Confident Sober Women

Dana is a woman in long term sobriety, a wife, mother, writer and also hilarious. Listening to her story was so relatable to the challenges of life in recovery trying to do all the things. She discusses her experience with anxiety and overwhelm through her sober years. Dana shared some of her unique overwhelm triggers and how COVID ramped up her anxiety. This conversation was so fun, and helpful t...

Early childhood trauma taught Jewels to run from danger and the tornados of life. She dropped out of high school with childlike coping skills, found alcohol, drugs and people to survive. She never quit though.  Jewels talks about the delusions of her perceptions in early sobriety being the pivotal point in her spiritual journey with “source”. She got sober using the twelve steps, sponsorship and a...

Just like the ending of a vacation or a super exciting event, the holidays can produce a kind of let down effect for many of us. And you might be experiencing those post holiday blues right now. I will share with you some of the reasons why this happens here. Then on Wednesday, January 5th at 12pm Eastern I will be LIVE in the Confident Sober Women Facebook group to share with you my top 5 Ways To...

This was a free workshop I held in the Confident Sober Women Facebook Group . So often I hear women with all sobriety length share about the struggles they have about having fun or knowing who they are after they get sober.  I share with you 5 tools and strategies you can use right now to help you work through the holiday season, protect your sobriety and have peace.  Oh and by the way in case you...

The trauma some of us experience in our early lives if horrific. Chassidy tells all today and despite all of it she was able to get and stay sober.  From state’s custody, to jail to marrying her drug dealer Chassidy has lived the insanity of addiction.  But we do recover when we make the decision to change everything.  Chassidy shares how she uses affirmations in her daily life to improve her thin...

The relationship between addiction and eating disorders is well documented. Isabel Foxen Duke is a sober woman with expertise on disordered eating. She has been through her own journey of undoing the thinking patterns that came from diet culture from a very young age and now she shares her experience with so many others.  Asking yourself good questions leads to HUGE changes!  Isabel talks about in...

Happy Holidays my friends. I don't think there is another time of year that points out where we need healthy boundaries in our lives more than this one.  Many sober women are stressed out, overwhelmed, anxiety, worried about finances and wishing they could do holidays they way they wanted to. Sound familiar? This workshop was done live in the Confident Sober Facebook Group and you can check i...

Today we have a special guest expert training with Chantell Buggins, Mindset Reset: Healthy Minds Anxiety, Addictions Trauma. Each month I bring in a different guest expert to share a training on a certain topic that supports the work we are doing in the Sober Freedom Inner Circle and then I share a bit of it on the podcast. This training does not disappoint as she covers one of my favorite topics...

Heidi never felt like she fit in with all that was going on. She says she had an Instagram filter of fear. The only thing that changed it was alcohol, drugs, men and recovery. Alcohol was her drug of no choice. She is the author of Relationship Ready: How I Stopped Fucking Randos And Started Cupcaking My Soul Mate . Heidi lays out some practical how to’s for living well in relationships after sobr...

Learning how to manage relationships in sobriety takes a lot of TLC. At the advice of her sponsor Danielle learned to love her husband over and over again to accept him for who he was and his role in their marriage.  One tool she used to help her communication was putting things in writing so she could look at what she was saying and also get consultation before she shared it with her husband. Dan...

Sicily shares how creating wholeness and peace in her life through reparenting and creating a sustainable system gave her the toolbox she needed to overcome whatever was thrown at her. So often women don’t feel they have a right to their own needs. So for Sicily the power of using journaling, music and meditation is a gateway to the subconscious. She is studying to be a social worker and looks for...

Naomi has a unique story about being raised as a Jehovah Witness and how the prescription of her life was one of her biggest downfalls.    She shares how she found wisdom in some incredible places to develop a deep understanding of connection and the ability to live with emotional sobriety.  You can find her at mysobergirlfriends.com as well as in the Confident Sober Women Facebook group .  Suppor...

Karen Brogdon is a woman with long term sobriety and a member of the Confident Sober Women Facebook group . She shares her story so beautifully about her recovery journey and how she's "learned how to replace substances with things of substance". She has developed an incredible connection with her spiritual program, rebuilt her family and has good relationships with her children and...

Hey there sober ladies! It's just me today in a fairly non traditional episode. I did a live in my Confident Sober Women Facebook group the other day after a conversation I had with a friend, about my personal rules in sobriety. It is an interesting and personal topic but I thought it would be great to share. If you aren't in the group had over and join us now ! Upcoming Events: I am hos...

Tiffany has an incredible story of hope and recovery. She shares how she left her kids to live on the street and continue to use drugs. But her life now because she has worked so hard on building confidence and emotional sobriety is beyond her wildest dreams. She shares about negative thinking patterns, using service to advance her recovery and self harm. Tiffany is a member of the Confident Sober...

Laura has a beautiful sobriety story and today she shares how she has used her recovery program to change everything.  Laura talked about being a chronic complainer and how that kept her down and perpetuated negative thought patters. She shared how her own negative thinking patterns affected her confidence and friendships. Sobriety has give her the ability to make new friend and feel comfortable i...

Todays episode is the first part of a guest expert training with Bridget from Today's Sober Women .  She shares the details of her own story growing up as the child of alcoholic then discovering her own problematic drinking. Bridget is a therapist in the addiction field so she brings a unique experience to podcast from all sides of the table. The rest of the training can be found in Sober Fre...

This episode is on point when it comes to simplifying all things health. It is so easy to get caught up in the google trap when trying to figure out what the best things are for us. Holly Lynn shares so beautifully about her story and how early trauma informed her addiction and her recovery. She can be found on Instagram @BackToTheBasicsWithHolly and on YouTube Recovery Girl Cooking . If you aren&...

Sarah is a mental health profession and she is also a sober woman. She was great at pretending she had it all together.  The internal consequences were for real though and through recovery she was able to relate began to understand that addiction was only a symptom of what was really going on with her. Sarah shares how she stopped comparing out and started listening for the feelings a phenomenon s...

Hi there  friend. It's me in the raw today just riffing about all things transforming daily habits and routines. AND sharing how I will be revealing to you my most vulnerable shares ever as I embark on a health and wellness journey like no other. Click here to read more. You can follow along as I share every Monday and Wednesday the excited, learning and obstacles I face on this trip.  And he...

Amy Guerrero is a sober woman and coach who helps people to live life with freedom, fun, and clarity in all areas of their life in recovery.  She is a dynamic woman with extensive knowledge about the central nervous system and listening to our bodies. Our central nervous system is made of part that have more power over us than we know. And Amy does a beautiful job of describing them and how discov...

When you are on the cusp of change you are sitting with raw emotion, feeling all the things.  Your mind races, your heart pounds, you can’t sleep, healthy food is unappealing, it can be so uncomfortable that you might even wonder “why, am I in recovery anyway”? These are the warning signs that times are a changing.  Even the most positive and exciting change still brings about a lot of emotion. An...

I love talking to other sober women. The hope and opportunity that gets shared right through the microphone is so powerful.  And Jennifer is no different. Her story is filled with childhood trauma, addiction, motherhood and freedom.  We met on a Facebook live together and her story was so good I wanted to share it here as well. We discussed quite a bit about negative thinking patterns and the tool...

When we do the work of emotional sobriety we get the freedom we have always been looking for.  If we want to be well and living a life with realistic stories about ourselves and with integrity we have to dig into the work. Jackie shares her practical steps for dealing with her negative thinking patterns in sobriety. Getting herself unstuck from those beliefs and building a life she loves.  Looking...

Today I came to you live and unscripted to share a story I discovered about the batter we all face inside between good and evil. But when you really dig into it we can see that some of the seemingly negative qualities of the bad side actually come in handy quite a bit to keep us moving forward, to give us courage and persistence. Join me for story time. I you aren't part of the Confident Sobe...