OYNB Podcast

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari speaks to Luke, a member of the OYNB community, about his experience on the Complete Control Programme.  Luke was able to unlearn his habits and rituals around alcohol by doing the Complete Control Programme. He explains how the Complete Control Programme helped him to change his relationship with alcohol, as he learned some life changing things thro...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Jen welcomes Ben onto the show.   Ben has just finished the “Complete Control” program. He had previously taken on the One Year No Beer challenge and after 6 months he was back to his old ways, however when he saw the Complete Control program he knew it was for him.   Ben owns a restaurant in Ibiza, which is one of Europe's hot spots for hospitality and en...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari speaks with Ella Cook, the founder, owner and ‘Chief Witch’ at “Made Of Magic”, a digital marketing agency that specialises in lead generation and sales for transformational retreats.    Ella’s mission is to help business owners who run retreats to amplify their reach and fill their events through creative, human-centred marketing. This was inspired...

This podcast wouldn't be where it is today without YOU! Join Ruari in this celebratory milestone as he thanks you for all your support over the years.   Ruari also reflects upon the journey this podcast has taken, highlights some excellent episodes from the past, and looks to the future of the One Year No Beer Podcast.   The One Year No Beer Podcast is the show created to inspire you to take the s...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari speaks to Rebecca Brown.   They discuss how Rebecca is supposed to be an expert in helping people to deal with their health as she works as a mental health clinician, however she felt like a fraud because she could not control her drinking. Rebcca didn’t have a rock bottom moment, she more so realised that she was no longer able to have just one drin...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari welcomes Nigel Jones, the founder of the health and wellness channel “9 KM BY 9AM” and Author of “Walking Back To Happiness - The Secret To Alcohol-Free Living & Well-Being”   Nigel has been alcohol free since 2020, and is on a mission to share his journey to motivate, educate and inspire as many people as possible to take a break from alcohol and ul...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast, Jen speaks about positivity  motivation.   When you want to change your life you will need to remain motivated and one way to do so is by having an accountability partner who will help to keep you on track with your goals. Visualisation is another way to stay positive and motivated, seeing the goal in your mind will give you a sense of direction and focus...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari presents highlights from feedback sessions for their new 8 week programme “Complete Control High Ticket Coaching”.   Ruari has been on a journey to improve his relationship with alcohol for 8 years learning about positive psychology, neuroscience, and all the best methods and developments. This programme is the result of the years Ruari has spent res...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Jen speaks about self care and self love.   She discusses why you have to practise being kind to yourself and ways to become the best version of you. Jen talks about her own journey taking better care of herself - one way she did this was by getting a nutrition coach, Jen says that this greatly improved her overall health as well as her mood.   Being mindf...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari talks to us about his love of cycling.   Ruari highlights the importance of exercise in your journey to reducing your alcohol intake. By minimising the amount of alcohol you drink you will have more focus and higher ability to perform at your peak physical capacity.   Exercise will also help to cleanse your mind. Ruari used cycling as a way to change...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari speaks on the power of meditation.    He discusses the science of meditation and the benefits it will have on your health, such as lowering your blood pressure, strengthening your immune system and decreasing inflammation in the body.    Meditation is so powerful and it causes massive shifts in our awareness. As you will hear in this episode, the pra...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Jen welcomes Michelle Sabourin, one of the latest additions to the OYNB coaching team to the show.    They discuss Michelle’s background before she got into coaching and how her journey started by doing yoga after having her second child as a way to relax. After finding a real love for the practice, Michelle later went on to teach yoga and meditation. Afte...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Jen teaches us why you should consider getting a coach.   Jen shares the story of her life before finding someone to help develop and push her towards peak performance, and that experience actually led to her deciding to become a coach herself.   As Jen shares in this episode, the first coach you find may not be exactly the right one for you, you may have...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari speaks on the many benefits of fasting.    Fasting can be a great tool for weight loss, fighting insulin resistance, and changing up your eating habits.  Fasting has been shown to reduce insulin resistance, which means your body will be more able to use the fat you already have stored for energy. Insulin resistance is a condition where your body has...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari welcomes his brother Stuart back on to the show.  They discuss Stuart's work on a conservation site in South Africa and why he started doing 1 to 1 coaching. He has now decided that joining One Year No Beer as a coach is the best next step for him. He is on a mission to teach people how to change the whole of their life using coaching. Stuart also sp...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari welcomes his brother Stuart Fairbairns on to the show.  They discuss what it was like to live on the island of Mull and Stuart shares his experiences of alcohol growing up in a rural area as well as his journey in alcohol reduction.  Stuart speaks on his decision to move to south africa and start a life out there. Ruari and Stuart also go into detail...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast you will hear content usually reserved exclusively for OYNB webinars as Ruari and Jen discuss the enormous power of finding your focus.   They speak about how doing their very own One Year No Beer challenge benefitted them personally and how the experience spurred on the birth and subsequent growth of the globally impactful OYNB brand.   They discuss the p...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari discusses the brand new Complete Control program that they’re testing out and launching Monday 6th June 2022. In this program, they will put together a private group of no more than 10 driven and successful business owners, entrepreneurs, and top professionals - persons who are also concerned about their alcohol consumption and are ready to take back...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari discusses what his first-ever alcohol-free period was like and why it created the huge amount of life-affirming and life-altering changes that he gained from the experience.   Ruari explains the massive power that he has witnessed from helping over 80,000 members undertake their own alcohol-free challenges and he breaks down why a one year period of...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari and Jen discuss this season of the show, sharing their top takeaways from the amazing stories that members of OYNB have shared this season.     One Year No Beer is based on the idea of creating change for yourself for the better by focusing your mindset around your relationship with alcohol. Jen shares her reasons why she changed her relationship wit...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari and Jen welcome Rosalind Richardson to the show.    This episode discusses a real transformation experience, not just in terms of health, but also in terms of life direction and purpose. Roz shares the mistakes she made because of her relationship with alcohol, and the effect that changing her relationship with alcohol had on her life. She says her c...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari and Jen welcome OYNB member Claire Holiday.     During the conversation, Claire discusses her relationship with alcohol and how she started on her journey toward changing it. She shares how people label themselves based on their drinking habits and how the wrong beliefs around drinking culture can have a huge impact on many areas of life.    Claire,...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast, Ruari discusses how to carefully and effectively talk to a friend who you think is drinking too much. Ruari will share an appropriate way of approaching your friend or family member in your effort to help them change their relationship with alcohol. One of the members of OYNB shared recently that what was helpful for them in changing their relationship wi...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari and Jen welcome Julian Tittershill on to the show. Julian is someone who has an amazing, thought-provoking and empowering story to share. As a former rugby club captain and regular member of the local cricket club he is someone who grew up surrounded by drinking culture, so this episode sheds light on the impact of hobbies that accompany alcohol can...

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast Ruari and Jen welcome Quirine Overeijnder on to the show.  Their discussion revolves around how OYNB assisted Quirine in chasing a new level of achievement, happiness and clarity by going alcohol-free. Quirine shares her story of how she started consuming alcohol and realised that, what she considered to be normal levels of student drinking, was actually p...