Midlife AF Podcast

21 Minutes of Morning Magic When this week's guest decided to take a break from booze in January 2023, she discovered the empowering and joyful potential of her own intuition and set out on a mission to help others do the same. Emma Walkinshaw is the creator of 21 Minutes of Morning Magic - a program designed to provide a daily practice of yoga, meditation and journaling and in this episode she sh...

Progress Over Perfection: Bec's New Alcohol Free Journey In this week's episode of Midlife AF, Emma welcomes Rebecca to join her behind the mic to share her powerful and relatable alcohol-free journey with the world. After six years of living a completely alcohol-free life, Bec found herself craving the odd drink or two. And slowly but surely, alcohol started to get a bit of a hold again as she be...

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue - This Valentine’s Day Will You Choose YOU? Or Choosing YOU This V-Day! In this episode, Emma explores why taking a break from drinking and reducing alcohol consumption is the most radical act of self-care. She shares how the fear of being rejected, alone, and unloved can be present in people who drink, especially those with trauma in their backgrounds. You’ll also...

The Journey Home: Ellie Crowe's Story of Reconnecting with Herself After Alcohol With her primal need for connection and survival, Ellie Crowe was desperately seeking freedom from alcohol and a way to process her emotions, only to discover that the journey home to self is both terrifying and wondrous.   This week’s guest, Ellie Crowe is a This Naked Mind grey-area drinking coach and podcast h...

The Buzz: Friend Or Foe? This week we are talking about The Buzz - the reason people drink.   🦸‍♂️ The amazing Buzz. That super guy who comes in and makes everything warm and fluffy, takes us away from ourselves, stops the bloody chatter in our head, gives us an excuse to sit down, gives us that floaty light feeling, and enables us to be fun and funny...or does he?   Struggling with sel...

Midlife AF Episode 16 - Coke & Cuddles AF!   This week I am talking to the wonderful Victoria Vanstone, who has been prominent in the Alcohol Free and sober-curious space for quite a few years. In my eyes, she’s well and truly hit gold Celeb status, because when I stopped drinking in 2020 she was one of the very few people ‘out there’ in Australia who were speaking out and having a positi...

Midlife AF Episode 15 - The New Year AF Episode!   It’s officially 2023, so naturally in this episode I'm going to talk about what the New Year means for me, and what it can mean for you as you navigate all of the feelings that come with the unwrapping of a brand new calendar. To me, the new year is about bringing self compassion to the front and centre of these new beginnings, which means we...

Midlife AF - Ali’s Journey   On this week's episode of Midlife AF, I know you’re going to love meeting a very special guest, my client and dear friend Ali! In this episode, Ali shares her own unique pathway towards living a happy, alcohol-free life which has seen many ups, downs and in-betweens. You’ll also discover:   What the journey of becoming a non-drinker could look like for you. T...

Midlife AF Episode 13 - And So This Is Christmas AF   This week I am talking about all things Christmas AF. Or more specifically, together we will be exploring the expectations and pressure that we put on ourselves having been conditioned to be responsible for everybody else's experience. It’s not your typical Christmas chit chat, so strap in for some self-love! Christmas is tough in a world...

Midlife AF Episode 12 - Giving Your Senses A Great Big Cuddle!   Once upon a time, there was NO WAY this week’s podcast guest could have imagined not drinking. Sarah Connelly was stuck in a cycle of on-again off-again drinking, binge drinking, drinking alone and feeling shame, guilt and anxiety almost daily.   As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and someone with social anxiety, Sarah dran...

Show Notes - Midlife AF Episode 11 - Help - My Partner Still Drinks Without Me!   On this week's episode of Midlife AF, host Emma Gilmour is taking a look at what happens when we choose to be alcohol-free, but our partners and loved ones aren’t coming along for the ride. What can you do - if anything - when those around you are drinking more than you think they should? Or if you have decided...

On this week's episode of Midlife AF, I know you’re going to love meeting a very special guest, Katie Underwood! In this episode, Katie shares how to achieve an altered state through natural means when you are seeking something spiritual and enlightening without drugs or alcohol. You’ll also discover: How Katie’s life has evolved professionally and personally. Katie’s journey with sobriety and the...

In this week's episode of Midlife AF we talk about happiness, the pursuit of pleasure, and happiness as a form of contentment with the ups and downs of life. Over the next 30 minutes, together we will unpack: How dopamine works in our bodies, and its relationship to alcohol, pleasure and “the buzz” Discovering the joy of Eudaimonia is in the variety of life Ways in which alcohol-fuelled dopamine t...

Amy Armstrong and the Magic of Alcohol-Free Drinks If you are interested in alcohol-free drinks, but don’t know what to choose or where to go to find out, this episode is for you. This week’s podcast guest is the founder of Dry But Wet, a business that provides reviews and recommendations for alcohol free drinks. She is passionate about connecting people with the best alcohol free options so that...

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS This episode is about getting the message out there that the Aussie Alcohol Experiment program is coming, what’s involved and why it means so much to me.  We talk about why stopping drinking is not the objective of joining the alcohol experiment. Why it’s a journey of love and self discovery and such an important self care option for women in midlife. Especially with the si...

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS In this episode of Midlife AF, you'll get to meet my wonderful friend and virtual assistant Lou Coates. Lou joined me for the Aussie Alcohol Experiment back in July 2021. We'd never met each other before. And she was such an amazing help to me as a participant in the group reminding me to press record on my zooms, and so on. We ended up becoming friends. And I asked her to come...

#05 - Natalie Bataglia - The benefits of taking a break from alcohol.   EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS In this episode of Midlife AF I talked to my friend, the beautiful Natalie Battaglia. Nat and I met during the alcohol experiment in 2020. And Nat runs the most beautiful and amazing business, called the mindful mocktail. She is one of the most intelligent and creative people I know. And I feel so privi...

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS In this episode of Midlife AF, I'm going to introduce you to one of my favourite people and probably one of the most influential teachers that I've come across since I've been following this path to an alcohol free midlife. Jay has had such a big influence on so many different parts of my life. But particularly on my relationship with my family and my relationship with myself. J...

#03 - Jolene Parks - Why the Body Matters EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS In this episode of midlife, we meet the Queen, the thought leader, the godmother of grey area drinking and coaching - Jolene Park. Jolene has a TED talk, which has had over 300,000 downloads. We are talking about the importance of nourishing our neurotransmitters, and supporting our nervous systems when we are looking to change our relat...

#01 - Faye Lawrence - ADHD, Alcohol Free EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS In this Episode Emma talks to her beautiful friend and fellow alcohol coach Faye Lawrence about their recent diagnosis as ADHD.  Faye founded the extraordinary social meet-up group for people who are wanting to socialise without booze. She has a TED talk on the importance of connection and fun in the alcohol-free journey and is a psy...

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: In this episode Emma takes us on the journey from her days as a corporate marketing manager, via a pretty unpleasant breakdown (spiritual awakening), through her long and messy break-up with alcohol and ultimately to where we find her today working as a counsellor, psychotherapist & alcohol coach, living happily alcohol-free. She talks about: Why there should be no shame or...

Welcome to the Midlife AF podcast - for women navigating midlife and their relationship with alcohol! In this preview episode, I'm sharing my intentions for the podcast and what you can expect as a regular listener to the show! The Midlife AF podcast will; - Honour how goddamn tough (and divinely freeing) it is to be a woman in midlife - Provide really practical tools that I use in my coaching bus...