Love Sober Podcast

In this week's episode we talk to sober sister and Empowerment Coach, Polly Jukes about her decision to go alcohol free and the journey of self-discovery that has unfolded since that key decision. She shares coaching tips and real life experience for coping in times of heightened anxiety.  Polly is an accredited life coach with lots of other qualifications, including NLP, Reiki and mBIT. She has overcome trauma and  adversity and says her choice to be alcohol-free has improved every aspect of her life Polly says' I am passionate about educating you that there is another way to think, feel and behave. So you can live the life you want by stepping into self-empowerment. Then you can wholeheartedly feel you are enough as this what everyone deserves regardless of their past or life experience.' Find out more about Polly at :  https://pollyjukes.com/   https://m.facebook.com/mindbodyconnects/   http://www.cardinhamfarmholidaycottages.com/   So grab a cuppa Love K & M xx   If you would like to support

In this episode we talk more about tools and practices to support sobriety, mental health and wellbeing during challenging times. Using our B.A.L.A.N.C.E.D.™ model we explore our ideas and practices for thriving and coping with challenges. These are dear to our heart and they have come from the gentle enquiry (or total freak out) of early sobriety as we suddenly think " What the F am I actually doing ???? and how the FFFF do I do it' They are backed up by our studies in The Science of Happiness, training as coaches, private study, the hive mind of the sober community and from walking the walk since we began our sober journeys 7 years ago.  Body: nutrition, somatics, physical exercise, caring for our physical selves. Awe: Practices that connect us to something greater- nature, community, the night sky, ritual or wonder.  Love: Ourselves, self care practice, self-compassion, compassion, loved ones, what we love.  Alignment: Works with our 'why' our values which tend to surface in sobriety as we can hear the

Episode 70. This week we talk anxiety in light of the current world situation and especially in relation to media panic. There is a real need to work together, look after each other, regulate our nervous systems and protect our sobriety when anxiety kicks off, so we unpick how we feel at the moment and what strategies we are employing to get through this uncertain time. So grab a cuppa, snuggle up and let's chat this one through, with love from us. K & M xx If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com https://www.lovesober.com/community-1 https://www.lovesober.com/courses https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/cart/index.asp?uid=1603813594565 #reasonstolovesober #lovesoberpodcast #lovesober #loveyourselfsober #sober #soberlife #hangoverfree #sobriety  #recoverycoach #sobermovement #sobercurious #alcoholfree #recovery #sherecovers  #sobercoach #greyareadrinking #grayareadrinking #mentalhealth #

This week Mandy is joined on the pod by Lisa and Alex from Sober Experiment. It was such a great chat, we discussed familys, life, drinking, trauma and the adverse childhood experiences that perhaps are behind why we numb out with alcohol and the power of really healing. We talk about their brilliant work within the workplace to invite the sober curious for a sober experiment and all the work they are doing. Including their event at Redemption on March 28th with guest speakers, Simon Chappel, Sober Dave, William Porter and Mandy https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sober-experiment-uk-tour-london-tickets-88427939347?aff=ebdssbeac sponsored by Vibe Drinks. Their friendship is a beautiful thing to witness, and there is nothing better than listening to people's stories, being in awe of their bravery, spirit and journey, we really enjoyed this chat and we know you will too, so grab a cuppa and let's chat. X Learn more about Alex and Lisa on their website www.soberexperiment.co.uk The Sober Experiment was founded

Ep 68 This week we talk through the rather sticky subject of comfort zones, are they good? Do they hold us back? When to push them and when to retreat, it's not always easy to know and so we mull this over and how we can help ourselves if we feel stuck in a rut. So grab a cuppa and let's chat x Love K & M xx   If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com https://www.lovesober.com/community-1 https://www.lovesober.com/courses https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/cart/index.asp?uid=1603813594565 #reasonstolovesober #lovesoberpodcast #lovesober #loveyourselfsober #sober #soberlife #hangoverfree #sobriety  #recoverycoach #sobermovement #sobercurious #alcoholfree #recovery #sherecovers  #sobercoach #greyareadrinking #grayareadrinking #mentalhealth #motherhood #wineoclock #sobermums #selfcare #womeninrecovery #sobercommunity

Episode 67 In this episode we discuss what comes up for a lot of people we talk to and our clients, the transitions between the roles we play, we are thrown from career person to parent to child to spouse, often without a moment to breathe and we have gotten used to using alcohol to ease the transition or temporarily calm the nervous system. So we have a chat about this, our it affects us personally, what tips or tricks we can employ to regulate, pause and not reach for the bottle.  So grab a cuppa and let's chat x If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com https://www.lovesober.com/community-1 https://www.lovesober.com/courses https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/cart/index.asp?uid=1603813594565 #reasonstolovesober #lovesoberpodcast #lovesober #loveyourselfsober #sober #soberlife #hangoverfree #sobriety  #recoverycoach #sobermovement #sobercurious #alcoholfree #recovery #sherecovers  #soberco

This week on the pod we are delighted to welcome Sam Quinlan, Founder of ICAAD. Sam is a real sobershero having worked in the field of mental health, addiction and recovery for many years. Samantha once dreamed of being a performer; however a un-nurturing culture back in the 80s saw her being stigmatised as fat, and unsuitable to be a performer, after a performing arts school misused her vocal abilities, and she suffered from overused vocal cords, that ruined her voice and prospective career in musical theatre. She went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in production and stage management, and In the 1990s she began her mission to provide for others a nourishing and safe environment for creatives and those that had something to say, unlike her experience which left her full of shame and the burden of failure. Samantha founded the Brighton & Hove Fringe Festival, a yearly festival promoting talent and desire through arts, sports and outreach activities to include families and young people,

This week’s podcast we talk about Self Love. It’s not easy to deconstruct the process of where we are now and where we were. To that place of deep self loathing and crippling low self worth. To both be able to say, I love myself and I am my own best friend.   For us the catalyst is and always has been stopping drinking that fundamental decision of self love, the consistency it has brought, the self-trust and pride is for us the key to self love. We talk about how guided meditation and working with a therapist can help, letting go of Shame and watching out for proof of the things we do well.   So grab a cuppa and let’s chat.    Resources mentioned: Welford Wellbeing https://www.welfordwellbeing.com/ Calm - Self Love daily meditations. Sarah Blandin - Live Awake Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/live-awake/id1030019034?l=en Tara Brach - The Rain of Self compassion. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxfmarLIBo0   If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesober

This episode maybe what you technically call a rant lols. We just had to get something out and that’s Mum shaming. It’s happened to so many of us, everyone seems to have an opinion about mothers, and everything seems to be laid at our doors, attachment, our kids mental health, mothers are under enormous pressure and we are trying our best to get it right, but what if there are huge gaps in this conversation? What if the conversation needs an update? What if what modern mothers need is support? We know how impactful childhoods can be, but how about shifting to focus on everyone’s role? Societies role? How about women supporting women, and us moving towards a narrative that puts mothers in the firing line. This is very much an opinion piece, but it’s our story and we don’t think we’re alone. So apologies for the swears, grab a cuppa and let’s chat. If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com htt

This week we had the absolute pleasure of talking creativity and recovery with Tammi Salas.  Tammi hasn’t had a drink since February 3, 2015. She is a former wine bar owner, lifelong seeker + recovering perfectionist. She is an artist, teacher, self-proclaimed late-bloomer and co-host of The Unruffled Podcast, a weekly podcast that explores all topics relating to the intersection of creativity and recovery.  In sobriety, she re-enrolled in college and declared art as her major at age 44. She makes art everyday and credits this practice as the path to her spiritual overhaul and creative awakening. Tammi has self-published a book all about finding her visual voice through her daily gratitude practice, which she’s maintained for over four years. And, she shares her creative and personal pursuits, as well as her struggles and successes with sobriety. You can learn more at www.tammisalas.com or follow her on Instagram @tammisalas.   Grab a cuppa and let’s chat, it’s a good one :-)   Links: Website Instagram:

Episode 62: We are delighted to welcome Simon Chapple on the pod this week. Simon Chapple is the founder of Be Sober, the author of The Sober Survival Guide and a senior alcohol coach for This Naked Mind. He has made it his life mission to spread the word about the benefits of an alcohol-free life and has helped thousands of people change their relationship with drinking. This was SOOO good, we chatted through strategies for people starting out in sobriety how to view sobriety as an exploration and to be your own detective, write about your experiences, add in rather than relying on Willpower alone. We talked personally about what sobriety has brought to Simon especially in his relationships with his wife and son. We talk about his journey which is very inspirational! We also talk about barriers to men getting help in Sobriety and his mission to change that which is fantastic. We really enjoyed this, so grab a cuppa and let's chat. If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com

Welcome back and Happy New Year!  This episode is a quick check in with each other. We have lots of exciting projects on the go so we talk through these.   • Our new Facebook community https://www.facebook.com/groups/love.sober.co    • We have our 30 day programme to kick start your sobriety journey available on our website www.lovesober.com   • We are also hosting a panel at the Club Soda Mindful Drinking Festival on the 18th January https://mindfuldrinkingfestival.com/talks-january-2020/   • We have our second edition of Create & Thrive with Sharon Walters https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-sober-life-create-and-thrive-with-sharon-walters-tickets-77874549875   AND...   • Kate will soon be on the She Recovers Podcast!    We talk New Year why we love sobriety and what our Word of the Year is. So grab a cuppa and let's chat X   If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com https://www.lovesober

We are delighted to end 2019 with a very special guest @tarynstrong Taryn is the co-founder of @she_recovers the international women’s recovery movement with her mother @recoveringdawn Taryn is also a qualified yoga teacher and aromatherapist and runs the She Recovers Yoga teacher training program and online yoga classes. It was wonderful to hear her incredibly inspiring and open hearted story of recovery, the dynamics of mother and daughter relationships, the work of She Recovers of which we will be helping to develop as designated SR coaches for the UK. We talk the new year, how important the body is in recovery and being trauma informed how SR isn’t just for women in recovery from substance abuse but all women who are recovering from something. We talk her morning routine, setting intentions and the importance of self-care. It was truly a joy to speak to her, we are sure you will enjoy this gem. So grab a cuppa and let’s chat. Happy New Year everyone XXX If you would like to support the podcast you c

This week, our second special episode sponsored by Sainsbury's we talk to our friend and very inspirational woman @milliegooch Millie Gooch is a writer, speaker and founder of Sober Girl Society @sobergirlsociety - an online and real-life network of independent not gin-dependent women. She gave up drinking in Feb 2018 after noticing how her party girl binge-drinking was negatively impacting her mental health and 7 months later started Sober Girl Society to show girls like her that you can still be young, wild and hangover-free! With Millie we talk through her experiences with alcohol and how brilliant it is for us as mums to see someone empowering young women. To have someone on social media who is really living and loving her life sober AND social and encouraging women to ask themselves better questions about alcohol in their lives is FABULOUS. Well done Millie and THANK YOU for all the work you do. We talk bossing the party season with lots of tips, and drink recommendations - Millie co-hosted @sainsburys

This week's podcast is the first of three Xmas specials sponsored by Sainsbury's. Sainsbury's have really been a forerunner in providing AF drinks and supporting emerging low and no alcohol brands onto the market, their AF fizz was the first decent drink we found and it helped SO much, especially at this time of year. So we really recommend you check their range out. They're also offering listeners a free drink! Follow the link  here https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/freemule  we chose this drink ourselves for you guys as it's versatile and deliciously fresh, so happy Xmas from us and from Sainsbury's!!! This week on the pod we introduce our Sober Advent - so let’s get this party started! We will be kicking off the run up to Christmas with a ‘how-to’ approach to bossing the festive period when you are sober or sober curious. We talk about having a daily advent calendar of self-care and sober treats and AF drinks. In a season of connection and joy we talk about true connection, rather than getting plastered and

This week on the pod we’re absolutely delighted to talk to Paula Williams about @shamebooth this is pretty special for Mandy as going into the Shamebooth really REALLY enabled her to move past her shame and what was keeping her stuck. A game changer for her recovery journey. The visual style, the concept and energy behind Paula’s work completely lights us up. It’s vital and it’s important. Paula is a self proclaimed stirrer of the pot. An artist, An  interventionist, activist, feminist, freedom and equality fighter and a proud woman in recovery. AKA Badass shero!  What started as an idea to outfit a phone booth with a classic phone and invite people to record the things they are ashamed of has developed into a movement, with a booth that travels, a podcast, a website and more. A graduate from The Art Institute of Chicago, Paula believes secrecy and judgment are what make shame thrive. She created the Shamebooth to bring people’s shame stories out into the open, meet them with empathy, and banish shame for g

This week on the pod we discuss clean language. The language we use in Sobriety has been a focus on the podcast from the beginning and it's interesting and validating to see the shift away from negative, shaming and disempowering language to the language we value words that light us up and empower us.   It's an important subject not just for professionals and services to change, but also for us to use more compassionate language with ourselves and be mindful of negative metaphors. So grab a cuppa and let's chat.   Resources mentioned: https://www.rehabs.com/pro-talk-articles/its-time-to-clean-up-the-language-of-addiction-treatment-and-recovery/   So grab a cuppa Love K & M xx   If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com https://www.lovesober.com/community-1 https://www.lovesober.com/courses https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/cart/index.asp?uid=1603813594565 #reasonstolovesober #lovesob

This we talk to Lara Frazier, a freelance writer, a truth-teller and an innovator. She is a FIERCE believer in the power of owning our stories and is a strong advocate for addiction recovery. On her blog, Lara shares a story of healing: in sobriety, through addiction, in life and love, and in all the other big, huge moments of fear and magic that we rarely talk about, but we should. Lara Frazier lives in the Tampa Bay area with her pig, Peaches. She received her MBA in Marketing & Global Business from Pepperdine University. After many years of working in the entertainment industry, Lara became addicted to prescription pills and left her career to seek help and find her truth. Currently, Lara is the Digital Marketing Director for Renewal Health Group. Her story is powerful and inspiring so grab a cuppa and let's chat. You can find Lara here... Insta: @sillylara Online: www.larafrazier.com Facebook: @laraannefrazier If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesob

This week on the pod we discuss what to say to people about stopping drinking. Something that should be relatively simple often ties us in knots, we leave ourselves vulnerable because it’s actually a bit of a skill to know what to say. So we discuss this, who to share our truth with and who to build a smokescreen against. We discuss some of our own experiences and how you can use different techniques within your expanding social circle. We talk boundaries and saying no and using a bit of humour to get you through the tricky spots, it does get easier when you can recognise who you’re talking to. So grab a cuppa and let’s chat X If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com https://www.lovesober.com/community-1 https://www.lovesober.com/courses https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/cart/index.asp?uid=1603813594565 #reasonstolovesober #lovesoberpodcast #lovesober #loveyourselfsober #sober #soberlif

In this week's pod we talk about flow and creativity, the benefits of finding mindful creative practices and spaces in the company of others and their importance in sobriety and as life tools. We discuss the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one of the co-founders of Positive psychology and our own work in Love Sober creative workshops, in particular our most recent London workshop with artist Sharon Waters aka london_artist1 on instagram.  These practices are not only fun and happy making , they also are badass tools for resilience building when the shit hits the fan.  So grab a paintbrush , or a cuppa and let's chat.  Kate & Mandy XXXX If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/join/lovesoberpod You can join us via links below: https://www.lovesober.com https://www.lovesober.com/community-1 https://www.lovesober.com/courses https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/cart/index.asp?uid=1603813594565 #reasonstolovesober #lovesoberpodcast #lovesober #loveyourselfsober #s