Empowered Sobriety

This week on the Empowered Sobriety Podcast, Abby brings us into the wonderful world of herbalism and how herbalism can be used in sobriety and recovery.  There are many herbs that can calm anxiety while in recovery and sobriety as well as helping bring our bodies back into balance such as using bitters and nutritive herbs.  Listen in as Abby breaks down different categories of herbs that can supp...

This week on Empowered Sobriety Lindsay and Abby welcome Rex Haines-Henderson, a fellow Elementum Coaching Institute Graduate, a Coach who helps his clients break bad habits, overcome destructive behaviors and helps them get out of their own way! Celebrating 2 years of Sobriety the day this episode drops, April 26th 2023!! 0:00 Intro 1:45 Introducing Empowered Sobriety's Guest Speaker, Rex Haines...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Abby and Lindsay walk you through how to forgive yourself for something unforgivable as well as how to forgive others who hurt you. Forgiveness is a huge part of our healing journey and forgiveness is part of how you stay sober!  What we discuss… 00:00 Intro 02:10 Lindsay shares that during her first two years of sobriety, she had many old stuck feelings come up an...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Lindsay and Abby talk about Lindsay's takeaways from a 2-weekend workshop called The Bridge Experience and Extreme Leadership by Preston Smiles and Alexi Panos. Lindsay shares a bit of her journey from Bridge & Extreme and she goes into some of the biggest takeaways from the experience. Lindsay and Abby discuss loyalty and how that has shown up in their relationshi...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Lindsay and Abby talk about all things Boundaries.   What are boundaries? Who are boundaries really for? How to know when you don’t have strong boundaries and steps to building empowered boundaries in sobriety. Boundaries certainly can be used to protect you from other’s behaviors but the first steps to setting empowered boundaries starts within ourselves.  Without...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Lindsay Fano and Abby Gerber talk about Inner Child work as a tool that we both use in our personal development work, in our sobriety and in our coaching businesses. Abby & Lindsay break down inner child work and explains what the concept of inner child is. Abby shares her own experience working with her inner child through her work. Abby speaks about her aware...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Lindsay Fano and Abby Gerber talk about how addictions can be the results of traumas that occurred in early life and how suppression tactics, such as drug use, can help us survive and cope.  Listen in as they use their own personal experiences of alcohol addictions and how they each have worked (and currently working) through their traumas and wounding. Lindsay’s W...

Today's Episode on Empowered Sobriety is intimate & juicy! Abby & Lindsay discuss their relationship experiences while in their addictions and in sobriety. As well as dating and sex! Some take aways from this Episode of Empowered Sobriety: Abby begins by diving into her first sexual experience at 15. She explains that there was in fact alcohol involved, hanging with older guys and wanting to "fit...

Today’s episode on Empowered Sobriety Podcast hopefully inspires some discussion in our sober community. Lindsay Fano and Abby Gerber discuss Non-Alcoholic spirits, wine and beer. Plus, we share openly how we both define Sobriety! Some highlights: Lindsay’s Take: ***She drank NA beer before and after her relapse five years ago but understands that she changed her environment to a more supportive o...

Empowered Sobriety, todays episode we have a fellow sober sister who is a trauma informed life coach, a mother and corporate professional. Welcome Bridget! Bridget shares her story, her discovery of her addiction to alcohol to feeling like she may be the only woman in the world with an addiction to alcohol. Her many attempts and fails getting sober. To when sobriety finally stuck for her. Bridget...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Abby celebrates 4 years of sobriety! She breaks it down with Lindsay about her four years of sobriety and the lessons that came with each year. Year 1: Abby didn’t start her first year as “sober”.  She decided to take a year off from drinking but towards the end of that year, she decided to officially become “sober”. Lindsay prompts her to dig more into her decisio...

Empowered Sobriety, todays episode is a coaching call with Ashia, our very first guest! Abby & Lindsay coach Ashia through a session where Ashia is looking for clarity about her drinking being a habit or an addiction. Abby introduces Ashia, who is a former client of hers!  Lindsay begins by asking Ashia what her relationship to alcohol is today or “what does your drinking look like?” Ashia explain...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, we have a really awesome and intimate episode for y’all today.  We both decided to give you all an inside look into what trauma-informed life coaching actually looks like.  Lindsay coaches Abby on her recent hiking fall while she was on Kauai.  Abby is noticing that she is still very emotional in certain settings and would like some support on releasing trauma from...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Abby and Lindsay discuss what they would like to call in from the Universe and their intentions for 2023. They also enter into a 40 day challenge! Lindsay starts off her intentions for 2023 with: Getting to know and build a loving relationship with herself.  Interrupting her old and unhelpful patterns and having loving dialogue with her inner child in those moments...

In episode 6 of Empowered Sobriety Abby & Lindsay share what they are releasing and leaving behind in 2022. Abby shares first and lists 3 things she is releasing and leaving in 2022. #1 - Perfectionism - Abby describes perfectionism as one of her trauma responses. She shares memories of coming home and cleaning when dysregulated or activated. Creating this sense of control while cleaning, created...

Lindsay and Abby break down how they used to cope during the holiday season using their addictions compared to today in their sobriety. Lindsay’s Takeaways: –Generational traumas and family patterning triggers and how she will use nicotine and food to regulate and suppress her nervous system. –Her inner child sometimes gets triggered with interactions with her father. She will use suppression and...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, listen in as Lindsay & Abby discuss defining trauma, the connection it has to us psychologically, behaviorally, emotionally and somatically, packed with tons of information and examples! We then discuss the connection between trauma and addiction and our own experiences with it. Follow us on Instagram @empoweredsobrietypodcast and email us at empoweredsobrietypodca...

This week on Empowered Sobriety, Lindsay Fano and Abigail Gerber discuss how everyone's addiction and sober journey will look different. Abigail admits having judgment on her personal sober journey and Lindsay helps her find compassion and grace for the her judgment.  Follow us on Instagram @empoweredsobrietypodcast and email us at empoweredsobrietypodcast@gmail.com for comments or questions. We w...

Lindsay Fano shares her story in the second episode of Empowered Sobriety podcast.  Listen in as she discusses the turbulence she endured on her journey, including a lack of safety, security, support and direction in her childhood.  Her path to personal development and sobriety has become a tool in her journey. Follow us on Instagram @empoweredsobrietypodcast and email us at empoweredsobrietypodca...

Abby Gerber kicks off the first episode of Empowered Sobriety with her sober journey.  Listen in as she discusses how early childhood trauma set a course for low self-esteem, lack of self worth and various addictions.  But when she found sobriety through deep personal development work, she entered a world full of empowerment, compassion and joy! Follow us on Instagram @empoweredsobrietypodcast and...

Introducing Empowered Sobriety Podcast! A podcast for all levels of sobriety and all addictions. Join us as we dive deep into how to empower your sobriety and also an opportunity to get coached on air! Follow us on Instagram @empoweredsobrietypodcast and email us at empoweredsobrietypodcast@gmail.com for comments or questions. We would love it if you could take the time to leave us a rating and re...