Sober·ish Uprising

“When you change your relationship with alcohol, you build an unstoppable confidence? If I can do this, what else can I do?”  Today, I am a totally different woman than I was on September 13, 2021. I am so grateful for who she was and so grateful for who I am.  I am grateful I took an (alcohol free) shot at a sober•ish life because that changed everything. Today I share the top three things that a...

“There’s always a cost benefit. Now all it costs me is explaining to people why I don’t drink. Drinking would cost me having my kids see rage mommy and that's too high of a cost.”  Loved my conversation with Kristin, who’s been sober for 12 years... ish! Her decision to step away from alcohol wasn’t an overnight realization. Between managing her own autoimmune disease and navigating her child’...

“I’m 41 and clearly having a mid-life crisis. Sobriety has given me a clearer picture on my values and what I want in this life. When I was drinking, I knew it wasn’t working but I didn't have the strength to do anything.” Sarah found herself living for the weekend until the hangxiety of late boozy nights was debilitating and she knew in the depths of her soul she deserved better. On the morni...

“If AA works for let’s say 10% of people and that’s as high as any support group goes. Let's say no one does better than that. If we have AA getting 10% and another method helping 10% and another getting 5%, won’t that help more people?  There was no straight line to an alcohol free life for Dave. A musician from an early age, he was ALL in on the rock star lifestyle but realized in his early...

“First time I had cancer, I was scared. Second time, I was mad. Third time, I was relieved. I can drink what I want. Who wants to mess with a guy who has inoperable cancer?” Nick’s resume reads like a work of fiction: Four-time cancer survivor. Motivational speaker. Arrested in Vegas for having sex with a hooker. But what's truly fascinating about Nick’s story is how it mirrors the experiences...

“I started writing down ‘Why am i doing this?’. The first week was better sleep and then I noticed over time there were more reasons than I realized. As you start to go through the journey you start to uncover more reasons of the why which gives you more empowerment to continue for however long you want to go”  After being sober curious since 2019, Michael got serious about his curiosity last Nove...

“It still feels like a miracle to me. How I was able to do something I never thought I could do. It’s so important to connect back to moments like that when facing something difficult.” Justin Wolf started New Brew, a euphoric seltzer, about a year ago after leaving alcohol behind in October 2021. Despite looking like a well-adjusted human with a successful career and marriage, Justin was hiding a...

After an unanticipated hiatus I am back with a solo episode. April knocked me on my tush and along the way strengthened my sober•ish journey. In today's episode I share the three reasons I continued my sobriety through April when all the indicators pointed to having a drink. Know that you are not alone if things feel heavy and hard right now. Shower yourself with self-care and grace and know t...

Stacey - Safety, Wasted Energy and the Stories we tell ourself  “I had to work through the fear. What does it look like? It only looks like what I want it to look like. It doesn't have to mean anything and I didnt have to explain it. It looks like I honor myself.”   Stacey was never a big drinker as she always felt unsafe around those who were inebriated and never wanted to find herself in an...

“I'm really thankful for my mind, my body, my heart, my intuition. my gut. They came in and supported me in this decision. “You are okay without this. In fact, you're better,” I feel it in my bones. I’m just done with alcohol.” Tommy started his sober•ish journey with a one month trial in November and loved it. LIke most of us his alcohol intake had upticked during COVID and he joined his...

“Alcohol robs you of your opportunity to cultivate your power from your own courage. When you are courageous sober you learn that you can trust yourself to do bigger and scarier things. And other things you thought were scary become less so and your edges continue to grow.”  This one is a spicy episode people so be ready. I met Whitney at a retreat where she led a session called … wait for it… Tra...

“I said to this interventionist, ‘Look. If you take away my drinking. It's not going to stop the fact I'm a single mom or that I have this jerk of an ex-husband or that I work this crazy corporate job and that I’m barely making ends meet.’ He smiled and said, ‘No but it will change you.’”  Margy recently celebrated 19 years of sobriety on February 7th but it was just a little over four mon...

“There was something more for me and it was going to take a choice to get to that point. I’m here for more. This isn’t me.” A daughter of a workaholic and alcoholic, it made perfect sense Lauren would turn into both. After never being taught how to deal with emotion, anything that wasn’t a high was bad which led to her chasing the high with alcohol, drugs and work. After a divine moment on NYE 201...

“Sober•ish means creating your own definition for you. We can create our own rules. We can create what feels good to us. That is one of the most important things, “What feels good to me?, “Am I in alignment with my highest truth?” And creating that definition for yourself.” Unlike a lot of people, Adrienne had cut down on drinking during the pandemic as she wasn’t out entertaining clients and soci...

“My biggest fear was my children wouldn't know how to be uncomfortable and would have to find a way to escape. I don't want my girls to think motherhood is martyrdom or they have to suffer to be a parent or have to escape it.”  Starlyn’s last drink was 4 months before the start of Covid but she didn't know it was her last drink at the time. After battling anxiety for a long time she so...

Finding my sober•ish path and attending Tracy Litt’s Powerhouse are two of the most important things I have done for my healing and growth. And I was sober for every single one. Today I share my three big takeaways from the transformational Powerhouse event and how they work for me as a human and how they can support you on your sober•ish journey.  Creating a knowing of trust. Trust myself, in tim...

“Sober•ish is giving yourself the best opportunity to have the life you want. None of this is possible without me being sober. I need to be sober to be the best possible person, leader, mother I can be. Sober•ish is giving myself the best opportunity at this beautiful life.”  Tori is the Founder of Compete Confidence Golf which has taken the women’s golf industry by storm and absolutely none of it...

Welcome to 2024! New Year. New You? New Year. Same You?   Whatever version of you, let’s go!  Trying Dry January? Go you! I share 3 tips to help support you on your journey. Just know you can do anything for 31 days or rather not do one thing. You’ve got this. The New Year can feel a bit much especially when it comes to trying to create all the changes you want and on the same day. No wonder most...

Welcome to the final episode of The Sober•ish Uprising for 2023. I am filled with such gratitude for all who have shared their story and those who have tuned in. Thank you for the courage and curiosity to explore your relationship with alcohol.  In today’s episode I share my favorite things from my guests on the podcast and also in my sober•ish journey. Think Oprah’s Favorite Things except no one...

“There was a time when I was really challenging myself. I wanted a beer but I felt guilty because I am a spiritual leader. I had to question my who, what, when, what actions. Through allowing myself to explore that gave me the answers of my true self sovereignty.”   Vaughn  is a healer, a priestess and soul alchemist who works with the star energies of the cosmos for greater wisdom, light and heal...

“My doctor asked me if I had anything else I wanted to talk about before I left and I said yeah ‘Am i an alcoholic?’”  Allyson, a guide, healer and coach, still found herself like many of us having the realization that drinking may not serve her but not committing to the change for years. With a complicated family story deserving of a white board sketch, Allyson started drinking in her early teens...

It's the Holidays baby! And we all know as holly jolly as they are they can also make us feel a little grinchy.  Today I share tips for for approaching the Holidays sober•ish. They’ve worked for me. They’ve worked for clients. What’s great is they also work for other Holiday decisions.  In my second year of being sober•ish, I had 23 drinks. 13 were over November and December with 9 during the...

“Is this the kind of woman I want to be? The mom I want to be? The business owner? Is alcohol moving me further or closer away from what I am actually trying to do and here to do and wanting to in this world? The answer is further. Its definitely not closer.” This conversation is different then my others in that Liz is brand new to being sober•ish. On the day we taped she was on day 9 and is now i...

“I could cry.  I’m so happy I made the decision to quit. And when you make the decision from a higher place it changes something inside of you.”  Lori is new•ish in her sober journey but like most people knew for much longer drinking may not be for her.  Never a heavy drinker, Lori found herself finding more and more reasons to celebrate with wine despite feeling her body reject the alcohol when s...

“I fooled myself into believing there was no other way. If I am going to do x, y, zed, of course I have to have a bottle of wine at dinner or take my clients to a scotch tasting and partake. This is just what we do.”  Cathy is a recovering tech executive, health coach and a sober•ish woman on her way to complete sobriety.  As a high-performing woman living with an autoimmune disease Cathy worked f...