How I quit alcohol

In this episode I catch up with Amanda Swart who initially shared her story back in January when she was at 90 days sober.  Amanda was one of my very first coaching clients and she has been absolutely smashing it.   In this episode we talk about seeking out people who can help you on your journey,  the highs and lows of sobriety,  healing from your past,  accepting what is,  finding your joy and b...

In this episode I catch up with India Morris who started sneaking alcohol at the age of eight.  By the age of 13 she had already developed a strong drinking habit.    From using alcohol as a way to escape she had developed a serious binge drinking pattern,  sometimes going weeks without drinking and then drinking so much she would wake up the next day not remembering and feeling full of guilt and...

Sam Brown takes us though a short breath set focusing on calming the nervous system and reliving stress followed by a mini mediation.  Please do not do this while driving.   To reach out to Sam go to @sambrown.meditation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this  mid week bonus episode I chat with meditation and breath work  teacher Sam Brown.    Sam and I covered the life changing power of the breath and how Sam used it as a technique to transform her life and the lives of many others.    We talk about how  - the quality of your breath will determine the quality of your life.  - using the breath to get back in to the drivers seat of your life - c...

In this episode I chat with Lindsay from Victoria.  Lindsay had a dangerous relationship  with alcohol from the age of 14.  Early in her 20's she had developed a drinking habit that was so intense she found herself isolating from friends and family so she could drink herself into oblivion.    She felt that having people around her would get in the way of her drinking and that "there wasn...

In this episode I chat yet again with my beautiful friend Lyndal Hunt.  Lyndal is going strong and 11 and a half months sober after a brief relapse in October 2020.    We talk about the importance of really diving deep and healing old wounds,   the problem of reaching a sobriety plateau and what to do,   what to do with the extra time on. your hands.   We chat about her role in the upcoming HIQA s...

In this episode I chat with self professed "Grey Area Drinker", Kat Dunell.  Kat is a fire fighter who lives in Geelong with her husband and three kids.  She partied a lot as a teenager and throughout her 20's but started to pull back a lot as she got older and had her kids.  But what if you aren't a complete trash-bag but you are still relying on those few glasses of wine as a...

In this episode I chat with international  Ruby coach Karl Savimaki.   Karl had an on again, off again relationship with alcohol for years which cost him his first marriage and his physical and mental health.   Drinking up to the equivalent of 32 bottles of wine a week he knew he had to change.   Through reading Alan Carr's,  Only Way To Quit Drinking Karl was able to change his mindset and s...

In this episode I chat with builder Chris King.   After years of using alcohol to "fit in"  in his teen years ,  his relationship with alcohol slowly spiralled out of control.  Chris found himself with a successful building business but struggled with anxiety and old patterns that were keeping him stuck in a dark place but had so much of his identity tied up in alcohol.   We chat about.....

In this episode Ash and I chat about all things labels.  We delve into a topic that I have recently discussed with my challenge group... Labels.    How is it possible to facilitate change when we are still attached to our old labels?  Sometimes we don't even realise that we will still have this old belief about ourselves.  So we need to look at what labels we had on ourselves and explore the...

In the final episode for Season 3 I catch up with therapist  Ben Schiller.   It was a jam packed episode that covered a lot of ground.  We chat about...  - drinking dreams, why we have them and how to use them to your advantage.  - why we de-prioritise our self work and ourselves.  - sitting with your feelings,  how to do it and why it works. - Should you have a big blow out before starting a sobe...

After battles with anorexia, suffering trauma from sexual abuse and a very dangerous relationship with alcohol and suicide attempts, Tracey Cochrane is finally finding  peace.    Rather than white knuckling her way through not drinking as she had done in the past,  Tracey has learnt to challenge her thinking,  calm that inner critic she calls Genevive, breathe her way to a state of calm and most i...

Lyndal and I caught up for a little mid week mini pod catch up to see how she is going on her journey.  Lyndal has been a guest on this podcast a few times before and a huge inspiration as she has shared her journey of sobriety,  her relapse and her new found vigour for her journey.  We talk about how to keep your fire stoked,  how acts of service can pull you out of a funk and switch the focus of...

In this episode I chat with Jimmy .  Jimmy has chosen to stay semi anonymous on this episode as he shares his harrowing journey from binge drinking to become completely addicted and controlled by alcohol to the point where daily drinking saw him almost lose it all,  his family, his business and almost his life.   Jimmy opens up and shares with us about his battle in the hope that his story may hel...

In this episode I catch up with Melbourne comedian Bianka Ismailvoski.  Bianka has been sober for 2 years and is still relishing in all the positives that shown up in her sobriety.  The biggest one for her was realising how much real and authentic fun was to be had without booze,  the level of depths in connection with people  and even a much better sex life. .   We also talk about her own podcast...

In this episode I chat with 27 year old Sam Wilson,  the founder of Sober Mates,  an educational community platform for young sober curious people to connect and explore their relationship with alcohol.   We chat about Sam's own relationship with alcohol and how it left her feeling out of control and unhappy in herself.  After she chose to quit she found herself happier, more connected and fe...

In this episode I chat with Tara McCarthy a participant in the HIQA  Jan 2021 3 month sober challenge.  Tara and I talk about the benefits she has found in her life in her sobriety.  How mindset is everything,  shifting from a place of FOMO to realising you are giving yourself a gift.   To sign up for the July 2021 3 month sober challenge head to  https://www.iquitalcohol.com.au/blogs/events This...

I was stoked to chat with Stu Henshall a co-owner of Australia's first Non-acoholic cocktail bar,  Brunswick Aces.   We recorded our chat and I have put it up as a little mini mid week poddy.  ⁠ We chat about Stu's own relationship with alcohol. Why an AF bar. The possibility of a sober music venue and the whole sober movement that is gaining more and more traction in Australia which is...

In this episode I chat with Paul Eliseo,  trainer and master practitioner of NLP and Hypnosis,  Lifestyle Coach and total mind master.   As a teen Paul suffered from Chronic Anxiety and IBS  a result of stress, too much pot and binge drinking and he was on the edge of a complete nervous breakdown.   Afraid and feeling like his mind was unravelling he educated himself on what was going on in his mi...

In this episode I chat with  Jeannie O'Carroll,  my friend and psychotherapist who specialises in trauma and couples therapy.   Jeannie is no stranger to childhood trauma, growing up in South Africa abandoned by her father,  dealing with an alcoholic mother and doing time in a children's home left her with her own emotional wounds to heal.   It's no wonder she is so good at what she...

In this episode I catch up with Juliet Lever.  Juliette is an author, coach  specialising in self development and training NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).  Juliet is a self confessed alcoholic, workaholic and chocoholic who made the decision to change her life in her late 20's.  In this podcast we talk about how making that one decision can shape your destiny.   How to cultivate change. ...

In this episode I chat with Amy Armstrong  from Port Fairy,  Victoria who at 10 months sober at the time of recording is on a mission to have more alcohol free options in the restaurants and bars around Australia and she is succeeding,  one town at a time.   Amy had struggled with binge drinking for years stuck in the cycle of drinking, black out,  shame, repeat she had enough and through the sugg...

In this episode I chat with one of the members of my 3 month sober challenge,  Kate Morrison.  Kate signed up for the challenge in the midst of some big personal challenges and changes and as a group we watched her grow from strength to strength.    In the podcast we chat about her reluctancy to do "the work" initially but how at day 50 she started to put some journalling and meditation...

In this episode I chat with the founder of sober social group Untoxicated,  Faye Lawrence.  Faye faced her own decades long battle with alcohol ending up in a detox unit to wean off the booze,  Faye went on to turn her life around through the support of online groups and the a lot of self healing.  Realising the difference the support of like minded can make Faye set about connecting other sober p...

In this episode I talk with the wonderful Tish Banks who has gone through  deep healing and recreation of herself.   Having grown up with much trauma related directly to alcohol,  Tish was able to overcome her childhood pain and step into her own womanhood and strength free from the generational grip of alcohol.   From easily being able to polish off 3 bottles of wine in a night to being completel...