Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!

  So my guests today are Dave & Susan Kenney   -  they believe that understanding the brain is the key to recovery and are the pioneers of Actualised Recovery – an approach which combines neuroscience, psychology and lifestyle medicine.  After running their own residential recovery program for a decade they have now pivoted to training recovery coaches.   In this episode:- At school Dave had e...

Even though we offer our members a lot of support already we’re always on the look out for new benefits. So these days apart from yoga, meditation, coaching, hypnotherapy, art therapy and accountability groups we can offer our members a functional medicine coach. A Functional Medicine Coach can help us with the transition between drinking a building a healthy lifestyle.  We all know vaguely what w...

  My guest this week is Tribe member Suzanna Poroski - a dance, a choreographer, a singer and a piano player! She's recently celebrated her first Soberversary so I began our conversation by her to introduce herself In this episode:- Suzanna’s first experience of alcohol was at the age of 14 when she got into her father’s brandy Rather than being repulsed by the taste of it she actually drank it un...

My guest this week is Annie McDonnell - an Australian executive with a difficult start in life followed by a 20 years career in the wine industry.  These days she's thriving in her alcohol free life and inspiring others as a Sober Coach. In this episode:- Annie’s father had a drinking problem and her parents had a difficult marriage – in fact her mother left the home when Annie has just 14 Unsurpr...

Jeff Graham founded the Bac2Zero sobriety group.  Like many of us in the recovery space Jeff’s initial sobriety goal was simply to quit drinking.  As he recovered his health, energy and creativity he decided he wanted to help others to do the same.   He describes sobriety as freedom – freedom from a world that was once filled with dread, regret and fear.  Although his goal started out simply as on...

If I had to describe a typical Tribe member then I would pick a lady in her 40’s or 50’s – successful career woman with a family.  Noody would dream that this lady had a problem with alcohol but in fact she’s been worried about her drinking for years. My podcast guest this week pretty much fits that profile...Tribe member Claire B In this Episode: Claire's parents didn’t drink much so her first ex...

My guest this week is narrative therapist Tessa Freeman. Narrative Therapy is very much in line with our approach at Tribe Sober - because it’s about separating a person from their problem It’s about ditching the guilt and shame along with the alcohol I’s about enabling people to realise that they should not label themselves or see themselves as broken or the problem or powerless Tessa and I have...

  My guest this week is Faye Lawrence who is the founder of Australia's largest alcohol-free community for the sober and the sober curious. Their focus is not so much on the “not drinking” bit but more on the socialising without alcohol bit – which is a real struggle for most people after they quit. They do dinners, bush walks, sober singles nights, live music and ever roller discos.  It sounds li...

My guest this week is Homeopath Sarah Davison who is a natural menopause expert.  She helps women with stress and all aspects of menopause so was able to explain why the menopause and alcohol don’t mix! In this episode:- Sarah was enjoying her corporate career until everything went pear shaped in her 40’s The combination of family and work pressure mixed in with hormonal changes knocked her for si...

My guest this week is Tribe member Brad who has struggled with his weight and his drinking.  I love his story about how he heard about Tribe Sober when he was in the chemist picking up his meds! In this episode:- Brad's drinking story is tied up with his weight loss story and as we heard from the recent podcast with Adam Sheauble there is a crossover between the two addictions and how we deal with...

My guest this week is Dr Vera Tarman who is a specialist in addiction behaviour and treatment. Dr. Vera is internationally recognized for her education in and publications on various areas of addiction and more specifically food addiction. She’s had her own issues with alcohol but when she stopped drinking she started eating until her weight rose to 250lbs..   it was the eating addiction that “bro...

This weeks podcast is a solo episode from Tribe Sober's founder Janet Gourand.  We've launched a brand new program to help people who a ready to Break Free from the Booze   In this episode Are you fed up of being trapped in the Groundhog Day of Daily Drinking? Many of us drink socially in our 20's and 30's and then it becomes problematic in our 40's and 50's 20% of social drinkers will become depe...

  My guest this week is an extraordinary woman – she was drinking alcohol at the age of 12 and shooting up with meths at the age of 17.  Not only did she get clean but she went on to qualify as a lawyer and eventually she was appointed a federal judge! In this episode:- Mary Beth has a traumatic childhood which included an abusive stepfather She felt instant relief when she picked up her first alc...

I’m recording this a couple of hours after hearing the appalling news that Eusebius McKaiser has died at the ridiculously young age of 44. He was a national treasure for South Africans – an author, a journalist and broadcaster.  One of the smartest public intellects in the country he was a fierce defender of truth and justice as many politicians found out to their cost! He was also a warm and gene...

I got hooked on podcasting quite early on as I’ve been lucky enough to have some great guests and I’ve learned so much from them.  Many of our members have been kind enough to inspire others by sharing their stories on the podcast and as a result we’ve attracted new members from all over the world. So staying with podcasting my guest this week is Podcast Business Coach and Weight Loss Guru - Adam...

This is a solo episode to celebrate my 8th Soberversary - I'm focussing on 8 mistakes to avoid  Mistakes I made myself and larned from. In this episode:- Mistake number 1 - Waiting for Rock Bottom  TIP NUMBER ONE:  Do it now!  If you’re listening to this then the chances are that you are either already alcohol free (well done you!) or you are contemplating making a change.  If you are in the conte...

Vanessa is a writer, photographer and wild water swimmer.   Like so many of us she began drinking in her teens.  That was the beginning of a habit that started off as fun but evolved into something much darker over the years. In this episode Vanessa divides her drinking career into phases:- the Fun phase (15-19) the Social phase (19-30) the Fairly Desperate phase (30-39) the I Need to Quit phase (...

My guest this week is Lily Shanks from Dallas. Lily describes herself as a recovering attorney. After graduating from a top tier-law school, Lily practiced commercial litigation in a Big Law firm but although she was able to indulge her passion for expensive cars and shoes the stress resulted in a daily wine habit. She got sober and left her corporate job to train as a coach. These days Lily speci...

My guest this week is Will Krause who is an author, entrepreneur and academic.  He helps addicts to quit using and then to go on and lead the life they were meant to live – he gives them hope As you will hear he is passionate about analysing why people do what they do as he believes this is the key to change. Will also believes that we can actually use this key to unlock the life of our dream  In...

  My guest this week is Ashleigh who came to a workshop way back in 2018 and has been thriving in her sobriety ever since In this episode:- Ashleigh's first scrape with alcohol came when she was expelled from school at the age of 15! In her 30's she recognized that there could be a problem when she found herself making lots of rules around her drinking - rules that she promptly broke! Her point th...

  My guest this week is very special member of our Tribe Sober Team I first met Lynette LeRoux when she came to one of our workshops more than 5 years ago She was in a dark place back then but the workshop was the catalyst she needed to change everything Lynette has been transforming and enriching her life for the last 5 years – she’s found her passion and qualified as a Coach and for the last 3 y...

My guest this week is an incredible woman – a Queen as she calls herself and quite rightly too! Both Leah’s parents were addicts and she was actually born with crack cocaine in her system. Not many of us would even survive such a start in life but Leah not only survived she thrived.. She survived being born as a crack babyShe survived a sexual assault andShe survived alcohol dependence These days...

My guest this week is Ken Middleton I first connected with Ken a couple of years ago after discovering his brilliant articles. He was first a guest on this podcast back in 2020 and we’ve been friends ever since We have a shared passion to highlight the drawbacks of drinking and the joys of sobriety. As a firm fan of his articles I was delighted to hear that he was going to publish a book. He invol...

My guest this week is Gregg Champion Gregg has been in recovery for over 20 years after nearly ruining his life with drugs and alcohol. These days he’s a Recovery Coach and a highly valued member of the Recovery Community in California.  7 years ago he founded Start Up Recovery which is a transitional living facility built on his own values as well as lessons learned during his own recovery. In th...

My guest this week is a young South African woman who is focused on mental health advocacy. Tribe member Anele Ndlovu has been through a journey with her own mental health when she turned to alcohol for solace.  She’s the Founder of an initiative called “Tea with Anele Ndlovu” which focuses on women’s empowerment and leadership. Anele is a member of Tribe Sober and recently celebrated her six mont...