Euphoric Alcohol-Free

So many people are chasing fancy promotions, titles, money, and milestones that look good on paper, but feel empty when they get there. You're told this is what success looks like, but no one really asks if it's what you ACTUALLY want. The way I see it, success coaching is so freaking powerful, both as a modality that you can apply in your life and that you can help others with. It has nothing to...

What happens when your ambitions outgrow your current life? A few months after going alcohol-free, I was sitting at a park, on my lunch break from my day job, reading a Jack Canfield book. All of a sudden I found myself writing down the most outrageous goals. Next fall I'll tour the US on my book tour. I want to make millions of dollars. I want to be a top speaker. I had no social media presence,...

Picture this: You walk into a dinner party dressed as your 5-year future self. You're introducing yourself as a New York Times bestselling author, you're talking about your sold-out retreats, and your waitlist of clients. That's the magic of alcohol-free entrepreneurs getting in a room together during the Empowered AF Coach Live Immersion in Dana Point, and it's one of my favorite weekends of the...

You have been hypnotized your entire life by your parents, teachers, friends, and the media you consume. And it's shaping far more of your emotions, feelings, and beliefs than you think. Inside this episode, I'm breaking down how subconscious programming actually works, how it gets installed (without you realizing it), and how to start changing it, so you can not only dehypnotize yourself from the...

What if you don't wake up at 5AM, you work in sweats, and still build an incredible life? You don't have to have it all together to be successful, impactful, or inspiring. I went from being a drinker to someone who hasn't desired alcohol in eight years, and having writer's block for a decade to writing a bestselling book with a 6-figure book deal. I don't share this to brag – I want to expand what...

What if the biggest thing standing between you and your next million-dollar idea… is alcohol? After working with hundreds of alcohol-free women, I've noticed a fascinating pattern: once alcohol leaves their lives, their creativity explodes. Ideas start flowing, intuition sharpens, and visionary thinking returns. And for many women, that spark has led to businesses, books, certifications, and life-...

AI isn't coming – it's HERE. 13% of jobs are already becoming obsolete by AI, from admin to HR to data analytics. So here's the real question. What makes you irreplaceable? This topic has been weighing heavy on my mind, so today, I want to talk about how to develop and position your personal brand so you stand out (and why alcohol-free women will thrive in this new era). Your emotional intelligenc...

8 years ago, I stepped into the biggest initiation of my life. I made a decision to stop drinking, and it completely altered the trajectory of my ambition, my standards, and my identity. We're going to cover 8 things I've learned in the last 8 years being alcohol-free. You'll hear about the alcohol-free "brain scramble", the sneaky danger of the word "someday," the importance in trusting signs fro...

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of alcohol-related suicide. Please listen with care. Colleen Clifford lost her husband to alcohol, but it took years and a handful of wild card moments for her to confront her own relationship with drinking. 95% of the time? She felt in control. 5% of the time, something flipped. A split-second decision, a blackout, or a version of herself she didn...

Hadley Sorensen didn't stop drinking four years ago because everything fell apart. She quit because something felt off, even though from the outside, her drinking looked completely normal. That intuitive hit led her to do what only 1% of people ever do – write the book she couldn't find:  The Dirty Truth on Social Drinking: "Everything in Moderation" and Other BS . Hadley talks about how she is di...

If you think about it, drinking again in February is kind of like texting your toxic ex at 2 am after you started dating a really good guy.  Trust me, I've been there. I understand the weirdly tempting allure of alcohol and the fear of committing beyond Dry January… But why not keep dating this alcohol-free life for another month, and see how it goes?  In this episode, I'll share some stories from...

David Goggins, Warren Buffett, Gretchen Rubin, Elizabeth Gilbert, Brene Brown: These wildly successful people all share ONE habit that completely contradicts the champagne-on-a-yacht fantasy we've been sold. I have been in so many rooms with high-achieving 7-8-figure entrepreneurs, leaders, and authors, and it is UNCANNY how many times alcohol is missing. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. I...

You're doing Dry January … but your partner isn't…so that sucks. But what if that wasn't actually a problem? What if it could bring you closer? If drinking used to be how you connected, you don't have to feel like you're leaving your partner behind (after listening to this episode).  Learn how to use the Breadcrumb Strategy, how to serve their soul, not their personality, and tips for your relatio...

What happens to your gut when you stop drinking? Your skin? Your liver, your heart, your blood pressure, your brain's gray matter? My personal hot take is that if pharmaceutical companies could bottle the effects of being alcohol-free, it would solve most diseases and chronic issues people have today, because the before and after difference of drinking and not drinking is INSANE. When I went alcoh...

Why does eliminating alcohol suddenly make you crave sugar like Cookie Monster, struggle with sleep (though everyone swears you'll snooze like a baby), or find yourself existentially bored? These aren't signs that Dry January "isn't working." They're signs that your nervous system, hormones, and dopamine pathways are recalibrating. I talk a lot about the incredible benefits of going alcohol-free:...

Dry January isn't about deprivation for 31 days without alcohol. It's about gaining MORE: more energy, more sleep, more presence, more clarity, more motivation, more JOY. The dry january trend is huge, with upwards of 44% of the population trying it.  But you don't want to approach it like an elimination diet. Trust me when I say you don't want to rely purely on willpower.  Today, I'm sharing six...

Before you set goals for 2026, there's one POWERFUL thing you can do to make sure you don't repeat the same patterns.  Think about the previous year – the wins, the losses, the career moves, the travel, the adventure – and what it all means. What did you learn in 2025? And what are you bringing into 2026? In this episode, I reveal my annual reflection process, including the life audit questions I...

Becoming a thought leader is an amazing business move, no matter your industry – but how do you actually BECOME a thought leader? After leading powerful transformations and masterminds in Paris and LA, I'm doubling down on a truth that every ambitious woman needs to know: you don't need permission, credentials, or a massive following to be a thought leader. It's all about intentional positioning....

Do you have an inner critic that won't quit, always insisting you'll never be enough? Samantha Calandri is a 5X certified coach who specializes in transforming harsh self-talk into self-compassion. Her journey with alcohol was the classic party girl story until blacking out, panic attacks, and a 911 call made it clear she needed to make a change. After years of trying to moderate, she went alcohol...

Imagine losing everything you thought defined you – only to discover the most powerful version of yourself waiting on the other side. For most of her life, Dr. Sheri Lake lived for everyone else: a supermom juggling all the balls, exhausted, and numbing with alcohol to cope with the cognitive dissonance of living a life that didn't align with her values. Then, her world cracked open. After a shock...

You'd think ditching alcohol automatically makes you feel amazing, but what happens when it doesn't? Kate Yoder quit drinking expecting glowy skin and more energy. Instead, she was slammed with mysterious symptoms like acne, bloating, fatigue, anxiety, nausea, and sleepless nights.  Why was she feeling so sick, when supposedly she was the healthiest she'd ever been? Turns out alcohol can leave the...

Do you ever feel like you can't fully relax until everyone else around you is okay? Like you're constantly scanning the room, the conversations, the energy – making sure no one is upset, disappointed, or uncomfortable… even if it means abandoning your own needs? I'm so excited to have family nurse practitioner, coach, healing expert, and all-around wonder woman Beatriz Victoria Albina back on the...

I just went on an INCREDIBLE trip to South Africa …  Earlier this year, a past client invited me to speak at her first retreat in Cape Town, which to me was an enormous opportunity to visit a continent I'd never been to before.  So my husband and I made an adventure of it. We stopped in Istanbul on the way, visited friends, saw the most majestic and dangerous animals on the planet, and witnessed e...

Have you ever looked around at your career – the meetings, the inbox, the constant striving, and thought, is this really it? This is exactly how Jaime Andersen felt. An alum of Euphoric's 5X certification program who  transitioned from a top-ranking position at Amazon to an alcohol-free trailblazer, she spent more than 20 years in the tech scene, climbing the ranks and thriving in a performance-dr...

If you have an idea nudging your soul and showing up in your daydreams and journal entries, THIS is your sign that you're meant to do it. Today's episode is a full-circle moment for me: Sarah Cassidy was a Euphoric client in 2020, and not only did I help her change her relationship with alcohol, but we also planted the seeds of an even bigger purpose… to become an author.  Five years later, and sh...