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What Nobody Tells You About Recovering Out Loud

What happens when you stop hiding your story and start telling the truth?

Recorded live at the HER Podcast launch, Brooke sits down with Alysse Bryson, founder of The Sober Curator, for a funny, honest and deeply human conversation about 20 years of sobriety.

Alysse shares how she got sober at 30, why she kept it quiet for years while running a magazine, and the moment on a ferry that changed her life. She talks about heart surgery at 40, leaving the big job with no plan, and building The Sober Curator at her parents' dining room table during the pandemic. Along the way she explains why you can be sober and still the life of the party, how near-death experiences taught her not to take a single day for granted, and why she is honest about depression even when she is good at hiding it.

Then she shares what is happening inside the Sober Curator community, from conspiracy PowerPoint parties to a mixtape of tiny magazines inside a cassette tape.

If you are sober, sober curious, or just tired of pretending you have it all figured out, this one is for you.

CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes mentions of suicidal thoughts, heart surgery, cancer and depression.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Teaser

0:14 Welcome to HER

1:25 Brooke introduces Alysse Bryson

2:03 Alysse takes the stage

3:06 How Brooke and Alysse met

3:50 "I identify as being a disco ball"

4:06 20 years sober, and the nickname Bob

5:21 Getting sober at 30

6:34 "Wherever you go, there you are"

7:18 The gift of desperation

7:50 Never recovering out loud

8:44 The ferry and the phone call that changed everything

9:26 A big career, heart surgery and walking away

11:59 Building The Sober Curator during the pandemic

14:13 The community that grew online

15:01 Living an "and" life: sober and still fun

16:22 Near-death experiences and not taking days for granted

17:12 Being honest about depression

17:48 A word from our sponsor: House of More

18:33 Inside the Sober Curator membership

21:35 Sober snail mail: a magazine in a cassette tape

23:05 Brooke closes the night with thank-yous

24:07 Prize draws

IN THIS EPISODE

- 20 years sober and why Alysse is a disco ball

- Getting sober at 30 and "wherever you go, there you are"

- The gift of desperation

- Why she never recovered out loud for years

- Heart surgery at 40 and leaving a big job with no plan

- Building The Sober Curator at her parents' dining room table

- How to be sober and still be the life of the party

- Why she tells people to call if she goes quiet online

- What goes on inside the Sober Curator community

- Sober snail mail and the magazine in a cassette tape

QUESTION FOR YOU

What part of your story are you ready to say out loud? Tell us in the comments.

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Why Nobody Relates to Perfectionism

What happens when you stop performing and start connecting?

Recorded live at the HER Podcast launch, Tamar Routly of Podcast Impact Studio takes the stage to talk about what it really takes to start a podcast and why she thinks the messy, unedited version of you is the one your audience needs.

Tamar shares how her first recording took three hours because she kept stopping and starting, what she learned about perfectionism, and the first time she spoke on a big stage at PodFest. She talks about being asked to speak on stigma, how sharing her story led people to thank her, and how a night in a hotel room turned into Off Script Impact, a small group coaching program for people who want to start a podcast.

If you've been waiting to feel ready, editing yourself before you even hit record, or wondering whether your story is worth telling, this one is for you.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Teaser

0:15 Welcome to HER

1:25 How this event happened: Brooke welcomes Tamar

2:24 The Off Script coaching package

3:10 Tamar takes the stage: starting a podcast in 2019

3:49 Why nobody relates to perfectionism

4:14 Speaking on a big stage for the first time at PodFest

4:41 Talking about stigma

6:24 What happened when she shared her story

7:03 From a hotel room idea to Off Script Impact

8:17 Why the groups are kept small

9:01 Stop editing yourself and start connecting

9:16 How to join the next cohort

IN THIS EPISODE

- Why nobody relates to perfectionism

- What happens when you stop and start and stop and start while recording

- Why Tamar started Podcast Impact Studio

- The first time on a big stage and the dry mouth that came with it

- Why sharing your story lowers stigma for other people

- How a hotel room idea became Off Script Impact

- Why going too broad is a mistake when you start a show

- Why the stuff you edit out is often the stuff your audience needs to hear

QUESTION FOR YOU

What part of yourself have you been editing out? Tell us in the comments.

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What Nobody Tells You About Launching a PodcastWhat happens when you stop waiting to feel ready and hit record?Recorded live at the HER Podcast launch, Brooke sits down with Darci Murray, Orsy Szabo and Krista Rand Gruen for an honest conversation about starting a show, putting yourself out there and why being heard changes you.Darci shares why she started a personal travel management podcast and how a podcast gives a business a month's worth of content and a place for people to get to know you. Orsy talks about wrapping the first season of Hurts So Good, the ultra runners she has interviewed and why the point of her show is "if they can do that, what can I do?" Krista shares the story behind Half Betty, how a birthday and Betty White inspired the name, and what she has learned from women whose lives changed direction in midlife.If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, wondering whether you have anything to say, or you just want to feel less alone doing something new, this conversation is for you.In this episode:

• Why a travel business started a podcast
• Why podcasting is one of the best marketing tools for a business
• What feels uncomfortable before you launch, and why the edit makes it better
• Launching a show about running and getting people to move
• The story behind the name Half Betty
• Why midlife stories are some of the most powerful ones to share
• Why it feels so good to be heard, and so inspiring to be the one listening

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What happens when building a business starts rebuilding you?

Recorded live at the HER Podcast launch, Brooke sits down with Kate Rice, Racquel Foran and Diana Dinh for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, motherhood, leadership and creating something that has never existed before.

Kate shares how she overcame bias while hiring women in a male-dominated industry. Racquel opens up about launching Canada’s first non-alcoholic bar and the challenges of being first in a new industry. Diana explores the power of building the community you need and why motherhood creates fearless, highly transferable leadership skills.

This episode is for anyone building a business, starting a new chapter or realizing that the biggest transformation might be happening within them.

In this episode:

• Overcoming bias in male-dominated industries
• Being the first to introduce a new business concept
• Building community when the one you need does not exist
• The skills motherhood brings to entrepreneurship
• How business expands your confidence and capacity

Question for you: Has building something new changed who you are?

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What do you do when you’ve outgrown your life but don’t know what comes next?

Welcome to HER. Heal. Empower. Recover., the podcast for women navigating identity, recovery, personal growth and the messy middle between who they were and who they’re becoming.

This trailer takes you inside the HER. live launch and the story behind a show built for women asking one big question: what now?

🎤 Follow HER. and come figure it out with us.

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Our sponsor Podcast Impact Studio hosts a group coaching program called Off Script and lesson one.. has already given me a breakthrough.

In this episode we explore what it means to edit parts of ourselves to feel more palatable to other.

See you at the launch party

AUG 2nd

4-6PM

Inlet Theatre, Port Moody

Tickets: HERE

The moment you realize your fears are part of the journey

I will be obsessively sharing my launch journey with voice notes, because, there's nothing quite like the raw, unfiltered truth.

Yesterday, I almost threw up thinking about hosting a whole theater for my podcast launch. That’s how real the nerves are.

But here's the thing: I just took a leap, put down a deposit, and I’m reminding myself that pushing through fear is what creates the magic.

For anyone out there facing that overwhelming “can I do this?” feeling...know you're not alone. Fear is proof you're on the edge of growth, not the end of the road. Maybe that’s the point?

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