Do you have a serious love affair with alcohol? Is drinking your favorite hobby? Are you creating guidelines and rules for yourself around drinking? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live your life without drinking? I’m sharing what I have learned, through years of research and experimentation, through my personal experience of quitting drinking and my coaching work with women to stop drinking. I dive into how to enjoy hanging out with your friends and family, other ways to reduce stress after a long day at work, and how to set yourself up for success when you feel the urge to open that bottle of wine. I also dig into your mindset around not drinking and how to live a happy and fulfilling life without the need to drink. In this episode you’ll learn: Tips on how to reduce stress and anxiety without turning to alcohol The resources available to support your journey to a alcohol free life How to change your mindset around what it means to be sober RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

How many times have you tried to quit drinking? Does the thought of quitting drinking give you anxiety? Can you picture your life without alcohol in a positive and empowering way? The thought of going without alcohol may feel like a punishment. You may worry that life without alcohol will be a time of deprivation and isolation. You might be thinking that not drinking isn’t something that you actually want to do. It’s the last resort to stop feeling sick and tired. These thoughts are really common - and they’re setting you up for failure. There’s a way to approach not drinking as a positive, empowering step you’re taking for yourself. In this episode, I’m going to dive into the 5 mistakes most women make when trying to stop drinking - and how to avoid them. Mistake #1 - Believing that in order to successfully stop drinking you have to know in your heart that you “have a serious problem with alcohol” or that you “have to stop”. Don’t ask yourself if you’re “bad enough to have to quit”. Instead, ask “is this good enough to keep on going”. Mistake #2 - Telling yourself that “This time” you are quitting drinking “FOREVER”. Forever isn’t helpful as you’re just starting on this path. Instead, tell yourself that you’re giving yourself the opportunity to see how good you could feel if alcohol wasn’t your constant companion. Mistake #3 - Treating not drinking as a form of self-punishment rather than an opportunity. Taking a break from alcohol is a wonderful gift you are giving yourself. Mistake #4 - Many women combine trying to stop drinking with a bigger “health kick, initiative, diet overhaul, Whole 30 thing you are doing to lose weight and get fit”. If you try to eliminate everything at once you won’t succeed. Not drinking requires a SINGULAR focus for a while. Mistake #5 - The last mistake women make when trying to stop drinking is that they’re waiting for the perfect time. There is no perfect time. There will always be a dinner party or a wedding or a Thursday night. Don’t allow yourself to stay stuck. Just begin. RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Do you wish you had a roadmap that will guide you through your first week without alcohol? The first, second, and even the third week without alcohol are the hardest and most important as you try and take an extended break from drinking. Knowing what to expect and setting yourself up for success can be the difference between feeling good or feeling miserable. And the difference between continuing on your alcohol-free journey and starting to feel better versus giving up on day four or day five. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to stock up on what you need How to plan out your sober treats How to get all of the alcohol out of your house Why you need to write down how you feel right now, and why you want to quit drinking What to expect and how you’ll feel in your first 4 days What it means to bubble up How to get through days 5-7 and putting your first week to bed RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Read about Ingrid Miller’s first 30 days: My quit drinking timeline: 0-30 days.

In this episode, I’m introducing myself and telling you a little bit about who I am. Before I quit drinking, and after. I’m sharing that I no longer drink anymore, that I used to drink a lot, and how I went through the process of questioning my drinking and deciding it didn’t work in my life anymore. This is an important part of my life, but it doesn’t define who I am. I saw quitting drinking as my absolute worst-case scenario but now having done the work, I consider it something that is foundational to helping me achieve everything I want in my life. It's something I'm really proud of. It's made me more honest and more real. It's helped me develop better and healthier coping mechanisms. It's made me more courageous and less fearful about changing In my life, and it's made me closer to my husband and my kids, my friends, and my family. My worst-case scenario really helped me lead a better life. RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Are you a people pleaser? Do you put others' needs, wants, and values ahead of yours? Do you need help with setting boundaries in your relationships and around your sobriety? Today’s guest is Hailey Magee! Hailey is a certified codependency recovery coach who has worked with over 100 clients across the United States, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, and more break free from the shackles of codependency. Hailey dives deep into how to become the woman you want to be and what that looks like without alcohol. Speaking your truth, setting boundaries, and putting yourself first is not something that comes easy. You have to work for it everyday. The more you do, the easier it will be to live a life you love. In this episode, you’ll learn: The meaning of codependency recovery How to master the art of speaking your truth How codependency shows up in your relationship with friends, family and your partner How to find the space you need on your road to recovery RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free http://www.haileymagee.com https://www.instagram.com/haileypaigemagee/ www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Author mentioned in episode: Harriet Lerner https://www.harrietlerner.com

QUITTING DRINKING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LONELY. Finding friends can be hard. Finding friends who are on the same sobriety journey as you can be really hard. But we’re here to help! In this episode my sober bestie, Ingrid Miller, and I will talk about why finding support from people who have been where you are now and who are going through what you’re going through, in this “quitting drinking thing” is so important to your success. No matter how much your friends and family love you and support you – they don’t know how you feel in this process. My guest in this episode is Ingrid. She’s a friend I met 4+ years ago when I was first quitting drinking, the owner of the cutest book store in Seahurst Washington and an all around badass of a human being. I met Ingrid in a secret Facebook group at the beginning of my sober journey, 4 years ago. Together we discuss how we met and the challenges we faced when trying to find a community of women who were going through or had been through the same things we were experiencing on our sobriety journey. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to find the support you need – including a number of our favorite online and in person sober groups for busy women quitting drinking. How to get over the fears you have about joining sober groups. Why finding your people in sobriety makes the process of quitting drinking and creating a life you love without alcohol so much easier (and more fun). Why your spouse, partner, mom or best friend might not be the best person to hold your hand through this process. How you might feel in your first 90 days and why you need women who have “been there and done that” to get you through to the good stuff. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/6/ RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Find My Favorite Sober Facebook Groups [The BFB “Booze Free Brigade” and She Recovers Together] Get the guide on how to find and join these groups: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/sober-facebook-groups/ Connect with Ingrid Miller https://www.threetreesbooks.com Read about Ingrid Miller’s first 30 days: My quit drinking timeline: 0-30 days. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Resources mentioned Kelly Beck Recovery Coach She Recovers Retreats on Salt Spring Island, BC She Recovers Sharing Circles (Seattle + other cities) Book: The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

In this episode I got to interview two incredible authors and really cool women, Amanda Eyre Ward and Jardine Libaire about their new novel, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life - Alcohol Free. The book is all about the joy to be found in life after you step away from wine as your constant companion. Jardine and Amanda have called this book “an ode to the technicolor playful side of sobriety” because it evokes the pleasures, feelings of connection and deliverance from the ordinary, that come once you start living life without numbing out. In our conversation Amanda shares how she was able, through her friendship with Jardine, to get a taste of a sumptuous, beautiful, art-filled life where booze didn't have a place. In this episode, you’ll learn: What Amanda and Jardine learned about dismantling your drinking life and rebuilding it so you don’t want booze anymore. How you might feel in early sobriety and why you should hold on for the sweet and beautiful life that’s coming your way. How to navigate a date night, trip or holiday without alcohol. How to have early conversations with your husband or partner about what you're doing and finding the support you need Amanda and Jardine’s favorite ways to live a decadent, sober life. Amanda Eyre Ward is the author of eight novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Jet Setters, which was also a book club pick by Reese Witherspoon, and it features a character trying to stay sober on a cruise ship. Amanda's work has been optioned for film and television and published in 15 countries. Jardine Libaire is a novelist and a screenwriter. Her novels include Here Kitty, Kitty, and White Fur. She also co-wrote a film that was just released called Endings, Beginnings, starring Shailene Woodley, whose character has just given up alcohol. She's from New York and spent a decade in Austin where she became good friends with Amanda. Jardine now lives in LA. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/7/ RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free The Sober Lush (@thesoberlush) Connect with Jardine Libaire http://jardinelibaire.com JardineLibaireProjects (@jardinelibaireprojects) Connect with Amanda Eyre Ward https://www.amandaward.com Amanda Eyre Ward (@amandaeyreward) Connect with Casey Mcguire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

Have you heard of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator [MBTI]? Are you an ISFJ or an ENTP? An ESFJ? ISFP? As you’re quitting drinking and navigating the world in sobriety, understanding your Myers-Briggs Personality Type can give you insight into your strengths, preferences and why some people, places and situations trigger you to want to numb out and escape - and others don't. Understanding your personality type can help you become more aware of your relationship with yourself and with others, and will help you navigate sobriety with more ease and less stress. In this episode we’re diving into all things MBTI with Kate Kimberley! Kate is a workplace coach who is certified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment. She is also trained in Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, which helps women step out with greater courage in any area of their lives. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to give yourself grace and forgive others for not measuring up to what others have told them they should be How to understand yourself, how to navigate the world, and establish a path for lifelong personal development Become aware of your individual personality Type preferences, including how you prefer to communicate, make decisions, and respond to conflict Realize the energy and self-knowledge that understanding your Type can bring to your life and allow you to capitalize on your unique strengths MBTI ASSESSMENT, INTERPRETIVE REPORT, AND INTERPRETIVE SESSION WITH KATE KIMBERLEY If you enjoyed learning a bit about the MBTI assessment and are interested in learning more and find out your Type, Kate is offering a MBTI Introduction to Type package to all Hello Someday Podcast listeners for $99.00 US. This package includes: Online access to complete your official MBTI® personality assessment A personal MBTI® Interpretive Report based on your assessment results A 50-minute interpretative session to review your Type, including your Type preferences for: Communication; Decision-making; and Responding to Conflict To sign up for the package and identify and explore your unique Type preferences, visit www.kwkimberley.com or send Kate an email at k8kimberley@gmail.com. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/8/ RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE www.hellosomedaycoaching.com She Recovers Retreats Kate Kimberley, MBTI-certified Workplace Coach www.kwkimberley.com Free MBTI Resources IDRlabs.com Myers Briggs Type Indicator The Bubble Hour Podcast Episode with Casey McGuire Davidson

Many women know Jean McCarthy as an award-winning blogger, the host of the Bubble Hour Podcast, and through her work in recovery advocacy. But in today’s episode we get to know a more personal and intimate side of Jean through her poetry. Jean describes putting out this book of poetry as if she is saying “Here’s what the inside of my head looks like. Here’s the voice no one else hears.” In this episode Casey and Jean dive into her new collection of poetry “The Ember Ever There: Poems on Change, Grief, Growth, Recovery, and Rediscovery” which is being released worldwide on June 19, 2020. As Jean describes the collection she says, “This isn’t the story of addiction and recovery. This is the story of losing myself and finding myself again”. Jean goes on to describe her addiction to alcohol as a symptom of her lost self - the person behind the people pleasing, good girl syndrome and losing herself behind the masks she was wearing. In this episode, you’ll learn: What Jean wants to say to the thousands of women who reach out to her and say “I want to quit, but I can’t right now”. How Jean felt in the very beginning of her own sobriety journey The story behind when and why Jean wrote the song “I own it”, the intro song to The Bubble Hour How women can stop playing small and embrace their true self About Jean McCarthy In addition to being the host of the Bubble Hour Podcast and an award-winning blogger, Jean is also the author of “UnPickled Holiday Survival Guide: Staying Alcohol-Free During the Festive Season,” a resource about sobriety for people in recovery and their families. Her blog UnPickled began in 2011 and has continued to chronicle Jean’s alcohol-free lifestyle since her first day of sobriety. Thousands of readers credit UnPickled as a motivating factor in their decision to quit drinking. Jean joined The Bubble Hour podcast as a co-host in 2013. She took over the weekly program as its sole producer and host in 2016. Jean is a former performing songwriter with two albums of original music to her credit. Fans of the podcast are familiar with the show's theme song “I Own It,” a single from Jean’s 2008 album, “Blessings and Burdens.” At a gala in New York City, Jean was named recipient of the 2017 SheRecovers Hope Award in recognition of her efforts to help others seek positive changes in their lives. She lives in Alberta, Canada with her husband Ross and dog Scout. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/9/ Connect with Jean Mccarthy Link to buy book or further information:www.jeanmccarthy.ca/books Instagram @jeanmccarthy_writes Facebook pages for Unpickled (www.facebook.com/unpickled) and The Bubble Hour (www.facebook.com/thebubblehour) Also websites: https://jeanmccarthy.ca/, https://unpickledblog.com/, https://jeanmccarthy.ca/the-bubble-hour/, https://www.amazon.com/dp/1999299906 Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get the guide on how to find and join these groups: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/sober-facebook-groups/ The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days Casey’s interview by Jean McCarthy on The Bubble Hour

Once you’ve decided that it’s time to take a break from drinking you need to set yourself up for success. That means you need a really good sober toolkit. In this episode, I’ll share 10 things you absolutely need in your sober toolkit: Your iPhone. And that includes your earbuds and your charger. Your phone is literally in your back pocket or in your bag all times. You have it at work, at home, in a restaurant, at a dinner party, at family gatherings and holidays. Your phone will carry so many options, reminders, and sober supports for you to access. The good news is this tool in your toolkit is something you have on hand anyway - so load it up with the other tools below and you’ll be set! Audiobooks, podcasts and messages of sober support. Right now you've got a head start on this tool because you're listening to this podcast. In it I share conversations, resources, information and tips on how to quit drinking and live happily without alcohol. This is exactly the type of support you need to access in early sobriety. In your first few weeks I recommend that you spend one to two hours a day listening to or reading something that reminds you that not drinking is a good idea. I know this sounds like a lot, but you are going through the process of literally deprogramming and retraining your mind and your habits that have been built up over the years. Food and beverages that will help you get through a craving, help you during the witching hour, and make you feel satisfied and a bit indulged. It’s time to stock up on awesome non-alcoholic drinks and treats. Now is the time to get curious and creative and experiment with some cool beverages you’ve been ignoring for years as you head down the wine aisle. You also need to stock up on easy dinners, snacks with protein, and some sweets. Now is not the time to go on a diet - at least for your first 30 days. You’ll crave sugar - and you’re not consuming tons of calories from alcohol - so go ahead and buy the Peanut M&Ms. A list of your favorite “sober treats”. Bubble baths, fresh flowers, baked goods, a new book, a list of binge-worthy shows, coloring books, a massage, a pedicure, take out sushi, new sheets, essential oils, a milkshake, a bike ride, a picnic, a babysitter - what are the things that you can do to treat yourself that doesn’t involve alcohol. If you start feeling like “this is all too hard”, “I don’t have anything good for myself”, “everyone else is having fun and my life sucks” - you need sober treats. A way to track your progress.This is about much more than counting the days since you last drank. Yes - you’ve been sober for 8 days or 30 days - but there are apps that calculate the bottles of wine not consumed, the cases of beers you have not ingested, the calories you’ve saved and the money you have not spent poisoning yourself. In 30 days I saved over $550 - and did not consume 40 bottles of wine. Plus counting days helps you celebrate milestones and be aware of anniversaries that might be tricky. My favorite app is I’m Done Drinking. Community and support. It’s so helpful to connect with other cool women who are on the alcohol free path. I have suggestions of how to find them and a guide to joining my 2 favorite private sober Facebook groups for women. A safe space in your home to retreat. If you can it’s helpful to find a place where you can retreat from the chaos of your house. Some people have a chair, where they like to sit with cheese and crackers and read a book. Some people have a corner they meditate in. Some people have a place in their garden or love their bedroom. When you stop drinking a lot of things feel too loud, too jarring or too much for a while. It helps to go somewhere where you can be quiet for a while. The ability to move, to be outside, get some fresh air and take a walk. Anytime you want to drink, feel frustrated, resentful or angry, it helps to get moving. Fresh air and getting your blood pumping can do amazing things to reset your mind and make cravings less intense. I love to walk. Other people love running, yoga, gardening, going for a bike ride or dancing. Find something that works for you and add it to your toolkit. Create a new evening routine. A lot of us are used to drinking in the evening, either after work, when we cook dinner or when we watch TV at night. Changing up your evening routine and creating new habits is a great sober tool. Try something new - experiment with a walk, online yoga, a nightly bath, sitting in a different room, listening to a sober audio book while rocking your baby to sleep or whatever. Sober coaching. I know this sounds self-serving but I want to be clear that this doesn’t have to be one-on-one coaching and it doesn’t have to be with me. But it does really help to know that you’re not the first woman who has decided that drinking isn’t working in your life - and there are coaches, sponsors, programs and resources out there that can give you short cuts, tips and advice to make this “living life without alcohol thing” so much easier! In my free guide, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days, I have a ton of resources listed that can help you get started and you can also listen to Free Sober Coaching Audios on my website. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/10/ Links and Resources Mentioned Laura McKowen, We Are The Luckiest Catherine Grey, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life Sarah Hepola, Blackout Belle Robertson, Tired Of Thinking About Drinking Clare Pooley, The Sober Diaries: How one woman stopped drinking and started living Annie Grace, This Naked Mind Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol Amanda Eyre Ward & Jardine Libaire, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life - Alcohol Free The Bubble Hour Podcast Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days

What is Tapping or The Emotional Freedom Technique? How does tapping work to manage stress and anxiety? Can you use tapping to relieve negative emotions that can lead you to drink or tap to reduce drinking cravings? Did you know you can tap with your children to help calm them and release overwhelming emotions? If any of these questions spark your interest, today’s episode is for you. My guest is Kate Moryoussef, a UK based EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, Coach. Kate helps busy moms manage overwhelm and stress. EFT Tapping has been referred to as psychological acupressure. It’s a 5-step technique for anxiety relief. I had heard of tapping but never tried it before this conversation with Kate. Following our podcast interview I hired Kate to walk me through the tapping techniques for 3 sessions. We did the sessions over zoom (with me sitting in my office with coffee in the morning in Seattle and Kate settled in after dinner with her family in Manchester, UK). I loved the process of tapping. It felt like a massage - but one in which I was able to tap on a problem I was having and where I felt stuck. I felt more relaxed after our sessions and I uncovered a lot of fears and limiting beliefs that were holding me back that I didn’t know existed. They were in my subconscious - yet impacting my thoughts and choices each day. By our third session I felt like I’d made some major breakthroughs in the thoughts and feelings I was carrying around with me everyday - and I was able to set some down and get some more emotional distance from them. Kate describes EFT Tapping as a practical self-help method that involves using the fingers to gently tap on the body's acupuncture points along the meridian lines of Chinese medicine. EFT Tapping helps you tune in to the negative patterns that form around uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, or troubling memories. You ‘tap’ on the correct pressure points while bringing the thoughts or emotions into consciousness. The aim is to find relief, relaxation, and promote healing around the emotional or physical issues that are holding you back. For issues with drinking, you can tap around your cravings and triggers. To get you started Kate created a tapping video specifically for women dealing with drinking cravings for The Hello Someday Podcast listeners. You can find the video at www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/11. In the podcast you’ll hear what parts of the “drinking cravings” tapping sequence made me nervous while working through it, and how I understood the process better and felt better by the end. I love talking with Kate. She lives in Manchester, UK with her husband, four kids and two dogs. She’s a wellbeing coach trained in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping). As a coach Kate works with women to find more emotional freedom, happiness, fulfillment and health. She believes in choosing to focus on what brings you joy and continued happiness, removing shame and guilt that many women feel in their life. Kate is passionate about wanting to help women rediscover their inner voice, tap into their expansive potential and realise themselves outside of their family dynamic. She wants to help women recognize what’s holding them back and teach them to hear and then listen to their inner guidance and connect to a force they didn’t know they had. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/11/ Connect with Kate Moryoussef www.coachingbykate.me.uk ‎The Ambitious Mum Podcast Instagram: Kate Moryoussef (@coaching_by_kate_) Facebook: Coaching by Kate Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days

Do you feel trapped in a job or career that doesn’t make you happy? Is work a trigger that makes you want to drink? If the answer is yes, this podcast episode was created for you. For years when I was climbing the corporate ladder I felt like I needed (and deserved) wine at the end of a long day to unwind. And I know I’m not alone. So many women have spent a decade or two working hard, paying their dues and climbing the career ladder, only to find themselves in midlife dreading opening their emails and the work awaiting them tomorrow. Between pressure from your boss, long commutes, deadlines and deliverables, struggling to balance the needs of your kids and your clients and trying to be everywhere at once - it’s no wonder so many women feel unfulfilled and driven to drink. If you feel tired, deflated or uninspired at work know that you have options, you have agency and you can change the way you’re living. There are opportunities available to you when you take time to get clarity on who you are, what you value, your strengths and the work you want to do. Betty Kempa is my podcast guest today, and she’s here to help us figure out how to reduce our stress and tension in our current job and how to work through the fear, frustrations and limiting beliefs that are keeping you from leaving your role and finding a career that you truly love. Betty’s a certified professional coach one of the industry's top career change strategists. She specializes in helping mid to senior level corporate women transition out of unfulfilling jobs and into careers they love. She is a thought leader in the industry, who writes, speaks and coaches on topics such as building six figure coaching businesses, overcoming imposter syndrome, dream career clarity, and effective career change strategy. And Betty quit drinking 9 years ago. In this episode, Betty talks about how to get unstuck in your career and in your life. She takes us through two of the five steps in her career bliss formula and how to implement them in your life. Step 1: Overcoming self sabotage and getting out of your own way. How to deal with the fears, limiting beliefs, impostor syndrome and your assumptions about what’s possible that are keeping you stuck. Step 2: Identifying your dream role. How to do it and what NOT to do (hint - it’s scrolling the job boards). She’ll take us through the steps of going inside with visioning exercises to meet your future self, building out your ideal life plan so you can find a career that aligns with that, creating your personal mission statement and more. If you feel triggered by work and are ready to get unstuck, feel empowered and move to a more positive place in your career - listen to this episode. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/12/ Links and Resources Mentioned Connect with Betty Kempa Website: BettyKempa.com LinkedIn: Betty Kempa Facebook: www.facebook.com/coachbettykempa Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days

Do you use drinking to shut off your mind? Do you use drinking as a coping mechanism to push away your feelings? Many women, just like you, who drink have underlying anxiety issues they might be coping with, and they use drinking to make those feelings go away. Anxiety is the number one side effect from drinking. If you drink often, you may have anxiety more deeply and more pronounced than you would have otherwise. Jessica Foody and I are discussing anxiety and the tools to cope with anxiety that you can take away and implement in your life. Jessica is a registered nurse, a recovery coach, and a She Recovers signature coach. Her expertise is in working with women who struggle, both with addiction and with anxiety. She helps women not only drink less, but transform their relationship with anxiety. Jessica shares her favorite mindfulness techniques and how to unconditionally love and accept yourself, anxiety and all. Jessica believes that recovery is the return to the joy of living. In this episode, you’ll learn about a Buddhist mindfulness technique that can help you work with any difficult emotion for anxiety. This technique is called the Rain technique. The rain technique can be used either in formal meditation practice or when a strong emotion is coming up. Rain stands for RECOGNIZE, ALLOW, INVESTIGATE and NURTURE. RECOGNIZE - Recognize what you’re feeling. With anxiety, this can be something that you are very attuned to and are very good at recognizing it. ALLOW - Allowing your anxiety to be here just as it is. The more you resist something, the more you’re trying to get rid of it, the more you’re trying to push it away, it actually gets stronger, it gets bigger. You can't push away feelings, you can't get rid of feelings outside of numbing. So when you allow your anxiety to be here, just as it is, it's like you give your anxiety space to breathe. INVESTIGATE - Investigate your body. Investigate with kindness. Get out of your head and get into your heart. Ask yourself, what's happening with me right now, where am I feeling this anxiety? Is there a tightness in my chest? Is my back getting tense? Step out of the mind and actually be in your body and sometimes taking a few deep breaths can really help because something that makes anxiety worse is the more you think about your anxious thoughts the worse it gets. NURTURE - You embrace yourself with love and compassion, and you provide that comfort to yourself. You’re allowing our anxiety to be here, but you need that comfort. Be kind to yourself, especially when you’re hurting. If you’re looking for tools to help you cope with your anxiety, listen to this episode. Show notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/13/ Links and Resources Mentioned Connect with Jessica Foody Website: Jessicafoody.com Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more. Tara Brach www.tarabrach.com Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN

We all have our own personal brand of nonsense - self sabotage, blame, people pleasing, control issues. A lot of women deal with almost all of these but especially scarcity versus abundance and making decisions out of your fears. We all have things we're doing that are standing in the way of our health, happiness and success. Learn to get out of your own way, to identify the nonsense in your life, and how to move past the big ones. My guest is Meredith Atwood. She's a former attorney, a podcaster and a motivational speaker. She is a sobriety advocate, and the founder of Grateful Sobriety. She's also a four time Ironman triathlete. She's the author of a best selling triathlon book Triathlon for the Every Woman, in addition to her new book, The Year of No Nonsense: How to Get Over Yourself and On with Your Life. She’s the host of the iTunes Top 50 fitness podcast, “The Same 24 Hours.” She has been featured in The Boston Globe, The New York Post, the Seattle Times and dozens of online publications. Meredith is a contributing writer to Psychology Today online, Triathlete Magazine and Women’s Running. She is a USA Weightlifting Level II, USA Triathlon Level I, and Precision Nutrition Level I Coach. In this episode, you’ll learn How to identify what’s working in your life and what’s not How to deal with the underlying reasons that drive you to drink What bad habits drive you to make the decisions you do in life and how to change them Why you need to make a list of all the nonsense in your life and how to deal with them How to get over yourself and get on with your life Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/14 Links and Resources Mentioned Connect with Meredith Atwood Website: https://swimbikemom.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/swimbikemom Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/swimbikemom The Same 24 Hours Podcast www.Same24HoursPodcast.com Books Mentioned The Year of No Nonsense: How to Get Over Yourself and On with Your Life Triathlon for the Every Woman: You Can Be a Triathlete. Yes. You. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

Do you have a loud inner critic voice? You know the one that starts when you wake up and tells you that you're not good enough, thin enough, productive enough, patient enough, strong enough, smart enough or whatever? I used to believe that these daily repetitive negative thoughts were helping me. I thought I could berate myself into 'being better' or shame myself enough that I would stop drinking, start running or lose weight. I thought if I was just hard enough on myself - I'd get my shit together. The truth is it didn't work. I didn't work for me and it probably isn't working for you. It's just making you miserable. Somehow we've convinced ourselves that embracing the ways in which we ‘should’ be better will help us achieve more in life. But that's not true. In fact, our inner critic can lead us to drink or numb out to turn it off and quiet your mind. And reaching for substances will only lead us to anxiety and more self-criticism. It's the opposite, limiting self-criticism and offsetting its negative effects, that will build resilience, reduce stress and lower anxiety. And there’s an easy way to quiet your inner critic. In this podcast episode we’ll dive into how and why to release the voice that tells you that you’re not enough and less than others. My guest today is Vanessa Klugman, She’s an MD and a Certified Professional Coach and a Certified Professional Recovery Coach and she’ll share how healing your inner critic starts with self compassion. You’ll learn: Why working to quiet your inner critic is important How to limit self-criticism and offset its negative effects Myths about self-compassion (what it is and what it is not) How self-compassion builds resilience and decreases anxiety How to take a self-compassion break (the 3 part practice) How to heal yourself with mindfulness, kindness and the knowledge that you’re not alone. About Vanessa Klugman, MD, ACC. Vanessa is a physician, and mother of three. She balanced the demands of a career and family for many years until the stress became overwhelming. Vanessa turned to poor coping mechanisms to escape the demands that she placed on herself. Vanessa had a harsh inner critic who told her messages that she was not good enough. She believed that her worth was equated with how much she achieved, how well she was liked, and how much she gave to others. She wasn't living an authentic life. In recovery, she learned effective ways to face negative emotions: set boundaries that protected her sobriety; faced limiting beliefs and healed old wounds. Vanessa’s passion is to guide others battling to find a healthy balance in their lives, to disconnect from their inner critic and reconnect with their inner wisdom. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/15 Links and Resources Mentioned Vanessa Klugman vanessalifeandrecoverycoach@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.klugman.3 http://resiliencerecoverycoaching.com/ Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more. Books mentioned: Dr. Kristin Neff: Self-Compassion: The Proven Power Of Being Kind To Yourself

Have you ever wondered what exactly is Yoga For Recovery or Trauma Informed Yoga? How does it differ from Bikram, Ashtanga, Power Yoga or Kundalini? Can yoga help you heal your mind, body and spirit as you walk away from drinking? How can releasing a traumatic experience from your body through yoga help you heal before illness, chronic fatigue, dis-ease, autoimmune disorders may manifest. And what about essential oils? How do they work and are they worth the hype? What’s the difference between all the different options? What’s the oil of a Buoyant Heart? The Inner Child? Energetic Boundaries? Sexual Healing? Truth and Connection? Today we’re here to answer these questions and more with one of my favorite teachers in recovery, yoga and life: Taryn Strong, Taryn is a founder of the SHE RECOVERS Foundation - a global grassroots movement currently consisting of more than 300,000 women in or seeking recovery from substance use disorders, other behavioral health issues and/or life challenges. Taryn is a trauma-informed yoga instructor, recovery coach and an aromatherapist. Taryn has developed a unique yoga retreat program and led over 40 yoga for recovery retreats since 2012. She is also the host of the SHE RECOVERS Podcast and most recently created and taught the inaugural trauma informed SHE RECOVERS Yoga Teacher Training Program. Taryn identifies as being in recovery from trauma, a substance use disorder and self-injurious behavior and believes that recovery is a journey to wholeness – in which we take care of our mind, body and spirit. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why healing your body is an important part of your sobriety journey. How essential oils can play a huge role in your recovery How balancing the energy around your heart can help you heal from codependency, isolation, depression, or fear of intimacy. Why a grounding yoga practice can help center you when you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed or unsettled. Taryn’s step-by-step morning meditation practice (which can be done without ever leaving your bed!) A strong yoga practice and essential oils can be an important tool in your "sober toolkit" as a pathway to holistic healing and recovery. Today we dive into everything you need to know about these practices to get started! More about Yoga with Taryn https://sherecovers.co/yoga-with-taryn-strong/ As part of her online yoga signature recovery series and online monthly membership Taryn takes you on a gentle, trauma-informed journey of exploration that will help heal your body, mind and spirit. Taryn offers an extensive library of themed yoga classes online including her six-session signature recovery series below. Heart Space Balance the energy around your heart to help heal from codependency, isolation, depression, or fear of intimacy. Resilience Resilience is like a muscle – the more life throws at us, the more opportunities we have to strengthen our resilience and thrive. Grounding Practice Are you often anxious? Overwhelmed? Unsettled? Use this practice to find your center and get grounded. Issues in Your Tissues Nikki Myers from Y12SR teaches us that everything that happens to us in our lives, we store in our bodies. Feel It To Heal It We have learned that feelings won’t kill us – but running from them – might. Crimes Against Wisdom If you have been hearing yourself saying, “I know I shouldn’t, but I am going to do it anyway” – this class is for you. More about the Essential Oils mentioned in this episode Uplifting Oils: Lemon - The oil of energy of focus. Peppermint - The oil of a buoyant heart. Bergamot - The oil of self-acceptance. Calming Oils: Lavender - The oil of communication. Frankincense - The oil of truth and connection. Roman Chamomile - The oil of spiritual purpose Trauma Healing Oils: Jasmine - The oil of sexual healing Ylang Ylang - The oil of the inner child White Fir - The oil of generational healing Tea Tree - The oil of energetic boundaries Links and Resources mentioned in this episode The Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Connect with She Recovers https://sherecovers.co/together-online/ https://sherecovers.co/our-retreats/ SHE RECOVERS on Facebook: facebook.com/sherecovers The SHE RECOVERS Intentions & Guiding Principles Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/16 Connect with Taryn Strong https://sherecovers.co/yoga-with-taryn-strong/ https://www.instagram.com/tarynstrong/ Click here to become a member of Taryn's dōTERRA Essential Oils for Recovery Group Taryn’s Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/tarynstrong Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more. Thanks for listening!

Have you ever sabotaged yourself and you can’t figure out why? You want to get promoted, improve your health and your relationships, achieve a big goal, and somehow you get in your own way and wreck your best-laid plans. Self-sabotage was definitely a part of my story when I was drinking. I would be getting ready for a big opportunity at work - a business trip or presentation - and I’d drink the night before. The next day when I was on center stage I was hung over and just trying to make it through the event. I’d have a social gathering that I was looking forward to for months and drink and then not remember most of it. I’d want to talk to my husband about something that was really bothering me, and I’d drink and not be able to express myself and my needs rationally and coherently. The truth is that self-sabotage is the result of low self-esteem. We only allow into our lives what we feel and believe we deserve. Building self-esteem is a foundational piece of recovery work. When you change your self-esteem, your deep, subconscious beliefs about what you think you deserve, you stop self-sabotage. You can improve your relationships, job, ability to achieve your dreams and goals, financial abundance, the love you attract and your health. If you don't change those beliefs, regardless of how hard you work, you will sabotage your progress in achieving them, either consciously or unconsciously. My guest today is Arlina Allen. She’s a Certified Life and Recovery Coach and Host of the award winning recovery podcast, The ODAAT Chat Podcast. Arlina helps busy professional women to get the clarity they need to get unstuck, and achieve their goals so that they can live the life of their dreams. Arlina is also the creator of the Reinvent, a six week self-esteem course, where she works with women to get to the root of what's holding them back and change their beliefs so that they can realize their dreams. In this episode Arlina dives into the framework of her self-esteem course, including the importance of creating the right support system, tools for long term change, and new self image and a vision for what's possible in your future. In this episode, you’ll learn about: The law of attraction How to leverage this universal law to manifest your deepest desires How to identify negative beliefs and a process to resolve them and let them go Addressing the causes of fears and anxiety and how to create a compelling future self image The connection tour, a step-by-step process to create a strong support system Daily activities to build self-esteem The fundamentals of how to create healthy boundaries for inner peace and healthy relationships Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/17 Grab my free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Links and resources mentioned in this episode Connect with Arlina Allen https://soberlifeschool.com/ https://selfesteemcourse.com/ Arlina's Podcast: https://odaatchat.com/ ODAAT Chat Private Women's Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1244862275613746 Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

If you’re a woman who’s trying to quit drinking it’s normal to look around and suddenly realize that booze is all around you. There’s Rosé All Day, Hot Yoga and Happy Hour, beer at the finish line of the 10K and “Mommy Juice” at playdates with the kids. You look up from your wine glass to see that everyone around you is drinking, all the time. We live in a culture that tells women that drinking is their treat for getting through the day. It’s our reward for working so hard and taking care of our kids. We’re told alcohol is what we should consume to be ‘cool’ and ‘relaxed’ and ‘fun’. We’re taught that drinking will make us less frustrated, less angry, less tired, less bored with the monotony of adulting. And then we blame ourselves for not being able to ‘moderate’ or ‘cut back’ or ‘drink less’ of an addictive substance. In today’s episode I have a long conversation with a friend and one of my favorite authors, Kristi Coulter, about Working, Drinking and Being a “First World Woman”. Kristi spent 12 years as an executive at Amazon.com, and for many years working and drinking went hand-in-hand as a successful working woman. Then Kristi quit drinking and took an insightful, funny, feminist look around her and wrote about what she observed. Her incredibly popular essay on her experiences in early sobriety, Enjoli, went viral with 700,000 downloads. It struck a nerve with both women (and men) as she talked about dog paddling through the world newly sober. Kristi’s book, the 2018 memoir-in-essays Nothing Good Can Come from This, goes even further into life as a modern woman in a drinking world and what happens when you decide to put down your wine glass. Kristi and I talk about: Why women drink as a signifier for free time and self care and conversations - the luxuries we can’t afford. The myth of meritocracy at male dominated workplaces, and how it gaslights women into thinking it’s their fault for failing to achieve what their male coworkers do - in a system that’s stacked against them. Why moderation sucks and why it’s just so much easier to not drink. Why most women make the mistake of waiting to “want” to stop drinking and how that’s a recipe for staying stuck in the drinking cycle. How stopping drinking is a superpower that allows women to ask for what they deserve and say what they mean. Why drinking is not serving you if you’re wanting to advance your career About Kristi Coulter Kristi Coulter is the author of the 2018 memoir-in-essays Nothing Good Can Come from This, a writer who is currently working on her next memoir - Exit Interview - about gender, ambition, and her twelve-year stint as an executive at Amazon, and a former drinker. Four years ago (in 2016) Kristi published an article on Medium that went viral and changed the course of her life. "Enjoli" is an essay about what happened after Kristi decided to stop drinking and realized that all the women around her were tanked. It hit a nerve among women (and men) around the world and has now been downloaded over 700,000 times. Kristi's work has appeared in The Paris Review, New York Magazine/The Cut, Elle, Amazon Original Stories, Glamour, Vox, and elsewhere. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/18 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Links and Resources mentioned in this episode Nothing Good Can Come From This by Kristi Coulter: https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Good-Can-Come-This/dp/0374286205 Enjoli essay on Medium:https://humanparts.medium.com/https-medium-com-kristicoulter-the-24-hour-woman-3425ca5be19f The Otter Of Sobriety Essay (Want Not): https://medium.com/@kristicoulter/the-otter-of-sobriety-f7065c29b764#.x6a24bxbx Since Right Now Podcast Interview with Kristi Coulter: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/klen-sobr/since-right-now/e/1617-kristi-coulter-offdry-44143811 Belle Robertson Tired of Thinking About Drinking (Book) Belle Robertson Tired of Thinking About Drinking (Website) Connect with Kristi Coulter Website: http://www.kristicoulter.com Off-Dry Blog: https://offdry.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristicoulter Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kristicccoulter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KristiCCoulter Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

There's a whole genre of books that you might not ever hear about if you're not a woman who has a complicated relationship with alcohol. It's called “Quit lit"- books about drinking, quitting drinking, getting sober and life without alcohol. There are novels and memoirs, essays, fiction, and how to guides. They are deep and soulful, entertaining and honest, eye opening, hysterically funny, raw and hopeful. Quit lit books were a lifeline to me in early sobriety. In this episode, I want to share not only my favorites but the voices of other women and the books that have inspired them and helped them along the path of re-evaluating their relationship with alcohol. If you’re constantly surrounded by messages that drinking is important and glamorous, sophisticated and fun, these books will be a lifeline. They’ll give you a glimpse into what your life could look like without alcohol. These voices, of women who have been where you are, will remind you that you’re not alone. They’ll whisper to you when you are worried about your drinking. They won’t let you bury your head in the sand and tell yourself that how you’re feeling was no big deal. They’ll give you hope that life will be better without alcohol. This episode is about the best quit lit for women. To get the full guide of the best quit lit for women go to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/quit-lit Enter your email address and the guide will be sent right to your inbox. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/19 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Books and Resources mentioned in this episode Drinking a Love Story by Caroline Knapp Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life by Glennon Doyle Tired of Thinking About Drinking: Take My 100-Day Sober Challenge by Belle Robertson The Sober Diaries: How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living by Clare Pooley We are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of Sober Life by Laura McKowen The Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life by Annie Grace The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free by Jardine Libaire + Amanda Eyre Ward Blackout by Sarah Hepola Quit Like A Woman by Holly Whitaker Girl Walks Out of A Bar by Lisa Smith The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray Mrs. D is Going Without by Lotta Dann Sober Stick Figures by Amber Tozer Nothing Good Can Come of This by Kristi Coulter Idiot by Laura Clery Drink by Ann Dowsett Johnston The Little Book of Big Change by Amy Johnson My Fair Junkie by Amy Dresner This is How by Augusten Burroughs High Achiever by Tiffany Jenkins The Ember Ever There and The Unpickled Holiday Survival by Jean McCarthy Almost Alcoholic by Joseph Nowinski Ph.D The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck 12 Steps and 12 Traditions by Bill Wilson Waking Tiger by Peter Levine The Good House by Anne Leary Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins A Million Little Pieces by James Frey Beautiful Boy by David Sheff Highlight Real by Emily Paulson The Year of No-Nonsense by Meredith Atwood Lit by Mary Karr Bottled: Mom’s guide to early recovery + How to be the Perfect Like Me by Dana Bowman Between Breaths: A memoir of panic and addiction by Elizabeth Vargas Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington Dry by Augusten Burroughs A Happier Hour by Rebecca Weller Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery by Erica C. Barnett The Recovering by Leslie Jamison Kick the Drink Easily by Jason Vale Alcohol Explained by William Porter Easy Way for Women to Quit Drinking by Allen Carr Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous by Bill Wilson The Women’s Way Through The Twelve Steps by Stephanie S. Covington Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

When you stop drinking, doing inner work around knowing, liking and trusting yourself again can be healing and empowering. For years you may have been meeting external expectations and caring for others over listening to your inner voice and intuition. By the time you’ve stopped drinking you may be so removed from your authentic self that you no longer know who you truly are or what you want and need. Today my guest Tanya Ouhrabka is going to share ways that we can regain our “know, like, and trust” factor in life. Tanya’s a Life Coach who works with women to shift their mindset and perspectives in order to achieve self-acceptance. Tanya believes that when you realign the mind, body, and soul with the truth of who you are, what you desire, and your purpose - you “know, like and trust” yourself again, and can live a purposeful and passion filled life. By releasing self-judgement and increasing self-confidence and self-awareness we’re able to be the healthiest and happiest version of ourselves. As someone who lost too many years of her own life to self-critical thought patterns and destructive behavior, Tanya knows the power to change our life lies within us, not externally. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why to stop looking outside yourself for validation How to be empowered by your inner compass and inner knowing How the ability to know, like and trust yourself will help you uncover what's truly best for you How to process inner and outer growth How to listen to your inner voice and follow your inner compass through the guidance of these 4 pillars: Self-care Nourishment Movement Authenticity Tanya is a survivor and thriver, former self-critic, and truth seeking storyteller, who is changing women’s lives as a certified life coach. In addition to coaching, Tanya shares her inspirational story of transformation to groups of girls and women across the country. Additionally, she has just founded POWAR™, a community for women to authentically and transparently share and rise together. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/20 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Grab Tanya’s Free Guide Seven Days To Y.E.S. - daily focus objectives and mantras:https://www.tanyaouhrabka.com/7-steps-to-yes Links and Resources mentioned in this episode Connect with Tanya Ouhrabka Website: https://www.tanyaouhrabka.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanyaouhrabka/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tanya.b.ouhrabka Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

The Truth Behind Those Online Drinking “Highlights”. Getting Real With Emily Lynn Paulson. How “real” are all those images you see online? The perfect Instagram families? The fancy business trips? The carefree Mom’s Night Out? Today my guest is an author, a speaker and my friend, Emily Lynn Paulson. In our conversation Emily and I dig into the truth behind the “Online Drinking Highlights” you see as you scroll through your social media feed. Emily and I know that so many women struggle with their drinking, quietly, in private, and in their own heads - just like we did. You might look around and see everyone else is posting a photo of the sophisticated cocktails at a bar on a date night, the pictures of friends all drinking together around the firepit, or the vacation pictures with the margarita at the beach. And the truth is, you have no idea what anyone else’s relationship with alcohol looks like, or what their marriage feels like, or how well they’re coping with being a parent and with their jobs. In this episode Emily and I talk about: Why Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook set expectations so high for what a successful woman, mother and wife is “supposed” to be that most women inevitably can’t measure up. The reality of what our lives, our jobs, our marriages and interactions with our children looked like as compared to the pictures we posted online. Why posting your highlights on social media is such a draw. As Emily says “In those Instagram squares was the life I wished we were living: a happy marriage, a healthy wife, a happy motherhood. Behind the scenes though, we were barely surviving.” How you can both love your kids and feel grateful for them, and also feel that motherhood is hard, draining and (yes) unfulfilling. And why finding a safe space of women to share your struggles and honest experiences - both good and bad - can be a game changer in living a happier life. In this episode, you learn: How to navigate the drinking culture of parenthood and “mommy juice” How to connect with your partner again after quitting drinking Why it's hard to quit alcohol when it has become part of your love language How not to gravitate toward the pretty images on Instagram and take those photos as real life because the hard stuff is hard to look at both on Instagram and in our own lives. Emily Lynn Paulson is the author of a powerful memoir about her life, her family, her successes and struggles, excessive drinking and disordered eating, and her realization that drinking wasn’t working in her life anymore. Emily is a certified professional recovery coach, She Recovers Designated Coach, This Naked Mind Certified Coach, founder of Sober Mom Squad, and a member of the long-term recovery community. She has appeared on media outlets including The Doctors, Parade, Today Parents, and USA Today, discussing how to end the shame and stigma of mental health by and substance abuse disorder. Emily has been sober since January 2, 2017, her recovery path is focused on ruthless honesty, grace, self-love and is documented in her memoir, Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life. Paulson’s resources include one-on-one coaching, to help others evaluate whether or not alcohol is serving them in their lives. Paulson resides in Seattle with her husband and their five children. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/21 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Grab your Guide To The Best Quit Lit Books For Women (Including Emily’s book) Links and Resources mentioned in this episode Connect with Emily Lynn Paulson Book: Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life Website: www.highlightreallife.com Instagram: Highlight Real Recovery Facebook: Emily Lynn Paulson Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

Who doesn’t carry around some emotional baggage around money? Most people have a complicated relationship with money that can show up in different ways. This may look like: A constant weight on your shoulders or guilt about carrying debt Buying things to get a short term hit of happiness Fear of maintaining financial stability in an uncertain job market Staying in a job that isn’t making you happy because you feel trapped by the “golden handcuffs” Worries about putting your kids through college or paying your mortgage Or not being on the same page as your partner on spending Money is a loaded subject and one we rarely talk about with friends and colleagues. And often our “money story”, what drives our fears, guilt and avoidance around money, is unconscious. It’s something we picked up in childhood and from our parents. You may not even be aware of the patterns you’re repeating or the thoughts that are not serving you. Unresolved issues, tension or stress related to money is something that can keep us drinking (to bury our heads in the sand) or a trigger to drink. And that’s why I’m so excited to bring you today’s episode! My guest today is Linda Parmar, she’s a financial recovery and money coach. Linda specializes in helping women in recovery heal their money, thoughts and behaviors. Linda learned in recovery, that money (like alcohol and drugs) can be just a symptom of negative patterns and behaviors. Fear around financial security, fear of not knowing how to manage money or “adult”, fear around being able to take care of ourselves or making the wrong decisions financially can be a big source of stress in our own lives, as well as with family and in relationships. There’s a lot of shame and self-judgement around debt, financial missteps, not having as much money as the people you know or not being able to provide your kids with the same vacations and gifts that their friends may be getting. A few years into recovery, Linda was ready to look at these patterns and behaviors, which led her to become a certified money coach. Linda has worked in the financial industry for 20 years, and has made a career from helping people with their finances. In this episode, you will learn: How to uncover your money story What values you have around money Why spending money can be addictive behavior How to forgive yourself and start to understand how money is a trigger driving you to drink Why both Linda and I hate the word “budget” How to create a spending plan that is aligned with your dreams and needs Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/22 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Links and Resources mentioned in this episode Apps Mentioned: https://moneyminderonline.com https://www.everydollar.com http://imdonedrinking.com Connect with She Recovers https://sherecovers.co/together-online/ https://sherecovers.co/our-retreats/ SHE RECOVERS on Facebook: facebook.com/sherecovers The SHE RECOVERS Intentions & Guiding Principles Connect with Linda Parmar Grab your Financial First Aid Kit at www.lindaparmar.com Facebook Group: Your Money, Your Recovery Podcast: Your Money Your Recovery Podcast Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

Are you worried that life without drinking will be boring? Or are you currently in early sobriety and feeling bored? Are you scared that you’ll never really have fun or let loose again without alcohol? Or wondering if you’ll lose all your friends and favorite activities if you don’t drink? Here’s a secret: Almost all women who love to drink worry about being bored (or boring) without alcohol. In this episode I’m going to talk about all the tips, tricks, suggestions and advice I have to make life without alcohol fun, comforting, interesting and gratifying. I’ll talk about: Why drinking is actually keeping your life small, isolated (and boring). Why all of us have tunnel vision when we’re drinking. We see only the people and activities around us that are centered around alcohol (and look past all the other activities hiding in plain sight). What to do if you're feeling bored in your first 15, 30 or 40 days and how to reframe your mindset about the important work you’re doing. Why there is NO CHANCE you're “doing nothing” in early sobriety. Even if you feel like you are just taking baths, reading books, going to bed early and taking long, slow walks you are doing big, important work and emotional heavy lifting. Why part of the work of early sobriety is learning to sit with feeling “blah”. Why to ask yourself “What do I love MORE than wine?” [and why it’s OK if you can’t think of anything at all to answer that question]. Why you should give yourself “assignments” to find joy and pleasure after you quit drinking. Examples and ideas of new passions, activities, pastimes and hobbies from other women who have stopped drinking & found joy and excitement without it. Why vision boards of future adventures and travel (Coffee in Paris? Bike tour in Amsterdam? Hiking in Greece?) can be a powerful way to get excited about your fun life in sobriety. How to edit your social media accounts to inspire you about how good life can be without alcohol vs. making you feel like you’re missing out on something (or everything). How to meet new friends who don’t drink and have new adventures without alcohol. And why it’s up to you to make things happen in your life. It’s both a responsibility and an invitation. If you’re still reading and you want the quick answers now, here they are: No. Life without drinking isn’t boring. I’m not lying to you. It’s actually really good. You will like it. Yes. It’s pretty normal to feel bored in early sobriety, but it’s kind of related to not being used to feeling calm or peace. The feeling of things being too quiet or empty does pass. Don’t be scared. I promise you will have so much fun in life without alcohol. Your life will get bigger and more open and exciting and joyful without drinking. No. You won’t lose all your friends if you don’t drink but you will likely find new and better favorite activities or even enjoy the same old ones in new ways. You’ve got this. Life without drinking is not smaller. It’s not boring. It’s big and exciting and beautiful and you will have the time and energy to go after your dreams. And if you’re not there yet I’m here to hold your hand and walk you through the quiet times until you’re ready for good stuff ahead. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/23 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Links and Resources mentioned in this episode Check out my previous episode with the authors of The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free, Amanda Eyre Ward + Jardine Libaire here Listen to my episode on how to find friends in sobriety. Download the Guide to my Favorite Secret Facebook Groups For Women Quitting Drinking. Download The Vision Board Starter Kit. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

Ann Dowsett Johnston, the best-selling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, has described the positioning of wine in popular culture as “The modern woman's steroid, enabling her to do everything she needs to do or tries to do”. And there’s one problem with that description of alcohol. It’s not true and it doesn't work. Instead of helping the modern woman do everything she needs to do - wine is a mal-adpative, and highly addictive coping mechanism that’s exacerbating stress, anxiety and depression for the modern woman. On the podcast today Ann and I unpack the complicated and intimate relationship between women and alcohol. We talk about: How drinking after a long day of work has become a universal practice. It’s being repeated in house after house as women are standing at their kitchen counters in the evening and pouring themselves a glass (or a bottle) of wine. How successful, professional women are increasingly struggling with drinking even as they rise high on the corporate ladder. How women are using alcohol to self-medicate anxiety, depression, loss and loneliness - including suffering through events like empty-nest syndrome and depression in menopause. How the messaging that “Mom needs to drink to get through her day, life, kids and work” is being pushed on us - in surround sound - in popular culture and by our alcogenic society. Why are you able to move forward in a healthy way only once you get out of the drinking cycle. You’re finally able to work through underlying issues of anxiety, codependency, trauma, depression, and other factors that are driving you to drink. How writing your recovery and telling your story can help you unpack your relationship with alcohol and the stories you’ve told yourself and get to the actual truth of your drinking history with a new understanding and self-compassion. Why the growing movement of women telling their stories of drinking and quitting drinking, with pride and not shame, is helping other women recover in a way that the culture of anonymity in AA does not. Why it’s so important for women who want to stop drinking to develop many layers of support to heal - which can include connecting with women on the alcohol-free path, reading books and memoirs of women who have stopped drinking, learning about the science of alcohol and what it does to your body and mind, joining support programs and creating new coping mechanisms through psychotherapy, counseling or with a sober or addiction coach. How you can build layers of support to help you change your relationship with drinking - through psychotherapy, coaching, other women in private free Facebook groups online or in person, books, exercise, nutrition and more. About Ann Dowsett Johnston Anne Dowsett Johnston is the best-selling author of the book Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol. It was named by the Washington Post as one of the top 10 books of 2013. Ann is a psychotherapist who provides trauma informed relational care to clients with a focus on women in recovery, and works from a holistic perspective using the principles of focusing oriented psychotherapy, to bring awareness and compassion to the mind-body connection. Ann also offers an online eight week course on Writing Your Recovery based on her decades of experience as a journalist and a best selling author on memoir and writing your recovery. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/24 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Find my favorite Free Private Facebook Groups to Support Women Quitting Drinking Listen to the Podcast Episode on The Best Quit Lit Books For Women Quitting Drinking Download The Guide to The Best Quit Lit For Women Quitting Drinking Links and Resources mentioned in this episode Stephanie Wilder-Taylor article on A Heroine of Cocktail Moms Sobers Up Connect with Ann Dowsett Johnston Website: http://www.anndowsettjohnston.com Book: Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol TEDx talk on drinking and how it changed Ann’s life: http://www.anndowsettjohnston.com/media/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anndowsettjohnstob/ Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more. Connect with She Recovers https://sherecovers.co/together-online/ https://sherecovers.co/our-retreats/ SHE RECOVERS on Facebook: facebook.com/sherecovers The SHE RECOVERS Intentions & Guiding Principles

What is Gray Area Drinking? It describes the space where most drinkers live: a place between being able to ‘take or leave’ alcohol and hitting some kind of a ‘rock bottom’ where you are experiencing external consequences associated with being on the alcohol use disorder spectrum or identified as signs of alcoholism. In a world where everything seems to be black and white, where either you have a problem with drinking or you don’t, there are so many of us who try to moderate our drinking and struggle to do so. You might not experience outward consequences from drinking, but struggle internally. You have silent conversations with yourself about your own drinking. You intend to have one glass of wine, but then find it easy to finish the whole bottle. You stop drinking for days, weeks or months, but then start drinking again and find yourself back in the same place. It’s a really confusing place to live when you realize that the way you drink isn’t helping you have the life you want but you live in a world where drinking is all around you. So how do you know if it’s time to make an “early exit” from the drinking life? And what does that even look like and feel like? Those are the questions we're digging into today with my guest, Jolene Park. Jolene is a functional nutritionist, a health coach, a TEDx speaker, a former gray area drinker and the creator of the gray area drinking recovery hub. Jolene describes the term “gray area drinking” as the kind of drinking where there’s no rock bottom, but you drink as a way to manage anxiety and then regret how much and how often you drink. In this episode, we discuss: What gray area drinking is. How to determine if you’re a gray area drinker and what to do about it. Why so many of us use alcohol to downshift and calm down at the end of a busy, stressful day. Jolene’s personal alcohol and anxiety story and why she decided to make an early exit from the drinking life. What drinking does to your body. How to eliminate alcohol and sugar cravings and reduce anxiety by using real food, high-quality nutrients and cutting-edge mind/body techniques. The functional impact of food, emotions, environment and movement in relation to our physical bodies. The importance of replenishing our neurotransmitters and nourishing our nervous systems in a comprehensive and consistent way. The missing pieces that have been overlooked in traditional recovery programs such as neurotransmitters (GABA, serotonin, dopamine), blood sugar imbalance, and nutrient deficiencies like B6 and zinc (pyroluria). Specific supplements that boost your GABA Holy basil Lemon balm Passion flower Inositol L-theanine About Jolene Park: Jolene Park coaches high achieving professionals who want to eliminate alcohol and sugar cravings and reduce their anxiety by using real food, high-quality nutrients and cutting-edge mind/body techniques. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/25 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Connect with Jolene Park Visit Jolene’s Website: https://www.healthydiscoveries.com/ Follow Jolene on Instagram @jolene_park Watch Jolene’s TEDx talk: https://www.healthydiscoveries.com/tedx-talk/ Listen to the Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives Podcast with Jolene Park & Aidan Donnelley Rowley Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

My guest today Lotta Dann, recovery advocate, blogger and author of three books: the best-selling memoir Mrs. D is Going Without, her second book Mrs. D Is Going Within, and the just released The Wine O’Clock Myth. Lotta’s personal memoir of drinking, quitting drinking and living alcohol-free in a drink-filled world is witty, funny, and uplifting. Many memoirs are raw and gritty, but Mrs. D Is Going Without is both charming and real. I loved her book and completely related to Lotta’s experiences in early sobriety. Today Lotta and I talk about The Wine O’Clock Myth, and why alcohol occupies such a privileged position in our society. It’s almost universally represented as a magic elixir to all our problems which makes life both fun and glamorous. And the fact that alcohol also negatively affects the lives of people is practically invisible in conversations about or representations of drinking. In this episode, Lotta and I discuss: The truth that if you are struggling to moderate drinking, you are not alone and you are not the problem: alcohol is the problem. The way the liquor industry has targeted women and the damaging 'Wine Mom' social media culture. The importance of reframing the treat and reward concepts we’ve been taught (and internalized) around wine. That drinking is our treat at the end of the day and a much needed reward for hard work. Why after the initial hit of dopamine wine is a depressive substance that is numbing and cuts you off from yourself and the people around you. How to find other rewards and ‘sober treats’ that will nourish and ground you and that will actually make you feel better. How to intentionally create a social media feed that inspires you to see all the awesome ways to enjoy life without alcohol rather than one that glamorizes drinking at every turn. Why it’s critical to tap into a positive sober support community that shares the full picture of drinking - not just the one marketed to you. One that highlights both how good life can be without alcohol and shares truthfully the messages you will not see in popular culture, marketing or your social media feed - that drinking isn’t always harmless and fun. It can be dangerous and suck a lot of women (and men) into an unhealthy and unhappy cycle. About Lotta Dann Lotta built a successful career as a TV reporter, producer, and director, while simultaneously developing a remarkable aptitude for drinking a lot of alcohol. Lotta began an anonymous blog called “Mrs. D is Going Without” when she was first stopping drinking - as a way to work through her thoughts and feelings, and keep herself accountable when she was starting her journey without alcohol. On her third day sober she writes her first ever blog post to herself - in it she tells the full story of her final night of drinking and how she’s had enough of this boozy madness. And then she writes I’ve reached a tipping point and from now have decided to remove alcohol from my life. I’m scared. It’s going to be hard. Our family all drink. Our friends all drink. And I’m going to try to do this without any outside support. Just this blog. So stay posted and I’ll let you know how I get on. Love, Mrs. D xxx Through her blog she found like minded people in the sober blogosphere, and they supported each other and cheered each other on and commiserated through the process. Eventually Lotta turned her story and blog into a best - selling memoir of the same name - Mrs. D is going without. She worked to found Living Sober - a website in partnership with the new zealand government that takes the powerful aspects Lotta found in online recovery and makes it available and accessible to thousands of people in a place of tolerance and kindness, understanding and support. Lotta wrote her second book Mrs. D is going within - touching on mindfulness and the tools she uses to navigate life from an emotionally healthy place after putting down the wine bottle. And her new book, The Wine O'Clock Myth, Lotta takes an in-depth and eye-opening look at women's drinking habits. Written through the lens of her own story and her work in the field of addiction and recovery, Lotta explores the privileged position alcohol holds in our society, the way the liquor industry targets women and the damaging 'Wine Mum' social media culture. She reveals the damage alcohol is causing to women physically, emotionally, and socially, and the potential reasons why so many women are drinking at harmful levels. Lotta now lives sober with her TV-journalist husband and three sons in the hills of Wellington, New Zealand. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/26 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Get the Guide to The Best Quit Lit For Women (Including Lotta Dann’s Mrs. D is Going Without) Connect with Lotta Dann The Wine O'Clock Myth: The Truth You Need To Know About Women and Alcohol: https://www.amazon.com/Wine-OClock-Myth-Truth-Alcohol/dp/1988547229 Mrs D is Going Without: A Memoir: https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-D-Going-Without-Memoir/dp/1877505390 Mrs D is Going Within: https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Going-Within-Lotta-Dann/dp/1877505862 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrs_d_alcoholfree/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrsdisgoingwithout Lotta Dann's Blog: http://livingwithoutalcohol.blogspot.com/ Mrs. D's Blog on Living Sober: https://livingsober.org.nz/category/mrs-ds-blog/ Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

‘What’s Next?’ is a huge question for midlife women who have quit drinking or are working on quitting drinking. You're evolving, you're changing, your coping mechanisms are changing. Lots of times when you stop drinking, suddenly you have a lot more free time and energy than you used to. When you were drinking and recovering from drinking. You are sort of in a holding pattern. You were stuck. And now you're wondering what to do with all that time. In today’s episode, I’m speaking with Sondra Primeaux. Sondra is a multi passionate maker, a photographer, a sustainable designer and seamstress, a writer, a coach and a podcast host. She hosts the Unruffled Podcast through a private Facebook group for the podcast. Sondra started the Unruffled Podcast to talk about the intersection of creativity and recovery in what she terms the midlife solution, which I absolutely love. Sandra says midlife is only a crisis if you make it one. Sondra was 45 when she quit using alcohol as a means to cope with life. And in the last six years, she's figured out through intensive learning, trial and failure, and loads of practice to answer ‘now what?’ We are discussing: The intersection of creativity and recovery helps midlife women not only survive, but also thrive. How conscious journaling can give you the momentum and creative space to explore more internal thoughts and how this process is a good tool to have during early sobriety The transition into your mid-life and why you should dig deep into what you’ve done or haven't done. And it's also a time to take a glimpse into your future self. Being honest with yourself and with others and how to set boundaries. Using the enneagram to learn about yourself and what motivates you Why creativity is a important part of your recovery and how to find different ways to bring joy and creativity to your life How to find the middle space or sweet spot where you can create Intersection of your personality type and going to AA and realizing there are other successful ways to recovery Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/27 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Links and resources mentioned: Book mentioned: Artist Way by Julia Cameron Connect with Sondra Primeaux Website: www.theunruffled.com Want to work with Sondra, check out her Change your Story Program Go to Sondra Talbert Primeaux Facebook page and message her to join her secret Facebook group Listen to Sondra's podcast The Unruffled Podcast Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

How can you heal codependency in family relationships and break unhealthy patterns established in childhood? That’s what we’re here to talk about today. Codependency is a buzzword you might hear often, but it can be confusing and misunderstood. My guest today is Brandi Merrill, she’s a life and recovery coach, a She Recovers coach, a licensed clinical social worker and a “boundary boss”. Brandi’s going to help us understand what codependency is (and is not) and how to break unhealthy patterns that may be sabotaging your health and happiness. Codependency is an excessive reliance on other people for approval and sense of self. It can cause you to worry about the lack of response from people, to feel anger about what you said or didn’t say in situations because you are relying on others for approval, not honor your own opinions and thoughts, and believe that putting yourself first is rude or selfish. And codependency can make it challenging to set healthy boundaries, or cause guilt or anxiety when you do set them. In this episode, Brandi and I are going to dig into: The 4 steps to healing codependent behavior 7 signs of healing from codependency Why overly harsh or loose boundaries can cause you to avoid close relationships How and why codependency manifests in many family relationships How to break unhealthy patterns established in childhood as an adult The complicated relationship between codependent feelings and boundaries The 4 steps to healing codependent behavior Increasing awareness - How do you contribute to codependency? What can you do differently to take your power back? Improving communication - changing how you communicate with people, setting boundaries unapologetically Editing self talk - Negative self talk is destructive to recovery. How can you reframe the words you are saying to yourself to be more constructive? Raising self awareness - pay close attention to your body and your feelings. Can you identify triggers that bring up feelings of anger, guilt, or resentment? 7 signs of healing from codependency You are comfortable being alone You are comfortable with sharing your opinions in relationships You make decisions for yourself and not for others You are comfortable with setting boundaries that serve your needs You can step back and respond to situations instead of just reacting to them You are comfortable with other people’s independence You no longer feel guilt for setting boundaries and letting go of unhealthy relationships About Brandi Merrill Brandi lives in Idaho and is a single mom to three amazing daughters. She's a life and recovery coach, a She Recovers coach and a licensed clinical social worker who has provided counseling services for many years. Brandi is passionate about coaching and the transformations that are possible with the use of positive psychology and spirituality. Her personal journey has been one of forgiveness, self love, becoming a boundary boss, and single parenting in recovery. She's in recovery from alcohol and codependency and believes that anything is possible. Brandi is passionate about inspiring her clients to make the changes they desire and to live their best lives. Brandi also works closely with moms in recovery that have experienced loss, including time with their kids, divorce or death. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/28 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Links and resources mentioned: Books mentioned: Codependency by Melody Beattie The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner Connect with Brandi Merrill Website: www.thepassionatepath.com Instagram: @thepassionatepath Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

What is the difference between Life, Recovery and Sober Coaching and a 12 step program like Alcoholics Anonymous? I get this question a lot and I think many women who are thinking about stopping drinking aren’t sure what options are available to them for support or how they differ. Most people who are trying to stop drinking have preconceived notions about what goes on in 12 step recovery programs such as AA based on what they’ve seen on TV and in movies and are also confused about what exactly “life coaching” or “sober coaching” involves. Some people wonder if a life and recovery coach is just a private paid AA Sponsor (spoiler alert - it’s not!) Going through a 12 step program, like Alcoholics Anonymous, typically involves attending meetings where members follow the 12 steps laid in the Big Book of Alcoholic Anonymous as a process that recovering alcoholics work through to successfully achieve and maintain sobriety. Many of these steps are ideally taken with the help of a sponsor, an individual who has gone through the AA program and helps others who are new to AA as they navigate early sobriety. Unlike AA, most life and sobriety coaches use a flexible approach to identify your personal goals around not drinking and succeeding in other areas of your life and create a plan to achieve them based on individual needs, motivations and preferences. I think that hiring a coach to stop drinking is similar to the decision you might make to hire a personal trainer or a nutritionist to increase your fitness levels or refine your eating habits. You have a goal you want to achieve (to change your relationship with food, drinking or exercise). You’ve tried to make changes to your habits and behaviors on your own but have not been successful. At some point you may decide that it’s easier and helpful to bring in extra support, a new approach and external accountability to help you stay on track and achieve your goal. Recovery coaches, like personal trainers and nutritionists in their areas of specialty, provide support and resources, expertise in changing habits and harnessing motivation, accountability to follow through on goals, new ways of approaching challenges and creative approaches to situations that you haven’t considered previously. A coach is there to help you identify where they have gotten stuck in the past, what inner or outer blocks have been holding you back and how to remove them. A coach will help you create a motivating plan to achieve your goal of living without alcohol, address limiting beliefs about what your life will look like without drinking, provide accountability in reaching your goals and provide guidance and structure in changing ingrained habits and changing your cue-craving-reward-response cycle. I’ve invited my guest, Dennis Berry, to have this conversation with me because he’s not only a skilled life coach who is passionate about the benefits of coaching, but he is also in recovery and found recovery in AA and for many years was an active participant in the program. He both sees all the benefits of 12 Step programs and the difference between AA and coaching. Dennis and I had a long conversation about the benefits and synergies of both approaches as well as talking about where the program of AA stops and the work of coaching begins. We chat about the concept of independence in sobriety and the work you get to do after you stop drinking, in looking forward to what you want in your life now that you’ve removed alcohol. In this episode, we discuss: How life, sobriety and recovery coaching differs from the approach used in 12 Step Recovery Programs such as Alcoholic Anonymous. Why most people need layers of support to stop drinking which may include a combination of coaching, therapy, exercise, 12 step programs, podcasts, books, online support groups and other hobbies, habits and healthy pursuits. How coaching differs from the work done by sponsors in AA or therapy in being goal and future-focused. The benefits of the Alcoholics Anonymous as a program which is widely available (with an estimated membership of 2 million people around the world), free of cost and offers fellowship, support and a structured program of steps to take to stop drinking. The limitations of AA as a program created 85 years ago, in 1935, by two white men. In 1939, the Fellowship published its basic textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous and in 1953 AA’s 12 steps (the guidelines by which to get sober and recover) and 12 traditions (the principles behind the steps meant to keep members focused on the primary purpose) were written. Criticisms of AA have been that it can be seen as a one-size-fits-all approach that is rigid and antiquated. The importance of developing independence in sobriety and why Dennis believes AA’s philosophy and approach can foster dependence on the program. About Dennis Berry Dennis is a Life Coach based in Colorado, who has been working with people recovering from addiction worldwide for over 15 years. Dennis has been in recovery from drug abuse for 17 years. His recovery has helped him find his mission in life, which is to help others on their journey through sobriety and achieve inner peace and success in every area of their lives. Dennis is also the host of The Funky Brain Podcast. The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. The 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority, a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole. Each group has but one primary purpose, to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers. A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. the name ought never be drawn into public controversy. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need to always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/29 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Connect with Dennis Berry Website www.dennisberry.com Listen to The Funky Brain Podcast Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

The Enneagram is a tool of self discovery. It can help you understand yourself and why you respond and act the way you do. Today my guest is Jim Zartman. Jim is a certified Enneagram coach who walks us through the Enneagram types as well as transformational habits that can change our lives. Since Jim has done Enneagram work and typing interviews with over 50 women who are on the alcohol-free path, I asked him to talk about how the Enneagram work can be viewed through the lens of women who have relied on alcohol as a coping mechanism and are now leaving it behind. If you’re stepping away from alcohol the Enneagram can help you understand your unique core drivers, core needs, beliefs and patterns that have been influencing your choices and decisions. Jim shares that your core drivers can show up as superpowers or as a shadow that can sabotage the best parts of you. Jim shares, “The best of you is permanent. The worst of you is temporary. You never want to be less of yourself. You want to be the best of yourself with fewer sabotaging patterns. The Enneagram can help you uncover the best parts of you.” In Jim’s Enneagram work with clients he sees that: Understanding your Enneagram type can help you gain a better understanding of your core motivations, driven by your desires and fears Your Enneagram type is not a landing place, but a launch pad - it’s a tool in your growth, not the list of behaviors you are now held to Your Enneagram type doesn’t put you in a box. Rather it gives you a framework for your tendencies and the lens through which you interact with your surroundings In this episode, Jim and I chat about: What the Enneagram is and how you can use the Enneagram as a tool to help you stop relying on alcohol as a coping mechanism Transformation habits that can make a big difference in your sobriety How you show up + being consistent Acceptance Curiosity The three types of the main intelligence centers: the body center, heart center, & head center Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/30 Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking To get the full guide of the best quit lit for women go to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/quit-lit About Jim Zartman Jim is a certified enneagram coach and the co-founder of The Art of Growth, which is a team of coaches and consultants who work with individuals and organizations to help them achieve the transformation they want in themselves, their work and their relationship. Connect with Jim Zartman Website: www.theartofgrowth.org Listen to The Art of Growth Podcast Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloSomeday Listen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

The holidays are both a wonderful time of year as well as a time that can trip up women who have stopped drinking, from those in early sobriety to those that might have quit months (or years) earlier. A lot of us might get to November and December and think, I've been doing this not drinking thing for a while now. I've got this. But the holidays are a unique combination of back-to-back drinking events + occasions, family dynamics, memories of previous years drinking, physically being surrounded by alcohol with powerful emotional and social triggers. The holiday season can undermine your recovery if you're not prepared to navigate it in a way that supports your sobriety. In this episode, Jean and I share all the tips and tricks to having a wonderful holiday season without drinking. We talk about: How to socialize sober + reduce stress and anxiety around attending holiday gatherings Specific strategies for navigating Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas + New Year’s Eve Practical advice on attending + hosting holiday parties, traveling + staying with family or having family members stay with you What you can share with family + friends so they can make not drinking easier for you during the holidays Why annual traditions and the specific expectations around what events happen during the holiday season, who hosts, what is served, how long people are together, who travels + for how long, can lead to resentments + challenges for your sobriety Why it’s important to identify your expectations around the holidays + evaluate how they might impact you physically, mentally and emotionally How to say no, modify traditions + set boundaries without feeling like you’re high maintenance The fun stuff: why to set up a seasonal or holiday ‘bucket list’ with ideas of how to make the most of this special time that’s not centered around alcohol Ideas for new traditions that can make the season more joyful, memorable + fulfilling About Jean McCarthy Jean McCarthy is the host of the Bubble Hour Podcast, an award winning blogger + recovery advocate. Jean is an author of two books. Her book, The Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide - staying alcohol free during the festive season is a wonderful resource about sobriety for people in recovery and for their families. Her collection of poetry, The Ember Ever There - Poems on change, grief, growth, recovery and rediscovery was published in early 2020. I interviewed Jean for this podcast in episode nine about her poetry and her story. Jean started her blog, Unpickled in 2011, and has continued to chronicle her alcohol free lifestyle. Since her first day of sobriety, thousands of readers have credited Unpickled as a motivating factor in their decision to quit drinking. SHOWNOTES: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Links and resources mentioned Connect with Jean Mccarthy Link to buy Jean’s Holiday Survival Guide and The Ember Ever There books: www.jeanmccarthy.ca/books Instagram @jeanmccarthy_writes Facebook pages for Unpickled (www.facebook.com/unpickled) and The Bubble Hour (www.facebook.com/thebubblehour) Also websites: https://jeanmccarthy.ca/, https://unpickledblog.com/, https://jeanmccarthy.ca/the-bubble-hour/, https://www.amazon.com/dp/1999299906 Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

Developing a running practice can jumpstart your recovery. Running is a layer of support that helps you set goals, boost confidence, and fill your time with a healthy alternative when all you want to do is pour yourself a drink. My guest today is Margaret Ward. Margaret is a mother of 4, a multiple marathon finisher, a retired chardonnay drinker, a life and sobriety coach and a former lawyer. She’s been featured in Trail Runner Magazine and her main passions, beside her kids, is finding adventure through traveling and running around the world. Margaret’s Recovery Run Adventures offers alcohol-free adventures to destination races in Iceland, Norway and Italy and more. In this episode we discuss, The struggles of motherhood that can drive women to drink as a way to cope with stress and anxiety The mental and physical benefits of running that will help you heal How developing a small, consistent running practice can ease early sobriety How running can help you build up small wins and boost your confidence The way in which running helps you become more in tune with your body Fun and exciting running adventures around the world in Iceland, Norway and Italy 10 Ways Running Can Jumpstart Your Recovery Running requires little financial commitment and you can jump in at any time. Just grab your running shoes and head out the door. Helps control your cravings, especially in early sobriety. When you run, your brain releases endorphins. Endorphins is a chemical released by your brain that triggers positive emotions. This is also known as the runners high. Running decreases stress and anxiety. In early sobriety, your stress and anxiety levels can increase. Running increases your heart rate which in turn changes your brain chemistry. Your brain releases an anti-anxiety neurotransmitter such as GABA. Moving your body allows you to practice mindfulness. When you run, you connect with your breathing and get into a state of flow. Running is a form of moving meditation. Allows you to set goals and see immediate results. Setting running goals builds confidence and it gives you something to celebrate once that goal is accomplished. Start small and commit. Provides structure to your day which is an important tool to have during early sobriety. Counteracts Boredom. Running is a natural way to release energy. Releasing build up energy helps regulate your nervous system, control anger, and will physically tire you out which will help you sleep at night. When you start running, you open yourself up to a whole new world. A community of women who will cheer you on and hold you accountable. Joining a local running group helps you establish connections with other women. Running provides you a great reason to stop drinking. You’re getting your body healthy. You are giving yourself a great tool to jumpstart your sobriety. Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/32 Links and resources mentioned Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Connect with Margaret Ward Find out more about Margaret’s life and sobriety coaching and her travel + running trips at https://recoveryrunadventures.com/coaching/ You can also get Margaret’s free guide, 5 Steps to Jumpstart Your Running and Recovery, at https://recoveryrunadventures.com/coaching. Read Margaret Ward’s feature in Trail Runner Magazine. Follow Margaret on Facebook at Recovery Run Adventures Connect with Margaret on Instagram @recoveryrunadventures Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

There is no cookie cutter way to quit drinking. Often it takes many tries to find out what level of support you need to navigate life without drinking as a way to cope with life and what framework of recovery works for you. My guest today is Erica C. Barnett, the Seattle author of the book Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse and Recovery. Erica’s experience with drinking and quitting drinking illustrates that it often takes a lot of trying to know what works for you. And that being able to move from relying on drinking pretty heavily as your main coping mechanism to not drinking and being able to sustain that often takes a number of tries. I loved my conversation with Erica and we covered a lot of ground. We talked about the good and the bad in drinking, quitting drinking and life in recovery. Plus Erica shared a ton about the ins and outs of the world of outpatient + inpatient treatment and detox facilities, which I knew very little about before our conversation. In this episode, Erica and I chat about How awesome it is that we’re now able (with a few years distance from quitting drinking) to laugh at ‘all of it’ (our drinking, the situations we got into, the things we screwed up, the times we tried to stop drinking and failed, our paths to sobriety and everything in between) The rapid increase in women binge drinking and drinking daily during the 2020 quarantine and COVID pandemic and the relentless messaging in our society encouraging (and pressuring) women to drink everyday How fucked up it is that our society first encourages and trivializes women’s reliance on wine as “cute” or “funny” and then blames women for becoming addicted to an addictive substance Why despite the fact that alcohol use disorders are more common than opioid addiction and kill more people, alcohol is positioned as an almost entirely fun and harmless substance Why relapse is more often than not a part of recovery yet relapse is treated as a personal failure rather than a near-inevitability The differences between the many paths to recovery including cognitive behavioral therapy, 12 step programs, online alcohol-free groups, inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities, medically supervised detox services, sober coaching and everything in between The judgement surrounding addiction and how it can be harmful to recovering addicts. The treatment industry and how it relies on repeat customers to keep it profitable and thriving - as well as Erica’s personal experiences (what worked and what didn’t) at various treatment centers About Erica C. Barnett Erica is a longtime political journalist and the author of a great book, Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse and Recovery. She founded and edits the website PublicCola.com, which covers local news and politics in Seattle. Links and resources mentioned Grab a copy of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery Check out Erica’s blog, Thecisforcrank.com Check out http://PubliCola.com and I Was a “Fun” Drunk. Until I Wasn’t. Connect with Erica C. Barnett Follow Erica on Twitter @ericacbarnett Connect with Erica on Instagram @ericabarnett Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

Are you ready to change your relationship with alcohol, stop drinking and create a life you love without alcohol? I’ve got you, my friend! Over the past year I’ve spent every free moment I’ve had creating the online course you need to get out of the drinking cycle and start to feel better. And the waitlist is open now! The Sobriety Starter Kit is the online, self-study sober coaching course that will help you quit drinking and build a life you love without alcohol. It’s based on all the work I do with my private coaching clients all wrapped up with a pretty online bow- and available at a cost that’s significantly more affordable than 1:1 coaching. Plus the online Sobriety Starter Kit course is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it. In the Sobriety Starter Kit you’ll learn the framework, plus all the skills + strategies you need to stop drinking and build a life you love without alcohol – without white-knuckling it or hating the process. And I’ll hold your hand each step of the way. Join the waitlist here and get all the details as soon as enrollment opens Now back to How to Quit Drinking With Identity Based Habits, Because Willpower Doesn’t Work. There are easy ways and hard ways to break the habit of drinking. And if you’ve tried a bunch of times to get sober momentum and given up after 2 weeks or 2 months, I’m betting that you’ve tried ALL the hard ways to stop drinking and it’s brought you back to the same place. In this episode I’m going to share with you the research and framework behind how to break your habit of drinking once and for all, without relying on willpower, white-knuckling it or hating the process. What I’ve found in the coaching work I do with women is that approaching not drinking based on the research into what works in terms of long term behavior change is the most powerful, logical and sustainable way to become a happy and healthy non-drinker. And the best book I’ve found on how to change your habits and behavior is Atomic Habits by James Clear. Here’s what doesn’t work when you’re trying to stop drinking: Shaming or blaming yourself for drinking again when the physical, social and emotional environment you live in has set you up for failure Relying on hitting a low enough ‘bottom’ so that you’ll finally have the motivation to not drink and the willpower to resist alcohol Keeping your wine (or your alcohol of choice) in your home (so that you don’t have to ask your partner to change their behavior) Relying on your partner, family and drinking friends as your main source of support for changing your relationship with alcohol If you’ve tried to stop drinking before and don’t seem to get very far there are a lot of reasons why what you’ve been doing up until now hasn’t been working. Here’s what you’ll learn in today’s episode about the ways to change your behavior and stop drinking in a way that’s easier and set up in a way for long term success. How to prime your physical environment and social support to overcome the moments when willpower isn’t enough and motivation fades Why true behavior change is based on identity change - who you believe you are. Because when you change your identity from a “red wine or chardonnay girl” to a “healthy, happy, confident and inspiring woman who doesn't drink anymore because she feels better and does more without it” - then, when you don’t drink, you are simply acting IN ALIGNMENT with who you are How to get rid of the limiting beliefs and fears you have about what your life will look like without drinking Why it's important to focus on your trajectory (the path that you are on and where it is leading you) rather than your end goal How altering the media and messages you surround yourself with (including the messages you tell yourself) can be the difference between success and failure There are two more important ideas I want you to take away from this podcast First: The things that you believe can influence the way you act, and the way that you act can influence the things that you believe. The core argument that James Clear makes in Atomic Habits is that true behavior change is identity change, because once you start to see yourself as a new type of person, then you don't even really have to force yourself to do it as much. You’ll recognize this in what people have said around you as they go through habit transformations. They'll say things like, “Yeah, I don't know. It was hard in the beginning (for example when they start a fitness practice), but now I can't even imagine not working out. It's just part of who I am,” or “I don't really motivate myself to meditate. I'm a meditator.” Once you start to assign those labels—I'm a meditator. I'm a writer. I'm a runner—then it becomes much easier to stick with it. You're not even really pursuing behavior change anymore; you’re just acting in alignment with the type of person you already see yourself to be. Behavior and beliefs are a two-way street. Second: That willpower might be able to overpower your environment for a day or a week or an hour. But in the long run, your environment almost always wins that battle. And one of the biggest elements of that is not only the physical environment like the drinks in your fridge. But also your social environment. The desire to belong often overpowers the desire to improve. And so instead of relying on motivation to drive you, work on priming your physical and social environment for success. When you listen to this episode on how to stop drinking with identity based habits I hope you’ll take away some practical ideas you can implement today to stop drinking in a way that makes it easier on you to not drink - so that you can stop relying on motivation and willpower and blaming yourself when you’re not successful. I'm hoping that this episode will help you rethink your approach to not drinking and create your new identity as a healthy and happy, powerful, confident and inspiring woman who doesn't drink anymore because she feels better and does more without it. Links and resources mentioned Grab a copy of Atomic Habits by James Clear Podcast episodes on how to prime your mindset, physical and social environment for success in quitting drinking Episode 2 - 5 Mistakes Women Make When Quitting Drinking Episode 3 - 7 Strategies To Get You Through Your First Week Without Alcohol Episode 10 - 10 Things You Need In Your Sober Toolkit Episode 23 - Feeling Bored In Sobriety? Things To Know + What To Do Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

Have you been trying to break your habit of drinking using willpower, positive inspiration or negative, fear-based motivation by trying to avoid negative consequences? If you haven’t been successful in your attempts to stop drinking using this approach it’s actually not your fault. Instead you've likely just been trying to make a long term behavior change in all the wrong ways. There are easy ways and hard ways to break a habit, and research into the science of behavior change shows that willpower just doesn’t work in the long term. In this episode I’m going to talk about how to break your habit of drinking in four simple steps - without relying on willpower or hating the process. We’ll dive into: The four laws of how to break a bad habit and how to build a new one, as outlined in Atomic Habits by James Clear. Why understanding your personal habit loop of cues, cravings, responses and rewards is critical to helping you stop drinking without relying on willpower or hating the process. How creating and sharing an implementation intention is fundamental to succeeding in change where you have stumbled in the past. Why environmental design is key to achieving your goals. Making small changes to your physical and social environment will make it easier to break the drinking cycle. What has likely tripped you up in the past and practical and specific ways to set yourself up for success, not self-sabotage. What you should learn from times you’ve tried to stop before, without shaming yourself for going back to drinking. What is the habit loop? It’s a four step pattern that’s the backbone of every habit you’ve ever formed. A cue is the first step in the habit loop. A cue triggers your brain to initiate a behavior. A cue is a bit of information that predicts a reward. Because the cue is the first indication that we're close to a reward, cues naturally lead to craving. Cravings are the second step of the habit loop. Cravings are the motivational force behind every habit. Without some level of motivation or desire, without a craving to change, we have no reason to act. And what you crave is not the habit itself, but the change in state it delivers. So at the basic level you actually don’t crave drinking a glass of wine, you crave the feeling of relief it provides. If you're with a bunch of people, you don’t actually crave drinking a glass of wine, you crave the feeling of being included and doing the same things as other people. The sense of belonging. The third step in the habit loop is the response. The response is the actual habit you perform. So this can take the form of a thought or an action. It's the buying the wine, the pulling the wine out of the fridge, pouring a glass, taking a sip. That's the response. And whether a response occurs or doesn't occur depends on how motivated you are to do it, and also how difficult it is for you to complete the behavior. The fourth step is reward, rewards are the end goal of every habit. The cue is about noticing the reward, the craving is about wanting the reward and the response is about obtaining the reward. The first purpose of rewards is to satisfy your craving. If you open a bottle of wine and you drink, you are satisfying that craving. The reward delivers contentment, and relief from the craving. The second thing rewards do is they teach us which actions are worth remembering in the future. Your brain is a reward detector. As you go about life, your sensory nervous system is continuously monitoring which actions satisfy your desires and deliver feelings of pleasure or disappointment. Those are part of the feedback mechanism that helps your brain distinguish useful actions from useless ones. There are four laws of how to break a bad habit and how to build a new one First, start with your implementation intention. It’s a stated plan to solidify your plan to be alcohol-free for a specific amount of time. The first law of how to make a new habit stick is to make it obvious. The more visible and available a habit is, the more likely you are to stick to it. The second law is to make it attractive. The more appealing a habit is, the more likely you are to feel motivated to do it. The third law is to make it easy. The easier, simpler, more convenient and frictionless a habit is, the more likely it is to be performed. And the fourth law is to make it satisfying. The more satisfying, enjoyable, and pleasurable a habit is, the more likely it is to stick. Are You Ready To Stop Drinking? I invite you to take a look at my new on-demand course, The Sobriety Starter Kit. The Sobriety Starter Kit is the online, self-study sober coaching course that will help you quit drinking and build a life you love without alcohol. The course is based on the sober coaching work I do with my private clients and is available at a cost that’s significantly more affordable than 1:1 coaching. Plus the online Sobriety Starter Kit course is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it. In the Sobriety Starter Kit you’ll learn the framework, plus all the skills + strategies you need to stop drinking and build a life you love without alcohol – without white-knuckling it or hating the process. And I’ll hold your hand each step of the way. Click here to get all the details. Atomic Habits links and resources mentioned Grab a copy of Atomic Habits by James Clear Episode 34 - The first episode on using Atomic Habits to Quit Drinking with Identity Based Habits Podcast episodes on how to prime your mindset, physical and social environment for success in quitting drinking Episode 2 - 5 Mistakes Women Make When Quitting Drinking Episode 3 - 7 Strategies To Get You Through Your First Week Without Alcohol Episode 10 - 10 Things You Need In Your Sober Toolkit Episode 23 - Feeling Bored In Sobriety? Things To Know + What To Do Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

The Habits Tipping Point: When Choosing Not to Drink Becomes Easy and Simply Part Of Who You Are Welcome to Episode #3 in the Atomic Habits series on how to break your habit of drinking based on the research into what works in changing behavior for long term success. In part one of Atomic Habits, Episode 34, we discussed how to quit drinking using identity based habits. We talked about how every action you take supporting your goal to be alcohol-free [like listening to this podcast] is casting a vote for your identity as a happy, healthy woman who doesn’t need to drink to have fun or cope with life. In part two of Atomic Habits, Episode 35, we talked about how to break your habit of drinking in four steps by changing your cues, cravings, responses, and rewards habit loop. And in today’s Episode, part three, we're going to talk about the tipping point. The point when your behavior changes and shifts into your identity. There is a tipping point where by choosing not to drink you are simply acting IN ALIGNMENT with who you are. The struggle not to drink is gone. Your mind is not constantly thinking about drinking or not drinking. You're someone who used to drink but don’t anymore, because you feel better without it. In this episode we’ll dig into: How to avoid the stumbling blocks that have tripped you up in the past and led you back to drinking. The most common thing that trips women up in their efforts to stop drinking is fear of the unknown and our natural inclination to stay where things are familiar and comfortable. I’ll help you break through this resistance to discover a new experience that is so much better than living in the drinking cycle. What to do when you’re in the ‘plateau of latent potential,’ the time period when the work you’re doing builds until you hit the tipping point. It’s easy to get impatient and frustrated when you hit 30 or 60 days without alcohol. It’s not as hard as it was in the beginning, but you still have moments when you want to drink and you wish that you were past that point. But the work you’re doing in this middle piece, between no longer and not yet, is important. You’re storing energy that’s building until you hit the tipping point. The point when not drinking is simply a part of who you are. You’re on your way to being a healthy, happy, confident nondrinker. You just haven’t reached the tipping point - yet. I’ll share with you how to look at this time period in a way that validates the work you're doing before you hit the identity shift, so you don't get bored and frustrated and decide to drink again Good habits make time your ally and bad habits make time your enemy. Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. In the same way that money multiplies through compound interest, the effects of your habits multiply as you repeat them across time. At first you feel better and your progress is small and incremental. But as more time goes by those small improvements compound exponentially. The positive or negative trajectory of your life is immense depending on which habits you keep or change. When you change your habit of drinking, you’ll have a bunch of immediate benefits. You’ll have more energy and sleep well. You’ll look better and have more patience. And you will also change the trajectory of your life. From one that’s declining slowly and then more steeply, to one that’s improving slowly and then improving exponentially over time. Impressive results are the natural outcome of many small improvements accumulating over time. Are You Ready To Stop Drinking? I invite you to take a look at my new on-demand course, The Sobriety Starter Kit. The Sobriety Starter Kit is the online, self-study sober coaching course that will help you quit drinking and build a life you love without alcohol. The course is based on the sober coaching work I do with my private clients and is available at a cost that’s significantly more affordable than one-on-one coaching. Plus the online Sobriety Starter Kit course is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it. In the Sobriety Starter Kit you’ll learn the framework, plus all the skills + strategies you need to stop drinking and build a life you love without alcohol – without white-knuckling it or hating the process. And I’ll hold your hand each step of the way. Click here to get all the details. Atomic Habits links and resources mentioned Grab a copy of Atomic Habits by James Clear Episode 34 - The first episode on using Atomic Habits to Quit Drinking with Identity Based Habits Episode 35 - The second episode on using Atomic Habits to Quit Drinking on how to break your habit of drinking in four simple steps - without relying on willpower or hating the process. Podcast episodes on how to prime your mindset, physical and social environment for success in quitting drinking Episode 2 - 5 Mistakes Women Make When Quitting Drinking Episode 3 - 7 Strategies To Get You Through Your First Week Without Alcohol Episode 10 - 10 Things You Need In Your Sober Toolkit Episode 23 - Feeling Bored In Sobriety? Things To Know + What To Do Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

As the end of 2020 approaches many of us are ready to turn the page on this year and start anew. And it’s time to start fresh and look ahead to what you want and how to make that happen. And in this episode I want to tell you just how to do that. How to not only turn the page on last year and set new intentions for 2021, but also to keep your intentions strong as motivation fades after a few weeks or months. Too often in life, we’ve stopped dreaming. Or if we have dreams we dismiss them as impractical or impossible. We feel weighed down by responsibilities or what other people might think. Or our own habits, fears, limiting beliefs and assumptions of what is achievable, appropriate or allowed stops us in our tracks. My goal is to get you centered on what lights you up, fires up your imagination and brings you joy. To change what’s weighing you down because you deserve to feel happy and fulfilled. We think it’s our busy schedules or responsibilities that get in our way, but it’s not that. The biggest thing that stops us from achieving our dreams is ourselves. Our fears, our limiting beliefs and our negative self-talk. Here’s what you need to do to manifest the shit out of life: #1. Replace your negative thoughts and limiting beliefs with new, positive affirmations. Repetition becomes reality. What you look at everyday, the media you consume, the people you interact with most every day and what you whisper to yourself matters. Turn your most repeated negative, inner critic thoughts inside out, find the opposite affirmation and repeat it often. You can retrain your brain from pessimism to optimism, from feeling powerless to knowing that you are able to achieve anything you want. You can manifest the shit out of life. #2. Create a vision board to keep your goals and dreams front and center. Vision Boards are a powerful tool to bring clarity to what you want to experience in life. A vision board will keep you focused on who you want to be, where you want to go, and how you want to feel long after willpower and motivation fades. Instead of being dragged down by daily life experiences that could steer you off course, you’ll have a consistent, powerful reminder of your ideal life with your best self. Your vision board will keep your dreams top of mind, so you’re always looking for ways (consciously and subconsciously) to move closer to your goals. Inspiring images and can shape your beliefs, change your self talk and remind you of your goals. #3. Notice what makes you feel good. Sometimes we don’t know how to move forward because we don’t even know what we want. I’ve got good news. It’s actually more important to know what makes you feel good than what you want to achieve. So your job is to pay attention to how different people, places, ideas, things, activities and dreams make you feel. Find the ones that light you up and follow them. They’re the divine breadcrumbs that will lead you somewhere amazing. #4. Choose the people you spend time with carefully. The more time you spend with people who light you up, encourage you, see the best version of you and are doing things you want to be doing, the better. People you admire, inspiring voices that make you think and dream bigger and make you feel excited about life and it’s possibilities. Some people hold you back and others can pull you forward. They can drag you down or lift you up. The people you surround yourself with shape who you are and what you believe you can achieve. People who discourage you, tell you your dreams are unrealistic or have a negative or pessimistic view of life will keep you stuck. You can't hang out with negative people and expect to have a positive life. Consciously edit which opinions attitudes and life philosophies you allow into your life. They determine what conversations dominate your attention.They affect which attitudes and behaviors you adopt. You begin to think like they think and behave like they behave. Now you’re ready to go out and manifest the shit out of life. My challenge to you is to focus on what you want to feel and do in your life (regardless of what others think) and take small and large steps towards your dreams. And if one of your goals in 2021 is to drink less + live more I can help. I created an on-demand course, The Sobriety Starter Kit, which can help you make 2021 the year you stop drinking. The Sobriety Starter Kit is the online, self-study sober coaching course that will help you quit drinking and build a life you love without alcohol. The course is based on the sober coaching work I do with my private clients and is available at a cost that’s significantly more affordable than one-on-one coaching. Plus the online Sobriety Starter Kit course is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it. In the Sobriety Starter Kit you’ll learn the framework, plus all the skills + strategies you need to stop drinking and build a life you love without alcohol – without white-knuckling it or hating the process. And I’ll hold your hand each step of the way. Click here to get all the details. Resources mentioned in this episode Download The Ultimate Vision Board Starter Kit Blog: How Vision Boards Work & Why You Need One The Sobriety Starter Kit Online Course Brené Brown: The Midlife Unraveling Jen Sincero’s Book: You Are A Badass Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Check out The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

Today is The Day! It’s January 1st, 2021. It is DRY JANUARY and you are ready to stop drinking. It’s the perfect time for a fresh start. You’re ready to Take a break from drinking to be healthier and happier, more fulfilled and confident. Sleep through the night and wake up feeling good. Get out of the drinking cycle of feeling, tired, stuck and defeated. And I’ve got all the tools you need to start strong and keep on going! In this podcast I’m going to share all my best tips and tricks to set you up for success so that you get the most out of Dry January. You’ll learn How to use Dry January as a springboard to building a life you love without alcohol, not as a short break from the drinking cycle. Why Dry January gives you the perfect reason to tell others you’re not drinking, without labels or explanations. How to build up sober momentum in Dry January without worrying about questions of ‘forever’ or ‘never again’. Where to hook up with other women doing Dry January so that you can cheer each other on. How to step up self care this month and use treats and rewards so that your time not drinking is really pleasurable. How to take advantage of this month to change your go-to habits so that after the 31 days you won't want to go back to drinking. And if one of your goals in 2021 is to drink less + live more I can help. I created an on-demand course, The Sobriety Starter Kit, which can help you make 2021 the year you stop drinking. The Sobriety Starter Kit is the online, self-study sober coaching course that will help you quit drinking and build a life you love without alcohol. The course is based on the sober coaching work I do with my private clients and is available at a cost that’s significantly more affordable than one-on-one coaching. Plus the online Sobriety Starter Kit course is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it. When you purchase the course you’ll have lifetime access to it. You can start today or at any other time. The course is self-paced, so you’re never ‘behind’. You can move through the lessons as quickly or slowly as you need to and revisit earlier lessons at any time. In the Sobriety Starter Kit you’ll learn the framework, plus all the skills + strategies you need to stop drinking and build a life you love without alcohol – without white-knuckling it or hating the process. And I’ll hold your hand each step of the way. Click here to get all the details. Resources mentioned in this episode Episode 34 - The first episode on using Atomic Habits to Quit Drinking with Identity Based Habits Episode 35 - The second episode on using Atomic Habits to Quit Drinking on how to break your habit of drinking in four simple steps - without relying on willpower or hating the process Episode 36 - The third episode on using “The Habits Tipping Point”, that magical moment when choosing not to drink simply becomes a part of who you are. The Sobriety Starter Kit Online Course Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Check out The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get support during the holiday season from women who are on the alcohol-free path with the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

Today my guest on the podcast is my very own sober coach. Belle Robertson from Tired Of Thinking About Drinking was the person I emailed on my very last “Day 1” 5 years ago, after I woke up at 3am and decided that I needed support to stop drinking wine every night. After that first day, and over the course of 2 years, Belle and I exchanged over 800 email messages! Belle held my hand through my first week without alcohol and gave me advice and support as I navigated dinner parties, crappy days at work, date nights, sick kids, camping trips and my first sober vacation in Europe. I love Belle's approach because it's practical, approachable and positive. When I started working with her I heard this message - and it set me on the path I’m still walking today. She said, “So I want you to imagine that there's something else for you, something better than what you're doing now. I want you to think about what could be rather than what is. So if there's a you who right now is a person who's drinking, and you want to be something else, and you want something else to happen in your life, and you don't know how to get there. And you don't know how to get this voice in your head to stop. I know what the answer is. I know that you don't believe me when I tell you I know what the answer is. Because the answer is stop drinking. And when you stop drinking, things change.” In this episode, Belle and I discuss: The benefits of not drinking and having a sober coach Why having a positive mindset will help guide you through sobriety Why repeated relapse is normal and how to change your strategy to support sobriety How being sober takes work, it doesn’t happen overnight Why removing the booze will make things better for you and your relationships The drinking cycle of quitting drinking and how it affects your mental health The importance of self care during your sobriety journey If one of your goals in 2021 is to drink less + live more I can help. I created an on-demand course, The Sobriety Starter Kit, which can help you make 2021 the year you stop drinking. The Sobriety Starter Kit is the online, self-study sober coaching course that will help you quit drinking and build a life you love without alcohol. The course is based on the sober coaching work I do with my private clients and is available at a cost that’s significantly more affordable than one-on-one coaching. Plus the online Sobriety Starter Kit course is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it. When you purchase the course you’ll have lifetime access to it. You can start today or at any other time. The course is self-paced, so you’re never ‘behind’. You can move through the lessons as quickly or slowly as you need to and revisit earlier lessons at any time. In the Sobriety Starter Kit you’ll learn the framework, plus all the skills + strategies you need to stop drinking and build a life you love without alcohol – without white-knuckling it or hating the process. And I’ll hold your hand each step of the way. Click here to get all the details. About Belle Robertson Belle is a writer and a sober coach with a website, Tired Of Thinking About Drinking. She's written a book about how to quit drinking, and has worked one on one as a sober coach with 3258 individuals. Belle hasn't had a drink in over eight years and she started her own sober journey with a sober trial, a period of time off alcohol to see how she liked it. And apparently she did. When she's not recording sober audios or coaching by email. She works as a caterer and a text designer, originally from Canada. Bell lives in Paris and Vermont with her husband, who's also a Canadian. Connect With Belle Robertson To learn more about Belle and how she can support you on your sober journey, head over to www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com Follow her on Instagram: @tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking Order her book, Tired of Thinking About DrinkingTake my 100 Day Sober Challenge by Belle Robertson Listen to Belle’s audiobook: https://gumroad.com/l/Belle-TOTAD-audio, Tired of Thinking About Drinking Take my 100 Day Sober Challenge by Belle Robertson Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Check out The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking Get the guide on How to find and join my Favorite Private Sober Facebook groups Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

My guest today is Clare Pooley. Her book The Sober Diaries: How One Mom Stopped Drinking And Started Living is based on her blog, Mummy Was A Secret Drinker, which describes her first 365 days of living without alcohol. The Sober Diaries is one of the first books I recommend to all of my clients as they stop drinking. In The Sober Diaries Clare tells her story of building up sober days while at the same time uncovering how deeply her love of wine was connected to her identity as a successful working woman, a fun adult and her life as a mom of 3 children. I love the way The Sober Diaries takes you through the days and months of early sobriety in a funny, insightful, relatable and realistic way. If you read it during your first few weeks or months, you'll see your own experiences in Clare's as she moves through Day 14 "Sober Mornings", Day 26 "Oh God, It's Friday", Day 91 "The Wine Witch", 100 Days and when it gets easier - all the way through Day 365. It's a great read (or listen), especially for women with kids, who started drinking in the corporate world or in the mommy wine culture. Clare, at the time she stopped drinking, was a middle aged woman, over educated, overprivileged, formerly overweight mom of three, who had a long love affair with high priced good quality wine until she realized that the relationship was going nowhere but downhill. So she started blogging to take her mind off her broken heart. In this episode, Clare and I dive into: Why immediate benefits of giving up alcohol (better sleep, clearer skin and eyes, a healthier body) are good, but the biggest benefits come much later The fact that well educated, middle aged women are becoming the most likely group to drink problematically How Clare (and I) stopped drinking without traditional 12 Step Programs like AA and why choosing that path to living alcohol-free is even easier for women today Why Clare thinks we need to change the “brand imagery” around not drinking and reframe going alcohol-free from something that one might ‘have to do’ to something you want to do How our social media feeds are doing us a disservice by normalizing excessive drinking Why the the most difficult part of quitting drinking for Clare was learning to deal with emotions without having wine as a crutch Why Clare thought that her life without drinking would be dull and boring but discovered that it was way more exciting than when she was drinking About Clare Pooley Clare is a British blogger, author and novelist. She spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time mum. Realizing that her ‘wine o’clock’ habit had spiraled out of control, Clare started writing a blog, Mummy was a Secret Drinker, which has had nearly three million hits. Her memoir, The Sober Diaries was published in 2017 to critical acclaim. Clare’s debut novel - The Authenticity Project, was inspired by her own experience of exposing the rather grubby truth about her own seemingly perfect life, and is being published in twenty-nine territories in 2020. Clare’s talks include a TEDx talk - Making Sober, Less Shameful. Clare lives in Fulham, London with her husband, three children, two border terriers, and an African pygmy hedgehog. Connect with Clare Pooley To learn more about Clare, head over to www.clarepooley.com Follow her on Instagram: @clare_pooley Connect with her on Facebook: @SoberMummy Connect with Clare Twitter: @cpooleywriter Order her books, The Sober Diaries: How One Mom Stopped Drinking And Started Living and The Authenticity Project Subscribe to her blog: Mummy Was A Secret Drinker Listen to her Tedx Talk: Making Sober, Less Shameful Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Check out The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Listen to the podcast on The Best Quit Lit For Women Quitting Drinking to hear more about The Sober Diaries and other books to inspire your alcohol-free journey. Get the free guide to The Best Quit Lit Books For Women Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

Worrying about your drinking is a lonely and dark place to be, especially in midlife when women often feel stressed out, unfulfilled and lonely. And that’s where my guest, Lori Massicot, says she lived for too long. At 45 Lori says she was an over-drinker, overeater, "sky is falling" type of gal who, after questioning her drinking for two years, finally decided to stop drinking. And then she discovered all the possibilities available to her now that she no longer spent her evenings on the couch drinking. Lori is now a life coach specializing in sobriety, mindset transformation and holistic wellness for women over 40 and hosts the podcast To 50 And Beyond. Being sober has given Lori a second chance at life and enabled her to become who she genuinely is, without the façade she was trying to keep up with for decades. In this episode, Lori and I explore: Why more and more women are deciding to stop drinking at age 40, 50 and 60 How “aging sober” empowers women to live healthier, happier and more confident lives. Why midlife is a good time to reevaluate your relationship with alcohol as you look to the decades ahead The perimenopause journey and how to get beyond it sober The correlation between drinking and weight gain in midlife How women’s wellness after 40 is improved by being alcohol-free SHOWNOTES: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/41 About Lori Massicot Lori is a Life Coach specializing in sobriety, mindset transformation, and holistic wellness for women over 40. Lori is an advocate for aging happy, healthy and confident, and free. Lori has a certification in Nutrition Coaching, and is the host of the To 50 & Beyond podcast, a podcast that celebrates women in the middle of life. Links mentioned in the podcast Casey’s interview on Lori’s To 50 & Beyond podcast - No Rock Bottom Required Connect with Lori Massicot To learn more about Lori and to find out more information about her coaching services, head over to www.lorimassicot.com Follow Lori on Instagram at @lorimassicot Listen to her podcast To 50 And Beyond Learn about Lori’s group coaching program for women over 40, Elevate. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Check out The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

What do you do in sobriety when you’re feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, angry or anxious? You need to calm the adrenaline coursing through your body, regulate what you’re feeling and restore peace - without pouring yourself a drink. Today I’m sharing a new sober tool to add to your toolbox. My guest is Jen Broyles, a Holistic Health Coach and SOMA Breathwork Instructor. Jen’s going to introduce us to Breathwork as a next-level meditation technique that can be a quick and effective way to calm your nervous system, rewire your brain, and release emotional trauma. Plus Jen’s going to lead us in a SOMA Breathwork Meditation - a complete holistic system of breathing techniques. SOMA Breath takes fundamental Pranayama techniques put into a sequence that combines rhythmic breathing to beat-driven music, for therapeutic function. In this episode, Jen and I discuss What is SOMA breathwork and what are the benefits of incorporating it into a daily health practice How women who are quitting drinking can use SOMA breathwork to support their physical, mental and emotional health The unconscious mind and stored trauma How to soothe your emotions by controlling your breathing How and when to practice breathwork The 3 phases of SOMA breathwork Benefits of SOMA Breathwork Awaken dormant functions of the brain. Enhance creativity and problem-solving. Create heightened states of consciousness and inspiration. Improve brain function and mind power. Cleanse and purify the bloodstream and lymphatic system. Stimulate self-healing. Reduce depression/anxiety. Clear negative imprints and traumas from early life (0-7 years). Reimprint your mind with more empowering beliefs and habits. Set intentions and create the motivation and energy to complete important goals. Self-realization: discover your true self and your deepest inner calling. 3 Key Phases of SOMA Breath Rhythmic breathing Inhale from the NOSE as much as possible Inhale into the BELLY as much as possible Breathe in a smooth RHYTHMICAL pattern Music is a great way to “train” rhythmic breathing, or Breathing in Beats Doing this creates a higher heart rate variability, which harmonizes your blood flow and balances all the systems in your body. This is the first step to gaining control over your emotions and to also trigger a state of self healing in the body Breath retention AKA intermittent hypoxia Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT) is used to treat a range of disorders including high blood pressure, diabetes, Parkinson’s, emotional disorders, and more. the first Yogis – thousands of years ago – already knew about this. The most revered breathing technique of Pranayama lowers oxygen levels in the body for a brief period of time. Your body adapts to having less oxygen and starts to become more efficient in producing energy. This also where you put a positive stress response on the body making you more resilient to stressful situations. This is also a time to access your subconscious mind for you to fall deep into a meditative state and you can begin reprogramming imprints that hold you back from being at your best Awakening To Your Full Potential. Mula Bandha lock The Mula Bandha lock isolates and engages your pelvic floor muscles. In this phase you will hold all your breath in, lock your muhla bunda and rush blood flow and oxygen to our brain. This can have a powerful feeling of energy and excitement. This can awaken dormant parts of the brain helping to Increase creativity and cognitive Functions. Here’s how to do it: Gently squeeze your pelvic floor muscles. They include the genitals, the anus, and the perineum. These are the muscles that you use to hold in your urine. It’s the floor of your body. Hold the squeeze for about one second, then let go and fully relax. Repeat a few times or as much as you like. It should feel like a pulsing sensation as you engage and release the muscles. About Jen Broyles Jen helps individuals restore and optimize their health by calming the nervous system, reducing stress and awakening their inner healer. She recognizes that in an overstimulated nervous system, compromised, gut health and suppressed emotions lead to imbalances throughout the mind, the body and the spirit. Jen combines the healing power of breathwork essential oils and other holistic modalities to help clients create a lifestyle of health, vitality and freedom. Connect with Jen Broyles To find out more information about Jen and the services she offers, check out her website Jen Broyles - Breathwork, Essential Oils, Holistic Health To learn more about the Sacred Breath Community, head over to Sacred Breath Online Community Follow Jen on your favorite social media platform Facebook: Jen Broyles, CHC - Home Instagram: Jen Broyles | Holistic Coach (@jenbroyleshealthcoach) Twitter: Jen Broyles (@JenBroyles1) YouTube: Jen Broyles LinkedIn: Jen Broyles - Dallas, Texas | Professional Profile Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Check out The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Instagram: Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)

My guest today is Annika O'Melia- a psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, and perinatal mental health with adult women. Annika quit drinking over 9 years and has four kids under 10, including a set of twin four year olds. She hosts the podcast Mother Recovering, originally started to talk about the stigma of being a new mom with addiction issues, which she found even greater than the stigma of new mothers struggling with other mental health issues such as postpartum depression and anxiety. In this podcast episode Annika is going to introduce us to a type of therapy known as Internal Family Systems Therapy, which can help you resolve internal conflict and restore harmony. Annika’s work is based on the idea that we all have a self that is whole, complete and healthy. And that over the course of our lives as we experience different life situations or traumas, which could be that our parents divorced, childhood abuse, being bullied at school, issues with body image, anxiety, or mental health issues within our family or within ourselves that lead us to experience painful emotions such as anger or shame. Annika describes how often we try to protect ourselves from these painful emotions and experiences by using unhelpful coping mechanisms called (in IFS) ‘managers’ and ‘firefighters’. These coping mechanisms can suppress negative emotions but also can stop us from healing. IFS focuses on healing the wounded parts and restoring mental balance and harmony by changing the dynamics that create discord among the sub-personalities and the Self. In this episode, you’ll learn: How drinking is often used as a coping mechanism to manage anxiety or suppress painful emotions What is internal family systems therapy and how it can help you feel more compassion for yourself and live a more peaceful life How to experience negative emotions without being overwhelmed or wanting to numb out How to resolve internal conflicts within ourselves What it means to restore harmony within yourself What is EMDR and how can it help you in recovery About Annika O’Melia Annika is a psychotherapist and owns her own private practice, Quad City Psychotherapy. She is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston and earned her Masters of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. Annika specializes in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, and perinatal mental health and works primarily with adult women. Annika has been sober for over 9 years and has four kids under 10, including a set of twin four year olds. She’s the host of the Mother Recovering podcast. Connect with Annika O’Melia To find out more information about Annika, visit www.annikaomelia.com Head over to Instagram to follow Annika at @annikaomelia Subscribe and listen to her podcast Mother Recovering Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Check out The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Website: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

I was drawn to my guest today immediately because of a powerful post, she wrote about why she doesn't identify with the label of being an alcoholic. I don't identify as an alcoholic either. I don’t feel like that label serves me or explains my personal experience and unless they prefer it I don’t use that label to describe the women I work with. Here’s what Beth wrote that spoke to me. ✨WORDS MATTER✨ The other day, someone called me an “alcoholic.” They were just making conversation, talking about things I’m interested in (which I super appreciate!)…⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ... but I don’t identify as an alcoholic—it’s a label that doesn’t explain my personal experience with leaving behind the booze. I don’t struggle with not-drinking anymore. I don’t feel like I’m powerless over alcohol. I don’t align with the 12-steps. I don’t personally identify with the disease model of addiction.⠀⠀⠀ Even when I was still drinking, the black and white dichotomy of either being someone who drank or being an “alcoholic” kept me drinking longer than I should have. I thought those were my only choices And then I discovered this beautiful corner of the internet full of people who don’t drink alcohol, who call themselves all sorts of things: ✨Teetotaler ✨Sober ✨Alcohol-free/AF ✨Non-drinker ✨Sober-curious⠀⠀⠀ Or… nothing at all. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve learned a few things from my experience: 1️⃣ Words matter, and labels can be a significant barrier for folks removing harmful habits from their lives. (And the mental health field needs an update on this. ☝🏻)⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2️⃣ You are the author of your own story, and only YOU get to define yourself. 3️⃣ Figuring out what you align with, where your AF identity lives? It’s magic. ✨ It’s freedom, fulfillment, and all the good squishy feelings. The beauty of deciding that alcohol is no longer working in your life is that YOU get to decide how to think about your decision to stop drinking and how you tell your story - with a label or without one. What do I say about why I’m living my life without alcohol? I say I quit drinking. I used to drink and I don’t anymore because I feel better without it. I sleep better. I have more energy. I’m more confident and better able to follow through with things and go after my goals and dreams. I have less anxiety and deeper relationships. I feel more at peace and more proud of myself. And I also say that it was hard to quit, not only because I loved drinking and it was a big part of my identity as a ‘red wine girl’, but also because alcohol is an addictive substance. It’s literally designed to make you drink more and more often. And I believe that anyone with enough exposure to alcohol is likely to become habitually, emotionally or physically addicted to it. I don’t know if I was ‘bad enough to have to quit’ but I do know that my life is better without it. In this episode, Beth and I discuss how women can smash shame in sobriety. And we dive into: Why you don’t need to ask yourself ‘Am I an alcoholic?’ How labels can stigmatize and shame people who have decided to live a healthy, happy, alcohol-free life instead of celebrating their decision to make a healthy life choice How to find a beautiful supportive online community of people living life without alcohol on Instagram Why old shame experiences might be keeping you stuck and how shame resilience work can help you heal The 4 steps to working through shame Identifying shame Contextualize it Connection Sharing the shame out loud The freedom we’ve found since giving up alcohol About Beth Bowen Beth is a licensed social worker with three years of sobriety, who helps alcohol free women reclaim their power and build kick ass lives in sobriety. Beth is a mom of two, a wife and a sober women's coach who lives outside of Austin, Texas. Connect with Beth Bowen To find out more information about Beth and read about her sobriety journey, check out her blog www.bethbowenblog.com Follow Beth on Instagram @bethbowen_ Do you have old shame stories holding you back from the kickass life you know you're meant for? Check out Beth’s free workshop about Shame Resilience in Sobriety Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

I am excited about this podcast because it is my five year anniversary of the day I quit drinking! When I look back at the number five, it seems impossibly large. I remember when it was so hard for me to get past day five. 30 days seemed so big. 100 days was an accomplishment that I was bursting with pride and over a year was more than I thought I would ever achieve. In this episode, I wanted to look back and share with you the big things I've learned over five years without alcohol. Here are the 25 things that helped me and surprised me. The things I didn’t know when I started out and the lessons I’m continuing to learn now. If you're just starting out, are sober curious or have five months alcohol-free or two years on this path, here's a look ahead to my experience and takeaways from the decision to quit drinking and live a life without alcohol. 25 Things I’ve Learned In 5 Years Without Alcohol Not drinking is not the goal. Not drinking is the foundation for all other things you want to do, feel, be and achieve in your life. It's ok to have zero idea of what you want your life to look like without alcohol. You don't need to wait until you actually want to stop drinking. If you wait until you want to stop drinking, you’ll never get started. Quitting drinking is so much easier with help Words Matter. Labels matter. Approaches matter. Keep trying until you find the right one for you. Once you stop drinking, you don't have to be living in “recovery”. You can just be living. When you stop drinking, your world gets bigger, not smaller. It will be more exciting and adventurous. Stop trying to please everyone. You are meant to be happy. You are not stuck. If you don't like something, change it. You have power, agency and you get to decide what you put up with and what you don't. If something isn't right in your relationship, you don't actually have to deal with that and make it right before you're able to stop drinking. Not drinking makes you more calm and capable to address other things in your life that are problematic. In every situation you should ask yourself “what do I want?” We spend most of our time just “making things work”, juggling projects and meeting the needs of other people. Figure out what makes you happy, fulfilled, relaxed, honored and appreciated. Pay close attention to who in your life lights you up and who drags you down. Edit the people you spend the most time with to include those who lift you up, see the best in you and inspire you to live a better life. Nobody is perfect so stop trying so hard to be everything to everyone. Your worth is not meant to be measured by how much you accomplish. The period before you stopped drinking, when you're going back and forth in your own head over and over again, is the hardest place to live. The way you feel in early sobriety will not last long. You will not live the rest of your life wanting to drink and white-knuckling it through that feeling. That stage doesn’t last that long. Nobody just stops drinking and never goes through a hard time or a difficult challenge and never thinks about drinking again. You will need layers of support to keep yourself in a good, balanced and happy place emotionally And the support you need is going to evolve and change at different times in your life. If you feel like you want to drink at some point it’s not the end of the world (and it doesn’t mean that you’re going to drink). Look at it as a helpful red flag. It's an SOS telling you that something in your life needs to change - that there is a boundary that you need to draw, there are adjustments that need to be made. You will not live the rest of your life desperately wanting to drink and denying yourself that desire. You will get to the point where you are just a healthy, happy and confident person who used to drink and doesn't anymore because you feel better without it. Making sure that you keep yourself in the green zone emotionally is a daily calibration. And you will get used to doing it in the same way that you take a shower, brush your teeth and decide when to work out. The micro adjustments will become second nature. You always need something to look forward to - so plan all the good things. Having things to look forward to gives your life an atmosphere of growth. Never question the decision to stop drinking. There is a reason that you've come back time and time again. Don't overthink it. Just take it off the table. Drinking too much or too often, over drinking or not having an off switch is not a moral failure. It's just a maladaptive coping strategy that worked in the short term and doesn't work in the long term. And if you drink often enough, sliding down the path to becoming habitually, emotionally, psychologically or physically addicted to alcohol is somewhat inevitable because alcohol is an addictive substance. Everything in your life is not magically going to be better when you stop drinking, but it is a whole lot better. This is just the beginning! Resources & Links Mentioned Episode 34: Quit Drinking With Identity Based Habits, Because Willpower Doesn’t Work Episode 35: Break Your Habit of Drinking in Four Steps - Change Your Cue, Craving, Response + Reward Cycle Episode 36: The Habits Tipping Point - When Choosing Not To Drink Becomes Easy and Simply Part Of Who You Are Episode 37: How To Manifest The Shit Out Of Life Support, Resources and Tools To Help You Go Alcohol-Free Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

In Laura McKowen’s memoir, We Are The Luckiest, she writes, “There is a life that is calling you forward, begging you to meet its eye, to glimpse its vision for you. You can get only so far by running away from what you do not want. Eventually you will have to turn toward what you do. You will have to run toward a bigger yes.” I invited Laura to join me on the podcast to talk about how to say yes to a bigger life and how to be more intentional about how they’re living. Laura McCowen is the author of the book, We Are the Luckiest - The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life. Laura also writes an award winning blog and has hosted two incredible podcasts, Home and Spiritualish. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Web MD Psychology Today, The Today Show and more. Laura leads workshops with women and men to go deeper into learning about what is meaningful in their lives. This work is valuable for anyone at any time, but is especially transformative for women who have stopped drinking or are re-evaluating their relationship with alcohol. When you’re giving up drinking - and the space it occupies in your days, life, social circle and identity - it’s important to reflect on what else is meaningful to you and deeper callings you have. This podcast and Laura’s work will speak to you if you desire a deeper sense of purpose in your life you dream about spending your days in a more connected, meaningful way you need clarity around a big life decision or relationship you know you're not living into your potential, but don't know how to get from "here" to "there" you're tired of feeling depleted, disconnected, and alone you need to stoke your creativity and belief in possibility you want to create or deepen your spiritual practice In this episode, Laura and I discuss: How to say YES to a better life without alcohol Why to ask yourself big questions so that you’re not living an unconscious life How to listen to your inner voice and stop letting fear hold you back Why you often don’t need to do a big thing or make huge changes in your job or relationships to find more happiness in your life Practices to gain more clarity around what you want and intentional about how you’re living How to find meaning and appreciation in what you already have Why drinking keeps you stuck How to live in alignment with your core values About Laura McKowen Laura had a long successful career in public relations, and the madman esque drinking culture of advertising. After getting sober she became recognized as a fresh voice and recovery. Beloved, for her soulful and irreverent writing, online and in print. Laura is the founder of several online programs for sobriety and personal development, teaching people how to say yes to a bigger life, and founded the luckiest club, a sobriety support community. Resources & Links Mentioned Learn more about Laura McKowen and how she supports women who want to quit drinking, head over to lauramckowen.com Follow Laura on her journey living alcohol free, to subscribe to her blog Purchase her book, We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life Support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Are you a busy mom who has been using alcohol as a coping mechanism? You’re not alone. My guests today are Kate Baily and Mandy Manners, the authors of the new book, Love Yourself Sober - A Self Care Guide For Busy Moms Going Alcohol-Free, and we’re talking about what to do if you’re questioning your drinking habits and how to create a live you love without alcohol. Kate and Mandy are certified coaches and sober besties who met online. They are writers, community builders and podcast hosts. They work with women who are questioning their drinking and want to create a life they love sober. In this episode, we dive deep into: Why moms often use alcohol to cope and create space in motherhood What to do if you feel sad and disconnected from your life How to recognize if your relationship with alcohol has become problematic Why exploring grey area drinking and sober curiosity can be positive and joyous Practical tools that will help if you realize that alcohol isn’t serving you anymore The importance of self care in your sobriety tool kit and why we love sober treats Why to ditch the shame if you’ve stopped drinking and gone back to alcohol again Mental health, positive psychology, how to ‘sense your no’ and all the tools to live a sober life you love More about Kate Baily Kate stopped drinking in her early 40s after she had her youngest child. Stopping was not easy; there was a lot of fear. How would she cope without my helper? She was having to rethink everything, she was fighting the brainwashing and marketing, facing the fears about relationships and friendships changing, not knowing how to switch off, trying to stay calm as really primal fears raged. She worked hard at keeping busy till wine o'clock was past, she ate chocolate, she watched boxsets compulsively. But slowly the days clocked up. She immersed herself in quit lit and reading blogs on the site, made online friends and weeks turned into months. A new habit was forming and gradually felt less like pushing a boulder up a hill. More about Mandy Manners Mandy started drinking recreationally when she was 14. She was a curious kid with a nose for adventure and a bit of mischief. In Feb 2014, she stopped and didn’t drink for a year, again it was fantastic; she went through a rebirth of strength, positivity and possibility. She lost weight, quit her job, and decided to move away from the city and start a new life in a smaller town by the sea. She was so positive that after a year she deemed herself fixed and convinced herself that she could drink moderately. From 2015-2017 she drank on and off, she knew she was better without booze, but she wanted to be “normal”. In August 2018 she made a commitment to life-long sobriety. She realized that if she shared her story, it could help, so she engaged with the sober community on Instagram and Facebook and listened to podcasts and started going to events and realized that there is a really wonderful community of sober people. “ I don’t regret or feel my sobriety has been forced upon me, I have chosen sobriety for me, my body and my brain. It has been the biggest gift and I am SO happy to be sober.” Resources & Links Mentioned Learn more about Kate & Mandy and how they can support you in quitting drinking, head over to their website lovesober.com Listen to their podcast, Love Sober Purchase their book Love Yourself Sober: A Self Care Guide to Alcohol-Free Living for Busy Mothers Support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find My Favorite Sober Facebook Groups, The BFB “Booze Free Brigade” and She Recovers Together Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Rebecca (Bex) Weller is one of my favorite people to talk with about why life without alcohol is awesome. Bex is a Health & Life Coach from Perth, Australia. She’s the founder of Sexy Sobriety and the author of two books, A Happier Hour and Up All Day. The work Bex does is centered around helping women discover how much they gain once they put down the wine glass. She works with women to get their sparkle back after it's been dulled by drinking and hangovers. In our conversation today Bex and I talk about how life without alcohol can be fun and sexy, adventurous, joyful and (most of all) carefree. Bex says the biggest benefit she’s found in sobriety is the feeling of freedom. Bex discovered that after (finally) saying “I’m not drinking at all anymore” she suddenly had the headspace, heart space, courage and energy to reach her potential and build the life she really wanted. She felt free for the first time. So if you’re holding on to drinking because you’re afraid that life without alcohol will be boring or dull, this is the episode for you! In this episode, Bex and I dive into: Why to make a list of “10 Things Better Than Booze” (and then all the other lists!) Tips on how to make alcohol-free life more exciting and fun Why to focus on everything you’re gaining by not drinking, not what you’re giving up How to coach yourself through triggers and cravings and nurture yourself from the inside out Why sobriety is better than moderation (spoiler: it’s the freedom) Why to not focus on the concept of ‘forever’ “You know what’s a hell of a lot more glamorous than champagne and cocktails? ⁠Self-worth, empowerment, creativity, connection, and SOUL.”⁠ - Bex Weller About Rebecca Weller Rebecca is the Creator of SexySobriety.com, she leads one-on-one and group coaching programs, hosts live events, and is the author of the best-selling memoir, A Happier Hour, and the long-awaited follow-up, Up All Day. Rebecca writes about love, life, and the strength and potential of the human spirit. Her work has been featured by The Telstra Business Awards, The Australian, Fast Company, Sydney Morning Herald, The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Better Homes & Gardens USA, SBS Food, Good Health Magazine, Marie Claire Australia, and Elle Quebec. Learn more at BexWeller.com. Follow Rebecca on Instagram @BexWeller Connect on Facebook at Bex Weller, SS - Home Find out more about Rebecca and Sexy Sobriety, head over to www.SexySobriety.com.au/ Support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find My Favorite Sober Facebook Groups, The BFB “Booze Free Brigade” and She Recovers Together Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Can the principles of spiritual psychology help you heal from past traumas? We’re going to unpack the tools, techniques and practical application of a spiritual psychology approach on the podcast today. Spiritual Psychology is a blend of spirituality and science. It uses elements of both traditional psychology and spirituality in order to help individuals feel better and more content with their lives. My guest is Beverly Sartain. Beverly is the author of the book Transcending Trauma: How I used Spiritual Psychology to Heal My Life and the creator of The Spiritual Psychology Healing Workbook. After multiple hardships in her life, Beverly experienced a spiritual awakening and discovered ways to turn those hardships into assets of her future through the practical application of spiritual psychology. By resolving her feelings of unworthiness and not being good enough, she reconnected with her inner being and her true essence — love. Beverly will encourage you to find your own path to healing and becoming the co-creator of your life. In this episode, Beverly and I dig into: Specific Spiritual Psychology tools and techniques that can be practically applied in your life today The difference between Victim Consciousness and Creator Consciousness, two states of mind that can rule your awareness 4 levels of a holistic approach to coaching - mental, emotional, physical and spiritual How to avoid self-sabotage and reframe negative thought patterns Why judgement is self condemnation and self-forgiveness is restoration How to cultivate self-compassion, acceptance, peace, and joy Download 33 principles of Spiritual Psychology About Beverly Sartain Beverly is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. In her career before coaching, Beverly managed and developed domestic violence and co-occurring residential programs. Beverly is also the creator of the Holistic Coach Certification Program and the Spiritual Psychology Coaching Method. The Holistic Coach Certification Program is an ICF ACSTH accredited program that focuses on a holistic approach to coaching. They see Clients as whole, complete and resourceful to create creative solutions to their challenges and issues. Additionally, Beverly provides individual and group coaching through her brand, Recovery Life Management. Resources and links mentioned in the podcast Connect with Beverly on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/beverly.sartain.1/ Purchase Beverly’s book, head over to transcendingtrauma Beverly’s favorite affirmations cards mentioned in the episode Power Thought Cards Keepers of the Light Oracle Cards Beverly has created the Spiritual Phycology Healing Workbook to help you be a healthy human by continuing to resolve your unresolved issues so that you can serve from your wholeness versus your wound. Beverly has laid out 52 soul-packed lessons to help you increase your awareness, relate to yourself in a better way, learn new skills to keep on keepin' on with your personal and professional advancement and be the demonstration of the work you do with others, first and foremost. Support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find My Favorite Sober Facebook Groups, The BFB “Booze Free Brigade” and She Recovers Together Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Let’s talk about perfectionism - what it is, why it happens and how it might be holding you back from doing the things you are meant to do and what you want to do in life. My guest today is Sara Dean. She’s a mindset, business and leadership coach who helps women own their space, stop shrinking and start shining. I absolutely love Sara - her perspective, her energy and the way she inspires women (including me) to do more and be more. Today we’re talking about how to overcome perfectionism and get out of your own way. We dive deep into the connection between perfectionism and procrastination and how staying in your comfort zone can keep you stuck. This episode is jam packed with encouragement and inspiration, and it all starts with believing in yourself. In this episode, Casey and Sara discuss: Why a lifetime of social conditioning can keep women playing small How we’ve been taught to prioritize things others expect from us in order to get approval and acceptance The connection between perfectionism and procrastination 7 ways you’re probably getting in your own way 5 ways to get unstuck How to stop asking permission to play a bigger game in life How to thrive in the face of anxiety Strategies to turn your struggles into strengths How to move from a fixed mindset and a growth mindset Secrets of cultivating courage, confidence and abundance #everydamnday 7 Ways You Might Be Getting in Your Own Way Staying quiet and not speaking up when you have an opinion. Being the person other people want you to be instead of being who you truly are Playing small Analysis paralysis You’re stuck in a fixed mindset vs growth mindset You are stuck in the dreaming and planning phase without taking any action Being the gatekeeper of all tasks and roles. 5 Ways To Get Unstuck Take small steps Take imperfect action Get curious Drop the ball or the bomb. Either make it a priority or let it go. Dream in strategy More about Sara Dean Sara’s is a Mindset, Business and Leadership Coach. She is also the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, a top rated podcast with over 3 million downloads. Sara’s biggest passion is helping women own their space. After enduring her own identity crisis following the birth of her son, Sara took her background in psychology/health/ wellness and rebuilt her identity, one step at a time. Sara motivates and inspires women to stop shrinking and start shining. She is on a mission to inspire women and moms, in particular, to live bigger, bolder, braver #everydamnday. Sara serves women through her podcast, her thriving Momentum Mamas membership community, her Tenacious Mamas business & leadership mastermind and her annual event, Shameless Mom Con (coming this spring!) When she’s not supporting Shameless Moms, you’ll find Sara with her husband and 8 year old son - building Legos and pretending to understand Minecraft. Connect with Sara: www.shamelessmom.com Shameless Mom Academy Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-shameless-mom-academy/id1092674204 Join Sara’s free Facebook Group: www.shamelessmom.com/facebook Instagram: www.instagram.com/shamelessmomacademy Support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find My Favorite Sober Facebook Groups, The BFB “Booze Free Brigade” and She Recovers Together Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Let’s talk about the fact that most women who realize that they have a problematic relationship with alcohol don’t actually ‘want’ to stop drinking. Most of us had a lot of good times drinking over the years. At one point drinking was a lot of fun, and sometimes it still is. We had amazing vacations, girl’s nights and romantic date nights with alcohol. And even though you might be worried about your drinking, and are tired of headaches and hangovers, you likely don’t actually want to stop completely. You probably can’t imagine your life without happy hours and wine tastings. And here’s the good news: you don’t have to ‘want’ to stop drinking to take an extended break from it and discover that life without alcohol is actually happier, healthier, more satisfying and more fun than it was when you were drinking. My guest today is Camille Kinzler. Camille is an alcohol-free lifestyle/habits expert who is passionate about helping women who wake up at 3 am saying “I wish I didn’t have that last glass of wine...again” (re)learn how to destress, unwind, and connect instead of instinctively reaching for their go-to cocktail. Camille and I are going to talk about all the strategies that can help you stop drinking (even though you still want to). In this episode, Camille and I discuss: Why deciding to take a break from alcohol for 100 days is more useful than a ‘one day at a time’ approach or telling yourself that you’re stopping drinking ‘forever’ How to switch up your evening routine and interrupt the patterns you’ve built around drinking Why it’s OK to mourn the loss of alcohol. You don’t actually need to kill the ‘want’ of drinking, you just have to kill the ‘yes’ Why this process is less about removing the alcohol and more about wanting more for your life and getting over the fear of change. Focusing on the vision of the person you want to be and the life you want to live is a powerful motivator The Cozy Method of creating sustainable habit and lifestyle change Consistency - Creating new habits and rituals Ownership - Taking accountability for where you are, the habits you’ve created, recognizing what you need and asking for it Zooming In & Out - Asking yourself who you want to be in this world and looking at the habits and behaviors that you’re practicing to get you to that goal Yes - Evaluating the commitments that you’re taking on and realizing that if it isn’t a ‘Hell Yes’ then its a No. Learn to set healthy boundaries About Camille Kinzler Camille is an alcohol-free lifestyle/habits expert with a Master’s in Science and Physician Assistant (PA) Studies. She is passionate about helping women who wake up at 3 am saying “I wish I didn’t have that last glass of wine...again” (re)learn how to destress, unwind, and connect instead of instinctively reaching for their go-to cocktail. She loves working with professional women, busy moms, and healers/healthcare professionals, as she is all of the above, too. Connect with Camille Kinzler Learn more about Camille and how she can support you in quitting drinking, head over to www.thinkbeyondthedrink.com Follow Camille on Instagram @thinkbeyondthedrink Join her Facebook Group Think Beyond the Drink: For the sober curious to the sober connoisseur Download your Love Your Liver Guide: Integrative Approach To Cleansing Your Liver Support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free Get the 5 step formula for saying no: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/how-to-say-no/ Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. The private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab your Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find My Favorite Sober Facebook Groups, The BFB “Booze Free Brigade” and She Recovers Together Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Did you know that you can live alcohol-free and still enjoy your life? You can still be social, still hang out with your friends who drink and also transform internally. You can let go of the things in your life that aren’t serving you, but also keep the people and activities that bring you joy. You can have everything you’ve always wanted. That’s what we’re talking about today, embracing an alcohol-free lifestyle without assuming a label. My guest today is Kayla Lyons. Kayla is the founder of 1,000 Hours Dry, an alcohol-free community and host of The Dry Life Podcast. In this episode, Kayla and I discuss her sobriety journey, our drinking culture, how big alcohol markets to consumers, and all the benefits of not drinking. For the full episode show notes and all links and resources mentioned in the podcast visit hellosomedaycoaching.com/52 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Let's talk about sugar, diets and early sobriety. This topic comes up all the time with women who are trying to stop drinking because they’re fearful of replacing overconsumption of alcohol with food. Common advice in early sobriety is to let go of your ‘food rules’, go ahead and eat the Peanut M&Ms, have dessert and don’t get too hungry. But a lot of women resist this advice. Instead, they try to combine their efforts to stop drinking with a new eating program or diet, only to find in a few weeks that they’ve gone back to drinking and are starting the whole process again. There are also other reasons to stay away from dieting and I’ve got the perfect guest to talk about it all. Ingrid Michelsen Miller is a Diet Recovery and Weight-Neutral Life Coach who helps women find freedom from binging and weight-cycling. Ingrid was one of the first friends I met in early sobriety and we quit drinking just 60 days apart. Over the last 5 years, we’ve navigated life without alcohol together (and the day this episode goes live, April 15th, 2021, is Ingrid’s 5 Year Soberversary!) In this episode, Ingrid and I dive into diet culture: what it is and what it does to us, why we should let go of food rules in early sobriety, and the reason that trying to make our bodies smaller is counterproductive. For the full episode show notes and all links and resources mentioned in the podcast visit hellosomedaycoaching.com/53 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

We all have negative thoughts at times and often can be our own worst critics. And if you have a tendency to be hard on yourself, the automatic thoughts you have can have a big impact on your emotions and the way you experience and interpret the world around you. It’s normal to feel sadness, anger, worry and loneliness at times. But getting stuck in negative thought patterns can trigger heightened feelings of anxiety, fear, self-pity, and insecurity. The good news is that you can learn to identify and challenge automatic negative thoughts, which can relieve stress, self-doubt and let you feel significantly more confident and positive. Today, my guest Shelby John is here to talk about understanding our negative thought patterns. Shelby is a mom, wife, and entrepreneur. She's been sober since July 2002 and her own recovery journey led her to become a social worker, trained in trauma therapy, coaching techniques and other clinical skills. As a therapist, Shelby helps women heal their past trauma, using EMDR. therapy. Online, she gets to guide them into building the confidence they need to love their lives beyond recovery. For the full episode show notes and all links and resources mentioned in the podcast visit hellosomedaycoaching.com/54 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

What do you desire in life and what’s holding you back from going after what you want? Are you worried that your dreams aren’t practical or achievable? Or that you’re selfish or self-indulgent for wanting more than you have? Do you feel like you’re too busy, with too many responsibilities to go after something new (and you’ll have time to focus on it ‘someday’)? Or are you scared to want something because you don’t want to experience disappointment or failure? Today we’re going to talk about how to give yourself permission to want more in life and how to manifest your desires. My guest is Christy Whitman. Christy is a Transformational Leader, Celebrity Coach and the New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Having It All. She is also the CEO and founder of the Quantum Success Learning Academy & Quantum Success Coaching Academy, a 12-month Law of Attraction coaching certification program. Christy has helped thousands of people worldwide to achieve their goals through her empowerment seminars, speeches, and coaching sessions and products. For the full show notes, head over to www.hellosomeday.com/55 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Let’s talk about what happens to your body when you drink alcohol and what happens when you stop drinking after consuming it on a regular basis. I asked Gillian Tietz, the Sober Scientist and host of the Sober Powered Podcast, to come on the podcast to talk about the Science and Psychology of Addiction. In today’s episode, Gill and I discuss Why alcohol slows down our brain activity How alcohol affects our sleep and why you wake up at 3am after drinking The connection between alcohol and anxiety Why alcohol makes it hard to lose weight What happens to your body physically during withdrawal from alcohol The benefits your body gets from taking a break from drinking Plus... Rage gardening + Tomb Raider Gill’s story and her road to recovery Why you need to build a ‘drama free bubble’ in early sobriety How we felt physically and emotionally when we stopped drinking About Gillian Tietz Gillian is a biochemist in the Boston area and is 17 months sober. Her passion is helping others free themselves from the drink, hate yourself, drink cycle by providing education on how alcohol affects our brain and causes addiction. Gill uses her scientific background to connect neuroscience, psychology, and her personal experience to getting sober. Wherever you are in your journey, understanding why alcohol causes your own personal brand of misery will fundamentally change the way you approach sobriety. Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Gillian Tietz Head over to Apple podcast and listen to her show, Sober Powered Podcast Follow Gill on Instagram @sober.powered To find out more about Gill and how she can support you on your journey to recovery, go to www.soberpowered.com Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Today marks ONE YEAR since I started this podcast! I can’t believe it. When I look back on the past year, I’ve been a little scared everytime I release an episode but mostly happy and grateful. I’m amazed to see women like you listening and reaching out and telling me that the podcast is helping them. Launching this podcast has been incredible and one of the most exciting and satisfying projects that I’ve ever done. In the past year I released 57 episodes, with 46 incredible guests and we’ve hit just under 70,000 downloads! I’ve also released 13 solo episodes on topics that I think are really important in helping women stop drinking like strategies for your very first week, mistakes a lot of women make when quitting drinking and all the things I’ve learned in the 5 years since quitting drinking. But most importantly, I want to say THANK YOU for taking time out of your day to listen to this podcast. Thank you for reaching out and telling me the parts that helped you, made you laugh or helped empower you or feel less alone. In this episode, I’m going to share some of my absolute favorite moments of the podcast over the last year. The things my guests have shared that really stuck with me, inspired me, gave me new coping tools, and made me think and rethink my own ideas, perceptions and approaches. I hope you enjoy listening to some highlights from the podcast over the last year and I hope you take away some fresh insight and inspiration to keep going. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/57 Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

In early sobriety, sober treats are important, not an indulgence. Don’t underestimate their power, because sober treats are essential to helping you both stop drinking and keep going once willpower runs out and motivation fades When you’re walking away from drinking you need your time without alcohol to feel rewarding and kind - not like a punishment or deprivation. And most of all you need sober treats because you’ve been stuck in a “reward rut” for way too long. After decades of 'adulting' often our universe of rewards and pleasure options have shrunk to the equivalent of ‘bars and bakeries’ (alcohol and sugar). Hard day? Wine. Promotion at work? Wine. Friday night date? Wine. Kids being hard? Wine. A few hours to yourself? Wine. Anxious? Overwhelmed? Lonely? Wine. You deserve more. Sober treats will open your imagination and help you find and enjoy new sources of pleasure and comfort. Today, I am diving into how to quit drinking without deprivation or relying on willpower by using sober treats. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/58 Are you ready to add The Sobriety Starter Kit course to your sober toolkit? Here’s everything that’s inside the course 8 coaching modules with 50 video lessons + all the supporting materials, including The Mistakes Women Make In Trying To Stop Drinking The Fundamentals of Building Your Sober Foundation The Quick Start Guide To Your First 2 Weeks Mapping out your Reason, Vision, Habits, Triggers, Environment + Support How to Break Out The Drinking Cycle Using The 4 Laws of Behavior Change Building Sober Muscles + Momentum Navigating Sobriety Challenges - Labels, Other People, Drinking Events, The Mommy Wine Culture, Boredom, PAWS, Avoiding 'Pre-Lapse' and Restarting Quickly If You Drink To 100 Days and Beyond - Creating A Life You Love Click here to get all the details and sign up now. More resources mentioned in the episode Grab my favorite non-alcoholic beverages from Gruvi and The Athletic Brewing Company Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Do you wonder why drinking alcohol helps you feel relaxed and then leaves you awake at 3am? Or why do you have trouble moderating how much you drink? How is it possible that alcohol is both a depressant and a stimulant? Why does a substance that makes you feel euphoric later leave you feeling so low with anxiety and a hangover? And is it actually true that alcohol is actually good for you in small doses? [spoiler alert: the answer is no] My guest today is William Porter, the author of Alcohol Explained and Alcohol Explained 2: Tools for a Stronger Sobriety. I’m a big fan of his work and the way he breaks down a scientific approach to what happens to the body and mind when you consume alcohol into something that’s easy to understand. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/59 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Sometimes if you’re lucky someone reaches out to you in the early days when you’re first trying to stop drinking and shows you how to take the first steps. And for me, that person was Dawn Nickel. 8 years ago, when I first thought that I needed to stop drinking and decided to try life without wine, Dawn reached out to me. I was traveling with my son and husband from Seattle to Victoria, British Columbia for a long weekend, my first in 5 years where I wasn’t going to drink, and Dawn picked me up for coffee, drove me to a beautiful beach and we talked all about drinking and not drinking and where I was and what I wanted and what I was afraid of. She’s amazing. And she’s also a pretty big deal. Today on the podcast I was thrilled to interview her and talk about women and the way we recover, from all things and in all ways. I hope you love the conversation as much as I did. Dr. Dawn Nickel is a respected thought leader in the women’s recovery sphere and (along with her daughter Taryn Strong) the founder of SHE RECOVERS Foundation, a not-for-profit grassroots organization that inspires hope, reduces stigma, and empowers women in or seeking recovery for substance use and/or mental health challenges. Dawn is a strong advocate for the view that every woman in or seeking recovery must be supported to find the tools and pathways that will work best for her as an individual. For full show notes and to grab the resources mentioned in this episode, headover www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/60 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

What does your self love practice look like? Are you chasing love and acceptance from others instead of finding love within yourself? Self love means taking care of your needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others. Accepting yourself first is the first step to healing. Today, I’m talking with self love expert Aubree Nichols who has spent her entire trying to fill her insides with things on the outside only to feel unworthy, lost, and ultimately unfulfilled. Aubree is talking diving deep into her eating disorder, her battle with addiction and why learning to love herself helped her get sober 15 years ago. Aubree Nichols is a self love advocate and a writer for Vogue, LA magazine and The Observer. Her superpower lies in her unique ability to share vulnerably about her struggles along the way. From addiction, divorce, eating disorders, to building her empire, Aubree’s raw, real, “tell it like it is” take on her diverse life experiences never fails to connect, engage and empower audiences. For full show notes and to grab the resources mentioned in this episode, head over www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/61 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Are you worried you won’t have fun without alcohol? Is FOMO (the fear of missing out) keeping you drinking? Can’t imagine what life would look like without happy hours? Wondering if there is (actually) life beyond the bottle? You’re not alone! My guest today is Tricia Lewis, the creator and host of the Recovery Happy Hour. She’s here to talk about the concerns a lot of women have about life without alcohol. For years Trica was emotionally and physically addicted to alcohol but was really good at making it look like she didn’t have a problem. In November 2016, she decided that balancing a life of being an entrepreneur and a high functioning alcoholic was too much to handle. She quit drinking and learned how to recover as hard as she drank without looking back. I’m a huge fan of Tricia’s podcast, The Recovery Happy Hour. The Recovery Happy Hour celebrates inspiring stories of recovery from alcohol addiction, gray area alcohol abuse and what happens AFTER you get sober. For full show notes and to get the resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/62

Do you go through the cycle of trying to detox your body after drinking too much with healthy eating and exercise, only to turn around and retox again with wine, beer, or cocktails? I did that for years. -I’d drink a bottle of wine each night and then go to a 5:30 am workout class. -I’d go running after work and then come home and open a bottle of wine. -I’d log everything I ate during the day (which often was very little (egg white omelette, salad, asparagus + salmon anyone?) and then add in 5 or 6 glasses of wine to finish the day. It’s exhausting. For so many of us, our relationship with alcohol is complicated and complex. We use alcohol as a tool to help us decompress, forget about the day and disconnect from our daily responsibilities. And then the next morning we feel like crap and try to undo all the damage we did the night before. My guest today is Jenn Kautsch, the founder of Sober Sis and she’s here to talk about how women can get out of the alcohol detox and retox cycle. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/63 Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Today I’m talking about giving up alcohol with Paul Churchill, the founder of Recovery Elevator. Paul is a leading voice in the world of recovery having launched the podcast, Recovery Elevator, 6 years ago as an accountability tool when he was first getting sober. The Recovery Elevator podcast has been downloaded over 6 million times in 145 countries and has helped countless women and men give up alcohol and live a better life. Today, Paul and I discuss how he went from owning a bar in Granada, Spain and blacking out 7 days a week to launching a podcast about alcohol addiction, and using addiction as the fuel to start an online and in-person alcohol-free community and business. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/64 Want more support, resources and tools to help you go alcohol-free? You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

I used to be a wine mom. I bought into the idea that moms need to drink to relax and cope with the demands of motherhood. I felt like opening a bottle of wine helped me transition from work to home and made me feel the way I used to before I had kids. I saw wine as my well-deserved reward for getting through the day. Plus, I love being efficient. I felt like “drinking while momming” was a brilliant way to multitask. I could come home from work, cook dinner, hang out with the kids, manage homework, bedtime and respond to work emails, while at the same time get buzzed and check out from life. I thought being a wine mom was fun and rebellious. But when you take a closer look, the wine mom culture is toxic and dangerous. It normalizes, rationalizes and encourages women to drink a highly addictive substance in large quantities on a regular basis. It convinces women that wine is required for every playdate, girl's night, date night and after-work gathering. And if women get to the point that they realize alcohol is making them tired, irritable and depressed, the “mommy needs wine” messages make it really hard to stop drinking. So, let’s talk about the dark side of mom wine culture, how to look at it objectively and ways to shift your mindset so that you no longer believe that alcohol is required to enjoy life. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/65 Support and resources to help you break away from wine mom culture You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Download the Guide To My Favorite Secret Facebook Groups for Women Quitting Drinking Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

For so many of us alcohol keeps us playing small. We love opening a bottle of wine at the end of the day but don’t realize how much of our time, energy, motivation and ability to follow through on our goals is being diminished by our drinking habit. You might have New Year's Resolutions that you somehow never seem to keep, hobbies you’ve always wanted to try or feel like you’re barely keeping your head above water most days. Or maybe you’re a woman who has always been able to achieve whatever you set your mind to in life, except managing your drinking. If you’re a smart, ambitious, high-achieving woman who feels stuck, this episode is for you. My guest today is here to talk about how drinking can sap your energy, confidence and motivation and keep you playing small. And how to start manifesting the big dreams and desires you have for your life. Amanda Kuda is a writer, coach, and educator. She’s a former social drinker and party girl who is now living (and loving) a 100% alcohol-free lifestyle. Amanda’s passionate about teaching other high-achieving women how to navigate the stumbling blocks of going alcohol-free so they can step into a life beyond their wildest dreams and stop playing small. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/66 Support and resources to help you break away from wine mom culture You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

How many of us learned healthy coping mechanisms for managing stress, anxiety or depression when we were kids? If our parents didn’t model for us healthy ways to cope with the normal human emotions of overwhelm, loneliness, resentment, anger or fear, it’s easy to emulate their patterns or buy into the narrative that alcohol will help us take the edge off and relax after a hard day. And if you’re the parent of tweens or teens, asking them to not drink or experiment with drugs, it’s hard to reconcile that message with opening a bottle of wine every night. One of the reasons that kids start using alcohol and drugs is because they don’t know how to manage and cope with their emotions. And in order to help them it’s important for parents to be present in order to model for children how to manage their own emotions. Today I’m talking with Brenda Zane, a Mayo Clinic Certified Health, Wellness Coach and Parent Coach, whose work supports moms of kids with substance use disorder. Her mission is to help moms maintain their health and sanity as they navigate the chaos and fear of having a child who’s misusing drugs or alcohol. We’re talking about how to build healthy coping skills for negative emotions and stressful situations and how to model those coping mechanisms for your children. For full show notes head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/67 Support and resources to help you break away from wine mom culture You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Sober Travel is all the rage. So how do you take an alcohol-free vacation? If you’re sober curious, in early sobriety or simply want a mindful and relaxing health and wellness break, you are going to love sober travel! The New York Times published an article recently about sober travel going mainstream with wellness and mental health being top motivators for travel and more people ditching the drinks and planning alcohol-free trips. But for many women the prospect of staying sober on vacation can be so daunting that they put off quitting drinking until after their next big trip. Navigating airports, hotel bars and resorts without drinking alcohol seems impossible and unimaginable. But you can stay sober while traveling and have the most relaxing, enjoyable, fun vacation of your life without the booze. Today I’m going to give you the tips and tricks you need to know to take your next sober trip and enjoy an alcohol-free vacation. When you explore the world without the booze, you’ll come back refreshed, relaxed, proud and healthy, without feeling like you need a vacation to recover from your vacation. Plus you’ll find that you get so much more out of your travel when you’re alcohol-free. Typically when we’re focused on drinking on vacation we limit the activities and adventures we experience and explore. You make your world smaller without even realizing it. My guest today is Lauren Burnison of the alcohol-free travel company, We Love Lucid. Lauren is a lover of all things travel, culture and alcohol-free life. She created We Love Lucid after becoming aware of the real lack of travel options for the sober and sober curious. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/vacation Ready to dive into sober travel? Here are resources that can help. Sign up for The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle and change your relationship with alcohol. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Many women find themselves turning to alcohol and drinking more during the decline of a marriage, during a separation or once their divorce is final. Why do women drink after a divorce? Divorce can bring to the surface feelings of uncertainty, loneliness, resentment, fear, regret, guilt, anger and shame for many women. These emotions can be difficult to cope with alone and women may turn to a bottle of wine to numb negative feelings. Not only can women feel isolated, but they also might feel the desire to celebrate their newfound freedom and independence by drinking. My guest today, Krysty Krwyko of Your Creative Badass Divorce, is here to share how to turn divorce from a soul-sucking to a soul-defining experience. Krysty helps women heal and recover from divorce, shed the stigma, reinvent themselves and reclaim their lives. Krysty is a life coach, educator, mixed media artist, self proclaimed book nerd and an indie mama of two teens. She uses the pillars of creativity and sobriety in her work with women as they navigate their lives through a creative journey process. Tune in to hear us talk about healthy ways to cope after divorce, what having a creative outlet means for most women, why there's danger in trying to just push through negative emotions, and how Krysty has used her experience to support women navigating the shitty waters of post-divorce life. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/69 Support and resources to help you reinvent and rebuild your life You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

If you've read any Quit Lit, Catherine Gray's book, The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober, is likely on your bookshelf or Kindle. It's one of the first books about giving up alcohol I recommend to women as they're starting their journey to stop drinking. So I'm incredibly excited because my guest today is the author of The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober, Catherine Gray. I met Catherine online in a secret non-drinking Facebook group 8 years ago, when she was first starting her life without alcohol and she has been an inspiration to me ever since. We're here to talk about all things drinking, and quitting drinking, the joy you can find in life without alcohol and her new book, Sunshine Warm Sober: Unexpected Sober Joy That Lasts. Staying sober is about so much more than putting down the alcohol. It’s about recovering and reclaiming your best possible self. You don’t have to spend all day sleeping off your hangover, you can leap out of bed at seven and go on an early morning walk, or join your friends for a lovely brunch. Catherine Gray is a Sunday Times bestselling author of five books and an award-winning writer and editor. Catherine's hit debut, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, was a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. Since then she has published The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Journal and the critically acclaimed Unexpected Joy of Being Single and The Unexpected Joy of The Ordinary. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/70 Ready to bring joy back to your life? Check out these resources. You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

What role does alcohol play in a marriage? And what happens in relationships when one partner decides to stop drinking? So many women worry about the role alcohol plays in their marriage and what might happen if they were to decide to quit drinking. Whether your spouse is your drinking buddy, wants you to stop drinking, doesn’t want you to stop drinking or just doesn’t get it, navigating marriage, parenthood and partnership and your relationship with alcohol is delicate and complicated. In this very special episode, my husband Mike joins me as we talk about what our relationship was like when we were drinking versus our relationship when I stopped drinking and how my decision to go alcohol-free has affected our marriage throughout the years. We get real about the good (and the hard) parts of our marriage over the course of the last 19 years and how we navigated the transition from my drinking life and early sobriety to our new normal where I don’t drink and he still does. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/71 Support and resources to help you break away from alcohol You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

This is Part 2 of a conversation with my husband about what happened in our marriage once I stopped drinking. To listen to Part 1 of this conversation go to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/71 Mike and I had been together for 18 years before I stopped drinking alcohol. Those years of dating, marrying and becoming parents together were filled with many happy memories of wine tasting weekends, pub crawls, boozy dinner parties and drinking vacations. Of course, not all of the memories of me drinking were positive, and after I stopped drinking certain things in our marriage had to change and evolve while others stayed the same. In this episode, Mike and I talk about our relationship, habits, rituals, parenting and connection to each other since I gave up alcohol and why he doesn’t mind that I’m not as wildly unpredictable as I used to be. We dive into the last five and a half years since I stopped drinking: early sobriety, where we are now, and where we are going. And we talk about why it’s important to separate the sadness we might feel about aging and the fact that we no longer have the same relationship we did when we were 25 years old from feelings of sadness and mourning that came up when I quit drinking. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/72 Support and resources to help you break away from alcohol You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Has your people-pleasing habit left you with an overstuffed calendar, unrelenting anxiety that someone might be mad at you, and the inability to get through tough conversations without having a heart attack and the desire to check out at night with alcohol? If you worry a lot about what other people think of you, look towards others for approval and validation, or feel like you need to please the people around you to be accepted and loved, it’s common to reach for a glass of wine to ease that discomfort. Seeking approval from others can lead to constant underlying anxiety that the approval you’re working for can be taken away at any minute. So let’s talk about how to stop being a people pleaser when you’re quitting drinking. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/73 Ready for more support to help you break away from alcohol? Join the Sobriety Starter Kit Coaching Course I've helped thousands of women change their relationship with alcohol and can teach you the step-by-step system you need to successfully take a break from drinking (even if you've tried and failed in the past). Click here to get all the details Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Bex’s previous episode, Sexy Sobriety with Bex Weller The Sober Girl's Guide To Saying No. How to set boundaries when you're quitting drinking. Core values podcast interview Finding Your Compass For Life w/ Casey Davidson - Confident Sober Women (podcast) Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Ambitious and capable women can easily fall into the trap of overperforming and underliving. We get lost in overthinking, overcommitting, overwhelm, and an over-devotion to letting other people call the shots of our lives. We prioritize other people’s needs and priorities and end up living a life someone else has designed and dictated, instead of saying yes to ourselves and the things we want to do, be, and say. Overperforming can lead to resentment, irritation, exhaustion, feeling unfulfilled and wanting to check out with alcohol at the end of the day. My guest today is here to share how you can stop overperforming and underliving. She’ll help you evaluate what's working in your life, what's not and what's driving your decisions. Tiffany Han is a coach, writer, and podcast host who is on a mission to teach super achievers how to put their striving on a shelf & radically infuse their lives with delight, serendipity, and deep trust in themselves for lives that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/74 Support and resources to help you break away from wine mom culture You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

“For women, moving away from behaviors that don’t work for us anymore, letting go of core beliefs that convince us we’re broken and not enough, laying a stake in the ground around our desires, is an act of making noise”. - Andrea Owen Have you ever received the message that you’re “too much”? Too loud, too opinionated, too sensitive or emotional, too talkative, too big, too something… As women, we’ve been socialized since birth to smile, make others comfortable, go along and get along, be helpful and put other people’s needs before our own. And a lot of the time we don’t even consciously realize this is happening. But repeating these behaviors, over months and years, can lead to resentment, poor boundary-setting, people-pleasing, approval-seeking, lashing out, negative self- talk, and unnecessary apologizing. My guest today is Andrea Owen. She’s an author, global speaker, and professional certified life coach who helps high-achieving women maximize unshakeable confidence, and master resilience. Andrea’s taught hundreds of thousands of women tools and strategies to be able to empower themselves to live their most kick-ass life through speaking, her books, coaching, and her wildly popular podcast with over 3 million downloads. She is the proud author of three books: How To Stop Feeling Like Shit: 14 Habits That Are Holding You Back From Happiness, 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve, and her latest book, Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength. Today I’m talking with Andrea about common behavior patterns that sabotage our power as women and how to unlearn what we’ve been taught so that we can create a life that serves our needs and desires. For full show notes, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/75 Sign up for my FREE CLASS: 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking (even if you’ve tried and failed in the past) Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Do you drink a lot and also feel physically and emotionally burned out? Maybe your life feels unmanageable, work stress is constant, you’re sleeping terribly, tired, empty, unmotivated, overwhelmed or mentally exhausted. The physical and emotional symptoms of burnout often go hand in hand with alcohol use and abuse, and the signs and symptoms of burnout can mimic those of hangovers and alcohol withdrawal. Physical symptoms of burnout can include headaches, neck tension, digestive upset and sleep issues and people experiencing burnout may also feel physical and emotional exhaustion, cynicism and detachment, and a feeling of purposelessness. Drinking alcohol can not only exacerbate burnout but also make it difficult to recognize, treat and heal burnout. My guest today is Cait Donovan and we’re talking about “Burnout 101”. She’s going to help us identify burnout and understand how to separate it from the effects of drinking and alcohol withdrawal and identify ways to heal and recover. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/76 Take my FREE TRAINING on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Have you been going back and forth about whether you should take a break from drinking but don’t check all the boxes for a person who had a “real problem” with alcohol? That’s the case for a lot of high-achieving women. We think that having a problem with alcohol is black or white. Either you fall into the category of someone who is an alcoholic or has a drinking problem, or you don’t. And heavy drinking is so normalized that it’s easy to dismiss any worries you have about your alcohol consumption by looking at friends and family members who drink like you do. You don’t have to have a drinking problem to have a problematic relationship with alcohol. A lot of women fall into the category of “gray area drinking”, between the extremes of having negative consequences from alcohol consumption and being able to take it or leave it on occasion. And there are a number of early, subtle signs that signal you should take a break from alcohol. My guest today is Janet Gourand, the founder of Tribe Sober. Janet and I are going to dig into 30 early signs you can pick up on, things you might think, feel or do, that signal it’s time to reevaluate your relationship with drinking. For full show notes, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/77 Here's how I can support you in taking a break from alcohol Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Have you ever wondered why you crave alcohol? Why do you feel happier when you know you’re going to drink? And why do you feel irritable, restless and discontented when you don’t drink or you’re trying to take a break? Why do you promise yourself in the morning that you’re going to take a break from alcohol and by 6pm you’re opening another bottle of wine? My guest today is Dr. Anna Lembke, Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. In her new book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, Dr. Lembke explains the interconnection of pleasure and pain in the brain and the link between dopamine, overconsumption, instant gratification and addiction. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/78 Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

What happens in your first year alcohol-free? How will you feel in your first 30 days sober? And what changes might you see in your body and your life after 100 days of not drinking? How do you navigate your first holiday, party, friendships, relationships, Halloween, Oktoberfest and football season without alcohol? My guest is one of my private coaching clients, Christy, who called me on Day 1 and started working with me on Day 4 of not drinking. She just hit one year alcohol-free and is sharing what worked for her, why she stopped drinking, what tools she relied upon to get through wine o’clock and how she feels now. Today we’re going to talk about all of that and more. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/79 Here are 4 ways I can support you in taking a break from alcohol Reach out to learn about private coaching and schedule a Free 30-Minute discovery call. Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle. Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

What’s getting in the way of making the decision to stop drinking? The fear of never drinking again? Uncertainty about what your life is going to look like? Worry about what people might think of you if you stop drinking? Just getting through the first 30 Days? Today is part 2 of my conversation with one of my private coaching clients, Christy and we dig into what to expect in your first year of sobriety. To listen to Part 1 of this conversation go to hellosomedaycoaching.com/79. In this episode Christy and I discuss: What she did in her first 30, 60 and 100 days without alcohol that helped her not go back to drinking Why sober treats, anchor activities and creating a seasonal bucket list are important Boredom in early sobriety How she talked with her teenagers about the decision to stop drinking How to navigate drinking events, old friendships and new friendships in your first year Boundaries, clarity, feeling your feelings and what led Christy to decide to end her 16 year marriage What she loves about her new alcohol-free life I know you're going to appreciate how open, honest and brave Christy is to share her story with us. I hope you'll come away with some practical tips and a whole lot of inspiration that removing alcohol from your life is completely worth it. Here are 4 ways I can support you in taking a break from alcohol Reach out to learn about private coaching and schedule a Free 30-Minute discovery call. Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Do you think all non-alcoholic beer sucks but you’re not sure what to order at a restaurant when you go out? Or are you trying to stop drinking but don’t know what to do with yourself when happy hour rolls around? Are you tired of pulling out a LaCroix around the firepit or at a football party? My guest today is Bill Shufelt. Bill is the Co-Founder + CEO of Athletic Brewing Company. When Bill decided to quit drinking alcohol, he didn’t want to quit beer but the flavorless, watery options on the market weren’t going to cut it. That’s why he co-founded Athletic Brewing Company to make a line of non-alcoholic craft beers for discerning drinkers. For full show notes, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/81 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free If you're interested in trying Athletic Brewing Company beers you can get 20% off your first order. As an Athletic Brewing Company Ambassador, I get to share the love. You can save 20% off your first order online with the code CASEYD20 at hellosomedaycoaching.com/athletic. Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

If you’re like most women you have a lot of fears and limiting beliefs about what life without alcohol will be like. You might worry that life without happy hours will be boring. Or that people will judge you if you stop drinking. You might believe that the ONLY people who don’t drink are alcoholics or have a “real problem” with alcohol. Or fear that you’ll lose friends and never have fun again if you quit drinking. These negative thoughts around life without alcohol are keeping you from finding out if you might actually be happier, healthier and more confident without booze. Your beliefs are keeping you stuck in a holding pattern. My guest today is Karolina Rzadkowolska. She is a certified alcohol-free life coach who helps powerful women make alcohol insignificant in their lives. She’s worked with thousands of clients through her online courses and coaching to change their drinking habit and unleash a new level of health, happiness, and potential to go after their biggest dreams. Karolina and I are diving deep into the fears and beliefs that are holding you back from removing alcohol from your life and the truths about how amazing it is to live without alcohol. For full show notes, go to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/82 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What do Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte + Miranda from Sex And The City, Bridget Jones and Olivia Pope on Scandal have in common? Their shows, characters, sets and plot lines romanticize and glamorize alcohol. TV shows and movies have taught all of us from a very young age that drinking is empowering, sophisticated, fun and ‘the thing’ that modern, independent women do. Through marketing, media and the culture we have been raised in we’re taught that alcohol is both good and necessary and that it should be put on a pedestal. We see drinking as a privilege of adulthood and believe that drinking makes us sophisticated and sexy and also helps us connect and relax. On the flip side we’re taught that life without alcohol is less exciting, undesirable or something that only people with a “real problem” with alcohol would choose. And we’re convinced that life without drinking is difficult, dull and boring. None of which could be further from the truth. Life without alcohol is fun, exciting, healthy and happy. But those ingrained, subconscious or even unconscious beliefs can hold you back when you’re trying to shift your relationship with alcohol. They sabotage your efforts to get healthy and talk about what you’re doing in an empowering way. They hold you back from feeling better and draw you back into old habits that keep you stuck. My guest today is Kate Bee, founder of The Sober School, and we’re talking about how to STOP romanticizing alcohol and START romanticizing sobriety. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/83 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What are the best non-alcoholic beverages to drink when you’re not drinking alcohol? If you’re worried about going booze-free and fear that you’ll be giving up happy hours and dinner parties in addition to hangovers, I’ve got good news for you. In the last few years, there’s been an explosion of incredible non-alcoholic drink options available including NA beer, wine, spirits, mixers, shrubs and syrups, bitters and more. They taste really good, look amazing in your glass and you can find all the recommendations of which non-alcoholic drinks to try right here. I invited Laura Silverman, the founder of Zero Proof Nation, a community celebrating non-alcoholic beverages and the people who create them and drink them, on the podcast to dive into the best things to drink when you’re not drinking alcohol. Laura is a curator and the founder of Booze Free in DC, a wellness travel site and. Laura has been a booze-free babe since July of 2007 and she knows all the best non-alcoholic beverages. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/84 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE CLASS on 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

How do you identify the changes you want in your life and move forward when you feel stuck? What if you have a family you love, a good job and responsibilities that keep you busy and needed but you are thinking “there has to be more than this”? What if you’re comfortable enough, you don’t want to rock the boat and (really) aren’t actually sure what exactly needs to change? But you also feel like you should be happier and more fulfilled than you are right now. On this week's episode, I had the privilege of sitting down with Michael Anthony. He's the founder of Think Unbroken, a best selling author, award winning speaker, entrepreneur, coach, host of the Think Unbroken Podcast and an advocate for adult survivors of childhood trauma. He has helped over 1,000 survivors get out of the vortex and create a life where their trauma does not define them. Michael and I are diving deep into identifying the change you want in your life, how to get unstuck, and become the hero of your own story. This episode will show you that life’s circumstances, good or bad, do not dictate your future and how to get your power back. For full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/85 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What does a sober girl do to navigate the holiday season, drinking events, office parties, family gatherings and New Year’s Eve without alcohol? The end of each year can be a happy, fun and exciting time to gather with family and friends. But if you’re in early sobriety and not consuming alcohol at drinking events, the holidays can also be stressful, overwhelming and tricky to navigate. In order to help I asked Jessica Jeboult to share A Sober Girls Guide To The Holiday Season: How to Navigate Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and The New Year Alcohol-Free. Jessica is the founder of A Sober Girls Guide, your one-stop shop for the modern-day sober or sober curious girl. For full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Have you been thinking about breaking up with booze but you’re not sure how to get started? If you're ready to shift your mindset about what it’s like to live alcohol-free and take a break from drinking, this episode is for you! My guest is Alex McRobert, international yoga teacher, life and sobriety coach, and the host of The Sober Yoga Girl Podcast. Alex became sober in 2019 and yoga played a key role in her mental health and sober journey. In 2020 she founded the Mindful Life Practice Community and Sober Curious Yoga, an online yoga community with participants from all over the world who are changing their relationship with alcohol using mindfulness techniques such as yoga, meditation, community and journaling. Today, we're talking about how to break up with booze and live a happier and healthier life without alcohol. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/87 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand sober coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What are the most common mistakes women make when getting sober? If you’ve tried to quit drinking before and keep picking up a bottle of wine on Day 4 or Day 16 I’ve got all the advice you need to set yourself up for success, not self-sabotage. Every single woman who has stopped drinking has had a last restart, a last day one. With the right information and support, you can decide to stop drinking and avoid the mistakes and triggers that have tripped you up in the past. I asked Jen Lee Hirst, a sobriety coach who helps women struggling with alcohol, to break down the top 6 mistakes you should avoid when getting sober. Here’s what you should do differently this time when you’re quitting drinking so that walking away from alcohol is easier than before. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/88 Ready to drink less + live more? Don’t miss this special offer to save $100 and join me for a LIVE Kickoff Session on January 9 for my sober coaching program, The Sobriety Starter Kit. If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol it doesn’t have to be this hard. You just need a plan and a framework to follow. To enroll in the program and grab your savings and invitation to the 2 hour kick off, go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Offer ends 12/31. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

So it’s Christmas week with New Year’s Eve right around the corner and you’re not drinking. …Or you’re trying not to drink. …Or you REALLY want to stop drinking but you’re not sure you’re ready yet. …Or you stopped drinking 6 months ago but DAMN this week is harder than you thought it would be…. What can you do to stay centered and grounded and not dive head first into the sparkly drinks all around you? I’ve got you covered. I recorded this podcast to hold your hand through Christmas and New Year’s Eve as you navigate our booze-obsessed culture without a drink. So cuddle up, listen up, go on a walk and let me share my best advice on how to navigate family dynamics and special occasions and drinking events so you don’t wake up tomorrow or Christmas morning or on January 1st with a headache and a hangover. I’m hoping you will come out of this podcast episode with a little bit of peace about what this week can look like and the things you can do to make small, incremental shifts in your thought process to let yourself feel really good about this week, the memories of this holiday season and how you're going to start this new year. To access resources and links mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/89 Ready to drink less + live more? You have 2 days left to grab my special offer to save $100 and join me for a LIVE Kickoff Event on January 9th for my sober coaching program, The Sobriety Starter Kit. If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol it doesn’t have to be this hard. You just need a plan and a framework to follow. To enroll in the program and grab your savings and invitation to the 2-hour kick off, go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Offer ends 12/31. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Are you ready to rock Dry January alcohol-free? I want to give you all the tips to make your Dry January fun, exciting, easy and (most importantly) a success. Dry January is the act of giving up all forms of alcohol for the entirety of the first month of the year. That means no beer, spirits, wine, cocktails, or any other alcohol for 31 days. Dry January began in 2012 as an initiative by Alcohol Change UK to “ditch the hangover, reduce the waistline and save some serious money by giving up alcohol for 31 days.” Millions of people now take part in the challenge each year. To get the most out of Dry January, treat it like an experiment and not a reset. You’re removing alcohol from your life in January to see how good you can feel without it. How does your sleep change? Your thought patterns, habits, interests and relationships? If you are approaching January 31st and you’re feeling happier and healthier without alcohol - stay open to seeing what 60 days without drinking feels like. Keep ongoing. Dry January is the perfect time to take a look at the role alcohol plays in your daily life, in your health choices, and how it makes you feel. To access resources and links mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/90 Ready to drink less + live more? You have 2 days left to grab my special offer to save $100 and join me for a LIVE Kickoff Event on January 9th for my sober coaching program, The Sobriety Starter Kit. If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol it doesn’t have to be this hard. You just need a plan and a framework to follow. To enroll in the program and grab your savings and invitation to the 2 hour kick off, go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Offer ends 12/31. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What do you do when you realize that 1) alcohol is making your life worse and 2) moderating is not working? That’s where my guest, Amanda E. White, found herself as she started reevaluating her relationship with alcohol. Her new book, Not Drinking Tonight, is a guide to understanding why you drink, and how to stop drinking and create a sober life you love. In our conversation, you’ll learn so much about drinking, not drinking, how to figure out whether your relationship with alcohol is working for you and when to take a break. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/91 Ready to drink less + live more? This is your last chance to join me for a LIVE Kickoff Session on January 9 for my sober coaching program, The Sobriety Starter Kit. If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol, enroll in the program and grab your invitation to the 2-hour kick-off at www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab my Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What does it mean to be “sober curious”? If you’re “sober curious” you likely aren’t sure that you want to give up alcohol forever, but you might wonder if your life would be better without alcohol. Maybe you recognize that alcohol is taking up a significant amount of your time, energy and focus. You wish you were more intentional about your drinking. Or your intuition might be telling you that alcohol isn’t serving you. If you’re sober curious, you’re far from alone. In 2021 23% of Americans who drink regularly participated in Dry January, a month when you abstain from consuming any alcohol for 31 days. To learn more about the sober curious movement I invited Ruby Warrington to join me on the podcast. She’s the author of the books Sober Curious and The Sober Curious Reset and coined the term sober curious. Ruby’s honest and non-judgemental approach to reevaluating our relationship with alcohol has spearheaded a larger movement of people taking a closer look at their drinking. For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/92 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Course. I’ve helped thousands of women change their relationship with alcohol and can teach you the step-by-step system you need to break out of the drinking cycle. Or grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Diet culture is everywhere. NPR reported that in 2021, 50% of all New Year's resolutions in the U.S. were based on fitness, 48% were resolutions to lose weight and 39% of resolutions were to improve one’s diet. We spend over $30 billion on diet products annually and an estimated 45 million Americans diet every year. 85% of women have, at one point in their life, been on some kind of a diet, struggled with body image, or both. And many women who struggle with alcohol also have a complicated relationship with food and their bodies. Our universal immersion in diet culture can also unconsciously sabotage our efforts to stop drinking. When removing alcohol many women worry that they’ll ‘transfer their addiction to food or sugar’ or try to diet at the same time they are working to stop drinking. I invited Isabel Foxen to come on the podcast to talk about diet culture, the socialization of women to believe that being thin equals being healthy, attractive, disciplined and worthy, and the impact of it all. Isabel is a thought leader in intuitive eating and body positive movement and the creator of Stop Fighting Food, a video training series and masterclass for women who want to stop feeling crazy around food. After years of trying to overcome binge eating disorder through weight normative approaches, Isabel discovered the critical role of acceptance, surrender, and social inquiry into binge eating and the recovery process, and has been sharing her insights with clients and professionals ever since. To access resources and links mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/93 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Course I’ve helped thousands of women change their relationship with alcohol and can teach you the step-by-step system you need to break out of the drinking cycle. And grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What if drinking isn’t the problem but rather a symptom of the problem? What if it’s masking the deeper personal development work you need to do? What if instead of being a solution, alcohol is sapping your confidence, exacerbating your anxiety and making it harder to connect with others? What if you’re drinking because of fear, limiting beliefs, not feeling good enough, an inability to set healthy boundaries, needing to heal past trauma or break unhealthy patterns? What if removing alcohol could be the first step in growing, changing and returning to yourself? My guest today is Veronica Valli. She’s an author and co-host of the popular podcast, Soberful. With 20 years of experience as a recovery coach and psychotherapist, Veronica has helped thousands of women stop drinking alcohol and transform their lives. To access resources and links mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/94 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Course I’ve helped thousands of women change their relationship with alcohol and can teach you the step-by-step system you need to break out of the drinking cycle. And grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

How do you make marriage work after quitting drinking? Most marriages have some common patterns and habits that can make or break the relationship. Problematic patterns can be exacerbated when you’re in the drinking cycle and new habits can be helpful once you stop drinking and your relationship is adjusting to a new normal. Because we use alcohol as a coping mechanism, a way to suppress negative emotions, and a tool to connect with the people around us, there is a learning curve to making marriage work after quitting drinking. Even if you have a strong and happy relationship it’s common to feel defensive, resentful, misunderstood, unappreciated, isolated, secretive or lonely when you’re struggling to moderate your drinking. And once you’ve stopped drinking it’s normal to go through a phase where you wonder if you and your spouse know how to communicate or have anything in common. For full show notes and to access resources and links mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/95 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Course I’ve helped thousands of women change their relationship with alcohol and can teach you the step-by-step system you need to break out of the drinking cycle. And grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

There are a lot of benefits to choosing an alcohol-free life, but how do you make it a positive choice that you can maintain once the novelty has worn off? Janey Lee Grace, the host of the Alcohol-Free Life podcast, is here to share the secrets of why to ditch the booze and live happy, healthy and sober. As a former gray-area drinker, Janey used to wake up at 3 am hating herself for drinking too much, until the ‘wine witch’ came calling at 6 pm the next day and it started all over again. In 2018 she ditched the booze for ‘Dry January’ and never looked back. Now Janey is a leading voice in changing the conversation around alcohol. She’s the host of the Alcohol-Free Life podcast, founder of The Sober Club, a UK-based BBC presenter, and author of the book, Happy Healthy Sober: Ditch the booze and take control of your life. If you've quit the booze, are sober curious, or thinking about reducing your alcohol intake, tune in as Casey and Janey take a look at the issues around alcohol to inspire you to be happy, healthy and sober! For full show notes and access to resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/96 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Course I’ve helped thousands of women change their relationship with alcohol and can teach you the step-by-step system you need to break out of the drinking cycle. And grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What are your first 30 days without alcohol like? What parts are hard and when do you start feeling good? Here's my diary of my first 30 days sober, which turned into 6 years alcohol-free. Tomorrow, February 18, I am hitting 6 years alcohol-free! I can’t believe I haven’t had a sip of alcohol but it's also just another day because not drinking isn't hard anymore. It's the way I live my life. It's my new normal. And it has actually been that way for a long time. The truth is, without alcohol I have met some of the most incredible people and I have had some amazing experiences. It's made me more grounded, more content, less anxious, more brave and more secure in my life. I thought I'd share with you my side of my story through the emails I wrote Belle because I want you to hear the shaky early days of what turned into six years alcohol-free. And at the time, I didn't think I could make it 100 days without drinking. For full show notes and to access resources and guides, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/97 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol it doesn’t have to be this hard. You just need a plan and a framework to follow. To enroll in the program go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Join The.Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Parenting teens and tweens can be a messy time that can bring joy, satisfaction, frustration, worry and a desire to drink to tune it all out. It’s a time when kids are moving out of childhood and into adulthood, but they’re not there yet. Kids in adolescence experience intense emotions, are wired for novelty seeking and start to prioritize peer relationships over parental ones. Because of all of this parenting teenagers can be a personal growth and development workshop for the adults in their lives. The behavior of teenagers can trigger strong emotional reactions in adults, often related more to something unhealed or not processed inside of us. We are triggered by the meaning we are assigning to the behavior, rather than the behavior itself. My guest today, Casey O’Roarty, is here to give you the tools you need to navigate the rollercoaster of parenting your teen or tween without the drama. Casey is a personal growth and development junkie, parent coach, and a positive discipline trainer specialized in working with adolescents. To access resources and links mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/98 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Course The Sobriety Starter Kit is my on-demand sober coaching program that’s helped hundreds of women change their relationship with alcohol. In the program you’ll find the step-by-step system I use with my private coaching clients to break out of the drinking cycle, at a fraction of the cost. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Get my free guide to The Best Private FaceBook Groups For Women Going Alcohol Free. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Wondering which celebrities are sober and whether any of your favorite actors, musicians and models live alcohol-free? You might be surprised by how many famous people have decided to quit drinking. Personally, I love it when a celebrity comes out to say they've stopped drinking or are questioning the role that alcohol is playing in their lives because it normalizes living alcohol-free and disrupts the narrative that you have to drink to live an exciting, fun and glamorous life. Sober celebrities who talk about their decision to stop drinking can start a larger conversation about alcohol and its role in our lives. When you stop drinking it can feel lonely at times, especially in the early days when you might not know a lot of sober people, so knowing that cool, glamorous, famous people have also decided to ditch the booze can help you feel less alone. To access resources and links mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/99 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol it doesn’t have to be this hard. You just need a plan and a framework to follow. To enroll in the program go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Join The Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Annie Grace, the author of The Alcohol Experiment and This Naked Mind, has joined me on my 100th episode to shift your perspective on drinking so that you can gain control of alcohol and find freedom. Her work has helped thousands of people understand the impact of alcohol on their lives and dispel widely held beliefs and misconceptions about the benefits of drinking, including that it helps you relax, sleep and connect. Annie’s goal is to help you decide that alcohol is a substance that isn’t making your life better so that you’re able to walk away from alcohol painlessly, genuinely feeling that you no longer want or need to drink. For full show notes, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/100 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Women with ADHD are creative, spontaneous, problem solvers, energetic and have the ability to focus intensely on a project or task. They are also more likely to drink heavily, become reliant on alcohol and are more sensitive to the effects of alcohol on their brains and bodies. In fact, 25% of adults being treated for alcohol and substance use disorders are diagnosed with ADHD and alcohol abuse among people with ADHD is 5 to 10 times more common than it is in people without the condition. As a woman with ADHD you may struggle to focus, be easily distracted, act impulsively, feel restless and have trouble relaxing and unwinding, and because of that the immediate effect of alcohol, you may feel the pull to drink heavily and have a more difficult time moderating alcohol. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a Neurodevelopmental disorder that impacts the brain which controls emotions, learning, self-control and memory. Because of the link between women, ADHD and alcohol abuse I invited Hanna Forrest, an ADHD Specialist who works with neurodiverse adults and children, on the podcast to talk about why women with ADHD often struggle with alcohol and practical tools to manage ADHD while quitting drinking. For full show notes and to access links and resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/101 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Anger (and the suppression of anger) can be a big trigger for women to drink in sobriety. There’s a reason that people tell you to remember “HALT” when you’re removing alcohol from your life. HALT is an acronym for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, which are four of the most common stressors in recovery. One of the most helpful skills you can learn when you’re quitting drinking is how to manage anger in a healthy way. Both navigating the intensity and effect anger has upon you, as well as how to understand and express your anger without stuffing it down. Michelle Farris, a licensed Psychotherapist and Anger Management Specialist will help you develop tools and coping skills to understand and manage anger in sobriety. Michelle helps codependent people create healthy relationships without sacrificing their big hearts. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/102 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Or grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

During the coronavirus pandemic, adults started reaching for the bottle more than ever. An increasing number of Americans responded to the stress, anxiety, isolation, loss and boredom of the pandemic by turning to alcohol. According to a Nielsen study, consumption of alcohol grew amongst adults over the age of 30 by 14% during the pandemic. In 2020 there was a 41 percent increase in the number of days on which women drank heavily, and the rate of adults who reported drinking more to manage pandemic stress was more than twice as high for parents with children between the ages of 5 and 7 . Excessive drinking and alcohol use is proven to negatively impact us in many ways: it can affect our ability to concentrate and get quality sleep. It can also exacerbate depression and anxiety (which is ironically why many people drink – to cope with these issues). Today, we are talking about the backlash against the pandemic fueled surge in alcohol consumption. To access resources and links mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/103 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her sober coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Taking a break from drinking can be as simple as unlearning a conditioned and ingrained behavior and approached and addressed without shame, blame or labels. In fact, the social learning model suggests that drug and alcohol use are learned behaviors and that such behaviors persist because of reinforcement from others, your environment, your thoughts and feelings, and from the direct consequences of drug or alcohol use. If you’re struggling to break the habit of drinking you are not required to describe yourself as an “alcoholic”, join a 12-Step program or attend AA meetings. Alcoholics Anonymous programs are one approach to stopping drinking, but not the only one. For full show notes and to access resources mention in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/104 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Many women look up in midlife to realize that while their lives look really good on the outside they don’t feel that good on the inside. They’re smart, capable, and productive and work hard everyday to accomplish a lot. They take care of people, managing work deadlines and finances, business trips and family vacations, school conferences and day care pickups. But they’re not as happy as they thought they would be. They’re tired, pulled in a million directions, anxious, overwhelmed, accomplished but unfulfilled. And often women in midlife are drinking too much to reward themselves for getting through it all at the end of the day. The midlife unraveling can also be a time for transformation and evolution. I asked Libby Nelson, a Professional Certified Coach who has trained in the work of Dr. Brené Brown and is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, to join me to dive into how to let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you really are through the work of Brené Brown. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/105 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What we drink and how we drink is often deeply intertwined with the image and personality we present to the world, and can also be a part of our own internal identity. As Kristi Coulter wrote in her essay Enjoli, what we drink can be a shorthand for who we are… “A woman with a single-malt scotch is bold and discerning and might fire you from her life if you fuck with her. A woman with a PBR is a Cool Girl who will not be shamed for belching. A woman drinking MommyJuice wine is saying she’s more than the unpaid labor she gave birth to.” Drinking influences our relationships and interactions. It colors what we do, who we spend time with, what we tolerate and the types of boundaries we set (and often the ones we don’t set). And, when you’re ready to stop drinking, there are growing pains related to releasing your past identity as a drinker, as well as relationships and behaviors that may no longer be serving you. My guest today is Hailey Magee. She’s a Codependency Recovery Coach who helps individuals of all ages break the people-pleasing pattern, set empowered boundaries, and master the art of speaking their truth. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/106 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Today we're talking about living with a partner who drinks when you're sober. Maybe your husband or partner is your drinking buddy and going to a bar or sharing drinks at the end of the day is the way you connect and celebrate. Maybe your partner loves drinking too and is resistant to getting the alcohol out of the house. Or perhaps your partner tells you that you “don’t really have a problem”, “are being too hard on yourself” or “should just cut back a bit”. Maybe you don’t want your partner to know how worried you are about your drinking so you want to do this on your own and under the radar. Or perhaps you’ve told your partner that you’re going to take a break from drinking before and then thrown in the towel on Day 5 or Week 2. You might be afraid to tell them you’re trying again because you’re worried you’re just going to fail. Whatever your relationship with your partner is like, if you both drink it’s often deeply intertwined with alcohol. For show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/107 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Is the fear of feeling awkward in social situations keeping you from trying sober life? I get it. When I was stopped drinking I felt awkward in every part of my life - going to a bar and ordering a non-alcoholic drink, turning down a glass of wine at a friend house, making small talk at a work event without my social lubricant, telling people I wasn’t drinking and let’s not even talk about sober sex! When you stop drinking it can be surprising to realize just how much you’ve relied on alcohol to navigate uncomfortable moments, conversations and social interactions (even with people you love and have known for years)! But you can navigate sober life without feeling awkward - it just takes a bit of practice. Today I'm talking with Victoria Vanstone, co-host of Australia's most popular sobriety podcast, Sober Awkward. Vic is an alcohol free living advocate and passionate about helping others stuck in a pattern of normalized social binge drinking. For full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/108 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What should you expect after 30 days of sobriety? I recorded my diary of my first 30-Days alcohol-free (you can listen to it here), but what happens after that first month? You probably have a lot of questions about what happens in your second month without alcohol. I know I did. So I’ve recorded my diary of exactly how I felt, what I did, what was hard and what helped me keep going in my second month of sobriety. I hope it helps you. Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

How do you prepare to be alcohol-free before you stop drinking completely? If you have realized that alcohol is not working in your life and are tapping into resources like this podcast, you’ve already moved from precontemplation to contemplation and into action. But it’s likely you’re not sure exactly how to put down the wine glass, build up sober momentum and set yourself up for long-term success. We’re here to help. My guest today is Jean McCarthy, author of the book UnPickled - Prepare To Be Alcohol-Free. Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Join The Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Recovery rocks, so let’s smash the stigma of addiction and normalize sobriety. Lisa Smith and Tawny Lara are doing just that through their podcast, Recovery Rocks, and their writing and advocacy work in the sobriety space. Tawny is a New York City based millennial who writes about the intersection of sex and sobriety. Lisa is the author of Girl Walks Out of a Bar, a memoir of her descent into and recovery from high functioning addiction in the world of New York City corporate law. Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

When you’re stopping drinking it’s pretty normal to focus on what you're giving because alcohol is involved in most of your social activities, hobbies and relationships. When I was a ‘red wine girl’ alcohol was a part of cooking dinner, evenings on the couch, date nights, girls nights, work happy hours, Sunday brunches, afternoons at the ballpark, vacations and everything in between. In order to create a better life without alcohol it’s important to add new things to your life that bring you peace, happiness and pleasure when you are removing alcohol. Lori Massicot, midlife sobriety coach and host of the To 50 And Beyond Podcast, has joined me to talk about how to create a better life without alcohol, how to use your time away from alcohol as a period of discovery, why setting boundaries will help you find time to explore new hobbies, and so much more! For full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/112 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

A lot of women who are worried about their drinking start asking themselves one question: “Am I an Alcoholic?”. The questions that you typically find on an online “Am I An Alcoholic” Quiz are often the wrong questions. Ones that can keep you trapped in the drinking cycle for a long time. The truth is that you don’t need to ask yourself if you’re an “alcoholic” or if you “really have a problem” or if your drinking is “bad enough” that you have to stop to change your relationship with alcohol. My guest today is Deb Masner, founder of the Alcohol Tipping Point and host of The Alcohol Tipping Point Podcast. Deb is going to take us through the 20 questions you should be asking yourself to change your drinking. For full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/113 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

What questions do you have about alcohol, insomnia and sleep in sobriety? You might be wondering… Does alcohol help you get to sleep? What contributes to good sleep? Why am I so tired in early sobriety? What can I do if I can’t sleep early sobriety? When will I start sleeping well after I stop drinking? So here’s the big question: does alcohol help you sleep? Nope. Alcohol is a sedative that makes you feel sleepy, but it actually significantly decreases your sleep quality (and leads directly to those awful 3am hangxiety wake ups). In fact, a Sleep Foundation study found that for women less than one drink decreases your sleep quality by 9.3%, one drink decreases your sleep quantity by 24% and more than one drink decreases your sleep quality by 39.2%. For full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/114 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What’s your approach to sex, love and relationships? Do you feel anxiety when you’re in a relationship or avoid intimacy? Do you trust easily or cling to your partner? Do you struggle to communicate your needs and fear rejection or push yourself to be overly self-reliant? Many women drink to smooth the edges of our emotions around relationships, love, sex and intimacy. In today's episode we’re digging into love, sex, intimacy, attachment styles and relationships in recovery. My guest is Dufflyn Lammers, the go-to relationship expert for women in recovery. We’re going to talk about the 4 primary attachment styles and strategies as well as how “earned secure attachment” can be developed in recovery. Your attachment style, developed in childhood, tends to be the primary factor impacting your approach to relationships, love, sex, intimacy, your bodies and yourself. For full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/115 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

If you’re a woman in your 40s you’re likely both moving into perimenopause hormonally and also navigating one of the busiest times of your life. If you’re also using alcohol to ease the symptoms of burnout and perimenopause the combination can lead to a vicious cycle of heightened anxiety and physical and emotional exhaustion. You might notice that the symptoms of perimenopause are similar to those of alcohol withdrawal and burnout. In fact, alcohol can intensify the more severe symptoms of anxiety and depression experienced in perimenopause. Drinking alcohol also disturbs sleep and women who drink daily are much more likely to experience hot flashes and night sweats. The good news is that if you’re experiencing perimenopause symptoms you’re not alone and you can tap into better ways to cope than drinking through it. My guest today is Wendy McCallum, LLB. Wendy is a Burnout and Alcohol Coach & Wellness Expert and the host of the Bite-Sized Balance Podcast. She’s here to share the many different paths to recovery from burnout, recovery from alcohol and for moving through perimenopause with more ease and less stress. For full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/116 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

It’s time to stop using alcohol to joke about parenting. If you look up for a minute you’ll see the wine mom humor all around you. On birthday cards at grocery stores, on cute hand towels and wood signs in home decor shops and everywhere on Etsy. “They Whine. I Wine”, “Mom’s Reasons To Drink: My 3 Kids”, “Mommy’s Sippy Cup”, “Mom Juice”, “It takes a village and a vineyard”, “This mom runs on coffee, wine and Amazon Prime”... Funny, right? Or not so much. My guest today is Blair Sharp. Blair wrote An Open Letter to Molly Sims: Please Stop Using Alcohol To Joke About Parenting. She’s here to talk about why the wine mom culture and #iwinesohard “drinking while parenting is funny” shtick normalizes binge drinking and relying on alcohol as a coping tool for motherhood to dangerous results. To access show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/117 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What does it mean to be a “mindful drinker”? Mindful drinking is about becoming more aware of how your body and mind are affected by alcohol, and how you use alcohol to relate to the people around you. Mindful drinkers notice, learn and ultimately take control of their drinking. ​​Today I'm welcoming Laura Willoughby, the co-founder of Club Soda, the mindful drinking movement. Club Soda’s mission is to make mindful drinking widely accepted so that everyone feels confident to change their drinking habits if they want to and to make sure that people who aren’t drinking alcohol are just as comfortable as drinkers who are, especially in social spaces where alcohol is served. To access show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/118 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Is recovery the new black? Is sober becoming the new cool? With the rise in the sober-curious movement, Dry January and Sober October, sober influencers and the growth in the non-alcoholic drinks movement it seems like sobriety is all the rage. Articles in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and stories on The Today Show and in wellness and fashion magazines are increasingly referencing “the sober curious movement” - the rise of people experimenting with sobriety for mental and physical health reasons and do not consider themselves addicted to a substance. Michelle Smith of Recovery Is The New Black has joined me to talk about the growth in the “sober curious is cool'' movement. To access full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/119 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

There is a quiet time in early sobriety, after you get through the really hard first weeks, and before alcohol-free life is your new normal. The days and evenings may feel long and you might not know quite what to do with your time. Over time drinking can become an activity, entertainment and a hobby. My guest today is Jess Steitzer @decidelydry and she’s here to talk about why rediscovering creativity in sobriety can increase your happiness and strengthen your recovery. To access show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/120 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski is a book for every woman who has felt overwhelmed and exhausted by everything she has to do, and yet is still worried that she’s not doing enough. Which basically describes every woman I know. As an ex-red wine girl, the first story of a woman experiencing burnout felt all too familiar. Amelia and Emily describe Julie, a middle school teacher whose “burnout had reached an intensity where merely the anticipation of the start of the first semester had activated a level of dread that left her reaching for the box of Chardonnay by 2pm”. They note, “Nobody likes to think of their kids’ middle school teacher as burned out, embittered, and day-drinking, but she’s not alone.” To access full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/121 Here are 3 ways I can help you drink less + live more Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking (even if you’ve tried and failed in the past) Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, my signature sober coaching course for busy women. In it you’ll learn the step-by-step framework, strategies + tools you need to change your relationship with alcohol. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Hitting 100 days of sobriety is a huge milestone to be celebrated. In your first 30 days sober you might struggle with poor sleep and cravings to drink. It’s common to feel incredibly tired in your first month sober, irritated and rageful. You’re going through physical withdrawal from an addictive substance in a world where it’s all around you. In your second month of sobriety, you’ll feel much better physically, emotionally and mentally. The days will pass more quickly and you’ll develop other interests and habits that aren’t centered around alcohol. You’ll sleep better and have more energy and feel more optimistic. Once you pass the 60 Day sobriety milestone and move to 100 Days alcohol-free you’ll be stronger and more confident in your decision to not drink. Talking to people about how you feel now that you’re not drinking will be easier. And people around you will notice the physical changes in your face, skin and body now that you’re not ingesting ethanol on a regular basis. Today, I'm sharing my diary of early sobriety from Day 60 to Day 100 through the emails I wrote to my sober coach each day. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/122 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Alcohol advertising spending is set to hit 6 billion dollars in 2023 with the advertising of alcohol to women as a key industry focus for the last 60 years. On the podcast today we’re talking about the advertising of alcohol to women with Jean Kilbourne. Jean is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and for her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. In her film, Deadly Persuasion, Jean exposes the manipulative marketing strategies and tactics used by the tobacco and alcohol industries to keep Americans hooked on their products. The goal of alcohol advertisers is to sell more than beverages. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/123 Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Moderating alcohol is likely your ultimate goal if you’re worried about how much you're drinking on a regular basis. You probably don’t want to stop drinking completely, but rather you want to cut back, drink less, drink less often or (what I hear most) you want to “drink like a normal person”. And yet most people who love to drink find it incredibly hard to moderate how much alcohol we consume. Often we’re able to take a week off, a month off, a few months or not drink at all while pregnant or breastfeeding, but somehow, regardless of how many rules we make, we’ll eventually find ourselves back to consuming more alcohol than we meant to or want to. The truth is that moderation is an elusive goal that is incredibly hard to achieve for people who have struggled with drinking too much or too often. And it’s because alcohol is an addictive drug. By taking the drug (alcohol) the substance creates the need for another dose (and you drink again). So let’s talk about moderation and why it’s hard to moderate your alcohol consumption. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/124 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

If you’re searching for the best TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery, which realistically depict the nuances, emotions, strengths and struggles of walking away from an addictive substance, they can be hard to find. When you’re scrolling through broadcast TV, Netflix or Hulu you’ll find that most shows and movies glamorize alcohol and depict it as essential for a good time. In fact you can find hundreds of powerful, compelling, heartwarming, heartbreaking and funny TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery that will inspire you to change and remind you that you are not alone. I asked Alysse Bryson, Founder of the Sober Curator, a resource for those seeking content related to recovery or a zero-proof lifestyle, to join me to share the best TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/125 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Once you’ve decided to stop drinking it is incredibly helpful to get your family and friends on board to support your sobriety. Your loved ones have the ability to make a number of easy changes and small adjustments to support your sobriety and make it so much easier for you to successfully and happily navigate life alcohol-free. Your social and physical environment can either be a safe space for you in a boozy world or a source of triggers and temptations. One problem you may encounter as you start to change your relationship with alcohol is that often your family and friends have no idea how to support your sobriety. They may unknowingly say or do things that undermine your resolve or sabotage your progress. Or some of your family and friends may not want you to stop drinking at all because they also have a complicated relationship with alcohol and fear that your sobriety might impact their own ability to drink. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/126 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

High-achieving women can struggle to set boundaries. If you’re managing an endless to-do list and many responsibilities you likely have a tendency to over-deliver, over-give, people please and ignore your own needs instead of setting strong boundaries. While you may get positive reinforcement from doing all the things for all the people (especially by those who benefit from your over-giving like your boss, colleagues, spouse, kids, family and friends), having poor boundaries is a recipe for burnout (and over drinking). In fact, high-achieving women often suffer from perfectionism, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, anxiety and the inability to set healthy boundaries with others. Creating healthy boundaries is an important skill to master as you’re quitting drinking and yet it’s something that many women who struggle with alcohol find difficult. So I invited Terri Cole to join me on The Hello Someday Podcast to talk about how you can become a boundary boss and honor your own needs and desires. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomeday.com/127 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

In the book, Big Feelings: How To Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay, Liz Fosslien and her co-author, Mollie West Duffy, examine the seven emotions that are especially hard to overcome: self-doubt, comparison, and anger, as well as burnout, perfectionism, despair, and regret. And these are emotions most of us never talk about. Instead, we move through life wondering “What’s wrong with me?” and “Why can’t I handle this like everyone else?”. The truth is that most women are struggling with these emotions too, quietly and alone, just like you. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/128 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

What does an unhealthy drinking culture at work look like? Is drinking a company-organized activity? Are company events centered around alcohol? Are new employees taken out for drinks, team bonding gatherings hosted at a bar or holiday parties at a winery? Is drinking normalized as a coping mechanism for stress at work? Do you hear colleagues discussing “needing a drink” after a tough day or being hungover on a Monday morning? Is alcohol the reward for a job well done? Are champagne bottles left on desks after a big project or alcohol brought in to toast to a big win? Is alcohol available in the office or brought in for social events during office hours? Is “Beer on Tap” a company perk or is there a weekly happy hour in the office on Fridays? Are you expected to take clients out drinking as part of the job? Do you feel pressure to drink at company events or do people throw around the phrase “Work Hard. Play Hard” to describe the company culture? If you have an unhealthy drinking culture at work, the good news is that there are steps that you can take to change it, navigate drinking events at work alcohol-free and access support if you’re trying to change your relationship with alcohol. Tessa Lowe is here to help. She’s an ex-wine mom that hit her own personal rock bottom in December of 2020 and now works with both individuals and employers to help create both personal and organizational change. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/129 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Therapy for women often focuses on a unique set of challenges experienced by women in their lives and in society. Some mental health issues are much more common in women than in men, some only appear in women, or some mental health issues may affect all genders but impact women differently. The US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health reported that more than 1 in 5 women in the United States experienced a mental health condition in the past year, such as depression or anxiety. And the Mayo Clinic has found that women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression. In therapy, women are able to work through how to set healthy boundaries, make a shift in their lives, resolve marital issues, move through divorce or infidelity or change limiting beliefs with confidential support from a trained professional. I asked Amanda E. White, founder of Therapy For Women and the popular @therapyforwomen Instagram account to talk about all things women, mental health, disordered eating, alcohol abuse, sobriety and so much more. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/130 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Navigating a toxic relationship with a narcissist is incredibly difficult and it’s easy to start drinking as a coping mechanism to escape. You may have a partner who is a narcissist, have grown up with a narcissistic mother or father, or navigating co-parenting your children with a narcissistic ex. And if you’re in a relationship with a narcissist and you’re drinking a lot, they will use your drinking as a tool to further confuse and gaslight you, or blame you for situations where they need to take responsibility and make changes. Quitting drinking is a powerful way to get clarity and take more control in a relationship with a narcissist, whether it’s a parent, sibling, partner or ex. I asked Heather Kent, a registered psychotherapist and trauma recovery specialist with an expertise in PTSD, Narcissism, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Trauma Recovery to share how she helps women through the process of ending abusive and toxic relationships, and re-building their lives after they have left. For full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/131 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Redefining your relationship with alcohol is a learning process that requires compassion and grace for yourself. Alcohol is the most prescribed drug in the world by friends, family and society. Many people are actively encouraged to drink by others if they are having a bad day, stressed out, out for an evening or celebrating. And it’s no surprise that nearly half of all American adults are dealing with substance abuse problems in their family. But according to the co-author, Carrie Wilkens, PhD of the book, The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends:Evidence-Based Skills to Help a Loved One Make Positive Change, the most effective way to treat addiction is one of the least utilized: support, kindness, and compassion. You can address substance use disorders with evidence-based methods for improving communication, strengthening motivation to reduce or stop using substances, and practicing compassion and self-care to create the conditions for change. To access full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/132 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.co

What are the risk factors for alcohol use disorder? Are they genetic, social, environmental or psychological? Alcohol is the most widely misused substance in America and, according to the National Center For Drug Abuse Statistics, 1-in-10 Americans over the age of 12 qualify as having a mild, moderate or severe Alcohol Use Disorder. So how do you get to your first year alcohol-free? I asked Dr. Nzinga Harrison to share both the risk factors for alcohol use disorder and strategies to help people become part of the 75% of people who do recover. Dr. Harrison is a physician with specialties in addiction medicine and psychiatry, the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health and co-founder of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform. She’s spent her career focusing on stigma reduction and health equity and is an advocate for leading with empathy in addiction treatment and reframing the way we view and address addiction and the people who are dealing with substance use disorders. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/133 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

When you’re struggling with drinking it can feel like a battle within you, between your addictive voice that tells you that you deserve to have a drink and the other voice (the one that shows up in the morning) that tells you alcohol is dragging you down and making you sick. I call my addictive voice “Wolfie” based on the parable of The Two Wolves. When that endless debate goes on in your head about whether you should drink or not, you might wonder, which voice wins? Your addictive voice or the voice telling you that you need to take a break from drinking? The answer is the one you feed. Today Eric Zimmer, host of the incredibly popular podcast with over 30 million downloads, The One You Feed, author and behavior coach, is here to talk about what happens when you feed your addiction vs. turning towards the good wolf. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/134 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

If you’re in early sobriety or are trying to stop drinking, navigating your first sober holiday season can be a challenge. Why is it hard to get through your first sober holiday season? Well, the holidays are not only a wonderful time of year but also a gauntlet of social, emotional and environmental triggers to drink. I was nine months sober my first holiday season and thought that I would have no problem enjoying it alcohol-free. And still, I was surprised by the need to tap into sober support and plan around drinking events to maintain my sobriety. Kimberly Kearns, a friend and author of the sobriety memoir On the Edge of Shattered, also had a difficult time in her first sober holiday season. Kim stopped drinking right after Thanksgiving and was only 3 weeks sober going into her first sober Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Kim and I are going to share with you all our best tips, advice and strategies to survive your first sober holiday season. To access full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/135 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Your first sober year can be awkward, challenging, empowering, tender, transformative and unsettling. Over the course of moving from your first 30 Days not drinking to completing 12 months alcohol-free you will learn to navigate events, relationships, work, parenting and joy, anger, anxiety, stress without drinking. You’ll also move through awakenings, transitions and the seasons of the year with a new clarity and awareness of the world around you. Some people describe sobriety after a longer period of drinking as being able to see everything in technicolor. So as you move from one week alcohol-free to 52 weeks of sobriety it helps to have a guide to ground yourself in the natural rhythms of the year and the seasons of sobriety. My friends Kate Baily and Mandy Manners from Love Sober have created just that. Their new book Love Your Sober Year, A Seasonal Guide To Living Alcohol-Free is an intentional guide to sobriety through each of the four seasons of the year. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/136 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

When you first start on your sober journey it’s hard to imagine life after drinking, much less how you’ll feel at 2 years alcohol-free. So I asked a sober coaching client of mine, Sue Winters, to join me on the podcast to talk about quitting drinking and her life now that she’s 2 years alcohol-free. I started working with Sue in early sobriety and here’s what she told me about her drinking… “For the past 10 years I’ve known that I was drinking too much. I’ve tried repeatedly to cut back, moderate or quit and I’ve failed every time. I’m caught in a self-destructive cycle of drinking a bottle of wine most nights of the week, not sleeping, waking up hungover, gaining weight and being unhappy”. It’s now been two years since Sue said goodbye to that self-destructive drinking cycle and she feels like her sober adventure is only just beginning. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/137 Ready to drink less + live more? Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

In early sobriety, it’s important to have tools and practices to help you overcome alcohol cravings. It’s normal to have cravings to drink in your first few weeks without alcohol, and they’ll get less strong and frequent the further you get away from the drinking cycle. In the beginning, alcohol cravings are driven by physical, social, emotional and habitual cues to drink. Understanding why cravings occur, knowing your triggers and finding new activities and practices to overcome the discomfort of wanting to drink will help you develop healthier ways to manage your emotions and social situations. I asked Mary Tilson, a certified Professional Recovery Coach (IAPRC), Yoga & Meditation Teacher and the Founder of Sun & Moon Sober Living, to come on the podcast to share the best practices and strategies to overcome alcohol cravings. To access full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/138 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

How can couples heal and recover from infidelity once trust in an intimate relationship has been shattered by an affair? The first step, after the sexual acting out has stopped, is to understand and treat the betrayal trauma. In addition to learning about and coping with infidelity, an affair, sexual acting out, pornography use or sex addiction itself, the partner who has discovered infidelity is also suffering from betrayal trauma that is often not appreciated or fully understood. Betrayal trauma is a form of trauma experienced when there is a loss of trust between spouses or those in committed relationships due to physical adultery, an emotional affair, sex or porn addiction or other sexual behavior outside the relationship and can result in PTSD symptoms in the betrayed partner. Marnie Breecker and Duane Osterlind, Marriage and Family Therapists and Certified Sex Addiction Therapists, are here to share how to help couples heal and recover from infidelity, sex addiction, emotional affairs and betrayal trauma. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned i this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/139 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Highly Sensitive People may turn to alcohol as a tool to numb overwhelming situations or as a coping mechanism to dull strong emotions. Alcohol has been described as a “mute button” for highly sensitive people in a world that is often too loud. It’s estimated that 15 to 20 percent of the population are HSPs and 1 to 2% of the population are true empaths. An empath is a person who is highly sensitive to the feelings and emotions of those around them and may absorb those feelings as their own. I asked Nikki Eisenhauer, an International Life Coach and Psychotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Yoga and Meditation Teacher and the host of the wildly popular podcast, Emotional Badass, to share how to navigate the world as a highly sensitive person or empath without turning to alcohol. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/140 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Finding your identity in sobriety can be scary for many women when they stop drinking. For years I described myself as a “red wine girl” and drinking was essentially my favorite hobby. I surrounded myself with other people who loved to drink so my social life, activities, favorite places, traditions and relationships were deeply intertwined with alcohol. When I stopped drinking I didn’t know what I enjoyed without drinking. Maz Compton, host of the Last Drinks podcast and I are here to dig into how to find your identity in sobriety. Maz knew she had a problem with alcohol when she couldn’t stop saying yes to it, despite having a high-powered career and success in all the externally visible areas of her life. Once she stopped drinking Maz had to figure out who she was, her interests and identity without alcohol. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/141 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

How many times have you told yourself that you were going to stop drinking? I did it hundreds of times. Sometimes I’d rationalize drinking again that very night, but often I’d go 4 days, a week or even 2 weeks alcohol-free before I’d decide that I deserved “just a glass” on a Friday night. Stopping drinking is hard, but making sobriety stick is also difficult. You might have decided to stop drinking because of a particularly brutal hangover, an embarrassing night or a slow decline into feeling worse and worse due to your alcohol consumption. Initially, the reason you want to remove alcohol in your life is clear and present, which keeps your willpower strong and motivation high. But how do you stay on the alcohol-free path when you get bogged down in the day-to-day realities and responsibilities of life and alcohol is your go-to coping mechanism? The easiest way to make sobriety stick is to create a vision board. I created my first vision board in early sobriety and it helped me stay centered on the reasons I wanted to be alcohol-free long after my initial motivation and willpower faded. Today on the podcast I’m sharing why vision boards are a powerful tool in sobriety and how to create one that will support you in staying on the alcohol-free path. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

If you’ve evaluating your relationship with alcohol and looking for support as you stop drinking there are many paths to sobriety and sources of support for an alcohol-free life. The most important thing you can do as you stop drinking is to find the approach, tools and resources that are the right fit for you. For decades Alcoholics Anonymous, founded in 1935 as a mutual aid fellowship for abstinence-based recovery through its spiritually-inclined Twelve Step program, was the best-known program recommended to people who struggle with alcohol use disorder. Popular culture rarely depicts other paths to sobriety in TV and movies, but there are many programs and approaches that have successfully helped people stop drinking that are alternatives to the AA twelve-step addiction recovery model, including Women For Sobriety, SMART Recovery, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, sober coaching and online courses, programs and communities. In this episode, I’ve teamed up with Gill Tietz from the Sober Powered Podcast, Dave Wilson, host of the One For the Road Podcast, and Eric Zimmer, host of The One You Feed Podcast to talk about our different paths to sobriety and the support we chose to stop drinking and navigate life happily alcohol-free. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/143 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Holly Whitaker, author of The New York Times best-selling book Quit Like A Woman, The Radical Choice To Not Drink In A Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, was an integral part of my decision to stop drinking and support in early sobriety and her work has helped thousands of women. When I was 60 days sober I signed up for Holly Whitaker’s Hip Sobriety School, an eight-week sober coaching group program with tools, resources and lessons from Holly on “how to quit drinking when you think you can’t”. And when Holly’s book, Quit Like A Woman, was released a few years later I read it and how the book made her story, tools, research and holistic approach to sobriety available to a wider audience. The book has been described as a groundbreaking look at drinking culture and a road map to cutting out alcohol in order to live our best lives without the crutch of intoxication that will change the way you look at drinking forever. I was honored to have Holly come on The Hello Someday Podcast to talk about her book, Quit Like A Woman, The Radical Choice To Not Drink In A Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, the early days of Hip Sobriety School and how much the recovery movement has shifted in the last 10 years. Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Do you feel stuck? Not just in the drinking cycle, but stuck in your job, your commitments, your role in relationships or habits or patterns that are no longer serving you and yet seem impossible to break. Becky Vollmer, yoga teacher, speaker and author of You Are Not Stuck: How Soul-Guided Choices Transform Fear into Freedom, joined me to help us understand what’s actually holding us back from changing what’s not working in our lives. What if we’re not really stuck? What if we’re actually just scared? What if we feel like we don’t have permission to change? In You Are Not Stuck, Becky argues that when we feel paralyzed by our fears, the answer isn’t just courage—it’s choice. She writes, “Choice starts with acknowledging that the life you’re living does not line up with the life you want … We all have choices, we just need to be brave enough to make them.” Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Have you heard of Tommy Rosen and The Recovery 2.0 approach to holistic healing from addiction to alcohol and drugs? If not, you’re in for a treat. Tommy Rosen is the founder of Recovery 2.0 and works to help people build powerful, sustainable lives in which they thrive, not just survive, in sobriety. Anyone can fall victim to addiction, whether it be to alcohol, drugs, food, people, money, sex or technology. Tommy sees addiction as “any behavior you continue to do, despite the fact that it brings negative consequences into your life." During our conversations, Tommy shares his own past struggles with addiction and the powerful insights that helped him to identify and break free from the obstacles that stand in the way of recovery. Tommy truly sees substance-free life and recovery as an upgrade from the way we’re living in the drinking cycle. Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

How do you navigate life as a sober mom when the alcohol industry has spent millions of marketing dollars to embed the “mommy needs wine” message firmly in our culture? How do you talk to other moms about your decision to take a break from drinking and see what it’s like to be a sober mom? Motherhood without alcohol can feel like a foreign concept for many of us. We’ve been convinced, through advertising, marketing, social media and each other, that drinking is our well earned reward for the hard work of motherhood. It's time to retire the Wine Mom cliché. It's a stereotype that's trite, insulting and minimizes the genuine difficulties of motherhood. It's insulting, trite and actually dangerous. Sober moms are stepping outside the box, modeling healthy coping mechanisms for their kids and prioritizing their own mental and physical health rather than checking out in the evenings with a substance that actually increases anxiety and depression. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/147 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

“Maybe you should reevaluate your relationship with alcohol”. That’s what my mother said to me when I was 23 after I told her I had spent a very long night on my bathroom floor throwing up bile. She might have said it again when I was 25 and jumped off the stage at my sister’s wedding, tripped and slid across the dance floor on my knees in my maid of honor dress. And possibly for a third time when I shared that I had thrown up (on myself) in a taxi on a business trip at the age of 29. Oh, and a business colleague of mine was also in the cab..at 8am...on a Wednesday. Mom was right. I definitely needed to examine my relationship with alcohol. But at the time there wasn't a framework to do that if your relationship with alcohol was problematic but you didn’t identify as an “alcoholic” and had no interest in abstinence-based 12-step programs. Luckily, the world has changed a lot in the last 20 years. Amanda E. White, a licensed therapist and the creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen, is a big part of that change. Amanda developed a resource called Not Drinking Tonight: The Workbook to help therapists, coaches and individuals examine one’s relationship with alcohol by pivoting away from the question “Am I an alcoholic?” and instead consider “Would my life be better without alcohol?” I’m a big fan of Amanda’s work and have interviewed her twice before on The Hello Someday Podcast. In episode #91 we talked about her first book, Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love, and tools to heal your relationship with alcohol, boundaries, self care, self compassion, and so much more. And in episode 130, we talked about therapy for women and why women seek out therapy for support, the most important factors in determining positive outcomes for therapy, red flags to watch for if a therapist isn't the right fit for you, and why women often are not taught the foundational skills, they need to process difficult emotions. Amanda is here to share how to examine your relationship with alcohol and decide if it’s working for you or if you’re ready to take a break from drinking. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/148 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Mother’s feel that they’re not doing enough in the workplace when they leave the office to pick up the kids from childcare, when they try to get to a sports game, or when they have to block off time for a child’s dentist or doctor appointment. And mother’s feel guilty that they’re not spending “enough” time with their children. Or volunteering at school. Or going on field trips. Or making homemade cookies. Or whatever else the perfect Pinterest mom would do. It’s no wonder we drink. It’s often the only reminder of a time before kids, when life was less stressful and busy, that we can tap into while multitasking at home, or while working at night, or while playing Candyland or Legos. The problem is that working women think that drinking helps them cope with life, but it actually makes work and motherhood harder. Drinking doesn’t help working moms cope with life. We don’t need wine. We need flexibility as to when they arrive at the office, help from partners for the morning routine with kids, a supportive boss that encourages them to attend their child’s events, and a team atmosphere where colleagues can take up some of the workload at critical times. It’s easy to get into the habit of drinking as a working mom. I drank a bottle of wine, most nights of the week, for years as I climbed the corporate ladder. And so did my guest today, Heather Lowe. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/149 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Are you ready to have an amazing sober vacation? Here are the 10 tips you need to do to plan your next alcohol-free trip and enjoy sober travel, even if you’ve never done it before. I know it’s possible that every trip you’ve taken since college has featured cocktails on the beach, wine tasting tours or boozy pubs, but I promise you that you’re going to love sober travel. I asked Margaret Ward, owner of Alcohol Free Adventure Retreats, an alcohol free travel company for women to join me to share our tips and strategies that will help you plan and enjoy sober vacations, survive airports, business trips and visits with the in-laws without diving into a bottle of wine. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/150 Ready to drink less + live more? Get my step-by-step sober coaching framework in The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course, designed for busy women. The Sobriety Starter Kit will give you a new approach and help you change your relationship with alcohol in a positive and empowering way. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab my Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Getting through sobriety can be one of the most difficult and rewarding experiences of your life and Laura McKowen, founder of The Luckiest Club, an international sobriety support community and best-selling author of We Are The Luckiest, The Surprising Magic Of A Sober Life is here to help us through the process. In Laura’s new book, Push Off From Here - The 9 Essential Truths To Get You Through Sobriety she shares how to get through sobriety in a modern exploration of addiction, sharing practical advice for achieving sobriety and living a fulfilling life in recovery. Laura will help you see the drinking culture we live in, and why so many of us struggle with drinking “responsibly”, in a new light. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/151 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've ever talked with a doctor about trouble sleeping, you may have been prescribed Ambien, one of the most popular insomnia medications. But most people prescribed Ambien are not aware of the addiction risk that comes with long-term use. In this powerful episode, we dive into Laura Cathcart Robbins' moving memoir, Stash, in which Laura shares her personal story of addiction to Ambien and alcohol and the lengths she went to in order to hide it from those around her, from stockpiling pills to meticulously scheduling withdrawals between PTA meetings, baby showers and tennis matches. For full shownotes and access to resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/152 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s dive into a hotly debated topic: Is moderate drinking good for your health? If you google this question you’ll likely find articles with titles like “surprising ways alcohol is good for you” with outdated information based on flawed studies that imply there are both health benefits and risks to drinking, or that it’s an open question if moderate drinking is good for your health. Here’s the truth: there are no health benefits to drinking and it’s not an open question if moderate drinking is good for your health. In this episode, we'll explore the research on moderate drinking and its health risks, the science behind these risks and why they are often overlooked or misunderstood by the general public. If you're currently trying to quit drinking or are considering making a change, this episode will provide you with valuable insights and information to help you make an informed decision about your health and wellness. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/153 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do so many self-described perfectionists, bright, ambitious and hardworking women, feel like something is wrong with them? Why are women taught that perfectionism is a flaw to be managed? Why are perfectionists so hard on themselves? And how can ambitious achievers, striving towards the ideal, find peace and self-compassion while continuing to embrace their perfectionism? I wanted to dive into all these questions with my guest today, Katherine Morgan Schafler, because I both identify as a perfectionist and work with a lot of perfectionists: high-achieving, successful women who use alcohol as a way to disconnect from the anxiety and overwhelm of their lives. Katherine’s a psychotherapist, speaker, author of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control and former on-site therapist at Google who has worked with legions of self-described perfectionists. In this episode, we dive into all things women and perfectionism. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/154 Ready to drink less + live more? If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 years ago, when I was first questioning my relationship with alcohol and trying to stop drinking, I discovered The Bubble Hour Sobriety Podcast. On The Bubble Hour I heard real people, telling real stories about addiction and recovery. When I was first trying to get a handle on my nightly bottle of wine drinking habit, I didn’t know a single person who was sober. All of my friends drank, my husband drank, and I had so many fears about what people would think if I stopped drinking, what my life would be like and how I would relax, socialize and celebrate without alcohol. On The Bubble Hour sobriety podcast I found hope in the stories of women like me. Over the last 10 years the Bubble Hour released over 300 episodes about addiction and recovery from drinking and was downloaded 4.2 million times. And today my guest is the host of The Bubble Hour Podcast, Jean McCarthy. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/155 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Get the guide on how to join my favorite Sober Facebook Group for women quitting drinking, The Booze Free Brigade (BFB). Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've ever wondered whether alcohol helps you sleep, why you wake up in the middle of the night after drinking or how much alcohol messes up your sleep, this episode is for you. Some people believe that drinking helps them go to sleep. Since alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, it causes brain activity to slow down which can feel relaxing. But while alcohol may make you feel sleepy initially, it wreaks havoc on your sleep for the rest of the night. Drinking decreases the amount of time spent in deep sleep, which is the most restorative phase of the sleep cycle, and increases the frequency of awakenings during the night. Alcohol can also exacerbate or cause sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, and interfere with the body's natural production of hormones and neurotransmitters that regulate sleep and wakefulness. If you drink nightly or even drink just a few nights a week, you probably have not had a good night of sleep in years. For full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/156 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Get the guide on how to join my favorite Sober Facebook Group for women quitting drinking, The Booze Free Brigade (BFB). Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parenting young children can be wonderful, fulfilling, frustrating and exhausting. People will tell you “the days are long but the years are short”, but when you’ve got a toddler melting down at the end of the day it’s easy to want to escape by opening a bottle of wine. Wine mom culture exists because being a mom is hard. For a lot of us pouring a big glass of wine is the “easy button” to numb out from overwhelming situations and responsibilities. I got into the habit of drinking to reward myself for getting through the day, to transition from work to home and to shut down once the kids go to bed before doing it all again. But since alcohol is easy to get, highly addictive and embedded in our culture it’s not difficult for a glass of wine to turn into a bottle. Parenting is hard, but alcohol isn’t the answer. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/157 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you stop drinking, recovering from drinking and thinking about drinking you might find yourself with an unsettling amount of spare time in your (usually) busy schedule. This is the perfect time to create new healthy habits to support your recovery. Today Sober Coach Casey McGuire Davidson and Yoga Teacher and Sobriety Podcast Host Ash Butterss share 6 healthy habits that will strengthen your recovery, help you process your emotions and navigate life without alcohol, improve your physical and mental health and reduce the risk of relapse. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/158 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you’re ready to stop drinking it’s important to learn not only how to quit alcohol but also how to sustain an alcohol-free lifestyle over the long term. Because many of us drink to relieve feelings of discomfort, social anxiety or self-consciousness, the work to quit alcohol requires understanding the uncomfortable feelings that drive us to seek self-soothing through alcohol. Because drinking helps to numb emotions it’s often what we want, but it’s not what we need. If you’re ready to quit alcohol, understand the psychological and emotional factors that drive you to drink and develop healthy coping strategies to live a more peaceful and meaningful life, this episode is for you. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/159 Ready to drink less + live more? Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we explore the topic of how to identify your personal core values and use them to reinforce your decision to live an alcohol-free life in a positive and meaningful way that sustains your sobriety over the long-term. Core values are fundamental beliefs that can guide our behavior and decision-making in life. They serve as a compass, giving us direction and helping us to prioritize what is truly important and meaningful in our lives. Once you know your own personal core values you can use them to evaluate how you’re spending your time, money and energy as well as using them to make decisions. For example, you can ask yourself “Does this move, job, habit, behavior, connection or decision bring me closer to my values or take me further away?” Identifying your core values is important personal development work to do when you decide to stop drinking. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/160 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re sober curious, worried about your drinking or want to take a break from alcohol this episode is for you. I’m going to share my story of drinking, why I stopped drinking when I turned 40 years old and what my life has been like since I went alcohol-free seven years ago. For years quitting drinking was my absolute worst-case scenario and it’s turned out to be the best decision of my life. Your life doesn’t end when you stop drinking. It’s actually the start of a beautiful new beginning. If you're curious about my journey and how I made the decision to quit, tune in to this episode. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/161 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you craving sugar in early sobriety? If you are, you’re not alone. When I first stopped drinking I kept Peanut M&Ms in my bag so I could grab them if I really wanted to drink. It’s normal to crave sugar in early sobriety for the simple reason that alcohol contains a lot of sugar. Your body has gotten used to the regular influx of sugar from drinking. There are a lot of (very real) reasons your body is seeking sugar when you remove alcohol. Hunger is a huge trigger to drink and going on a diet or health kick at the same time that you’re quitting drinking is the most common way women self-sabotage their efforts to be alcohol-free. So I asked an expert to help me break down both why we crave sugar in early sobriety and how to optimize nutrition when you quit drinking alcohol to help boost your mood and energy. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/162 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you are very lucky you’ll connect with someone further along in sobriety who takes the time to show you the way. For me that person was Dawn Nickel, the founder of She Recovers, long before it had grown into the powerful recovery movement it is today. Ten years ago, when I was 20 days alcohol-free for the first time, I shared in a group that I was nervous about going to Victoria BC for a long weekend with my husband and 5 year old son. I couldn’t imagine going out to dinner and being on vacation and not drinking. Dawn saw my post and reached out to me. She invited me to coffee in Victoria, picked me up at my hotel and took me to a beautiful beach to talk. Since that day she’s been a touchstone on my alcohol-free journey. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/163 How I can help you drink less + live more Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you wondering why you should rethink your drinking, even if you're not "that bad"? Maybe you're sober curious or concerned about your relationship with alcohol, even if you don't consider yourself to have a "serious problem." Perhaps you find yourself in the "gray area" of drinking, where your consumption doesn't appear problematic to others, and you haven't faced external consequences, but deep down, you know it's holding you back and keeping you stuck. Or maybe you're simply tired of those dreaded hangovers, 3 am wake-ups, or not remembering the end of some nights. If you're contemplating whether an alcohol-free lifestyle could be better than your current situation, this episode is perfect for you. Today, I’m chatting with special guests Sharon Hartley and Ben Anderson, the hosts of the Over The Influence alcohol-free podcast. Sharon and Ben both live alcohol-free and enthusiastically advocate for the joys of sobriety because giving up alcohol has completely transformed their lives. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/164 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're ready to take control of your relationship with alcohol and embrace positive change, exploring a motivational psychology approach can be a game-changer. Motivational psychology can help you change your drinking habits by giving you a framework to understand the driving forces behind your drinking behavior, overcome challenges, and cultivate a positive mindset. Changing your relationship with alcohol is hard for so many reasons. You’re breaking long-standing habits, social rituals, go-to coping mechanisms and navigating daily cravings and temptations. But by identifying your causes of stress, self-doubt and negative thought patterns, you get to overcome them and stay committed to your goals to live a healthier and happier life. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/165 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know some of the most common questions googled in early sobriety are related to how to improve your energy and mood and manage fatigue and irritability? It’s true. Here’s a sample of what people are asking as they stop drinking… How do you get energy in recovery? How can I be happy in sobriety? Why am I so tired now that I'm sober? Is it normal to feel depressed in early sobriety? How do you deal with anxiety in early sobriety? What are the hardest weeks of sobriety? Does giving up alcohol make you tired? What happens in the first few weeks of sobriety? Early sobriety fatigue and irritability are real. But there are ways to help your body heal through nutrition for recovery. Changing what you eat can improve your mood, give you more energy and help you feel better, more quickly when you stop drinking. I asked Dr. Brooke Scheller, a nationally recognized health expert and founder of Functional Sobriety, to share the principles of nutrition for recovery and how simple changes in what you eat can improve your mood, give you more energy and help your body heal more quickly when you stop drinking. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/166 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome from alcohol and why is it important for you to understand it if you’re quitting drinking? PAWS or Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome, refers to a series of symptoms that can arise after quitting alcohol and after you successfully navigate your first few weeks of sobriety. Think of it as a secondary phase of withdrawal from alcohol, which can hit a few weeks or months into recovery, or even further along. There’s a lot of misinformation out there in the sober community about what exactly Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome is, when it happens, how long it takes for PAWS to go away, what are the symptoms you might experience or how do you know if you have PAWS. So today we’re going to clear that all up. Gillian Tietz, the sober scientist behind the Sober Powered podcast is here to help me unravel the mystery of PAWS. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/167 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready for an awesome Dry July and incredible sober summer? I’m betting you probably have a ton of drinking memories, rituals and events tied to the summer season. I know I did. It might be beer at ballgames or camping, drinks out on a boat or hanging out at BBQs with friends. Maybe you love dive bars on road trips or European vacations with the wine flowing. But right now I’m going to help you do something new, energizing and exciting: you’re going to rock Dry July and experience an amazing sober summer! To help you get started I’m sharing my best sober coaching tips, tricks and resources to help you navigate the summer season alcohol-free For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/168 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you know if your relationship with alcohol falls into the category of being a “gray area drinker”? That muddy space existing between the two extremes of being able to ‘take or leave’ alcohol and becoming increasingly dependent on it in a problematic way? Before Gray Area Drinking was even a term I spent years debating if I was just a “red wine girl” who drank socially like most of my friends or if I had a serious problem with alcohol that I needed to control. It was a confusing place to be because not only did I love to drink but I also had a successful career, a happy family, friends who drank with me, no significant negative consequences from my drinking and no one telling me I should stop drinking. Many women find themselves in this ambiguous space where the line between social drinking and dependency becomes blurry. So if you’re unsure if your relationship with alcohol is healthy or problematic, or if you’re wondering if your drinking falls into the gray area, this episode is for you. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/169 Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sobriety can be a serious subject but it doesn’t always have to be. And I love to find real people talking about their drinking and sober journey with humor and honesty. One of my favorite podcasts to listen to to get a dose of relatable, engaging and seriously funny discussions of life on the sober side is Seltzer Squad with Kate Zander and her and former co-host Jes. So I invited Kate Zander from Seltzer Squad to have a real conversation about getting sober in the city and what happens once you decide to move off the barstool. If you’re looking for an engaging, relatable and funny conversation about sobriety this one’s for you. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/170 Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s something that I get asked about often but don’t talk about much: why I don’t use the term “alcoholic” to describe myself or anyone else. It’s funny because as a sober coach, the host of a popular sobriety podcast and a person who has been immersed in the world of addiction and recovery for the last 10 years, I should be the poster girl for being comfortable using the terms alcoholic and alcoholism. I have spent hundreds of hours talking about women and drinking, alcohol and our society, addiction and different paths to recovery. I’ve attended sober retreats, recovery conferences, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and have participated in all kinds of online groups and in person gatherings of people going alcohol-free. I also have many friends in the recovery space who use the term alcoholic to describe themselves proudly. To access full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head over www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/171 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you trying to do it all and losing yourself in the process? I know what that’s like. When I was drinking I was completely overwhelmed by my schedule and responsibilities and saw drinking as my one reward. I felt like I was barely holding it together each day with the demands of my career and my family, paying the bills and the mortgage, trying to maintain friendships and a strong marriage, along with the doctor’s appointments, camp schedules, figuring out what’s for dinner and all the rest. If your life feels like mine did, it’s no wonder we reach for the bottle of wine to try to smooth out the edges at the end of the day. Once I put down the wine glass I was able to finally see clearly that my love affair with drinking was making me more anxious and less able to manage my responsibilities. So today I want to give you the tools (and the permission) to stop doing all the things and start doing the right things. My guest is Melissa Leon, a mom who climbed the corporate ladder with three young kids and was drinking too much to escape it all, until she decided to stop. For full shownotes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/172 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered why you drink what you drink? Why is red wine best paired with steak and white wine the right choice in warm weather? Why is champagne the appropriate choice for weddings and beer is best for a ballgame? What does it mean about you if you order a cosmopolitan vs. a gin and tonic at a bar and why are there entire articles written about what a woman’s drink says about her? So many of our cultural beliefs about alcohol have been driven by the alcohol industry. Alcohol companies target women to affect our beliefs and choices through sophisticated marketing, influencer campaigns and precise social media placements. The wine, beer and spirits industry spends big bucks and a lot of time and energy to understand, reach and influence what we drink, how often we drink and our preferences for different types of alcohol. Companies pay for focus groups, influencer placements and brand sponsorships to drive our beliefs about what drinking does for us (and what it means about us) so that we will increase our consumption of a highly addictive substance. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/173 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once you’ve gotten a period of time alcohol-free, how do you protect your sobriety and avoid relapse? It’s a question I get all the time from my sober coaching clients and one I have personal experience navigating, both successfully and unsuccessfully. I know from personal experience and from working with hundreds of women in private coaching that coming back to sobriety after a relapse is not easy or guaranteed, so I want to give you the tools to prevent a relapse before it happens and to make it easier to get sober momentum again if you do start drinking. And so I asked Angela Pugh, a master life coach with 15 years working in addiction and recovery as an interventionist and trainer and the host of the Addiction Unlimited Podcast to explore the three stages of relapse: emotional, mental and physical, how to recognize each and how to utilize new coping skills to stay on the alcohol-free path instead of going back to drinking. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/174 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I first tried to stop drinking I couldn’t get much more than 4 days alcohol-free, so the idea of 90 days of sobriety seemed impossible. Looking back I now realize that part of why staying sober for 90 days felt so hard was that the first week was miserable and I had no idea what to expect for the next 3 months. So I want you to have the information I didn’t have when I was in the drinking cycle. I asked Courtney Andersen, a Sober Coach, Podcast Host, and Author of Sober Vibes, A Guide To Your First 3 Months Without Alcohol to help me break down exactly what to expect in your first 90 days of sobriety. For full shownotes and access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/175 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you caught in the relentless whirlwind of life, desperately seeking the off-switch for that ever-churning mental engine? In this podcast episode, we're peeling back the layers of burnout with the incredible Dr. Sharon Grossman. Dr. Grossman unveils the root causes and the early signs of burnout: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased productivity. She guides us through the stress burnout continuum, helping us recognize the signs of burnout and offering strategies to address it before it becomes overwhelming. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/176 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-care is critical for setting you up for success in early sobriety. If you’re like most women who drink to reward yourself at the end of the day you’ve probably been going through life over-scheduling yourself, putting your head down to get through your endless to-do list, feeling like there’s never enough time in the day. You’re likely overwhelmed, overworked and overtired. And if you continue to feel that way you’re going to do what you’ve always done: drink to check out and tolerate your life and your schedule. For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/177 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the image that comes to mind when you hear the phrase “wine mom”? In popular culture she’s portrayed as a woman with small children, barely getting through the day and reaching for a glass of wine at night to ease the stress of parenthood. Or maybe she’s a soccer mom with a tumbler of wine on the sidelines or escaping the kids for the night at a book club meeting with girlfriends and lots and lots of wine. The idea that being a modern mom means you are “surviving motherhood one glass of wine at a time” is everywhere. As a mother, I know firsthand the immense pressures that come with the territory of parenting. From managing the household to juggling kids' schedules and addressing their emotional needs, the mental load of motherhood can often feel overwhelming. The truth is that moms need support for the physical and emotional labor of parenting, not an unhealthy coping mechanism of downing an addictive substance. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you handle an endless number of meetings in a single day and the pressure to constantly do more? Do you feel like you’re always behind, overworked and undervalued? What if you wake up everyday to head into a workplace that feels toxic and untenable but blame yourself for not handling it all with grace and ease? If you’re a high-achieving woman with an ambitious career, the pressures of corporate life can make it easy to buy into the idea that alcohol will help you cope. It's a story that resonates with many of us who have walked the tightrope between success and self-destruction, building a career while also struggling with drinking, thinking about drinking and recovering from drinking. In her book Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career, my friend Kristi Coulter details her experience working at Amazon.com for 12 years. She writes about the challenge and excitement along with seven-day workweeks, burnout and a culture driven largely by fear. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Let’s grab a drink” is a pretty standard invitation for a first date and in my drinking days almost every date with my husband involved a bottle of wine. So when you stop drinking it’s normal to wonder how sober sex, dating and relationships are going to work without alcohol as a social lubricant. The good news is that there are a lot of benefits to dry dating. When you take alcohol out of the equation you can be more present, evaluate if the person you’re with is a good match or if there are red flags you missed when you were drinking, connect with your partner more deeply, remember everything clearly and even have more satisfying sex sober. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sober October is the perfect time to take a break from drinking so you can look and feel your best going into the holidays. And I got some of my favorite sobriety podcasters together to talk about all things Sober October and share what helped us most in our first month alcohol-free. Join me, Suzanne Wayre from The Sober Mom Life, Amanda E. White from Therapy For Women, author of Not Drinking Tonight and host of the Recovered-ish Podcast, and Gill Tietz from Sober Powered for the Sober October kick-off you need to jump-start an alcohol-free life. If you’re looking for a fun conversation with helpful advice and a lot of laughs this is the one for you. We’ll give you the tips and tricks you need to rock Sober October but also dive into what therapists do when they don’t believe what you’re saying, what happened in our early attempts to take a 30-day break from alcohol, and the embarrassing stories that probably should not be shared on a podcast. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You don’t need to have a drinking problem for alcohol to keep you from breaking through to your best life. Sometimes, without even being aware of it, we’ve allowed alcohol to steal our time and energy, cloud our clarity, fuel self-doubt, reduce motivation and alter our brains and bodies. Our lives have been dulled by booze. I asked Amanda Kuda, author of the book Unbottled Potential: Break Up With Alcohol And Break Through To Your Best Life to talk with me about how alcohol keeps us stuck in “good enough”. Before she stopped drinking Amanda’s life looked really good from the outside. She was young, healthy, single and attractive with a successful career and an active social life. But she describes her life as “a shallow, repetitive merry go round of ladder climbing and elbow rubbing that was sold as “the dream”.” When she stepped back she saw that most of her friendships lacked depth, her romantic life was unfulfilling, she was working for someone else’s dream and her life was devoid of the spiritual connection she craved. What started as a 30 day break from alcohol became a transformational experience as Amanda committed the time, money and energy she had previously spent on partying to her own personal, emotional and spiritual development. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What you don’t know about breast cancer and alcohol can hurt you. Most Americans believe that “moderate” drinking (think 1 drink a day for women or 7 drinks a week) is “safe”, and many Americans believe that red wine is good for you. While most people know that you shouldn’t drink and drive or drink while pregnant, a recent study found that only 34% of the general population knew that alcohol is a risk factor for cancer. Compare that to the 78% of Americans who correctly state that smoking tobacco is a risk factor for cancer and the 66% who state that major sun exposure is a cancer risk factor. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month I sat down with Stacey Devine, MD, a triple board-certified physician in family, integrative and lifestyle medicine who has worked with many breast cancer survivors in her private practice and understands the impact of their treatments on their physical and emotional health. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re an introvert it's likely you’ve used alcohol in social situations to ease anxiety, be more outgoing and cope with large gatherings. So what do you do when you stop drinking? Most introverts gain energy from solitude and quiet and enjoy interacting one on one or with smaller groups. Parties and lots of social interactions can feel draining for introverts, and it’s common to use “liquid courage” to feel more at ease in uncomfortable social situations. If you’re an introvert socializing in a world without alcohol it can be challenging to figure out how to attend parties and business functions, spend time with extended family and interact with other parents at sports games without feeling completely drained or socially awkward. So I asked my friend Meredith Hackwith Edwards, host of the podcast Meredith for Real: The Curious Introvert, to share her tips for surviving and thriving as an introvert in a world that can feel made for extroverts. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What should you expect to feel and do and experience in your first year of sobriety? You’ve probably heard that the first 30 days sober are the absolute hardest and that hitting the one year milestone is big and important, but what comes in between? Your first year sober can be a complex, emotional rollercoaster. You'll feel immense pride and joy and also uncertainty and vulnerability. It’s beautiful and hard, tender and transformative. And it can be really helpful to know what to expect in your first year, from people who have been there before you. I asked my friend Lori Massicot, midlife sobriety coach and host of the To 50 And Beyond Podcast, to join me in talking about our own experiences and memories of our first year of sobriety. We dive into what we thought, felt and did between the last day we drank, the big 30, 60 and 90-day sober milestones, how we felt at 6 months alcohol-free and what we did to celebrate hitting one year of sobriety and our first “soberversary” (yes…that’s a thing!) 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you feel lonely in your marriage? If you're a high-achieving woman, you're not alone. If you're a high-achieving woman, you're not alone. Many women who are kicking ass at work and home are also lonely and struggling to connect in their marriages. Maybe you're busy, overwhelmed and have gotten into the habit of putting family and work ahead of your own needs. You might feel guilty when you're at work, guilty when you're at home and try to avoid conflict (or intimacy) with your partner because you can't handle one more thing. And it's possible you're pouring yourself a big glass of wine to get through it all. This struggle real, so I joined forces with Veronica Cisneros, a licensed marriage and family therapist, to talk about why high-achieving women have a hard time connecting in their marriages. In our conversation Veronica and I dive into the challenges faced by women who are trying to do it all, relationship patterns that can develop, and how those are amplified when we get into the habit of drinking at the end of the day. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re taking a break from drinking or quitting alcohol completely, how do you navigate friendships in sobriety that were created on barstools and cemented in boozy book clubs? Most women I know have a lot of fears around how their friendships and social groups might change when they stop drinking. And that makes sense when all your friends drink or your partner is your drinking buddy. Maybe you go on annual trips with a big group of friends where the booze is flowing all weekend or the dinner table is filled with wine bottles when you get together with your girlfriends. Maybe your entire family drinks and holidays are filled with endless toasts and cocktail hours. When you think of stopping drinking it’s normal to wonder what will happen to your friendships and your social life. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today my 9 year old daughter, Lila, is joining me on the podcast to chat about how I talk to my kids about alcohol, why I quit drinking and what she thinks about her mom being a sober coach (and a podcaster!) A lot of women in early sobriety wonder how to discuss their drinking or not drinking with their kids, and of course every family is different. But since I get asked this question a lot I decided to ask my daughter to chat with me about it. ​As we talk you’ll hear from Lila that she… ​ ✅ Knows that mom used to drink a lot and stopped and that dad still drinks a bit and both are OK ✅ Is aware that when mom was drinking she woke up at 3am and was anxious and sometimes it made her throw up because alcohol is poison to your body ✅ Understands that alcohol is addictive and how that works (using a metaphor that makes sense to her) ✅ Knows that sober milestones are a big deal and a “Soberversary” is something to celebrate ✅ Thinks it’s cool that I help women stop drinking ​Lila also shares that she thinks I can seriously up my TikTok and YouTube game, her take on the patriarchy, women getting paid less than men, Taylor Swift, diet culture + a whole lot more. 😊 I hope you enjoy this one. It was pretty special to record with my girl! 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Happiest Season Of All" can be a big challenge to navigate alcohol-free, especially in early sobriety. But with the right strategies you can cope with holiday season anxiety and family stress without drinking over it. Let's be real, facing the holidays with your family without a drink in hand can be awkward. Maybe you're used to drinking to celebrate or to cope with loneliness. You might use alcohol to push through a packed social schedule or navigate family gatherings. Anyway you look at it, there's a reason that getting through the holidays alcohol-free can be challenging. But it can be done and you’ll find that being fully present, without adding a substance that increases anxiety and depression during the holidays can be wonderful. So I asked Dr. Aaron Weiner, PhD, a board certified psychologist and an addiction specialist, for guidance on how to move through holiday season anxiety and family stress without throwing away your sober momentum. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feeling anxious and uncertain about how to stay sober during the holidays? You’re not alone, especially if it's your first holiday season alcohol-free. It's completely normal to feel out of place and crave a drink during those holiday parties and family gatherings. You’re probably used to toasting the New Year with a glass of champagne or sipping red wine around the Christmas fire. For a long time I knew that I should stop drinking but couldn’t imagine office holiday parties, family celebrations and New Year’s Eve alcohol-free. The truth is that my first holiday season wasn’t easy, but it was good. After years of regretting drinking too much at big events it was lovely to remember all of New Year’s Eve, wake up on Christmas morning without a hangover and replace guilt and regret with peace and pride. To help you navigate the boozy holiday season alcohol-free, I gathered a trio of experts: Gill Tietz, host of the Sober Powered podcast, Veronica Valli, author and host of the Soberful podcast, and Paul Churchill host of the Recovery Elevator podcast. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re in your first year of sobriety you might not know how to ask your family and friends to support you during the holiday season. But whether or not you realize it, getting help and support from the people around you to navigate the holidays alcohol-free can be incredibly useful and will help you navigate drinking events with more ease and less stress. If you’re on the alcohol-free path, staying sober during the holidays can be a delicate dance between embracing the festive spirit and safeguarding your commitment to sobriety. So I asked health and wellness coach Elizabeth “Bizzy” Chance to share all the ways your family and friends support you on your alcohol-free path during the holidays. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I was drinking I was the furthest thing from mentally strong and resilient. I went through most days feeling like I could barely cope with life. Between the 3 AM wakeups, hangovers, promising myself that I would not drink and then buying a bottle of wine during the witching hour, I felt defeated, tired, defensive and overwhelmed on a daily basis. The work of shifting away from that negative mindset to become mentally strong in sobriety is key to helping you create a life you love without alcohol. In order to help you do that I asked Amy Morin, therapist and bestselling author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do and 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do, to share her research and work on how to become mentally strong in sobriety. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve ever tried to stop drinking or take a longer break from alcohol you know how hard it can be to put together 2 weeks or 30 days or 4 months of sobriety. Sober momentum is precious and often difficult to get. So when you have a foothold in alcohol-free life, how do you keep your sober motivation going strong? The fear of losing steam, falling off the wagon or becoming unmotivated to stay on the sober path is real. So let’s talk about the very best strategies to keep your sober motivation high. Brad McLeod, the creator of the incredibly popular Sober Motivation Instagram account and host of the Sober Motivation Podcast joined me to talk about where to find inspiration and motivation to stay on the sobriety path. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the best New Year’s Resolution for your health? Take a break from drinking! Taking a break from drinking, whether for Dry January, a 100-day no-alcohol challenge or giving up alcohol completely, is one of the best New Year's Resolutions you can make to improve your overall health and wellbeing. And taking a break from drinking is one of the most popular health and wellness New Year’s Resolutions. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dry January is in the news as more adults are signing up to take part in the annual challenge to go 31 days with no alcohol. What began in 2013 as a public health campaign from Alcohol Change UK with the goal of encouraging people to take a break from alcohol so they could ditch hangovers, reduce their waistlines and save some serious money has become a global movement. In fact, 15-20% of American adults participated in Dry January in recent years, led by Generation Z and Millenials. But now that Dry January has become a popular health trend covered in the media and all over social networks, even Gen Xers and Baby Boomers are jumping on board. In this episode, I’m partnering with 4 of my favorite sobriety coaches and podcasters to give you all the tips and tricks to do Dry January right! Gill Tietz from The Sober Powered Podcast, Suzanne Wayre from Sober Mom Life Podcast, Michaela Horvathova & Erinn O’Neill from 2 Sober Girls podcast and I got together to share our best advice for surviving and thriving during your dry challenge. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you a blackout drinker? Because I was. I’ve probably forgotten more of the “big nights” of my 20s and 30s than I remember. Actually, it’s not that I forgot them, it’s that I drank enough alcohol that my brain didn’t record any memories of large chunks of those nights. I’ve blacked out on business trips, at weddings and on holidays and have spent more time than I’d like to admit trying to piece together the events of the night before and having people tell me things I did and literally can’t remember. So, in early sobriety, when I came across Sarah Hepola's New York Times bestselling memoir, "Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget”, I couldn’t put it down. In Sarah’s book, I learned about blackouts, what they are and why they happen. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast episode is a deeply personal one because the work of my guest, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, both influenced my identity as a ‘fun mom’ who loved to drink and was an inspirational guide on my journey to sobriety. When I became a mom I fell in love with my son, and was also quickly overwhelmed by the physical and emotional work of taking care of a baby. I couldn’t believe how quickly my life changed and my independence and autonomy disappeared. I wondered if I would ever be able to relax and have fun again since my life was now dominated by work, running to day care, baby food, baths, bedtime and not much else. And I loved to drink. So when I discovered Stefanie’s funny books about motherhood with titles like Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay and Naptime Is the New Happy Hour I felt like I’d found my people. That morning, in the coffee shop, my son was 16 months old. It was 17 months after Naptime Is the New Happy Hour was published. I bought the paper and hid it away. Today I got to thank Stefanie for her honesty, bravery and vulnerability, both in stopping drinking and being brave enough to talk about it. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I was in my 20s I bought into the idea that drinking in moderation was “good” for me. And why wouldn’t I? Red wine was being marketed as a “health” food. Articles and research being circulated claimed that drinking red wine would give me health benefits ranging from lowering bad cholesterol, regulating blood sugar, reducing my risk of cancer, keeping my brain sharp, my heart healthy, my body slim and that red wine could even treat the common cold! Don’t believe me? If you search “Is Red Wine Good For Me?”, this article will pop up just under one by Web MD: 10 Health Benefits Of Drinking Red Wine That Will Keep You Healthy. It’s full of sketchy science and claims that have been disproven in the last decade and was shared by…(wait for it)...a winery The truth is that alcohol is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance and has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer decades ago – this is the highest risk group, which also includes asbestos, radiation and tobacco. And now that an analysis of decades of research on alcohol’s negative effects on your brain and body have forced the news media to report that Moderate Drinking Has No Health Benefits it’s time to turn our attention to what actually can make our bodies healthier: nutrition. Here’s the headline you need to know Not only is embracing an alcohol-free lifestyle a positive health choice, but nutrition can help you reduce alcohol cravings and heal your body from damage caused by alcohol. I asked Dr. Brooke Scheller, author of "How to Eat to Change How You Drink," to dive into the science behind how nutritional choices can curb cravings to drink, heal your gut, improve your mood and support your journey to sobriety. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High-achieving women who struggle with alcohol are often smart, hard working and struggle with trusting in their own worth, instincts and decisions. If this is you, you’re probably extremely capable but live with insecurity, a healthy fear of failure and a loud inner-critic. You might look to your boss, partner, parents or friends for approval and validation of your work. You might have a hard time drawing boundaries or feel like you can never relax because you could be doing more. And you might drink to quiet the constant chatter in your mind. Before I stopped drinking I identified as a people-pleaser and an overachiever who lived with a somewhat constant fear of failure, a need for approval and a lot of self doubt. I started relying on wine to turn off my busy mind, let me relax and quiet my insecurities. But ironically, once I started drinking to cope it became even harder to trust my choices, feel confident and capable. I asked my friend Sara Dean, a business and leadership coach and the host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, to help us understand why women lose self-trust and how to get it back. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you tired of the endless cycle of attempting to moderate your drinking or take breaks from alcohol, only to have your resolve crumble by Friday night (or 6pm) and wake up the next morning asking yourself why you can’t drink like a “normal person”? You’re not alone. I tried to moderate my drinking for years. I made ALL the rules about when I would (or wouldn’t drink) to get a handle on it. And maybe it would work for a while, but never for very long. And I was miserable when I was doing it. If I’m being honest, I’ve never wanted “a” drink in my life. I’ve always wanted that fuzzy, buzzy feeling alcohol gave me and I kept drinking because I never wanted that feeling to end. I just didn’t have an off switch. I drank until the alcohol was gone or I “went to bed” (aka passed out). You don’t want to dive back into the drinking cycle again because once you start with “a” glass, it’s really easy to have that glass become a bottle. And then have that special occasion become a Tuesday night at home. And to have it be incredibly hard to get 2 weeks alcohol-free again. So I want to share with you the strategies I give my private sober coaching clients to help them put those thoughts of “moderation” on pause. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve reached 90 or 100 days of sobriety you might be wondering what to expect between 100 days alcohol-free and 6 months sober. Does sobriety get easier between the 3 month and 6 month mark? What are the challenges and triggers I should watch out for that might make me dive back into the drinking cycle? What are the good parts of sobriety I have to look forward to? As a sober coach I’ve worked privately with hundreds of women and helped them reach 6 months, one year, 2 years, 5 years alcohol-free and here is my advice on what to do to protect and enjoy your sobriety after you hit the 100 day milestone. In this podcast I break it all down, including​ 3 things to do when you hit 100 days alcohol-free to set you up for success in continued sobriety How to set your next goal for alcohol-free life and how to communicate it to the people around you The difference between two kinds of problems you’ll solve for on your sober journey: aftermath problems and underlying problems Why therapy can be helpful once you’re past 100 days alcohol-free My sobriety journey after 100 days and why it was messier than expected 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever found yourself reaching for a drink to shake off a feeling of overwhelm, stress, insecurity or imposter syndrome? I used to drink to feel less nervous the night before a big presentation, an interview or a performance review. I worried that I didn’t know enough, wasn’t well prepared enough or wouldn’t present confidently enough, so I thought a few glasses of wine would help me calm down and make those feelings disappear, even just for a little while. Impostor syndrome is surprisingly common among high achieving women. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a CEO, a lawyer, a teacher, graduate student or mom of little kids. Most women feel an immense pressure to excel in all areas of our lives and a healthy fear of failure. Maybe when you’re at work you feel like you’re not doing enough at home with your kids or in your relationship. And when you’re at home you feel like you’re falling behind in the office. And that’s only part of the way that women are made to feel like we’re not good enough or measuring up. Combine that with the fact that we feel like we have to look like we “have it all together” to be respected in the workplace, it’s no wonder so many of us want to dive into a bottle of wine to make it all go away at 6pm. I asked my friend Amy Liz Harrison, a life coach, recovery and mental health advocate, and the host of the Eternally Amy podcast to help me dive into the topic of imposter syndrome and how women are drinking to cope with self-doubt and anxiety in a world with endless pressures to do more and be better. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quitting drinking can be the lead domino to uplevel your life and explore a midlife makeover! I can say that now, but I know when you’re first considering sobriety it doesn’t feel like an opportunity. When I stopped drinking it was a last resort after years of trying to moderate and control my drinking. I started my 100 day no alcohol challenge because I felt physically and emotionally awful and I knew alcohol was a big part of the problem. And despite knowing that drinking made me anxious and depressed, I thought that life in sobriety would suck and I would be bored, isolated and lonely. Drinking had made my life smaller by crowding out other interests and activities I could have been exploring. Once you stop drinking and get through early sobriety you’ll find you have more time, money, energy and confidence. You’ll feel more present and creative. And that’s the perfect time for a midlife makeover. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Program, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me on Instagram. Or you can find me on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Love The Podcast and Want To Say Thanks? Buy me a coffee! In the true spirit of living in Seattle coffee is my love language. So if you want to support the hours that go into creating this show each week, click this link to buy me a coffee and I'll run to the nearest Starbucks + lift a Venti Almond Milk Latte and toast to you! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hellosomeday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever felt like you’re drinking for “medicinal purposes” to get through your monthly menstrual cycle and perimenopause symptoms? I’m 48 and the first time I had a hot flash I texted my girlfriends to ask “Oh my god, is this what a hot flash feels like? It sucks!” Perimenopause is sometimes described as a "reverse puberty" which is about as fun as it sounds, except unlike puberty, it can last up to 10 years! Between mood swings, cramps, hot flashes, headaches, brain fog, feeling physically uncomfortable, sad and unmotivated, hormonal changes in perimenopause can fuel your desire to drink. Mood swings are no joke. And the estrogen fluctuations that come with perimenopause can make your emotions all over the place. Hot flashes and night sweats can leave you feeling drained and tired. Our brains are going through some serious changes, too. Hormonal fluctuations can mess with our dopamine levels, making us crave alcohol more than usual. So if reaching for alcohol is your go-to coping mechanism, you’re in perimenopause or on your cycle and you want to drink to numb out, have compassion for yourself. But the solution is not to drink a toxic substance that can make your symptoms worse and further deplete your body. Bria Gadd, an integrative nutritionist and holistic health coach who hosts The Period Whisperer Podcast and specializes in female hormones, is here to talk about perimenopause and teach us how to navigate our monthly menstrual cycles without drinking to numb the symptoms. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re just starting out on the alcohol-free path it’s possible you are holding on to a negative image of what “sober life” looks like. Before I stopped drinking I thought sobriety would be boring, sad and lonely and those beliefs kept me stuck in the drinking cycle for a long time. I want to help you to replace those limiting beliefs and embrace sobriety as a power move. Sobriety can be the tool you use to live your best life as the most vibrant, capable and confident version of yourself. Brené Brown wrote in a piece titled, What Being Sober Has Meant to Me, that "sobriety isn’t a limitation. Sobriety isn’t even a “have to”—it’s a superpower". When you stop drinking you’ll have more mental clarity, emotional stability, health, happiness, freedom, money, energy and time. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raising a child with ADHD, Autism or neurodivergence can be mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting and alcohol can seem like an easy way to relax and turn off your brain at the end of the day. Neurodiversity encompasses a variety of conditions such as autism, ADHD, anxiety disorders, dyslexia, and more. Each condition presents its own unique set of challenges and strengths, impacting the experiences of both the kids and their parents. Dr. Emily King notes, “Most neurodivergent kids have really big feelings and sensitive nervous systems. They may be too overwhelmed to interact socially the way neurotypical children do. If you're the mother of a neurodivergent child it's like parenting on steroids. You have to be more consistent and on your game all the time and that can be completely draining.” There are also complex emotions parents feel when having a child diagnosed with neurodivergence. Combine the stress and responsibilities of parenting a neurodivergent kid with the fact that women, to a greater extent than men, tend to drink to cope with stress and negative feelings, and you have the perfect recipe for alcohol to become both a coping strategy and a problem for moms in this situation. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you love drinking like I did, I know it’s almost impossible to imagine that you could be happier sober. Before I stopped drinking I imagined that my life without alcohol would be lonely, boring and depressing. I thought that I would always want to drink, feel constantly deprived, that date nights with my husband would be less fun, parenting my kids would be more stressful and dinners out with colleagues would be awkward. I’m glad to tell you that I was dead wrong. I am happier sober than I ever was in my drinking days. So if you’re scared of an alcohol-free life, listen to this conversation with Madeline Forrest Campbell, host of the Happiest Sober Podcast. We will share with you all the reasons why you should jump into sobriety and get excited about what lies ahead for you, because it’s going to be good! 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you thought about taking a break from drinking but then decided that you’re “just not ready yet” to do it? Even if we know that alcohol is dragging us down, the idea of stopping drinking can be so daunting and scary)that we can stay in the drinking cycle for months or years longer than we need to. If you’re waiting for your life to get better so that you’ll be able to stop drinking, you might not realize that your life WILL get better WHEN you stop drinking. Beyond FOMO and using alcohol as a way to connect and relieve stress, a lot of us are not ready to stop drinking yet because we have no idea how to actually do it. So instead of stopping drinking, we decide to double down on being better at “moderating”, making more rules and guidelines for when or how or how much we’ll drink in an effort to keep alcohol in our lives but minimize the harm it causes. So, if you’re in the place of thinking that you’re “not ready yet to stop drinking”, we’re here to help! I asked Julie Dereshinsky, a certified professional coach who works with high-functioning, high-achieving women who are questioning their relationship with alcohol to help me dig into what you can do if you think that alcohol is dragging you down but you don’t feel ready to stop drinking. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever used alcohol as a coping mechanism to escape a dysfunctional relationship or unhealthy environment? You might be a victim of gaslighting if you’ve been told that you’re imagining things, too sensitive, dramatic, overreacting, forgetful, paranoid, confused, insecure or misinterpreting things. And if you’re drinking it’s easy for someone to say “you’re drunk, you don’t know what you’re talking about” or “you were drinking, you don’t remember what happened.” Without clear memories you’re more vulnerable to someone undermining your confidence, confusing and invalidating your experiences and emotions, establishing power and manipulating you. Gaslighting can make you doubt yourself and your memories. In a relationship you might notice that you’re frequently feeling confusion, doubt, guilt, isolation, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, anger or desperation. Alcohol can make it harder to cope with gaslighting in a number of ways. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever stopped drinking but then struggled to stay sober after a bit? You’re not alone. The best way to stay sober is to focus on building a life you love without alcohol. It’s about not only putting down the wine glass, but also shifting the way you’ve been living your life so that you no longer want to numb yourself at the end of the day. If you’ve been worried about your drinking for a while, have tried to moderate and made (and broken) all the rules about when and how much to drink and finally have sober momentum, it is something to celebrate and protect. Whether you’ve been sober for a month, 4 months, 6 months or a year, there are steps you should take to stay on the alcohol-free path, build a life you love and guard against going back to drinking. First let’s break down why women might go back to drinking after a period of sobriety. The four most common reasons women drink after a period of sobriety are boredom, stress, loneliness and hormonal changes before their period or in perimenopause. They’re also big reasons women have fallen into the drinking cycle in the first place. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve spent a bunch of years opening a bottle of wine to deal with stress and overwhelm, to celebrate or reward yourself for making it to the end of the week, it may feel awkward or hypocritical to talk with your kids about the risks of addiction to alcohol. But in a culture obsessed with booze, being able to help your kids understand the impact that alcohol and drugs can have on their lives and how to identify risks and behaviors that can lead to substance abuse and dependence is important - arguably even more important than all the hours we spend helping them with algebra homework and cheering them on at baseball and soccer games. I asked Jessica Lahey, author of The Addiction Inoculation, Raising Healthy Kids In A Culture Of Dependence to share what parents can do to help kids recognize their risk for alcohol addiction, spot signs of early abuse and navigate our boozy world without falling into the trap of substance use and dependence. It’s information I wish I had known when I started drinking and in looking at the risk factors for dependence it also gave me a new level of understanding of why alcohol was such a compelling drug in my life and compassion for myself for falling into the drinking cycle. 3 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are mindfulness practices part of your sober toolbox? If not, they should be. Mindfulness in sobriety can help you manage cravings, reduce stress and anxiety, regulate your emotions, increase self awareness, support your overall well-being, mental health and prevent relapse. I know those are big promises, so let’s break down what mindfulness is, how you practice it and apply it to your sobriety. So if you’re ready to dive into all things mindfulness in sobriety I asked my friend Deb Masner, host of the Alcohol Tipping Point podcast, to dive into what mindfulness is and how to use it to support your recovery and alcohol-free life. 4 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I describe myself as an ex-red wine girl and a recovering people-pleaser. And if you’re wondering how those two things are connected we’re going to dig into that because as you start to navigate sobriety, boundaries are going to be your very best friend. Have you fallen into a people-pleasing pattern? Maybe you’re an overachiever who takes care of everything and everyone. Maybe you’re the happy, agreeable girl who spends a lot of time “reading the room” to anticipate the emotions of others so you can put them at ease. Maybe you’re uncomfortable with conflict and would rather stuff down negative emotions than share them with the people in your life. Maybe you’re afraid to say no because you want people to like you. Maybe you’re terrified of disapproval so you’re anxious, self-critical and a perfectionist. Maybe you’re so busy meeting others’ expectations that you have trouble identifying your own wants, needs and feelings. Maybe you’re externally motivated, anxiously seeking the validation of your parents, teachers, boss, spouse, children or friends. It even sounds exhausting. And those ingrained patterns of behavior can make you want to drink to check out from overwhelm, resentment, sadness, loneliness, stress, irritation, unhappiness or feeling unappreciated. I asked my good friend Hailey Magee, a certified coach who helps people around the world break the people-pleasing pattern and master the art of self-advocacy and author of the book, Stop People Pleasing and Find Your Power to help me unpack people-pleasing, boundaries and why they matter in sobriety. 4 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices