The Sober Mom Life

My amazing Bravo obsessed friend Courtney joins me for this very important installment of Sobritea to discuss the shock heard round the Bravosphere: Amanda and West’s relationship announcement.  We have so many questions. What about Kyle and Ciara? What is West’s appeal?! What in the ChatGPT word salad was that announcement? Is this as bad as #Scandoval?  Plus - The unexpected let down o...

I just got back from our family’s annual Spring Break trip to Florida, and honestly? We just played. Nonstop. The whole time. It was amazing, and it got me thinking: would a vacation filled with this much fun and play have been possible if alcohol was in the mix? I really don’t think so.  One of the biggest lies we’re sold is that we need alcohol to have fun. That is not true at all. In fact,...

If you’ve been going back and forth on sobriety, this episode is for you.  Erin Washington, the host of ThERINpy , is 28 days sober. She’s on her third Dry January, and for the first time it feels…easy! While she’s not ready to commit to a sober life, she is definitely ready to commit to ‘not drinking today’ and she’s excited to see what can unfold from here.   We get deep into the...

2026 has so far been...kind of shitty. We’re sold a lie that alcohol will hold your hand through hard moments. That’s all bullshit. Yes, there will still be hard stuff and days where everything feels like it’s going wrong. But believe me when I say - facing those challenges with a sober mind is a gift.  I’m on Spring Break this week! If you’re gearing up for your first sober vacation - just k...

Sobriety coach Sara Kaufman-Bradstreet is six and a half years alcohol-free, one and a half years cannabis-free, and has never lost her excitement for a sober life.  Today, Sara shares the story of how she ditched alcohol hand-in-hand with her husband, how cannabis became a crutch in her alcohol-free life and when she realized that it was time to also ditch that, the lessons she’s learned qui...

My first sober vacation was a pivotal moment in my sobriety journey. It was the first time that I really felt that I was making a different choice for myself. Was it challenging? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely! Nothing feels better than waking up on a beautiful vacation morning with no hangover because you didn’t drink the night before.  If you’re gearing up for your first sober vacation -...

Delanie Fischer joins the pod today to talk all about identity shifts. She’s had a lot of them, from leaving her life as a comedian and reinventing herself into a new career as a podcaster, writer and NSFW mug maker (more on that in the episode!), to getting sober as part of her overall goal of living a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle.  Delanie is the co-host of the top rated podcast...

Alcohol might be one of the longest-standing relationships in your life, and today's episode will give you permission to grieve the breakup. You were taught to put alcohol on a pedestal - a magical substance that ‘would make every experience better’. Realizing that lie might come with sadness, confusion, anger, and...yes, grief. Lean into that. Feel it all. You won't stay there. I’m proud of you....

Real Sober Mom Danielle couldn’t imagine a life without alcohol. Though alcohol didn’t play a large role in her upbringing in the Congo with her missionary family, it slowly began to creep into her life after the death of her grandmother who she’d been taking care of in her early 20s in Colorado. Alcohol showed up for Danielle in her grief, and from that point she began to really love the way it m...

Smack dab in the middle of my book The Sober Shift you’ll find my ten things that I want you to keep in mind during early sobriety. This special segment of the book is a really handy support that will help to ground you at any point when your sobriety is feeling overwhelming. Today I’ll give you a lightning fast overview of these ten things.  If you want to go deeper with these tips go grab y...

If you’ve struggled with how to navigate your sobriety journey when your partner still drinks, then this episode is for you. Relationship expert Dr. Alexandra Solomon joins me for a chat about how to navigate big transitions in your long term relationship.  We’ll discuss her three books Loving Bravely , Taking Sexy Back , and Love Every Day , and Alexandra will share her thoughts on couples t...

Today we tackle the dreaded ‘forever’ question as we walk through Chapter 10 of my book The Sober Shift .  You don’t have to answer if giving up alcohol is forever. We don’t ask that about any other lifestyle choice, why do we ask it about this?  Instead, let me offer you a shift. What you thought of it as ‘sober for good’. Make a list of all the things that ‘sober for good’ might mean t...

Carl Radke of Bravo’s Summer House joins Suzanne and Katie to talk about his sobriety journey and his wonderful book Cake Eater: A Journey of Self Discovery.  Carl will share his history with alcohol and cocaine, the challenges he experienced with moderation, how the heartbreaking passing of his brother ultimately led him to choosing sobriety, what it has been like to go through growth in fro...

When I polled my Instagram community and asked what was holding women back from committing to sobriety the biggest answer I received was FOMO - fear of missing out.  Today as we cover chapter 9 of my book The Sober Shift I want to shift this fear for you and ask you to ask yourself the question: what is alcohol making me miss out on ?  For me and so many women, the realities of what we l...

Health and wellness coach Erin Treloar is here to help you regulate your nervous system so that you can find more calm, joy, and clarity in your life. Erin shares the science behind nervous system regulation, why alcohol can wreak havoc on your nervous system, and what you can do today (right now!) to help your body find inner calm.  Plus, Erin will share a bit about her own sobriety journey,...

Our society is stuck on the idea that sobriety should be rooted in shame. In today’s episode and in chapter 8 of my book The Sober Shift , I push back on that and argue that your sobriety should not feel like something that you need to hide!  I’ll share how I shifted from my sobriety being something I did quietly to something that I proclaim proudly, and how you can make the shift too, in wha...

When Ariel was young she saw alcohol as her closest friend. But slowly the ways in which alcohol was not a close friend, but a toxic relationship, began to surface - through a DUI at 18, or the mom shame she began to feel for her drinking once she became a mother at 22. Alcohol was completely normalized in her family, though, and she could not even conceive that she would need to quit. As a social...

My first sober vacation was a challenge, but when I was done I was in awe of myself. I did that! It was then that I started to think about the concept of ‘sober firsts’. Focusing on these challenging ‘first’ experiences with sobriety - the sober summer, the sober wedding, the sober holiday - helped me stay in touch with how sobriety was impacting my life.  And let me tell you: the self-confid...

The incredible Margaret Josephs of Real Housewives of New Jersey is with us today!! Margaret has always stood out as someone who was refreshingly authentic in the Bravo world, and a part of that is rooted in her lifelong alcohol-free lifestyle!  Margaret’s sobriety has never stood in the way of her love of being the life of the party. This self proclaimed ‘professional non-drinking party girl...

The stereotype of ‘rock bottom’ kept me drinking. I believed the lie that if my drinking didn’t look like a dire stereotype then I did not qualify for sobriety. This lie stopped me from seeing what alcohol had already taken from my life. Today we’ll talk through chapter six of my book The Sober Shift , where I’ll help you reframe the concept of ‘rock bottom’ so that you can find a softer place to...

Ericka Andersen devoured every quit lit book she could find in early sobriety, but time and again something was missing for her: faith. Faith and religion is deeply central to Ericka’s life, and so she set out to write the book that she needed when she got sober.  Today Ericka tells us all about her book - Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith . Ericka wrote this book to...

Alcohol is sold as a form of self care - a way for us to unwind and ‘come back to ourselves’. This is an absolute lie, one created by big alcohol in order to boost sales and to get us addicted.  Today I’ll walk you through chapter 5 of my book The Sober Shift where we dispel the myth that alcohol and wellness should go hand in hand, and I’ll help you figure out what true wellness in sobriety...

Real Sober Mom Sarah grew up in Germany on a US military base where alcohol was such a way of life that her first drink was at thirteen years old at a restaurant with her family.  As a mom, alcohol came in and out of her life but it wasn’t until her kids were a bit older that it began to have a hold on her. Once she realized she was drinking every day, she began to worry - had her drinking go...

Today I’ll walk you through chapter 4 of my book The Sober Shift where we’ll step back from romanticizing alcohol so that we can take a clear look at the real role that drinking plays in your life. I call this facing ‘the mold in the basement’. In order to be honest about alcohol, we have to face our stories about alcohol that we’ve avoided facing for so long.  This part is challenging, but y...

This week Suzanne and Katie break apart what Suzanne considers a ‘masterpiece’: the latest episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake city, Sisters of Salt.  We’ll get into how the cast’s ability (or inability) to have challenging conversations majorly shapes the narratives of the show. Then, we’ll explore the nature of flaunting wealth within these women’s lives, and how for some it serves as a...