Today I am joined by Faye Lawrence, founder of Untoxicated. We discuss Faye's journey from party girl, to out-of-control boozer, through rehab and out the other side.
On the back of her sobriety, Faye founded Untoxicated after seeing that people needed help sober socialising. Untoxicated is all about creating fun, playful, social events that just happen to be booze-free. Without the stigma.

Untoxicated is now in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and has over 10,000 members who enjoy sober socialising on a weekly basis.

You can connect with Faye: https://www.instagram.com/_fayelawrence_coach/
Connect with Untoxicated: https://www.instagram.com/untoxicated_aus/

This week I am joined by David Jeffery, Advocacy General Manager of YSAS (Youth Support & Advocacy Service). What the heck is YSAS you might ask? And that is EXACTLY why we're having this chat. YSAS is the organisation behind FebFast, one of the big events in the non-alcoholic world's calendar. I am super proud to be a FebFast Ambassador for 2023 and helping you understand the benefits of a month off the booze is a big part of the message I will be helping YSAS communicate. The biggest benefit of all, is the fundraising that happens as people are sponsored to take a month off alcohol. In this episode, David gives us the nuts and bolts of the organisation and the incredible work they are doing with their youth-focused Drug & Alcohol support services.
You can connect with YSAS and FebFast here:
https://febfast.org.au/
https://ysas.org.au/

Today I am joined by Buds and Beads co-founders Karina Barry and Jo Thomas to talk about their non-alcoholic journey. What began as two friends investing in a tea business has developed into a heart-led, female-driven business that is bringing something unique to the non-alcoholic drinks space and making important changes at cellar doors!
Join me for a beautiful chat that looks at the girls journey so far and how they are redefining the drinking occasion.

Find Buds & Beads:
https://www.instagram.com/budsandbeadstea/
https://budsandbeads.com.au/

ETCH is a non-alcoholic drinks company with an important social mission in mind. Today we chat with Andy Quin, co-founder of ETCH about her experience and journey with her husband Jason's battle with the booze. It is not often we hear the story of a problem drinker from the perspective of a loved one. This can be an incredibly isolating and lonely experience and I am so grateful to Andy for sharing how it all went down for them, and how they eventually came out the other side.

Connect with Andy and ETCH at https://www.instagram.com/etchsparkling/

In this episode I am joined by astrologer extraordinaire Alison Lasek. Since ditching the booze, Ali has found her voice and her passion and is no longer being kept small by alcohol. Over the last eight months she has grown her astrological side hustle and is now a contributor in Broadsheet. None of this would have been possible if she hadn't gone alcohol free and listened to her intuition. We hear Ali's story of battle with non stop drinking and then the clarity she has found in sobriety.

Connect with Ali: https://www.instagram.com/alisonlasek_astrology/

Are Lucy Quick and I the same person? Our sober/life journeys are so parallel and there are so many uncanny similarities. Booze Hag (tick) Sudden Sobriety (tick) Separation (tick) Finding Life Passion (tick). In this episode, we unpack Lucy’s drinking and then all the life changes that have occurred in her 4 years of sobriety and the role her intuition has played in all of it.

Find Lucy:

https://www.instagram.com/thrivalistsobriety/

 Books Mentioned by Lucy:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Untamed-Glennon-Doyle/dp/1984801252

http://www.rubywarrington.com/books/sober-curious/

Mindfulness and self improvement are a massive part of the work that Sarah Noble does as a mindfulness coach. And there's nothing mindful about booze. For most of us, drinking is about getting mind-less! Here we dissect the normalisation of alcohol in our society as well as the role it has played for Sarah in her life and in her work.

You'll find Sarah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfullyyouwithsarah/

In this weeks episode I welcome my beautiful friend Nat Battaglia of the Mindful Mocktail back to the couch. This time round we are chatting about a topic that we both believe needs a lot more education and awareness. The available statistics on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are pretty damning and Nat and I chat through her very raw personal experience with her second child. The short of it is, there is no safe amount of alcohol to drink when you are pregnant. For the long of it, please tune in and take it all in. This is a really important one to share, as the message needs more airtime and discussion.

You can find Nat at: https://mindfulmocktail.com/
And more info on FASD
Proof Alliance: https://www.proofalliance.org/
FARE: https://fare.org.au/fasd-program/
NoFASD: https://www.nofasd.org.au/

This week I am joined by the lovely Leanna Bishop, to talk about her experiences with alcohol, burnout, breakdown and the numbing that went on for her for so many years. We share grizzly war stories as well as the promise of a bright future, as we have emerged from the grips of Mummy wine culture, better equipped to take care of ourselves and our children.

In this episode I mention the breathwork sessions I have been doing with Leanna, which I highly recommend. You can find out more about these and the work Leana is doing on her IG account: https://www.instagram.com/leannabishop_breathwork/ or website: https://www.leannabishopcoaching.com/

Today I am joined by Kathryn Elliot, The Alcohol Mindset Coach. Kathryn was a binge drinker through and through (just like moi) and reached breaking point after a grizzly drunken incident in front of her kids. At 6 weeks into her alcohol free life, Kathryn Elliot discovered a lump in her breast. Three years on she is fighting fit and keen to share an important message. Join us on the couch as we chat all things binge drinking and boobies! ( . ) ( . )

Connect with Kathryn: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholmindsetcoach/