For this episode Toni is joined by Christy Osborne, the founder of Love Life Sober.

An LA girl now living in London, once an overdrinker now a sobriety coach, Christy, 40, coaches women - particularly mums - on how to get back in control of wine without using willpower.

She’s always sharing inspiration on her Instagram feed - @lovelifesoberwithchristy - and co-hosts a brilliant podcast called, But Jesus Drank Wine (and other stories that kept us stuck).

In this episode we discuss:

• The morning/moment that Christy decided her drinking was a problem and how getting sober was the first step in her self-development journey

• How her drinking looked like normal ‘mommy wine’ drinking and how our culture brainwashes parents into believing that alcohol is how to cope

• How she spent a long time as a hard partying hostess pretending to have fun but inside felt like a fake and a 'show pony'

• Why positive emotion is so much more powerful than shame and deprivation when it comes to habit change

• The chemical effects of alcohol on the mind and body and how alcohol hijacks our sleep

• That willpower is finite

• How we all drink for different reasons, but getting curious about your why often reveals that alcohol isn’t helping you the way you think it is

• How previous Dry Januarys ended in tears and/or self-recrimination for Christy

• Approaching a sober stint with an experimental mindset and remembering that nothing has to be forever

PODCAST NOTES + LINKS:

• @lovelifesoberwithChristy on Instagram


• www.lovelifesober.co.uk

• Alcohol Explained by William Porter


• This Naked Mind by Annie Grace


• How to Kick The Drink...Easily by Jason Vale

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