Sober Edge

Matt and Amy Edwards have been dating for 25 years and married for almost 23 years. Together, they have two kids, 21 & 17 and a sweet Corgi named Oreo.  Amy stopped drinking first and Matt followed a few months later. The experience and learnings from navigating this journey inspired them to start a podcast, The Alcohol Free Marriage. The AFM showcases the fun and joy a couple can have without dri...

Fit Recovery and the Missing Links with Chris Scott This episode is for my wellness enthusiasts! I had an amazing time learning from Chris Scott, the founder of Fit Recovery. We talk about everything from nutrition and gray area drinking, to the importance of bio chemistry on the road to recovery. Chris shares how his own trial of supplements and fitness allowed him to hack his own recovery and di...

What happens when you show up to life without alcohol? Eliza Desch shares her transformation from surviving to thriving on the Path and beyond! Eliza and I talk about her decision to take a break from drinking that led her to join This Naked Mind's Path program where we met in December 2020. Eliza showed up two months AF and spent a year honing her alcohol-free muscles, creating new experiences an...

Chronic Pain & Alcohol with Annie Miller This is your brain, this is your brain on pain. For those enduring chronic pain, there is a new method to ease suffering and improve quality of life. My guest, Annie Miller introduces us to the new field of Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Annie shares the key to changing the way your brain interprets pain and the neuroscience of how pain and the brain work toget...

Dr. Brooke Scheller is a Doctor of Clinical Nutrition, Certified Nutrition Specialist and an expert in nutrition and the effects of alcohol use on gut and brain health. She combines her clinical background with a passion for health-tech and innovation in the food, supplement and personalized wellness industry. Dr. Brooke offers online courses and individual programs that use cutting-edge nutrition...

Today's conversation with Starla Wine founder Dawn Maire is all about JOMO (Joy of Missing Out). When Dawn stopped drinking, she didn't want to stop enjoying wine. So, she took her passion for wine and her love of cooking into the kitchen and began exploring how to create a wine, without alcohol, that brought the same taste sensation she had previously enjoyed. The result is Starla Wine.   Founded...

Stress - we have a complicated relationship with stress. We find ourselves avoiding stress, blaming stress and creating stress. Today, I want to share two new ideas with you: 1. Stress is not all bad. 2. There is a way to let go of stress. The first idea is all about hormetic stress. This is where we find small exposure to stress, ones where we return quickly back to baseline (homeostasis) are act...

Life coaching; what is it and how do I know if I need it?  Today, I am delighted to introduce you to my life coach, Lorna Wilson. Lorna shares the in's and out's of what life coaching is designed to do (it's not therapy and it's not giving advice); how to find the right coach and she shares some of the tools she uses to move her clients forward. Lorna and I also get personal as we share our own Li...

My guest today is Angie Chaplin.  Founder and owner of Mindful Leadership + Recovery, Angie Chaplin is a speaker, facilitator, educator and author with more than 20 years of work in human resources and organizational development. Leveraging her own journey from alcohol addiction to business owner, Angie guides leaders to live, love, and lead extraordinary lives of their own design. In this episode...

Your 60, 90 days alcohol-free. You feel solid and happy….at home. But, what happens when your first vacation rolls around? Or, the boozy work convention? Susan Larkin is a This Naked Mind Coach who shares her 5 key steps to learning how to manage our mind and discover the joy and beauty of sober travel! Susan shares her own discovery about the pitfalls of travel and how to navigate landmines using...

Intentional Growth. This alcohol-free journey is one of the most intense periods of self-development and personal growth that one might ever experience. Many of us, me included, come to appreciate and even enjoy the intense learning phase. So, if you don't want to fixate on alcohol but you want to keep growing and learning, what comes next? This episode is a bit of a departure as Teri shares how s...

 Come behind the scenes as Teri shares in this special 2-part episode how to keep growing and learning on the other side of drinking. Full Show Notes Your After Alcohol Guide here

This conversation with Jodi Cohen, founder of Vibrant Blue Oils has helped me recognize the power that is in oils.  I have been curious for a while if essential oils could offer any support during the detox and repair phase after we stop drinking, so I reached out my fellow FNTP (Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner) Jodi Cohen. Why? Essential Oils harness the power of plants that have been...

For Bitter For Worse What happens when you get hit with a job loss and a health crisis all at once? If you are like my podcast guest this week, Shelley Elkovich, you do what you love - create a cocktail 'made with love, not alcohol'. We have a rich and fascinating conversation about taking a leap of faith, and turning your passion into your full time business. Shelley shares the inspiration behind...

Congratulations! You've made it 30, 60, 100 days without drinking! You feel amazing, powerful, rested, restored, and….terrified.  There is so much emphasis on not drinking and how to stop and support around taking a break, but, what happens when we have stopped? Where is the support and guidance to stay stopped? And so, in todays episode, I share how I focus on the 'after alcohol' piece in my coac...

One of my favorite things in this Alcohol-free space is discovering new and delightful offerings that are without alcohol. Today, I invite you to get to know Rightside Brewing and Owner and Founder Emree Woods. Since opening operations in January of 2020, Rightside Brewing and Emree have been on an incredible journey, sharing their NA beer at festivals, Atlanta's first pop-up NA bar and throughout...

Week 4 of the Coaches Series: Debi Talbert is a Tiny Habits coach as well as a This Naked Mind Senior coach who specializes in helping us understand more about the connection between our thoughts, emotions and behavior. We had so much fun talking about habit 'recipes', how to troubleshoot when a habit is not working and we even created a habit recipe around drinking more water! She also answers qu...

In our 3rd episode of Coaches Series, Teri talks with fellow This Naked Mind Coach Ruby Williams. Ruby has newly certified as a Sleep Coach and they share a fascinating conversation about the impact of alcohol on sleep, the importance of sleep hygiene and the all important question: "When will I start sleeping again?" Full Show Notes here

My friend Martha Wright has created an alcohol-free life on the other side of owning a winery! And, she has done it with a sense of excitement, fun and adventure. She shares how to redefine hospitality, and how to enjoy wineries and other venues without missing out. She also has a unique approach that helps us shift our mindset from taking a 30 day break as a place of deprivation, an 'alcohol time...

Welcome to our Coaches Series. I will be sharing some phenomenal guests who happen to be This Naked Mind Coaches. I am so excited to bring their expertise to the podcast. Today, we are kicking off with  WENDY McCALLUM, LLB,  a Burnout Coach & Wellness Expert and the host of the Bite-Sized Balance Podcast. Wendy teaches busy professionals (who are often approaching burnout and using alcohol to cope...

The Sober Nutritionist meets Sober Yoga Girl!  Alex and I discuss the courage it took to move abroad at a young age, the physic who changed everything and how the yoga mat is a metaphor for life. When Alex became sober in 2019, yoga played a key role in her sober journey. In 2020, Alex founded the Mindful Life Practice Community and Sober Curious Yoga, an online yoga community with participants fr...

Peggi Cooney is the author of This Side of Alcohol, a raw and compelling account of her journey from shame, guilt, and anger into self-compassion, self-discovery, and forgiveness. She is also the founder of the Facebook community This Side of Alcohol and a vocal and courageous voice in the alcohol-free space. We talk about her 'on her knees' moment that changed everything and what she did to get a...

Wonder why only 8% of people keep New Year's resolutions? What if you are actually self-sabotaging? Today, Teri shares why January could be the worst time to start a new habit, how making bold declarations could lead to drop out and how to make small changes stick. Also, if you want to practice this concept, check out two new offerings of RESTART®, where you can start by noticing how what you eat...

Have you ever wondered if alcohol is getting in the way of your creativity? Today I talk with Will, a Creative Director, Graphic Designer, and serial entrepreneur who has launched three creative design studios during his 20+ year career. Even though Will had a successful career, he shares that letting go of alcohol sparked a creative energy and exponential learning that made him feel superhuman! H...

Laura Whitesel shares her alcohol-free journey and how it led to her break up with sugar. She shares the tools she learned from This Naked Mind and the work with Molly Carmel and how she now has regained her health and has created a life style that she is proud to say makes her feel unstoppable! Full Show Notes Here