The Sober Mom Life

If you’re stuck in what I call ‘moderation hell’ then this episode is for you. We have all been sold the myth that moderation is the ‘normal’ way to drink. If you can’t achieve it? Then you have a problem. This is a myth! It could not be further from the truth.  Today I’ll walk you through chapter 3 of my book The Sober Shift where we dispel the myth of moderation in pursuit of getting you to...

Certified parenting coach and the co-founder of Guardian Recovery Keesha Scott joins me today to share how her 23 years of sobriety have impacted her life, both personally and as a parent.  For Keesha, sobriety opened up a path for her to finally feel her feelings. After over two decades of sobriety, she could never imagine wanting to hide from her feelings again. This ability to stare direct...

Mommy Wine Culture is a trend manufactured in boardrooms by Big Alcohol. I explore this deeply in the second chapter of my book, The Sober Shift, and today on The Weekend Reset I’ll give you an overview of what I found in my research so that you can clearly see how we as moms have been manipulated to believe that alcohol could ‘help’ us with motherhood.  Alcohol was never here to help us. It...

Happy 2026! As we begin the new year, I’m joined by my amazing friends Casey Davidson of The Hello Someday Podcast and Gill Tietz of Sober Powered to bring you a fresh and empowering perspective on Dry January.  If you’re ready to reset your relationship with alcohol, let this episode be your support. We’ll talk about how to navigate those first two alcohol-free weeks, perspective shifts that...

Happy New Year! For the next ten weeks on The Weekend Reset I’ll be walking you through my new book The Sober Shift chapter by chapter. Take a listen to the intro to get you up to speed!   Today, in Chapter One, I want to invite you to shift how you’re viewing the concept of sobriety. Society sells us on the idea that sobriety is all about deprivation. But what if you flipped that? What...

In these final days of 2025 my mom and I are here to take stock of the year. We’ll talk about big shifts we’ve experienced in our lives (A book release! Retirement!), what we’re deciding to leave behind as we exit the year, how sobriety can serve as an endless springboard for growth, and our intentions for 2026.  Community makes all the difference. Join The Sober Mom Life Cafe for 5+ Peer Sup...

It’s the last Friday of 2025, so let's look back... No matter where you are on your sobriety journey, the fact that you’re here tells me that in 2025 you showed up for yourself. Maybe you have some sobriety under your belt now, or maybe you began to drink with the blinders off. Wherever you are on this path, you deserve so much self-compassion and grace for all of how you grew and changed in your...

I love taking a look back at the end of each year, so today I’ve compiled some of my favorite moments from this year’s episodes to share with you! Get ready to hear some standout moments from all of our fantastic guests in 2025. If you’d like to go deeper into any of these conversations, be sure to visit the full episodes! In this episode you'll hear highlights from: Celebrating Five Years of Sobr...

We are officially deep in the holiday season, and if you’re navigating early sobriety this can be a challenging time. So today, I’m here with some perspective on how you can protect your peace - even if it means saying no. I’ll share scripts for how you can say no in a way that respects your own needs, whether that be saying no to an event, to friends, or to a drink that someone is trying to place...

Today’s real sober mom, Glory, credits her kids as the reason why she quit drinking. For her, the mom shame she experienced after a night of drinking became so overwhelming that she knew she couldn’t continue.  Still, the challenge of quitting was unlike anything she’d ever experienced. She’d done hard things before - she’d quit smoking, she’d reached her fitness and nutrition goals - why was...

We are smack dab in the middle of December and I don’t know about you, but during this season I often feel like I am the only mom coming up short in a world full of moms who have everything together. It’s times like these that I am so grateful for my sobriety.  My sobriety is deeply rooted in motherhood, so today I’m going to share a bit about my parenting philosophy - Half Ass. Whole Heart.&...

Katie and I are back with another installment of SobrieTEA, where we spill the tea about our favorite escape: Bravo and Reality TV!  Today we’re digging into RHOSLC and Southern Charm. We’ll talk about the weird in-flight drama that Meredith created. Then, we’ll discuss why the men of Southern Charm get a constant pass on their behavior and choices.  Plus - Katie shares the upcoming rele...

In early sobriety, you will get cravings. It’s going to happen. They might pop up in the daily pattern of your life or within the rituals of the holiday season. But you don’t have to panic.  In today’s Weekend Reset we’ll prepare you to face those cravings when they arise.  Here’s the truth - wanting a drink and having a drink are two very different things. Having a concrete plan in plac...

Giving up alcohol originally felt to Mary Alice Stephens like leaving so many things behind - ‘Fun Mary’, date nights with her husband, friendships that centered around wine, and a father who expressed his love through alcohol. Now fourteen years sober, Mary Alice can look back and confidently say that the leap was so worth facing her fears.  Mary is the author of the new book Uncorked: A Mem...

So much of my sobriety is rooted in gratitude. Not inauthentic gratitude that feels forced, but the true deeply rooted gratitude I feel as I’m present for each beautiful everyday moment of life. With each passing year I find that my well of gratitude deepens. And the women I’ve interviewed who’ve been sober for 10, 15, 20 years? They’ve confirmed it - your gratitude in sobriety will only continue...

One of the biggest things I leaned on in early sobriety was yoga - especially sessions led by Kristin McGee. She was instrumental in helping me move through that first stage of sobriety, and today she’s here!!  Kristin will share with us the importance of connecting with your body in order to tap into your inner voice. Then, we’ll talk about dating without alcohol, the wild reality of alcohol...

Your sobriety isn't a committee decision. It's OK if your family and friends don't understand. Yes, it's scary. If your family has always bonded over alcohol, it can feel lonely to be sober during the holiday season. It’s a challenging shift to put yourself first and not people-please to make others comfortable during the holidays. But believe me, you can do it.  Today, I'll discuss how you c...

Registered Nurse and Sobriety Coach Kate Vitela is here to remind you that no matter where you are on your sobriety journey, you are always allowed to change.  Kate shares the story of how alcohol became a way of life for her as a young nurse and how her attempt at switching to cannabis wound up unraveling her life in a way that led to full sobriety.  She also shares about her experience...

There’s a problematic message in our society that tells us that we only need to quit drinking if our drinking looks ‘that bad’. You know the kind - Meg Ryan in When A Man Loves a Woman or Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas.  This message can cause so many challenges for women on their sobriety journeys. It can make them second guess themselves about whether or not they need to quit drinking,...

Katie and I are back with another installment of SobrieTEA, where we spill the tea about our favorite escape: Bravo and Reality TV!  We’ve been watching a lot of Real Housewives lately. We’ll share our thoughts on Tamara’s truth bomb about Gretchen’s problematic Instagram activity on RHOC. Katie will lay out why she loves the current cast of Real Housewives of Potomac. And finally, we’ll wrap...

Friday episodes are back! Every Friday you can now tune into The Weekend Reset: bite-sized episodes to support you in your sobriety as you head into the weekend!  In this first Weekend Reset, I want to share with you why I write one very specific phrase in almost every book I sign: “Keep Going”. No matter how hard sobriety feels at this moment, I promise you, it is easier to keep going....

Fellow Wisconsinite and sober coach Heather Lowe loved the way alcohol made her feel from a very young age. She kept her fears that she might have a problematic relationship with alcohol under wraps for decades, until a flurry of life changes and tragedies led to her begin to ‘drink her grief’ instead of feeling it.  Heather wanted to blame everything but alcohol for the ways in which she fel...

Powerhouse psychotherapist, boundary expert, and author Terri Cole joins me today for an incredibly enlightening talk about boundary setting, codependency, and how it all plays out in sobriety.  Terri will share how she came to dedicate her life to helping people navigate boundary setting and what she has coined ‘high functioning codependency’. She’ll share what boundaries and codependency tr...

Jessica Stewart from The Sober As F*ck Podcast joins me today to share her sobriety journey, one that is deeply entangled with the addictions of her mom, brother, and husband. Jessica vulnerably shares how the addictions of her loved ones played out in her own life, and how it affected her choices with everything including alcohol, partying, parenthood, her marriage and more.  Jessica has bee...

Katie and I are back with another installment of SobrieTEA, where we spill the tea about our favorite escape: Bravo and Reality TV!  Fall truly begins with the premiere of Bravo’s fall TV lineup. We’ll get into the Real Housewives of Miami reunion, The OC, the great Real Housewives of Salt Lake premiere, and what we expect when Potomac returns.  Plus - A peek into Suzanne’s book release...