Nature Untold

Episode 13: Coming Home with Sallie Hoefer

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Trigger warning: there are mentions of sexual assault and blacking out in this episode.

Sallie Hoefer (she/her/hers) is a conservationist, avid mountain biker, skier and trail runner, dog mom, and sober lady. She is a beautiful soul, seeker, florist, and veracious reader.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Her unique definition of sobriety - anything that pulls her out of alignment with her truest integrity
  • Key areas that she still struggles with
  • Listening to her inner knowing
  • The confirmation bias that can sometimes keep us sick
  • All the concerns she had when she thought about getting sober
  • How getting sober helped her come home to herself
  • Her love for nature and outdoor sports
  • How alcohol consumption became either a punishment or a reward for exercise
  • When she got her dream job and drinking was part of every day in it
  • How Big Alcohol has become embedded in the outdoor space
  • Her ideas about how we can do better as a society around alcohol
  • Her sobriety toolkit now, almost 5 years in
  • How her relationship with mountain biking changed when she got sober

    • Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Book: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
    • Book: How To Quit Like A Woman by Holly Whittaker
    • Organization: Tempest
    • Author: Meghan Watterson
    • Book: Know My Name by Chanel Miller
    • Other Resources From Sallie:

      • Podcasts:

      Home

      Back from Broken

      This episode of Terrible Thanks for Asking

      Real Talk Radio

      Books:

      Drink by Ann Dowsett Johnston

      We Are The Luckiest by Laura McKowen

      Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington

      Where you can catch up with Sallie:

      • Instagram

        • Thank you, as always, for listening to this episode. Please free free to follow along on the show’s Instagram, our private Facebook group, or wherever you’d like. We also have a Patreon if you’re interested in supporting everything Nature Untold is cooking up.

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