Sober Yoga Girl

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Alex sits down with Tom Cronin, founder of the Stillness Project and producer of the Portal Film. Tom worked as a bond and stockbroker for 26 years. During this time, he suffered from a nervous breakdown from living in chronic stress with no coping skills. He discovered meditation, and used that to regulate his nervous system. Tom now teaches individuals all over t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we bring back the Sober Curious Yoga Panel to chat about all things sober for the festive season! Touch base with your MLPC teachers Matt, Jules, Leigh, Emma and Alex as they describe their sober festive seasons and how they manage to survive and thrive during the holidays sober. If you want to join Matt, Emma, Jules, Alex or Leigh for yoga classes, you can catch t...

Send us Fan Mail Margy is a retired school teacher who has just written her first book called ‘I Am Enough’. After battling depression and anxiety in her formative years, Margy turned to alcohol to self medicate. Margy’s alcohol dependence led to fractured relationships, domestic violence and low self esteem. During Covid lockdown, Margy took time to re-evaluate her life. She stopped drinking, sta...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Guerrero is a fellow conscious sober woman. She supports sober people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose. She helps sober people create healthy relationships & thrive. Tune into this episode where Amy tells her story and journey of how she became sober and what advice she would give for others on a sober journey. You can connect with Amy and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alex sits down with Nancy McKay and hears her inspiring sober journey. Nancy McKay is a life coach who helps women find their voice and build their courage. She is the founder of  Amazing Outlook Coaching and works with women virtually and with the help of horses to uncover the limiting beliefs and behaviors that are keeping them stuck in the muck. You can join Na...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alex sits down with Topaz Jones, a change coach in Colorado. Alex and Topaz both completed their life coach certification at Life Purpose Institute. In this episode, Topaz tells her story of sobriety and what led her to pursue a career in coaching. You can book sessions with Topaz at:  https://topazjonescoaching-scheduling.as.me/?appointmentType=18995732 . Join Al...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Lisa Ryan! Lisa is a mutual friend of one of Alex's, Sarah Williamson. Sarah was a previous guest on the podcast. In this episode, Lisa tells her sober journey, and how she got to where she is today. After several "rock bottoms", she found herself at a crossroads in September 2014, and was ready for a different life - ready for a change. Seven years later, she...

Send us Fan Mail Plot twist...Alex moved to Bali! In this episode Alex tells the story of her seemingly spontaneous sudden move to Bali...which has actually been in the works and in her dreams for the past five years! Alex has relocated to Bali for November & December to try things out and see how they go! In this episode, listen to all the things leading up to her decision and what her plans...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Alex connects with Amy Pope! Amy Pope is a Change Coach, Meditation & Embodiment Facilitator and developer of a conscious movement mediation called “Let’s Shake & Flow”. Amy has been living in Dubai since 2015 with her husband, alongside a grumpy elderly cat and a very lively rescue cat. After working in the London insurance industry for over 15 years, she...

Send us Fan Mail The Sober Curious Yoga Panel is back! Meet Jules, Matt, Leigh and Alex for their third panel episode about preparing for Sober Vacations! Sober Vacations can be scary and challenging because they are so different from when drinking. But so rewarding as well! In this episode the panel is back to tell you their tools, tricks, strategies and wisdom around sober curious vacations. Joi...

Send us Fan Mail Alex is super excited to meet one of her Sober Instagram friends, Tosh, @princesstoshhh. Tosh is a sober flight attendant based on the states and is on a mission to normalize sobriety, especially in the aviation industry. She said that due to unpredictable schedules and stress from work and home, it's common for flight crews to drink heavily. She is now over a year sober and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode the SCY panel is back to tell you all about their experiences at sober weddings, bachelor parties, concerts, and other special occasions. Tune into what Matt, Leigh, Alex and Jules were worried about on their first nights out, what they planned for, and what surprised them about the occasions. If you want more context into our sober journeys, have a listen to our p...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Tawny! Tawny is an NYC-based millennial who writes about the intersection of sex and sobriety. Her work is featured in  Playboy, Men’s Health, Huffington Post, Writer’s Digest, Mic, The Temper, Audiofemme, a sex column for SheSaid, and two essay collections: The Addiction Diaries(LaunchPad 2020) and the forthcoming reimagining of Sex and the Single Girl (Harper Perennial 2022...

Send us Fan Mail Gill is sober and works as a biochemist in the Boston Area.  She is a podcast host, youtuber, and course creator, and is passionate about providing education to help others free themselves from the drink, hate yourself, drink cycle.  Learning about how alcohol influences the brain, both chemically and psychologically, to cause addiction has helped free her from blaming and shaming...

Send us Fan Mail Sara Kaufman-Bradstreet is a sober coach with 64.3K followers on TikTok!  Alex first came across her on TikTok and found her posts funny, relatable and inspiring. In this episode, listen to how Sara quit drinking about 2.5 years ago. Initially, she started out with a 30 Day break from booze - but those 30 days changed her life and she was able to see what life could be like withou...

Send us Fan Mail Alex is so excited to bring you the first ever "Sober Curious Yoga Panel" with some of your favorite Sober Curious Yoga Teachers - Matt, Jules and Leigh! In this podcast episode, Matt, Alex, Jules and Leigh answer some common questions about how they navigated friendships and family relationships in sobriety. Jules, Leigh and Matt have all been previous podcast guests an...

Send us Fan Mail Alex is so happy to have Dan, her psychic back on the show today! In this episode Dan & Alex discuss dreams - both the dreams we have when we're sleeping, and the dreams we have about our goals and aspirations. Dan is Alex's psychic who changed her path in 2019. Tune into their previous episode in which they tell the story of how Alex and Dan connected and how he cha...

Send us Fan Mail Wendy Blanchard, M.S., CHHC, CPS is a certified holistic health counselor/practitioner, certified peer specialist, drugless practitioner, and mental health educator. She is trained by the National Council for Behavioral Health, the Suicide Prevention Center of NYS, and the Office of Mental Health NYS. Wendy specializes in holistic health counseling through nutritional support for...

Send us Fan Mail Megan McKinnon is a 28 year Graphic Designer living in San Francisco, CA. She got sober when she was 25 and has recently began her training to become a Certified Life Coach. Megan was a blackout drinker, daily pot smoker and struggled with an eating disorder for 8 years. She never imagined sobriety and recovery would be part of her journey. But to her surprise, a life beyond measu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alex sits down with Jules Allen, one of our Sober Curious Yoga teachers and community members! Jules' approach to yoga is focussed on creating a safe and welcoming space; gentle, accessible, joyful, intuitive, creative, mindful, nourishing and restorative. Everything Jules offers is an invitation, we explore in the class what works for our bodies and minds in...

Send us Fan Mail Alex is super stoked for Abi Feltham to join her in today's episode! Abi Feltham is an addiction recovery advocate and content creator from London. Through her funny and often relatable videos, she strives to reduce the stigma surrounding people with addiction issues.  She shares the highs and lows of her addictions and recovery,  aiming to give hope to those who are struggli...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alex is happy to have Emily Killeen on Sober Yoga Girl! Alex met Emily when she was a guest on her Happy Sober Free Summit back in June. Emily Killeen is sobriety coach, spiritual yoga teacher and a transformational retreat facilitator! She believes that connection, community and accountability along with SOME sort of spirituality and health and wellness are essen...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Laura Naylor, one of Alex's friends and yoga students based in Abu Dhabi! If you've attended any MLPC class over the course of the last year and a half you've met her - she's one of our original members and hasn't missed a day of yoga with us in over 18 months. Laura is a TV & radio presenter & events host MC from Preston in the UK. She is cur...

Send us Fan Mail Alex is super excited to have Jeff Graham on the show today! Jeff is a new member of the Mindful Life Practice, so you've probably met him in classes. He's also the host of Getting BAC 2 Zero. In this episode, Jeff describes his challenges with anxiety, and how he used alcohol to medicate his anxiety - but alcohol only made it worse, not better. He finally drove himself...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Michelle, an MLPC teacher and certified Sober Curious Yoga Teacher! Michelle is a certified RYT 200 with the Yoga Alliance of Canada. Since her 200 YTT, she has became certified in YIN YOGA, Yoga Nidra, Yoga for Kids & Teens, and most recently Sober Curious Yoga. Michelle is committed to creating a safe atmosphere where students of every level can mindfully challenge them...