Confident Sober Women

Michelle Dixon is yoga teacher and holistic health coach that focuses on grounded health and wellness.   She has a thriving holistic health YouTube Channel . Not everybody who is struggling with substance abuse has a life that is completely falling apart–sometimes everything appears normal and even good on the outside. Having yoga in her life allows her to connect to her inner peace. We talk about...

Kezia Calvert is an introvert who loves to escape in the pages of a book. She is a truth seeker, a storyteller and a life long learner.   We talked about the importance of humility and helping others who may be in a similar situation that we were in. Addiction does not discriminate. Kezia lost her soul when she was in active addiction. She shared how she uses daily routines and meditations, positi...

Alexandra McRobert is a Yoga Teacher, Certified Life Coach, entrepreneur, podcaster, and Ontario Certified Teacher. From a very young age, she was drawn to yoga as a way to calm her mind and manage an undiagnosed mood disorder.  She began practicing yoga daily at the age of eighteen and completed her first 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2014 at Yandara Yoga Institute in Mexico. In 2017, she com...

Tamara Kirby is a licensed and internationally certified Addictions Therapist who works with people in all stages of recovery.  She offers intensive coaching to those who are just getting started. Then later, deeper dives may be taken to address irrational beliefs, unresolved childhood trauma, relational and financial concerns.  In our conversation, Tamar talked about the connection between childh...

Tawny is an award-winning podcast host, and the author of The Addiction Diaries and Sex And The Single Woman.  She has positioned herself as The Sober Sexpert through her own learning and story to empower and provide hope for women in recovery.  You don't have to loose everything to reevaluation your relationship with alcohol.  Tawny made the connection between sexual trauma and the need to h...

Sarah is the best selling author of Blackout, a memoir. She is also the host of the podcast Texas Monthly about the Dallas, Cowboys cheerleadrs. She is also an expert on gender roles and sexual relationships.  Sarah learned after getting sober that sex with one person over a longer period of time is much more enjoyable and meaningful than sex with multiple people. Also, that what we enjoy or are c...

Ann is the best-selling author of the book Drink , that anonymously interviewed alcoholic women and told their stories.  Some AA members were unhappy with her writing it.  Ann discusses all the different paths, programs, etc. to recovery as well as the stigma and shame with alcoholic women.  Ann and I discuss her thoughts on burnout in women and how it can lead to alcoholism, as well as other cont...

Clare Pooley realized in 2015 she had to quit drinking, and started a blog by way of therapy. That blog went viral and was published as a memoir - The Sober Diaries. Clare now writes fiction. Her debut novel - The Authenticity Project is a New York Times bestseller and Clare’s second novel is out in June. This conversation is all about the power of connecting with others. After all the opposite of...

Brianne Davis is a powerhouse female in the entertainment industry in both film and television. She has over 12 years of recovery as a Sex and Love Addict, and hosts the popular personal journal podcast “Secret Life.” Her debut novel, “Secret Life of a Hollywood Sex & Love Addict,” hit the best-sellers list on Amazon earlier this year. Brianne and I talk about emotional addiction–getting drunk...

Tara talks about the challenges of going back to reality after being in a program where someone else cares for you/dictates everything you do.  There were difficulties in relationships sometimes her demanding too much or not pulling her own weight. Her primary relationship was with alcohol.  Alcoholism is a love affair with alcohol. Tara sought out relationships with people with similar wounds (tr...

When Laura got sober she had to change the way she socialized and her circle of friends. She realized who were drinking buddies and who were true friends. It took her about a year to start socializing alcohol free.  She was in a season where she was going to lots of weddings, many of which didn’t have beverage options for non-drinkers. She started to ask ahead of time if there would be options and...

Faye didn’t realize that there were people who just don’t drink because they don’t want/like to (not because they’re in recovery). But it's true.  On thing we know for sure is alcohol stunts emotional maturity at age you start drinking. Once you’re out of early sobriety (around a year) you start doing more work in growing and making changes–in thinking patterns, socializing, recognizing who a...

Courtney is a woman in recovery, a Sober Coach, podcast host and super fun.  She is also a wife and cat mom to Fiona.   Courtney believes in keeping many different tools in our toolbox for when life gets hard/uncomfortable. She worked in the restaurant industry before getting sober and would have anxiety and panic attacks when going out with her husband on weekend nights.  Until she came up with “...

Tammi is a sober, dignified, creative woman whose journey in sobriety began in 2015. Tammi started exploring creativity the year before she got sober, but it was after she got sober that she really dived into the creative world and even went back to college to major in Art.  She shares how she incorporated her story of recovery into many parts of her schooling, and we discuss how creativity such a...

Claudia is an actress, speaker, author and Sinclair Method advocate. She is also a woman in long term sobriety who found freedom through the use of harm reduction. Claudia started out as a normal social drinker but turned into a binge drinker and realized she had a problem.  She went through many different programs and tried all different kinds of therapies and treatments, but her cravings remaine...

Well hey there ladies!!  Today it's just me!! I am sharing with you what it really means to be responsibility for your life. The emotional accountability we need to have true joy. I mentioned in the episode a Special Event I am hosting right in the Confident Sober Women Facebook group,  Healing Your Shame Through Reparenting . An interactive workshop to discuss how to recognize your shame and...

Jo Harvey Weatherford is a speaker, educator, and advocate for all things sobriety. Jo grew up in a family of alcoholics, was an alcoholic by age 12. Was in and out of jail, multiple suicide attempts, went to many treatment centers and did AA but never felt like she could trust anyone in the programs she was in.  We talk about the difference between knowledge vs. action. Being “in denial” is reall...

Amy Louise Cash suffered a very traumatic experience as a teenager that eventually led her to turn to alcohol and drugs. She used drugs and alcohol to gain confidence to talk to men, yet struggled in relationships with men and fear.  Amy struggled with self-worth. Realized she was using alcohol as coping mechanism, gave up alcohol and realized she wanted a relationship.  Any found there is a healt...

Karla McLaren is an author and social science researcher who developed an approach to emotional health called Dynamic Emotional Integration. Karla endured trauma in her childhood and, while drowning in an ocean of emotion, began to inquire more about her emotions and the emotions of others. There are 17 emotions, each emotion brings healing in its own way. She shares how empathy is an emotional sk...

Deb Masner was a grey area drinker with two young kids and working as a nurse. Alcohol became the thing she couldn’t manage. She turned her drinking and recovery experience into a group program called The Alcohol Tipping Point. She now helps people practice not drinking. Deb shared how alcohol and herself were the problem. She had to go through the process of marrying the two. She believes we have...

Sarah is a Certified Health Coach, author, and talk show host. She got sober nearly 20 years ago at the age of 29, and early on in her sobriety journey she found herself replacing an alcohol addiction with a sugar addiction.  Sarah discusses the importance of maintaining our holistic health in sobriety—something she feels is not talked about enough. Sarah cultivated a concept around the “human ani...

Katie Henson is a woman in long term sobriety, a mental health therapist and an expert on sleep. She did a guest expert training for the women in my Sober Freedom Inner Circle so I thought I would share it with you here during our physical health month. She shares her experience working with young people as well as veterans around problems with sleep. Katie also uses the power of humor and sarcasm...

Terri got sober and found herself with a lot more time and energy. She found her passion in nutrition, went back to school and was surprised how little alcohol was being discussed in her profession. She became a This Naked Mind Support Coach to support sober women in the nutrition realm. Terri shared about the physical symptoms she had when she was drinking because she didn’t realize how much of a...

Sugar often becomes the new addiction for women who stop drinking alcohol. It is socially acceptable, addictive and in almost all processed foods in some form. Today's episode was a workshop I did live on Facebook a few months back and was very informative. Colleen is a  woman in long term recovery as well as an expert in nutrition. She has a blog and podcast as well. You can find lots of inf...

Amanda is a woman in long term recovery and an advocate for quality self care in recovery. She uses her story and platform to support other women in finding their true joy beyond recovery. Amanda shares how she uses journaling, goal setting and a super fun and unique form of exercise that she has grown to love. Learning to take care of ourselves in recovery is critical to feeling joy and serenity...