SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT - Sober Living, Sobriety, Addiction Recovery, Emotional Sobriety, Alcohol Free

Hey, Hey!    SOBRIETY PODCAST UPDATE! I’m so excited about welcoming the dads in recovery to my podcast! We’re going to be talking about mental health, faith, and relationships in recovery. I’m excited about my lineup of guests who will be sharing their experience, strength, and hope. Stay tuned, this will be happening soon!    **It’s time for that desperately sought after solo Target run.. Grab y...

Hey Sober Mama!   It happens every day. You wake up in the morning and tell yourself it’s going to be better today, you’re going to do a better job, you’re going to be more kind, more loving, more fun. Then bam, it feels like failure. You get to the end of the day, ready to check in and do a nightly inventory and it’s the same thing, you could have been more kind, you could have been more mellow,...

Hey Sober Mama!   I remember struggling with getting sober, a part of me wanted to stop and another part couldn’t imagine life without alcohol. And now, as a sober mom - a current struggle is constant anxiety, internal conflict of different parts having different emotions. I want to be optimistic and have confidence around what I’m doing, but a part of me constantly feels not good enough. A part o...

Hey Sober Mama!    The thought of starting a self-care routine can feel so overwhelming, which might defy the purpose of a self-care routine. Where do you start? How do you keep it simple? There are so many areas of self-care, so how do you even decide which area to focus on first? This is what we’re talking about today! I’m so glad you’re here.    **It’s time for that desperately sought after sol...

Hey Sober Mama!    Trying to find balance in sobriety as a sober mom is an ongoing struggle. Being out of balance can cause higher anxiety, depression, and stress. Doing too much and leaning toward perfection isn’t going to reduce the symptoms of anxiety, depression, or stress, perfectionism will likely increase all of these issues. And the opposite is also true, doing nothing isn’t going to help...

Hey Sober Mama,    We all have mental health, every single person. And the same way that we all have physical health and spiritual health. We also have mental health. So the question isn't whether or not you have mental health. The question is how healthy or unhealthy are you in regards to your mental health?    May is mental health awareness month.    Today, we're going to be talking about depres...

Hey Sober Mama,    Who are you? Where do you place your identity? Is your identity in your work, or in your motherhood, or in some other performance based activity? In today’s episode, we’re talking about patience and how identity and patience intersect with one another. We’re also talking about how thermometers and taking a toddler’s temperature relates to patience (haha). Even though patience is...

Hey Sober Mama!    Welcome to the first episode of Sobriety Checkpoint. In this two part series, I’d like to introduce myself and what this podcast is all about. This is where I started a few years ago - I was angry, anxious and full of mom guilt that said, “You wanted this life, you should be happy about it. Why are you so angry - look at that beautiful baby, you shouldn’t be depressed. You’re a...

Hey Sober Mama!   I used burnout and anxiety as a motivator. I didn’t realize it was a motivator because I felt like I was in a rut. But it motivated me to ask for God for help. And that’s actually all I could do is ask for help. Let burn out be a motivator for you too. If the only thing you can do is say a small prayer, “God help me,” then do that. And maybe you already have, maybe that’s how you...

Hey Sober Mama! In this episode I talk about my faith, struggles with people pleasing, and cancel culture. I hope this encourages you and challenges you to reflect and take an inventory on where you are in your life when it comes to how you listen to others (or don't), how you love, and how you live out your faith.  **It’s time for that desperately sought after solo Target run.. Grab your keys and...

Are you a parent in recovery struggling with your emotional sobriety & feeling anxious about whether or not you’re doing this parenting thing right? Are you a self-proclaimed perfectionist constantly worried about what others think of you? Do you feel childhood and family patterns repeating themselves in your marriage or relationships? Did the pink cloud fade a long time ago only to be replace...