Journey to the Sunnyside | Mindful Drinking & Alcohol Health

Dr. Jeffrey Egler is the Chief Medical Officer at Noom, where he helps lead the company’s expansion from weight loss into healthy aging and longevity. In this conversation with Sunnyside co-founder and CEO Nick Allen, Dr. Egler breaks down what “living better, longer” actually means, and why the future of health may be less about waiting for disease and more about building health earlier. They talk about alcohol, sleep, movement, nutrition, stress, behavior change, and why small lifestyle shifts can matter more than extreme biohacking.

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ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

Sunnyside helps you track, plan, and stay accountable, but the numbers are only part of the story. In this episode, I’ll show you how a quick daily reset can help you understand what’s happening underneath your drinking patterns, prepare for triggers, and make your plan feel more personal. This is how mindful drinking becomes something you practice in real life.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

When old patterns start pulling at you, it helps to have something deeper than a vague goal to come back to. In this episode, I’ll walk you through a simple statement of purpose that can help you reconnect with why you want to change and who you’re becoming along the way. This is a practical reset for the moments when mindful drinking feels harder than expected.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

Jon Paul Crimi is a former celebrity trainer and sober coach turned breathwork teacher who has worked with CEOs, Olympians, and Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy winners. In this episode, Jon Paul shares how his own struggles with addiction, identity, anger, and shame led him to breathwork, and why that first experience changed everything. He and Mike talk about emotional detox, the feelings we push down, and why so many of our habits, including drinking, can become ways to escape what we haven’t fully processed. Jon Paul also explains circular breathwork, why it can feel so powerful, and how breathwork can help release stress, anxiety, shame, and emotional buildup in a way that talking alone sometimes can’t reach.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

In this 10 Minute Monday, I’m talking about something I had to admit in my own life: sometimes the drink at the end of the day isn’t really about the drink. It’s about the need to shut off, exhale, and feel like the day is finally over. I’ll share why that kind of relief can start to cost more than it gives, and how to think differently about what you’re actually looking for in that moment.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

Join me for a conversation with Morgan Smith of Kalm with Kava, as he speaks from his farm in Hawaii about why people can have such different experiences with kava. Morgan has spent more than a decade studying the plant and working directly with growers, and in this episode he breaks down what kava is actually meant to do, why quality matters so much, and how to avoid misleading or low-quality products. We also talk about where kava may fit for someone trying to drink less, and where it may not. If you’ve been curious about kava but unsure what to trust, this episode will give you a much clearer lens.

Important note: Kava is a popular drink that people many people use for its calming effects. Please do your own research before trying kava. While we are fans of things that help people drink less alcohol, we also want you to be careful and mindful of anything you put in your body. By our own research, kava is generally considered very safe and non-addictive, but any substance can be habit forming over time. ❤️

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CONNECT WITH SUNNYSIDE:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

A few months into drinking less, something happened that caught me off guard. Things got better, then better became normal, and normal started feeling a lot flatter than I expected. In this episode, I talk about why that can be such a vulnerable moment, and why people sometimes drift back right when things are actually going well. If you’ve ever thought, I thought this would feel better than this, this one’s for you.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

Mike sits down with Geoff Cook, CEO of Noom and one of the biggest names in digital behavior change, and Nick Allen, CEO of Sunnyside, for a conversation about food noise, alcohol noise, GLP-1s and naltrexone, and the new science of comprehensive behavior change.

Geoff has led Noom since 2023 as the company expands beyond weight management into a broader model that blends personalized psychology with modern medicine, while Nick is building Sunnyside around a similar idea in alcohol: that lasting change takes more than willpower alone.

Together, they unpack what happens when the “noise” gets quieter, how medication can create a powerful window for change, and where behavior change, moderation, and modern digital care may be heading next.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

After talking with Dr. Andrew Tatarsky on the podcast more than once, and continuing the conversation outside those episodes, I kept coming back to the same thought: harm reduction is still one of the most misunderstood ideas in this space. A lot of people hear the phrase and instantly assume it means lowering the bar or not really committing to change. That’s not what it means. In this episode, I break down seven things I think most people still get wrong about harm reduction, and why understanding it correctly can completely change the way you think about progress, support, and your relationship with alcohol. If you’ve ever felt like the only options were do nothing or change everything, this one is for you.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.

In this episode, Mike puts a name to something that has come up again and again on the podcast: Internal Family Systems, or IFS. Drawing on ideas discussed by several therapists on the show, including Beej Christie Karpen, he breaks down why part of you reaches for relief, why shame keeps the cycle going, and how to start responding with more curiosity and less self-attack. This one gives you a simple framework and a few practical ways to use it the next time the urge shows up.

RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE BLOG:

• Listen to Journey to the Sunnyside Podcast: https://bit.ly/4bxCqT3
• Subscribe to Sunnyside’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3zuoID4
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunnyside/
• Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/joinsunnyside/
• Twitter:  https://x.com/joinsunnyside
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joinsunnyside

ABOUT SUNNYSIDE:
 
Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol health app that helps you drink less without any shame, guilt, or pressure to quit. Optimize your alcohol habits to achieve benefits like sleeping better, losing weight, feeling more energy, and saving money. We know that an all-or-nothing approach doesn’t work for everyone, so we focus on helping you set your own goals, celebrate small wins, and build a lasting system of accountability. As a result, 96.7% of our members see a big drop in their drinking after 90 days.

We now offer Sunnyside Med, a new program that provides access to compounded naltrexone, a medication that can reduce alcohol cravings at the brain level, offering a more clinical pathway for people who need it. Sunnyside Med is a complete, holistic approach to help you drink less or quit, including coaching, community, habit change, education, and more to help you create longterm change while the medication does its work.

Disclaimer: This podcast is not intended as medical advice, and the views of the guests may not represent the views of Sunnyside. If you’re concerned about your health or alcohol use, please consider seeking advice from a doctor.