Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! When I was contemplating sobriety I read a couple of books that really resonated with me – one was Caroline Knapp: Drinking a Love Story and the other one was Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol  That book was published back in 2013 and it was a book that predicted the huge rise in risky drinking for women – a prediction that sad...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week I’m interviewing one of South Africa’s national treasures - author, journalist, and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser.  I first interviewed Eusebius in 2020 and that conversation remains our most downloaded episode – you can find it on Tribe Sober podcast episode 29 so please check it out later A couple of years later I ditched the drink, s...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! We want to help you to make a healthy start to the new year so we've launched our 7th Annual Fundraiser which will provide you with online and community support for an alcohol free month - and enable you to help a disadvantaged child.  Talk about a win-win! We believe in Challenges here at Tribe Sober - every year we run our Sober Spring Challenge - an...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week’s podcast is released on Christmas Day so by the time you get to hearing it the festivities will be drawing to a close and your thoughts may be turning to 2022.  We want to help you to make a healthy start to the new year so we've launched our 7th Annual Fundraiser which will provide you with online and community support for an alcohol free m...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week’s podcast guest is Deb from Kentucky who is known as Mocktail Mom - she hosts an awesome IG live session on Monday night called Making Friends & Mocktails.  She has her own recovery journey to share and like me she is a breast cancer survivor. Dramatically reducing your risk of breast cancer is one of the benefits of sobriety we don’t talk ab...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week’s podcast guest is an Art Therapist.   Just as I didn’t realise how important yoga could be in recovery I also had no idea that Art Therapy had a role to play.. I interviewed Tribe Sobers yoga teacher Tamsin on episode 69 and today I’m chatting to Art Therapist – Samantha Davis Sami has operated a private Art Therapy practice for the past 18...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This weeks podcast guest is the lovely Lori Massicot a midlife sobriety coach. I discovered Lori when I found her podcast – it’s called “to 50 and beyond” – it’s a podcast aimed at women in mid-life where she highlights the beauty of aging and the freedom that comes along with alcohol free life. She’s on a mission to raise awareness towards the life ch...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Kate from the Sober School About 7 years ago when I was casting about for help with my own drinking problem I stumbled upon a blog by Kate who had already been sober for a couple of years.  She was the first person I ever heard suggesting that sobriety could be fun – rather than the grey and miserable place many drinkers imagine i...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Soberfishie Dawn. Her nickname is Fish. Of course she got the nickname because she drank like a fish! For Dawn her journey began back in 2016 when she decided to try an alcohol free year.  She blogged about her journey, decided to stay alcohol free and is now a Sobriety Advocate with a membership and a large social media following...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guests this week are Tom and Tamsin Sheehey, co-owners of The Shala Yoga Studio in Cape Town, South Africa.  They are both yoga teachers and Tom is also a health coach with expertise in nutritional guidance.  They will both be offering their expertise to the Tribe Sober members. In this Episode Tom’s studies were in what is now called “complimentary...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Jon Turner, the founder of Soberpunks – he is a musician, a blogger and is busy helping others to ditch the drink. He shares his personal recovery story and explains how he feels that not drinking is not only rebellious but it’s positively punk..   In this Episode Like many of us Jon spent a decade trying to cut down – using those...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Susan Christina is an Irish lady living in Spain. She’s on a mission to rebrand sobriety and make alcohol free living as attractive and glamorous as we thought drinking was She’s an advocate for the modern recovery movement and wants women to take back their power!   In this Episode   Susan is using her considerable communication...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Casey McGuire Davidson who is from Seattle in the US. Like me Casey was caught in the corporate workhard/playhard culture as well as the mommyjuice trend…using alcohol to cope with stress and anxiety and becoming  more dependent over the years… But somehow we both found our way out of that trap and now we are finding joy in helpin...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is from Canada! Currently we have the grand total of 4 Canadian members in our tribe and we would love to welcome some more! Sarah Kate agrees with me that we need to “get smart” and see through the constant pressure from Big Alcohol to consume their product – the wine industry has particularly targeted women, trying to convince us t...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Sara-Jayne Makwala King Sara-Jayne is a household name here in South Africa - she's a journalist, a radio presenter and an author. In this Episode Sara-Jayne’s birth was the result of an illegal affair between a white British woman and black South African man during apartheid – she shares her extraordinary story in her memoir Kill...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Andrea Newton. Andrea is a Corporate Consultant, Keynote Speaker,  Mental Health Advocate and a Podcast Host.  Alcohol took Andrea to a dark place but thankfully she recovered and is now doing some very worthwhile work. In this Episode I found Andrea’s account of how alcohol made her feel suicidal as rather chilling – the fact tha...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is an inspiring young man - Liam is a Brit who is now living in Germany.  He began drinking at 13 and finds himself in early recovery in his 30's. In this Episode Liam’s first experience of alcohol was at 13 when he downed half a litre of vodka and promptly passed out That experience would put many people off but in fact he was keen...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is one of those people who are passionate about helping those in recovery. Dr Dawn Bantel, a naturopathic doctor with many years of experience in the recovery space.   In this Episode Dawn agrees that to be really healthy we shouldn’t drink at all but just recently she was surprised to learn that even a few glasses of wine a week wil...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Australian therapist Deb Clarke.  17 years sober Deb talks to me about her drinking years, how she stopped and how her life has changed. In this Episode   Deb was very much a binge drinker – she could go for several days without drinking but once she picked up a drink she had no “off” switch Because she COULD go for a few days wit...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Researcher and Activist Professor Charles Parry, who works tirelessly to bring about social change in South Africa.  He is the Head of the Alcohol and Drug Unit at the SAHMRC, an organisation which reports directly in to the Department of Health and has the overall goal to improve the health of the nation In this Episode Although...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is tribe member Clive Vanderwagen.  Clive is a business and leadership coach who is also a wine expert!   In this Episode Clive’s father offered him a taste of wine at quite an early age in an effort to make it “less exciting” but looking back Clive feels this was a bit naïve and if he was ever a parent he would probably share with h...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Staci Danfield.  Staci is a neuroscientist who loves working with the sober community.  In this episode she shares some really practical and useful information about our brain. In this Episode Staci’s husband walked out on her just before her 50th birthday – she was devastated at the time but now the years have passed she is able...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Mandy Manners.  Mandy has her own recovery story to tell.  Alcohol free for more than 4 years she is now a recovery coach and author. In this Episode Mandy and I are both Brits married to Frenchmen, so were able to discuss and contrast the very different attitudes to drinking in Uk & France. Mandy's French husband was able to cut...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is Dr Loretta Breuning.  Loretta is the author of an excellent book called the "Habits of a Happy Brain" and she shared many fascinating insights with me. In this Episode The world of neuroplasticity is an exciting one - no longer do we have to believe that our brain shrinks and loses its capacity as we age - if we keep exercising an...

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! This week my guest is someone I've known for more than a decade.  When I first met her and discovered she was "sober" I was intrigued.  How could you be "sober" but still be happy and having a lot of fun - was it really possible?  When I finally ditched the drink Robyn became my role model - she is still my inspiration and has gone on to inspire many o...