Nature Untold

Episode 16: Sober Curiosity In The Mountains with Emerald LaFortune

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Emerald LaFortune (she/her) is an outdoor writer, whitewater and flyfishing guide, as well as a community builder. She is based in rural Idaho.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What’s bringing her joy right now
  • Why Idaho is such a special place
  • The realities behind being a guide
  • How if you can't or won’t name a problem, you will not be able to solve it
  • How she came to the idea of sober curiosity in her life
  • How much of drinking is just a way of trying to convey certain character traits
  • How valuable the outdoors are in letting go of control
  • Distinguishing between what positives have come from sobriety and what positive things have come from therapy, energy work and others
  • How she moved through the fear of not being as ‘fun’ anymore
  • The constant decision making that comes with social drinking
  • Why it is important to let people surprise you
  • Letting go of the reward mentality of alcohol
  • How the social media society doesn’t allow for much fluidity of experience
  • The importance of finding a community that you see yourself in
  • The idea of no feeling being a good or bad thing
  • What is in her toolkit in her sober curiosity

    • Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Book: The Sober Lush

      • Catch up with Emerald:

      • Instagram
      • Website

        • Thank you, as always, for listening to this episode. Please 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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