i...

Hey y'all! Today we are talking about Sober October and why this is the perfect month for a reset. I'm sharing some tips for getting the most out of your dry month!! I'm also going to dive into some of the latest news on the impending 2025-2030 dietary guidelines that are due out before the end of the year and why alcohol is at the front of that discussion.  If you want to go deeper...

Hey y'all! Welcome back! I'm so honored to bring you a conversation with author, Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, today. Timothy is over four years sober and his memoir, Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging , is slated for May 5th, 2026.  Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez spent almost a decade in gay conversion therapy-all while working behind the scenes at some of the...

Hey y'all! I'm excited to bring you a conversation today with the lovely Shea Gomez, founder of No Booze Babes and The Drī Edit!  Shea is creating community and glamorizing the alcohol-free lifestyle through creative content, boozefree events, and a new newsletter all about the happenings within the non-alcoholic beverage space!  Shea shares her sobriety story with us as well as what her...