Love Sober Podcast

In this Episode Mandy talks to Johnny Lawrence https://www.instagram.com/theselfdevelopmentcoach/ about sobriety, trauma recovery and his brilliant work as a coach. We also want to give a shout out to the sober dads for Father's Day.  Johnny’s coaching journey started in 2006 when he qualified as a health and fitness coach. It wasn’t long before he realised that he was coaching across so much more...

In this episode Kate talks to the ray of sunshine that is Casey McGuire Davidson, Founder of Hello Someday Coaching and host of the Hello Someday podcast and dear sober sis Stateside. In this episode we talk about Casey's journey to sobriety, the importance of self-care, sober treats and  building the belief that you're worth it. You cannot not  feel better after your talk to Casey. She is a true...

In this episode we revisit some of the language and around sobriety and being alcohol free, recovery, addiction, trauma and grey area drinking. We talked in episode 3 about language and now having trained as coaches, set up a community and written courses, and delved into this subject, we decided to look again at what the language around this subject is doing now. It's so great to reflect on this...

This week Mandy talks to Janique Sveberg CSAT-s, MCC, CPC, CAI-s. The Founder of the International Recovery Specialist Institute.  Janique is an interventionist and public speaker who loves working with people, Janique first set out to work as a recovery coach helping people on their road to recovery. She became an entrepreneur and wrote the autobiography Blood, Drugs, Rock & Roll an account of he...

Episode 131 This week Mandy has an incredible chat with Danusia Malina-Derben @school.for.mothers.podcast and author of Noise - Danusia is a mother of ten children, and still her own woman. From teen mother to tenured Organisational Behavior and Development academic, and onto award-winning, internationally published leadership expert. Danusia traded academia to head a global firm that fixes corpor...

In this episode we discuss the role of nature in our mental health and sober journeys to tie in with the UK Mental Health Awareness Week https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week and its theme #ConnectWithNature #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love Kate & Mandy x 

Episode 129 This week on the pod Mandy chats to Camille @thinkbeyondthedrink Camille Kinzler is an alcohol-free lifestyle/habits expert with a Master’s in Science and Physician Assistant (PA) Studies. She is passionate about helping the high-achieving over-drinker unwind, have fun, and connect instead of instinctively reaching for her go-to cocktail by learning to trust herself again. She does thi...

Episode 128   This week on the pod we talk to the wonderful Laurie McAllister about sobriety & mental health.    Laurie is a life and empowerment coach for sober and sober curious women, yoga teacher and writer of many things.  In 2016, she stopped drinking and turned her life around - she now supports other women to do the same through coaching, writing and marketing support for sober businesses....

Episode 127   This week we revist Mandy's story. In this episode Kate interviews Mandy about her relationship with alcohol. Please do contact us with questions, potential topics or situations you’d like to be discussed – we’d love to hear from you, all our contact details are available at www.lovesober.com Resources mentioned: CBT, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cognit...

Episode 126   We have decided to re-release our stories over the next two weeks at it is a timely reminder for us both and for any of you who are new to the podcast. In this episode Mandy interviews Kate about her relationship with alcohol. Resources mentioned: Add Action - https://www.addaction.org.uk/ Soberistas - https://soberistas.com/ Jason Vale - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kick-Drink-Easily-Ja...

Episode 125 This week on the podcast Mandy talks to the incredible Jen Elizabeth @resurrektion_of_me a Jen is a writer, speaker, trauma educator, Harm Reduction Specialist with The Sidewalk Project, and the founder of Resurrektion of Me, a community for people healing from trauma and addiction. She is the author of the book, “Shape of a Woman.” And host of the “Sober Mom Squad.” As a survivor of c...

In this episode we are looking at the Easter weekend and easing of lockdown restrictions in the UK and the attendant anxiety and social triggers we may be feeling as sober people and/or introverts. It's like we are all learning a new skill or remembering how to connect with other people not on Zoom. I mean, what lipstick are you going to wear? That red that is genius on Zoom makes me look like The...

This week we are opening the discussion about neurodiversity ( ADHD, autism, Dyslexia, dyspraxia , SPD etc) - what it is and our reflections as mums, coaches and in our own experiences. We look at the spectrum of diversity and traits that we recognise that in part contributed to us developing a problematic relationship with alcohol such as exective function and identifying as highly sensitive. We...

Episode 122 This week we had the great honor of talking to one of the early pioneers in the conversation about women and alcohol. Ann Dowsett Johnston she is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author, turned psychotherapist. Winner of seven National Magazine Awards, she is also the recipient of a Southam Journalism Fellowship and the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. It was for the la...

Episode 121 In this episode we had a really, really interesting discussion with the International President of Movendi https://movendi.ngo/ Kristina Sperkova. Kristina is a psychologist, alcohol and other drugs policy advocate, development aid specialist, feminist, civil society activist, Human Rights defender and humanist. Kristina has a master degree in psychology from the Comenius University in...

In this week's podcast we welcome sober star, Janey Lee Grace. Janey is a BBC Radio presenter, speaker, NLP practitioner, grey area drinking recovery coach, founder of The Sober Club and author of several best selling books. The new book is Happy Healthy Sober - ditch the booze and take control of your life.  Connect with Janey at the following:  www.thesoberclub.com facebook@janeyleegraceloves in...

BALANCE revisited. In this week's podcast we talk about the last few sections of our holistic sober tool the BALANCE model. N- nurture, C-connection and E-enjoyment. All the sober tools to keep us balanced , well and thriving in our sober lives.  We also talk about Love Sober Life School spring term which starts on March 21st - there's an early bird offer on at the mo so if you want to join us cli...

This week on the pod we talk to @josh_ffw about his mental health and sobriety journey, his work with @nacoa and his personal journey growing up with a parent who drank too much. Josh is a wonderful speaker and this raw and honest conversation really stayed with us, we recorded it at the end of last year, but it now being #coaweek2021 it seemed like the right moment. Please just a note that Josh’s...

Episode 117 This week Mandy is joined by the wonderful @dufflyn to discuss recovery and relationships, fitting before Valentine's Day! Dufflyn is a Relationship & Recovery Coach, Writer and Speaker. She has extensive experience with addiction and attachment and how this can affect all our relationships. She works with women who are struggling with fears of abandonment and/or fears of intimacy. She...

On this week's podcast Kate talks to Yoga Instructor, teacher and therapist Bryony Hamerton about the benefits of yoga in recovery, sobriety and wellness. We look at both as a process of enquiry. We also welcome February by looking at the concept of Metta ( well-being) in yoga philosophy and the parallels with sobriety. Yoga in terms of brain, neurotransmitters, nervous system regulation, resilien...

Episode 115 This week we had a brilliant chat with the wonderful Lotta Dann. Lotta Dann has a degree in broadcasting and communications and a master’s degree in film, television and media studies. She worked for over twenty years as a TV journalist and producer while also developing a nasty addiction to alcohol. She got sober aged 39 with the help of an anonymous blog called 'Mrs. D Is Going Witho...

Episode 114 This week on the pod we discuss our BALANCE model for holistic wellbeing. We go through was actions and adds we are using for B = Body, A = Awe, L = Lifestyle, A = Alignment. We also have a chat about living life in a pandemic and how our Sobriety serves us at this time – So grab a cuppa and let’s chat. Love K & M If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon...

Episode 113 This week Mandy is joined by our friend and fellow Coach and Trainer Stephanie Chivas. Stephanie has 15 years personal and professional experience to share. She has a brilliant outlook on life, sobriety and what works. We had a great chat about the 90s, how to change and take control of your own life and how to look after yourself long term. You can find out more on her website.  https...

Happy New Year and welcome if you are doing #dryjanuary go you! This week we chat a little bit about how we are coping with the current difficult Covid climate. We talk through our WOTY (word of the the year) we we use as a way to set an intention of the year. We talk about what we do at Love Sober and our philosophy for soberliving our courses and community and our new project to train coaches in...

Episode 111 Happy New Year! In this episode Mandy chats to our good pal and sober daughter lols Millie Gooch. Millie is a writer, speaker and alcohol-harm campaigner. She is the founder of Sober Girl Society and the author of The Sober Girl Society Handbook. Her new book available for preorder now https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sober-Girl-Society-Handbook-empowering/dp/1787634124/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OFWTCJ5...