The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Women with ADHD are creative, spontaneous, problem solvers, energetic and have the ability to focus intensely on a project or task. They are also more likely to drink heavily, become reliant on alcohol and are more sensitive to the effects of alcohol on their brains and bodies.  In fact, 25% of adults being treated for alcohol and substance use disorders are diagnosed with ADHD and alcohol abuse a...

Annie Grace, the author of The Alcohol Experiment and This Naked Mind, has joined me on my 100th episode to shift your perspective on drinking so that you can gain control of alcohol and find freedom.    Her work has helped thousands of people understand the impact of alcohol on their lives and dispel widely held beliefs and misconceptions about the benefits of drinking, including that it helps yo...

Wondering which celebrities are sober and whether any of your favorite actors, musicians and models live alcohol-free?  You might be surprised by how many famous people have decided to quit drinking. Personally, I love it when a celebrity comes out to say they've stopped drinking or are questioning the role that alcohol is playing in their lives because it normalizes living alcohol-free and disrup...

Parenting teens and tweens can be a messy time that can bring joy, satisfaction, frustration, worry and a desire to drink to tune it all out.  It’s a time when kids are moving out of childhood and into adulthood, but they’re not there yet.  Kids in adolescence experience intense emotions, are wired for novelty seeking and start to prioritize peer relationships over parental ones.  Because of all o...

What are your first 30 days without alcohol like? What parts are hard and when do you start feeling good? Here's my diary of my first 30 days sober, which turned into 6 years alcohol-free. Tomorrow, February 18, I am hitting 6 years alcohol-free! I can’t believe I haven’t had a sip of alcohol but it's also just another day because not drinking isn't hard anymore. It's the way I live my life. It's...

There are a lot of benefits to choosing an alcohol-free life, but how do you make it a positive choice that you can maintain once the novelty has worn off? Janey Lee Grace, the host of the Alcohol-Free Life podcast, is here to share the secrets of why to ditch the booze and live happy, healthy and sober.  As a former gray-area drinker, Janey used to wake up at 3 am hating herself for drinking too...

How do you make marriage work after quitting drinking?  Most marriages have some common patterns and habits that can make or break the relationship. Problematic patterns can be exacerbated when you’re in the drinking cycle and new habits can be helpful once you stop drinking and your relationship is adjusting to a new normal. Because we use alcohol as a coping mechanism, a way to suppress negative...

What if drinking isn’t the problem but rather a symptom of the problem? What if it’s masking the deeper personal development work you need to do? What if instead of being a solution, alcohol is sapping your confidence, exacerbating your anxiety and making it harder to connect with others? What if you’re drinking because of fear, limiting beliefs, not feeling good enough, an inability to set health...

Diet culture is everywhere.  NPR reported that in 2021,  50% of all New Year's resolutions in the U.S. were based on fitness, 48% were resolutions to lose weight and 39% of resolutions were to improve one’s diet. We spend over $30 billion on diet products annually and an estimated 45 million Americans diet every year. 85% of women have, at one point in their life, been on some kind of a diet, stru...

What does it mean to be “sober curious”?  If you’re “sober curious” you likely aren’t sure that you want to give up alcohol forever, but you might wonder if your life would be better without alcohol. Maybe you recognize that alcohol is taking up a significant amount of your time, energy and focus. You wish you were more intentional about your drinking. Or your intuition might be telling you that a...

What do you do when you realize that 1) alcohol is making your life worse and 2) moderating is not working?  That’s where my guest, Amanda E. White, found herself as she started reevaluating her relationship with alcohol.  Her new book, Not Drinking Tonight, is a guide to understanding why you drink, and how to stop drinking and create a sober life you love.  In our conversation, you’ll learn so m...

Are you ready to rock Dry January alcohol-free?  I want to give you all the tips to make your Dry January fun, exciting, easy and (most importantly) a success.  Dry January is the act of giving up all forms of alcohol for the entirety of the first month of the year. That means no beer, spirits, wine, cocktails, or any other alcohol for 31 days.  Dry January began in 2012 as an initiative by Alcoho...

So it’s Christmas week with New Year’s Eve right around the corner and you’re not drinking.  …Or you’re trying not to drink.  …Or you REALLY want to stop drinking but you’re not sure you’re ready yet.  …Or you stopped drinking 6 months ago but DAMN this week is harder than you thought it would be…. What can you do to stay centered and grounded and not dive head first into the sparkly drinks all ar...

What are the most common mistakes women make when getting sober? If you’ve tried to quit drinking before and keep picking up a bottle of wine on Day 4 or Day 16 I’ve got all the advice you need to set yourself up for success, not self-sabotage.  Every single woman who has stopped drinking has had a last restart, a last day one. With the right information and support, you can decide to stop drinkin...

Have you been thinking about breaking up with booze but you’re not sure how to get started?  If you're ready to shift your mindset about what it’s like to live alcohol-free and take a break from drinking, this episode is for you!  My guest is Alex McRobert, international yoga teacher, life and sobriety coach, and the host of The Sober Yoga Girl Podcast.  Alex became sober in 2019 and yoga played a...

What does a sober girl do to navigate the holiday season, drinking events, office parties, family gatherings and New Year’s Eve without alcohol?  The end of each year can be a happy, fun and exciting time to gather with family and friends. But if you’re in early sobriety and not consuming alcohol at drinking events, the holidays can also be stressful, overwhelming and tricky to navigate.  In order...

How do you identify the changes you want in your life and move forward when you feel stuck?  What if you have a family you love, a good job and responsibilities that keep you busy and needed but you are thinking “there has to be more than this”?   What if you’re comfortable enough, you don’t want to rock the boat and (really) aren’t actually sure what exactly needs to change? But you also feel lik...

What are the best non-alcoholic beverages to drink when you’re not drinking alcohol?  If you’re worried about going booze-free and fear that you’ll be giving up happy hours and dinner parties in addition to hangovers, I’ve got good news for you. In the last few years, there’s been an explosion of incredible non-alcoholic drink options available including NA beer, wine, spirits, mixers, shrubs and...

What do Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte + Miranda from Sex And The City, Bridget Jones and Olivia Pope on Scandal have in common?  Their shows, characters, sets and plot lines romanticize and glamorize alcohol.  TV shows and movies have taught all of us from a very young age that drinking is empowering, sophisticated, fun and ‘the thing’ that modern, independent women do.  Through marketing, media and...

If you’re like most women you have a lot of fears and limiting beliefs about what life without alcohol will be like.  You might worry that life without happy hours will be boring. Or that people will judge you if you stop drinking. You might believe that the ONLY people who don’t drink are alcoholics or have a “real problem” with alcohol. Or fear that you’ll lose friends and never have fun again i...

Do you think all non-alcoholic beer sucks but you’re not sure what to order at a restaurant when you go out? Or are you trying to stop drinking but don’t know what to do with yourself when happy hour rolls around? Are you tired of pulling out a LaCroix around the firepit or at a football party?  My guest today is Bill Shufelt. Bill is the Co-Founder + CEO of Athletic Brewing Company.   When Bill d...

What’s getting in the way of making the decision to stop drinking? The fear of never drinking again? Uncertainty about what your life is going to look like? Worry about what people might think of you if you stop drinking?  Just getting through the first 30 Days? Today is part 2 of my conversation with one of my private coaching clients, Christy and we dig into what to expect in your first year of...

What happens in your first year alcohol-free? How will you feel in your first 30 days sober? And what changes might you see in your body and your life after 100 days of not drinking? How do you navigate your first holiday, party, friendships, relationships, Halloween, Oktoberfest and football season without alcohol? My guest is one of my private coaching clients, Christy, who called me on Day 1 an...

Have you ever wondered why you crave alcohol?    Why do you feel happier when you know you’re going to drink? And why do you feel irritable, restless and discontented when you don’t drink or you’re trying to take a break? Why do you promise yourself in the morning that you’re going to take a break from alcohol and by 6pm you’re opening another bottle of wine?  My guest today is Dr. Anna Lembke, Pr...

Have you been going back and forth about whether you should take a break from drinking but don’t check all the boxes for a person who had a “real problem” with alcohol? That’s the case for a lot of high-achieving women.    We think that having a problem with alcohol is black or white. Either you fall into the category of someone who is an alcoholic or has a drinking problem, or you don’t. And heav...