The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

If you’re the good mom who drinks at night because you’re exhausted, angry, overstimulated and secretly wondering why you feel so unhappy when your life looks “fine” from the outside—this episode is for you. In this conversation, I’m joined by Nicole Phillips, author of The Negativity Remedy and host of The Kindness Podcast. Nicole is almost 14 years sober, and she shares how kindness helped her m...

If you've ever counted down the minutes until you could pour a glass of wine, convinced yourself that every mom drinks to survive parenting, or wondered why motherhood feels so much harder than you expected, this conversation is for you. In this episode, I'm joined by fellow podcasters and authors Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Drunk-ish) and Sara Kaufman Bradstreet (No More Wasted Days) for an honest, f...

Do you wonder if you’ll ever have fun without alcohol? Despite all the reasons you want to stop drinking, a lot of us find ourselves looking back at vacations, girls' weekends, summer nights, and celebrations thinking alcohol was what made them special. In this conversation, I sat down with sobriety coach, podcast host, and longtime recovery advocate Angela Pugh to talk about one of the biggest ob...

What happens when alcohol becomes part of everything? Not because you're drinking all day. Not because you've hit a dramatic rock bottom. But because it's woven into your evenings, your marriage, your friendships, your vacations, and the way you unwind after a long day. That's where Trisha found herself. She's a registered nurse, mom of three, and someone who spent years believing she just needed...

If you're the woman who has always been the responsible one — the good student, the hard worker, the person everyone can count on, but wine has quietly become your reward at the end of the day, this episode is for you. Today, I'm talking with Katharine, a mom of three, tech sales executive, longtime member of the Sobriety Starter Kit community, and someone I've had the privilege of watching grow o...

If you've ever worried that stopping drinking will make you less fun, less attractive, or less likely to find your person, this conversation is for you. In this SSK Member Story episode, I'm talking with my friend Kim, who I've known for more than a decade. We met in early sobriety and have stayed connected through years of growth, setbacks, day ones, and hard-won lessons. Kim shares her experienc...

If you’re the woman who looks like she has it all together…but secretly counts down to that first glass of wine every night… This episode is for you. In this conversation, I’m talking with Mary — a member of The Sobriety Starter Kit community — about what it looked like to drink a bottle of wine almost every night while still showing up for work, parenting, paying bills, and doing all the things....

You can be the good mom. The business owner. The woman volunteering at school and showing up for everyone else… while secretly counting drinks, hiding bottles, and waking up at 3am terrified that this can’t keep going. “I’ll just moderate better this time.” “I can’t imagine never drinking again.” In this episode, I’m talking with Jennifer, a member of The Sobriety Starter Kit community, about what...

This episode is part of my SSK Member Story series, where women share what drinking was really like before they stopped—and what finally helped change stick. Today I’m talking with Sarah, who is almost 200 days alcohol-free. Sarah spent 15 years as a CFO working intense hours, raising kids, carrying a huge amount of pressure, and using wine to cope with the stress, resentment, exhaustion, and ment...

If you know the cycle of drinking more than you planned, waking up with anxiety, trying to piece together the night before, promising yourself you’ll stop, and then somehow starting again by Tuesday or Friday, this episode is for you. In this episode, I’m talking with Jessica, a member of the Sobriety Starter Kit community, who is celebrating almost 6 months alcohol-free. She shares what it was li...

Do you ever find yourself pouring a glass of wine at the end of the day… collapsing on the couch… and telling yourself “this is just how I unwind”? If that’s been running through your head, this episode is going to hit close to home. Today I’m talking with Anna, a member of the Sobriety Starter Kit community, who went from daily “couch wine” and years of trying to moderate… to being 28 months alco...

If you’ve ever wondered how to handle business travel without alcohol, you’re not alone. For so many high-achieving women, drinking is woven into every part of work travel: Airport bars while waiting for flights Wine at client dinners Cocktails at networking events Drinks in the hotel room to unwind It can feel like alcohol isn’t just available—it’s expected. So the idea of navigating work trips,...

In midlife, a lot of women start noticing that alcohol hits differently. The glass of wine that used to feel relaxing now messes with your sleep, ramps up your anxiety, leaves you feeling emotionally fried, and makes it harder to bounce back. And if you’ve been stuck in the cycle of moderating, taking breaks, doing Dry January, and then starting over, you are so not alone. In this conversation, I’...

If you’re the woman who holds everything together, manages everyone else’s needs, and still ends the day overwhelmed, resentful, and reaching for wine, this episode is for you. In this conversation, I’m talking with Beatriz Victoria Albina about a pattern that quietly drives so much stress, anxiety, overgiving, and overdrinking: emotional outsourcing. Bea is a UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitione...

If you’ve ever told yourself you need to drink less, get your life together, or finally follow through on the changes you keep thinking about—but then found yourself right back where you started—this episode is for you. I’m talking with Eric Zimmer, host of The One You Feed podcast and author of How a Little Becomes a Lot, about why lasting change usually doesn’t happen through one huge breakthrou...

Alcohol sometimes doesn’t just numb stress or overwhelm—it also numbs resentment, loneliness, disconnection, and the quiet questions you don’t want to face. And when you take that coping mechanism away, your marriage can come into sharper focus fast. In this conversation, I’m talking with Katherine Waddell—licensed marriage and family therapist, couples specialist, and expert in discernment counse...

A lot of women don’t realize they’re dealing with burnout. They just feel tired, irritable, stretched thin, and like everything takes more effort than it should. And when drinking becomes the way you cope, it can make it even harder to see what’s really going on. In this episode, I’m talking with burnout expert Cait Donovan, host of FRIED: The Burnout Podcast and author of The Bounce Back Ability...

If you’re trying to drink less or stop drinking, alcohol cravings can feel incredibly frustrating. You might make it through a few days or even a couple of weeks, and then suddenly the desire to drink shows up again—usually when you’re stressed, overwhelmed, tired, or just trying to unwind at the end of the day. In this episode, I’m joined by Mary Tilson, a professional recovery coach, yoga and me...

Ten years ago, when I couldn’t get more than four days without drinking, I kept thinking about one thing: my son. He was eight years old. And I imagined him ten years into the future. I stopped drinking when Hank was almost eight and Lila was almost two. Not because everything fell apart—but because I could see where things were headed if nothing changed. Fast-forward a decade. On my 50th birthday...

In Part 2 of my 10-year sober celebration, we go deeper into what happens after the decision sticks: the surprising internal shifts you don’t expect, the tiny everyday wins that quietly change everything, and the bigger external changes that become possible once alcohol isn’t in the way. You’ll hear from women in my community about how sobriety changed the way they handle stress, relationships, an...

Ten years ago, I couldn’t get past Day 4 without drinking. I was exhausted, anxious, overwhelmed, and quietly terrified about where my life was headed if nothing changed. Today marks a full decade alcohol-free—and when I look back, what moves me most isn’t just that I stopped drinking. It’s how that one decision changed the trajectory of my entire life… and my family’s life too. But the most meani...

What do you do when you want to drink again—not because you’re “back at zero,” but because midlife (and menopause) is hitting hard? I’m talking with Dana Bowman, author of Humble Pie, about the messy truth of long-term recovery colliding with midlife—think perimenopause, parenting teens, sleep disruption, body changes, and the quiet pressure to keep performing like nothing’s happening. Dana and I...

How do you rewire your brain to stop using alcohol to cope—especially when you’re stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in the drinking cycle? I’m joined by Kate Vitela, a psychiatric nurse who’s triple board certified in mental health, addiction, and coaching, and the voice behind the Rewired Sober podcast. Kate brings the perfect mix of neuroscience + real-life recovery talk—no shame, no dogm...

If you’re a high-achieving, sober-curious woman who’s drinking less (or not at all) but still feels pulled toward scrolling, snacking, shopping, streaming, or stress habits that don’t actually make you feel good—this episode is for you. Today I’m talking with bestselling author Catherine Gray who wrote The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober and Sunshine Warm Sober. Her new book Little Addictions dives...

When the U.S. government released the new 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, most people probably didn’t notice what didn’t make headlines. But something important changed. For the first time in decades, the federal government removed specific drinking limits from its alcohol guidance. Gone was the already-weak recommendation of no more than one drink per day for women. Also missing? Any...