How I quit alcohol

For the final episode of 2022 I catch up with comedian Mandy Nolan to catch up and see how she is going on her 12 month sobriety journey. She is now 5 months in and feeling great. We chat about how Christmas will look for her this year as the non-drinker, keeping the joy in sobriety, navigating the disappointment from friends when you tell them you aren't drinking, the pride you feel in those thre...

In this episode the HIQA grads group share their tips and tools for getting through Christmas parties, family functions, lonliness, missing your kids and peer pressure over this silly season Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. The final speaker of the night was my good friend and HIQA podcast regular, Lissie Turner. Her story was big, passionate, brave and powerful. Strap in because she isn't here to pussy foot around with this sobriety sermon. To reach out to Lissie on insta go to @lissieturner or www.thepranapr...

On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Next up was my hubby Ash Grunwald, who shares his good news story. To reach out to Ash on insta go to @ashgrunwald.com or www.ashgrunwald.com Or to watch our show on youtube go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6536s&ab_channel=DanniCarr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Next up was me, Danni Carr out of my comfort zone, feeling awkward and a bit anxious and being ok with it. To reach out to me head to insta @howiquitalcohol or www.iquitalcohol.com.au or email howiquitalcohol@gmail.com To watch our show to go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&...

On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Next up Jamie Milne shares a poem he wrote on his exploits and "dick moves". To reach out to Jamie follow him on insta @JamieMilneTraining or. https://jamiemilnetraining.com To watch our show head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6536s&ab_channel=DanniCarr Hosted on...

On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. 4th speaker up on the night was the incredible Libby O'Donovan, in 2022 Libby received an OAM for her service to the arts and The 2022 Cabaret Icon Award (Lifetime Achievement Award). Libby has been untethered to alcohol for over 12 months... Freedom To reach out to Libby go to her insta @l...

On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. The 3rd speaker on the night was my beautiful friend, Lyndal Hunt. Lyndal shares her very powerful goodbye letter to alcohol. There was not a dry eye in the house! To reach out to Lyndal go to her insta @thesobreitygym To watch the show go to youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKX...

On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Second up was the wonderful Victoria Vanstone. Victoria is the host of the Sober Awkard podcast, she is the founder of the free online sober recourse https://cuppa.community Victoria is a blogger, with a book coming out in 2023, she is brave, she is hilarious and very vulnerable in the spee...

On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. First up on the night was Michelle McDonald a participant in one of the HIQA sober challenges who is just over 12 months sober at the time of recording. Michelle's story is brave and inspiring. To reach out to Michelle go to her insta @thesoberconnection You can see the show live on youtube...

In this episode I catch up with Jacinta from Sydney. Growing up with an alcohol Mum, Jacinta knows too well the dangers of alcoholism, it's destruction and how sly and powerful she can be. Like so many of us that grow up with addicted parents, even though we see the fall out we can also find ourselves in similar patterns. While their stories are very different the parallels between Jacinta and her...

In this episode I catch up with 28 year old,  pro- surfer, entrepreneur and founder of The Good Human Project and the The Good Human podcast, Cooper Chapman.  At the time of recording Cooper is 6 months in to 12 months without alcohol, he is still going to night clubs, festivals and gigs.  He is just arming himself with alc free drinks and his WHY.   We chat about the improvements he has noticed w...

Andrew is a truck driver, Dad, Husband and a sober guy on a gentle journey of self discovery.  Growing up and not being sure how to express his emotions and bottling his feelings up led to Andrew to find himself in some pretty dark places which was exacerbated by alcohol.  With the help of his beautiful wife, Andrew started to recognise that alcohol was making him so much worse and eventually deci...

In this episode I catch up with HIQA graduate, Kate Fleming.  Kate has gone from daily drinking to now 9 months of sobriety at the time of recording.  We chat about doing the hard stuff early on in the journey,  the expansion of life that comes with sobriety,  honouring yourself and your loved ones,  doing it for yourself and becoming slow,  gentle and aligned.  This episode was brought to you by...

Find yourself a quiet spot, make yourself a nest, as Mark Purser guides you through this beautiful Yoga Nidra practice.   Yoga Nidra is also known as NSDR (non sleep deep rest) or Yogic Sleep, it is a wonderful practice  and a powerful technique for activating your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) and get you into a place where deep healing can become possible . Yoga Nidra can be a...

I am joined once again with yoga and meditation teacher, Mark Purser.   Mark and I talk about the how we can create our own healing with mindfulness and creating stillness.  We talk about the life changing power of Yoga Nidra and how bringing that guided practice into your day can transform everything.  Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) aka NSDR has been used for thousands of years as therapeutic tool to p...

In this episode HIQA Grad, Tara McCarthy reflects on her journey and the situations she thought would never be possible to do sober, how she is doing what seemed impossible... living life sober.  This is a great message for anyone who feels like it will never get easier, or life will always feel like a struggle without alcohol.  We take a deep dive into her holiday in Bali and how she na...

I pull in the big guns for this episode hormones that I know very little about.  I had a request from a listener to chat about alcohol and the effect it has menopause and peri-menopause.  My good friend Lissie has studied the endocrine system extensively and is somewhat of an expert in the field.  Lissie specialises in hormonal and cyclic education, and in clinic on any pathologies, lifestyle choi...

In this episode I chat with Ryan Dusick,  Ryan  is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, the founding drummer of the  band Maroon 5, a mental health advocate, and an author of the soon to be released book  Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery (out November 2022).   After increasing anxiety and severe nerve damage in his shoulder led to a complet...

In this episode I chat with spirit medium, Charmaine Wilson.  Charmaine is a gifted medium who I have had the pleasure of having a very accurate reading with, however Charmaine's story is so much bigger than just being someone who can commune with the spirit world.  Charmaine is a survivor of child sexual abuse, domestic violence, addiction and went through the tragic loss of a child.  Charma...

In this episode I catch up with comedian, author and self professed show off, Mandy Nolan.   Mandy delves into her deeply traumatic and violent childhood, the death of her father at a young age due to alcohol and how all that trauma has shaped her.  Mandy's relationship with alcohol was also an unhealthy one, a fast drinker who would often have long blackouts.  She is now enjoying sober life,...

In this episode I catch up with my friend and colleague Lyndal Hunt.  Lyndal is living proof of the importance of working a programme and how it is the key to long term success.   Wether it's AA, an online programme like mine or even if you design your own, sticking to that programme through daily practices and ongoing deeper work helps to keep you out of your own head, to manage your trigger...

In this weeks Soul Talk I catch up yet again with the beautiful Sam Brown, this week we talk about the importance finding your centre and staying there through times of stress.  Sam shares her own personal journey of sexual abuse and how finding her centre has helped her to heal.  She shares with how she has implemented it throughout stressful times even managing to stay calm and centred during a...

In this episode I chat with illustrator Beck Feiner.  We talk about  her struggle with post natal depression and how she used alcohol to ease those feelings which eventually became quite dysfunctional and Beck found her self sneaking booze, hoping her husband woudn't notice.  We talk about socialising sober and how to keep yourself content if you are a pre-party pre-loader.  To find out more...