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Today, Alex and Lisa talk to Clare Pooley. Clare graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising. Clare’s memoir - The Sober Diaries, which came about due to her blog – Mummy was a Secret Drinker - has helped thousands of people around the world to quit drinking and she is a well-known figure in the sober community.

Clare has since gone on to write her first Novel, The Authenticity Project, which was a New York Times bestseller, a BBC Radio 2 book club pick, and winner of the RNA debut novel award.

Clare’s second novel - The People on Platform 5 is coming in May/June 2022 and we can’t wait.

You can find Clare here:

Website: https://clarepooley.com

The Obstacle Course Blog: https://mummywasasecretdrinker.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-obstacle-course.html

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clare_pooley/

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Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

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Today, Alex and Lisa chat about Dry January and give some top tips for success, including giving The Sober Experiment® (free here: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/join-bee-sober/join-the-sober-experiment/) a go.

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Season 5 is sponsored by Wise Bartender, Visit their website for more information and to purchase your Alcohol Free drinks https://wisebartender.co.uk/?ref=beesober using BEESOBER5 at checkout for your 5% discount.

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

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Today Alex and Lisa chat about sober Christmas and navigating the festive period without alcohol.

Whether you’re spending Christmas alone or with friends and family, find out how we can support you through the festivities.

Join our community here: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/join-bee-sober/beecome-a-member-monthly/

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Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

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Today Alex and Lisa chat to William Porter, author of Alcohol Explained and Alcohol Explained 2.

William started drinking and smoking when he was around 14 years old. In his late teens, in an attempt to stop smoking, he read Allen Carr’s Easyway. He was fascinated by his pragmatic and practical approach to what was a confusing and complicated subject.

Over the years his drinking steadily increased but he continued to take a common sense analysis of what it was doing to him, coupled with a technical analysis of the chemical, physiological and psychological factors at play.

This continued for over a quarter of a century, during which he joined the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, served a 6 month tour of Iraq, qualified as a lawyer, started a career in the Financial Services sector of the City of London, got married, and had children.

His drinking continued to increase until, in February 2014, he finally stopped for good. He now lives with his wife and two children in West London, and continues to work as a lawyer.

William’s links:

www.alcoholexplained.com

@alcoholexplained

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Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

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Today Alex and Lisa chat to Sophie Aghdami, a certified and accredited recovery coach working with people to strengthen and maintain their long term recovery by helping them to feed their ‘good wolf’.

Sophie is in recovery from alcohol addiction and now helping others maintain longterm recovery as a coach. She spent a long dark decade (plus some) in the depths of addiction. Successful on the outside in exciting jobs, she was on her deathbed emotionally, spiritually and physically. After waking up one morning during a trip in Indonesia at yet another rock bottom (there were many), she looked in the mirror and didn’t recognise herself. A big, puffy, sad moon face stared back at her and her body was physically exhausted from the almighty relapse. She called a family member and was scooped up and ‘poured’ into a safehouse. That was the beginning of her recovery journey, which came with its inevitable ups and hard downs, but was also the start of a new life full of joy, meaning and purpose, free from past damaging patterns and behaviours. She believes that the success of maintaining longterm recovery lies in our daily behaviours and mindset, and attributes her recovery to a variety of methods, including a holistic yoga practice, 12 step, self-compassion and forgiveness to release shame, routine, goal setting and forward thinking, and finding my ‘kokorozashi’ - personal life purpose and mission. It's a lifelong, courageous practice that she is proud to be committed to.

Having grown up in Switzerland and the UK, Sophie now lives in Australia with her husky, Echo. She works as a brand strategist and, separately, as a recovery coach, both of which she loves.

Find Sophie here:

Website: www.thewolfyoufeed.com

Instagram: @the_wolfyoufeed

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Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

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Today Alex and Lisa chat to Richard Jankovich, an American entrepreneur, musician and author and part of the band, Big Mother Gig.

Richard is known for Burnside Project who’s “Cue The Pulse To Begin” became the theme to “ As Folk” and Pocket, a persona Jankovich used to remix Radiohead, Beck and others to acclaim.

Big Mother Gig are a Los Angeles-based/Milwaukee-bred band who released Gusto on 30/04/21 featuring lead single “The Underdog” with Leah Wellbaum (Slothrust). This album is a celebration of sobriety, and first and foremost a recovery record. Addressing family, marriage, addiction, anger, serotonin, despair and, ultimately, hope, Gusto is a wide-ranging, emotional journey that focuses on second chances.

http://bigmothergig.com/about/

Link to Recovery Dharma: https://recoverydharma.org

Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

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Today Alex and Lisa speak to Alexandra McRobert Aka Sober Yoga Girl.

Alex is a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified Life Coach, entrepreneur, podcaster, and Ontario Certified Teacher. Since a very young age, she was drawn to yoga. She completed her first 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2014 at Yandara Yoga Institute in Mexico.

In 2017, Alex completed her 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Zuna Yoga in Bali. Since then, she has taught yoga internationally, in Canada, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi. Alex has participated in several additional trainings, including Yoga Workshop Design for Teachers with Rolf Gates, Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga, Yoga for Kids and Trauma Informed Yoga. In 2020, Alex founded the Mindful Life Practice Community and Sober Curious Yoga, an online yoga community with participants from all over the world. Alex is an authorized trainer with Yoga Teacher Central and leads 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. She also created Sober Curious Yoga School, which helps individuals use yoga, coaching, meditation and community to create a life they don’t need alcohol to escape from. In her free time Alex spends time with her cat Princess, and writing.

Please provide any links you would like including in the podcast description - social media links/website

www.themindfullifepractice.com

@alexmcrobs

@sobercuriousyoga

@themindfullifepractice

Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

15% off Nocktail use BEESOBER at checkout https://www.nocktail.com 10% off Noughty AF wine use BEESOBER10 at checkout https://thomsonandscott.com/products/noughty-alcohol-free-sparkling-wine

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On today’s episode we speak to our Amy Guerrero.

Amy believes “When we stay curious together, we can experience unimaginable freedom.”

On a journey to heal her trauma Amy stumbled (pun intended) into a conscious sober lifestyle and my deeper purpose to support people.

Today, she supports sober people to heal past traumas to feel more freedom, pleasure & purpose in create healthy relationships & thrive.

Amy was confident no single approach to healing and living a conscious sober life would work for her so why would it work for anyone else? She got busy educating herself, training and working with people in somatic experiencing, attachment theory and other trauma-informed modalities and relating it to living a conscious sober lifestyle.

What Amy discovers is missing for my clients, who include all adults ready to create healthier relationships, is when we unravel the root causes of the addictive escape such as grief, trauma and painful events from the past, they discover the safety to live with purpose and thrive in all of their relationships.

Outside of running her coaching business, Thrive in Recovery, you can find her practicing what she teaches; cooking healthy, delicious food, practicing yoga, playing outdoors and strengthening her connection to herself to serve others.

Amy’s links:

Bridge to Trust Event: https://bit.ly/bridgetotrustexperience

Here is my IG: https://www.instagram.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thriveinrecoverywithamy

Website: https://www.thriveinrecoverywithamy.com/

Please check out our website www.beesoberofficial.com. You can also check out the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/beesober

Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

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On today’s episode we speak to our Bee Sober Cornwall Ambassador, Claire Hatwell. Claire has been sober since September 2016. It took her a long time to get sober, mainly because ‘people like her’ didn’t have drinking problems. Every night without fail she’d put away two to three bottles of wine by herself, but she kidded myself she was all right, because everyone enjoys a drink, don’t they? She could always think of an excuse to make sure she didn’t ‘miss out’! 

Claire says “I didn’t think I drank for a particular reason; it seemed a habit, but once I’d stopped, what I found is that alcohol was masking severe anxiety, and instead of just feeling mildly panicky all the time, I began to have panic attacks for no apparent reason. It was awful, but I eventually came out the other side. I’ve learned that being sober is a great way to live. I’m not missing out, but instead experiencing everything without a filter, and it’s great!

I guess what I’d say is that I couldn’t envisage a life without alcohol, but I am living, breathing proof that it is possible and that it's good. I want to share that with other people!”

Claire's links:

https://mynotsosecretdiary.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/ClairesSecretDiary/

https://www.instagram.com/soberme_claire/

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SoberMe

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Not-So-Secret-Recovery/dp/B08TQ477WW/

Please check out our website www.beesoberofficial.com. You can also check out the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/beesober

Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

15% off Nocktail use BEESOBER at checkout https://www.nocktail.com 10% off Noughty AF wine use BEESOBER10 at checkout https://thomsonandscott.com/products/noughty-alcohol-free-sparkling-wine

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Join us today for episode 4 of season 4 where we talk to podcast host and coach, Kylie Butler. Kylie is the host of the popular podcast, A Meaningful Life by Design, Founder of Inspired Careers, Inspired EVP, and A Meaningful Life by Design. She is an Entrepreneur, Career and Recovery Coach. and former People & Culture Leader of 15 years.  She has lived and worked across the globe in London, Rome, Sydney and more recently Byron Bay and Bali. Kylie has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar and Women’s Health & Fitness among other publications.

Her broader message — that a meaningful life is built on living within your values and bringing your unique gifts to the world through an inspired career has motivated women across the globe to transform their careers and build lives they truly love.

Her deep desire to share a more specific message – we can recover, there is no one way that is right for everyone but with an understanding of complex trauma the neuroscience of addiction, Recovery Coaching, support of fellowships, and a wholistic approach it is possible to thrive after suffering the darkest of addictions.

Kylie’s links:

My A Meaningful Life by Design podcast and platform site - https://ameaningfullifebydesign.com/

My LinkedIn bio https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyliebbutler/

My Career Coaching site https://inspiredcareerscoaching.com.au/

My Recent appearance on the Living Free Institute YouTube talking about addition and complex trauma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Cbv7Ppk4s

Please check out our website www.beesoberofficial.com. You can also check out the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/beesober

Season 4 is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/

Additional links:

Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/

AA https://aa.org/

Al Anon https://al-anon.org/

Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50

15% off Nocktail use BEESOBER at checkout https://www.nocktail.com 10% off Noughty AF wine use BEESOBER10 at checkout https://thomsonandscott.com/products/noughty-alcohol-free-sparkling-wine

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