Last Drinks

EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO HEAR THIS PODCAST!

How do you talk to your kids about alcohol? This is how, listen to Isabella Ferguson who is brilliant when it comes to talking to our kids about alcohol. This chat had practical tools, conversation starters for the alcohol chat with your kids. If you drink or if you don't, have a connection with our kids is the first step in making the conversation about alcohol in our society and their lives something we can have openly and without shame. If the idea of this chat with your kids makes you feel uncomfortable, that's ok, maybe it's a jump off point for you to reassess the role alcohol plays in your life and within your relationships.

If you are a parent, listen to this podcast episode and share it with your parenting village.

You can find further resources at www. isabellaferguson.com.au

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In this exclusive podcast episode Maz rehearses for the audio book recording of Last Drinks: How To Drink Less & Be Your Best by sharing the first bit of her book with her podcast audience. A sneak peak into what you can expect from the book when it's released on June 28th. Maz tells you about what's in the book, and reads out loud for the very first time the Introduction to her book!!

It's your introduction to the sober curious handbook of 2023.

You can pre-order a copy of Last Drinks from www.mazcompton.com Now

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Feeling anxious? Do you drink to dissipate those feelings of anxiety? Yeah, I did that too. If you have anxiety, and no other way to manage than alcohol, you're not alone, that was me in 2014! In this in depth conversation Maz chats to an anxiety expert, Georgie Collinson, author of The Anxiety Reset Method, to unpack what anxiety is, how we can cope with anxiety without alcohol and why drinking can make it worse, even though sometimes alcohol can seem to ease anxiety.

Find out some practical tools you can use to manage anxiety

Hear what Maz started doing to help her feel more calm

Understand how alcohol increases our anxiety

Find out what an expert suggests you do if you are feeling anxious.

Super practical and a must listen for anyone who feels a bit anxious, with or without alcohol.

You can buy Georgie's book by visiting: https://georgiecollinson.com/

About Georgie: Qualified nutritionist and naturopath hypnotherapist and anxiety mindset coach Georgie Collinson will guide you to towards building unstoppable self-belief deep self-love and unshakeable inner confidence - step by step over the course of 12 weeks.

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Mel Watkins, after a turbulent and chaotic alcohol and drug addiction, decided to have her Last Drinks and then had her Last Drink again. In this very honest conversation, Maz & Mel unpack what happens when you go sober, and then have a 'slip up'? How do you manage a set back, what to look out for to safeguard against a future fall as well as what it's like to curate and attend events, as a sober person.

Mel Watkins is an Alcohol and other Drugs (AOD) Therapist - offering relatable therapy specialising in addiction, who co-founded the sober events community - It's not me it's booze 

Through her lived experience in her own recovery Mel understands the importance of having the opportunities to connect and feel empowered without booze. She is also the co-host of the podcast WTF was she thinking.

You can find Mel on Instagram @itsnotmeitsbooze and @melwatkinstherapy

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Here is the audio of the conversation Maz had with the wonderful Tori of The Peaches Podcast.

Tori is sober (not by choice, she's pregnant) and admits she loves a wine when she isn't with child, so this conversation, led by Tori for her podcast, was super interesting as Tori articulates what a lot of sober curious people would be thinking. It's Maz's story, a candid conversation between someone who is sober and someone who has lots of important and smart questions about sobriety and offers an insight into sobriety through a different lens this week. Maz is the guest. Tori is the host and the conversation is real, honest and engaging.

You can check out Tori's podcast at www.peachespilates.com.au and find a class in her Pilates empire as well.

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Mel Moss and Maz used to kick around together at Maz's gym, F45 Avalon.

Mel Moss is a female entrepreneur and partner of VIA Drinks, a brand of Functional Non-Alcoholic Adaptogenic Cocktails. Mel stopped drinking Mothers Day 2021 and hasn't looked back! She works with her best friends and founders of VIA Sarah and Kiersten on their mission to offer an alternative to alcohol that allows connection and fun with only a positive effect on physical as well as mental well being.  

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Ruth Cooper-Dickson lives in the UK and used to drink a lot when she went out. Networking in the corporate world was always easier with a few drinks under her belt, but her passion for running marathons kept her drinking somewhat in check. It was back to back events which involved her emptying out her purse to a complete stranger that had Ruth asking the question, 'should I give up drinking?' So she did. And since then it hasn't been a straight forward path but Ruth has discovered more effective coping tools to deal with the big life stuff, she also just ran a personal best marathon too.

If you are a side hustle chaser or corporate high flyer, Ruth's story will inspire you to do the hustle hangover free.

An award-winning positive psychology practitioner and trauma-informed accredited coach, Ruth founded global Mental Wealth consultancy CHAMPS in 2015 and has since worked with a multitude of internationally renowned brands. With a firm belief that corporate wellbeing services are only as effective as the culture in which they are delivered, Ruth designs and delivers programmes helping clients on their journey of positive organisational change

Ruth shares her lived experience of anxiety disorders, trauma, ADHD, and her sober life. She is patron of the UK charity No Panic, runs two other coaching brands and holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. Currently Ruth is writing her research into coaching and post-traumatic growth of which she is extremely passionate about.

www.ruthcooperdickson.com

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Amanda Goff was once one of Australia's highest-paid escorts. Under the pseudonym Samantha X, she appeared on TV regularly, wrote two best-selling books and even started her own escort agency.

For eight years, she was at the top of her industry - Although there were plenty of highs during her career in sex work, there were also some lows. And for Amanda, those lows often revolved around alcohol.

For a long time, Amanda's life as a single mum and high-profile escort was "becoming unmanageable", turning to alcohol as an "emotional painkiller".

In early 2019, Amanda chose to give up alcohol. And then 18 months ago, she received a life-changing bipolar disorder diagnosis. Now being sober and on stable medication, Amanda says she now feels able to discover her 'true self'. 

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