Wild Sobriety

A new friendliness towards life,  leads to waiting a new relationship with alcohol, but unfortunately, the habit gets in the way. You may realize that you are not interested in the dramas and judgements of life anymore. You are identifying with life in a new way, but alcohol isn't changing with you and it's won't. The struggles come when you belive, this time will be different. When...

In today's episode I go beyond the cognitive dissonance (inconsistent beliefs) of alcohol that keep your mind in the daily mental friction, to drink or not to drink. Beyond the habit of alcohol, the learned behavior, lives a deep need for self acceptance. If you turn it into a LOVE/LOVE relationship, it cancels it's self out. You give yourself permission to be WHOLE. To be authentically...

If you know alcohol is the one constant in the way of fully stepping into your power, but you aren't sure the next best step, this show is for you. I talk to intuitive eating coach, Tara Whitney about her  journey away from alcohol via the wisdom of the body. This inspiring conversation Tara shares how she used the powerful and practical tool of choice through the lens of mindfulness. Tara di...

The relationships we have for a life time, can be the one's most challenging to navigate when it comes to alcohol. They are also the one's that hold the greatest opportunity for self inquiry and personal growth. Sometimes alcohol is a big part of connecting to the other. Othertimes the other is "why" you drink. Familial relationships are the hardest to navigate because although...

People drink for a lot of reasons. Most of them go unexamined. When you say alcohol makes me more...fill in the blank, you are denying your true self. How you are in this very moment. You are saying I am not enough. When you are stressed, the message is, I don't have your back. You are not giving yourself an opportunity to be who you are. To grow. To build inner resilience. The process of cha...

What packs the biggest punch in changing our relationship to alcohol is the language we use. If we think: life will for sure be miserable without alcohol , it will. If we think: alcohol's not a necessity of living , it creates a more NEUTRAL emotion. Every action we take is driven be EMOTION. That is why Big Alcohol is so good at marketing, they pull on our heart strings at every turn and we...

In today's episode, we explore a scared journey of dismantling alcohol, as unique as one's own spirit. My guest today, friend, health coach and client, Erin Vanderkooy, brilliantly exemplifies that there is no ONE PATH to finding freedom from alcohol when explored thought the lens of love, curiosity and mindfulness. She speaks of her personal journey and the daily burden of what it means...

Although we are a culture obsessed with alcohol, an epidemic that has been normalized, the story that there is a "normal" way to drink and you will be shunned if you can't do it that way, is what needs to change. Does anyone know what that is? There is a trap of: if I don't drink I won't be normal. Other people will wonder what's wrong with me. I hear this from too ma...

The reason you think you can’t change your relationship to alcohol is the solution to success. The perceived obstacle are ALWAYS the reason to say YES! You have to be willing to be resourceful to get the result you want.  The human brain makes decisions based on the past. Part of your brain feels good about the decision of drinking.  Not drinking creates Thoughts that create Emotional Discomfort....

Problems are unexpected or undesirable results in the circumstances of your life, yet rather than move towards them, the typical response, is to run.  The mind thinks there is a threat and avoids the sensations of the emotion at all costs. It looks to blame, avoid or run.  Anything but take a wider view of where your intention may have got lost in the pattern of reactivity and emotion.  Nothing ha...

What you will take away from today's episode: * How to break the habit of binge drinking. * Why emotional intelligence is the key to a joyful and alcohol free life. * The best part about the worst day's of being alcohol free. *Having a big WHY and intention for life is crucial if you want to live on purpose. *Why drunk Mummying, is never the right choice. *Being authentically you is ALWA...

Why can some people can drink without problems? Because they don't try to say no! Most people have a made up story in their minds about how: she can just have one glass of wine and it's so easy.  NO!!! First, Why does this matter? Second:  I just want to be able to have a little glass of wine. Why? There’s nothing wrong with having a glass of wine, or having five. It also doesn’t change...

What are we teaching our youth about emotions, alcohol and habit forming behaviours? What do they really see when you're drinking? How are they making decisions about drinking or not drinking? What role alcohol will play in their future? How they are learning at this wild time in history of isolation, how to process emotions and not take the easy way out? How they have REAL lasting fun withou...

How To Say No, and love it. Planning ahead of time is the greatest honor you can give yourself. But it's not just in the Action of what you will do or not. It's the Emotion and the Thought that create your success and drives your intention into fruition. When you think about doing something, you think about HOW YOU WILL FEEL based on past evidence. Our brains jump into fight or flight mo...

When it comes to changing your relationship with alcohol, your Emotions and Thoughts directly impact the rate (the ETA) at which you achieve success.  The very specific Emotion and Thought is what’s going to drive the Action to eventually achieve the goal or result you want in life.  In today’s episode you will learn: *The exact process I teach my clients to maintain emotional and mental hygiene....

WE DID IT!!! One Year Of  Stop Drinking and Start Living Podcast! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I couldn't have done it without your support. On today's episode I speak to all of the beliefs I had to learn, unlearn and my willingness to be wrong to create a successful business and consistent podcast with my heart at the center. How my authenticity is really what has driv...

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”― Rumi The Hidden Costs Of Alcohol Are Deeper When You Frame The Question With Possibility Rather Than The Status Quo.  There is the Screw it I need to relax, but at what cost?  One innocent night, then 20 years later and you have never asked yourself, do I really want this? What exactly do I deserv...

Boredom and Loneliness: How to process emotional cravings. Nothing has gone wrong! These are the two biggest emotions people try to solve with alcohol. Why? We think they are wrong and bad. You make them mean something is wrong with you. Emotions are not problems to be solved, they are experiences to have. What are you making it mean about you and how is that compounding your judgement? What if is...

Why does alcohol seem so important to you, even when it doesn’t add any real value or meaning to your life? The experiences you are having are happening with or without alcohol, so what’s the deal? From the day we are born, we experience trauma. We are set to become "socialized", told we need to be different than how we would naturally act. Some of this to protect our lives, some of it t...

When you are examining your relationship to alcohol, it's important to stay open to what works for you, what resonates with you deeply. As my guest today, Tricia Lewis, of Recovery Happy Hour explains, as you grow from alcohol, the way you show up to your life and recovery will too. Don't get stuck in a box.  Tricia shares with us her story of perfectionism and having to detox from alcoh...

In today's episode you hear me interview by Lyn and Erika Hicks of The Magical Holistic Healing Arts Podcast. We explore the natural discovery process of Womanhood and how to embrace our feminine essence as pleasure, purpose and privilege.  The story of how I came to "answer the calling of the Goddess."  From that point, alcohol was no longer a desirable option.  The invitation of g...

Decisions, decisions. The better we get at making decisions, the better our lives become. We will always have a brain that wants to default to the negative until you practice observation. Ever thought in your brain, even if you BELIVE it with all your heart, creates a vibration, an emotion. When you tell yourself, I don't have the time, money, energy, even if you believe it, what EMOTION does...

How many times have you googled, "Am I am alcoholic"? or some version of that?  As we start seeing the illusions of the old models of power over and limiting beliefs, fade into the back ground, the invitation in the aquarian age, is to stop asking permission. You decide how much is too much. Dismantling alcohol mean stepping into your power and standing in your truth. To stop needing the...

For this final episode of the year, I talk about the process of commitment. The traditional New Years Resolution, comes with no parameters other than to "resolve" to change, usually the action. Something we think we should do to be better or healthier. We can not be successful in having a new , healthier relationship to alcohol by simply NOT DRINKING. To resolve to something is to learn...

Founder of My Sober Girl Friends, Naomi Veak, shares her beautiful journey of self discover and the joys of sobriety on the other side of a long term addiction with Pot and Alcohol. She speaks to finding the path that works for you and questioning, why do we have the need to alter the beauty of this life. It takes a simple shift of slowing down and being with what is. Approaching life from a new a...