Love Sober Podcast

The first episode of Love Sober Podcast 2.0  with guest Dufflyn Lammers, relationship and recovery coach. 

We know that, as Johann Hari says, connection is the opposite of addiction and so this  season has a focus on relationships with self and others. 

We introduce ourselves and delve into a bit of our respective histories, and why we do what we do. Dufflyn got sober 30 years ago, before we had the language around grey area drinking. 

Dufflyn talks to us about how she helps women thrive in relationships once they stop drinking or identify as being in recovery. 

She will popping  on regularly to take questions about relationships throughout the season and you I will be exploring sobriety questions so please feel free to write in to  [email protected] if you have a relationship  or sobriety quandary. 

You can find Dufflyn at :

https://www.dufflyn.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/dufflyn/ 

https://www.facebook.com/Dufflyn 

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Kate x 

In this episode I have the privilege of talking to the gorgeous author Suzy Greaves about the vital skill of self-care and its foundational place in managing our wellbeing. Inner and outer care, self-respect, self-talk, boundaries and empowerment are just some of the topics we touch upon in this episode as Suzy shares her passion, compassion and wisdom. 

Suzy is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist and Coach. She specialises in self-care, helping people manage their stress, emotions, and energetic bank balance. It was her life experience of motherhood colliding with the terminal illness of her father that sparked her passion for self-care which she now teaches to her clients, young and old, to cope during periods of stress, loss and change and to boost their resilience in the face of future challenges. Suzy is the Psychology Expert for wellbeing brand Neom Organics and is a founding member of the ‘Nourish’ app. She figure-skated her way through her childhood, growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, and now makes her home in the hills of Hertfordshire, UK. Her first book ‘The Self-Care Revolution’ published by Aster came out in 2017, 'Stand Tall Like a Mountain: Mindfulness & Self-Care for Children and Parents' and 'The Little Book of Self-Care’ came out in 2019. ‘Self-Care for Tough Times’ and her first children’s book ‘This Book Will (Help) Make You Happy’ were published in 2021. Her first journal And Breathe,  Sit to Get Fit and her new deck of cards, “The Little Box of Self-Care” came out in 2022. Rest to Reset is hot off the press now, just in time to shake off the winter blues and boost the rebirth of Spring.

Join Suzy’s Wellbeing Community at:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/suzyreading/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SuzyReadingPsychologyAndYoga/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuzyReading  

www.suzyreading.co.uk

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Love kate x 

In this episode I talk to sober legend Veronica Valli, creator of the Soberful Program and author of Soberful, about our experiences of the midlife so far and in particular the perimenopause. For too long women's bodies have been ignored in the sobriety conversation and we intend to change that! You can't mindset your way out of hormones! Midlife is a cluster of stresses and transitions for women and we talk about why sober is a super power for this period of our lives to enable us to thrive, process and prepare for the next phase - our Second Spring. We want to invite you to this brand new, one of a kind workshop for sober and sober curious women in midlife, Hot Sobriety. 

Hot sobriety was created by therapist and author Veronica Valli, creator of the Soberful program & Kate Baily, author, coach, Menopause Doula and co-founder of Love Sober to help women understand their cycles, support their sobriety and live a healthier lifestyle.

SELLING FAST - GRAB YOUR SEAT HERE! 

This unique online masterclass combines up to date research-backed menopause information with Sobriety Lifestyle Coaching to guide women towards bossing their midlife transitions and thriving in Perimenopause, Menopause and Beyond.

Why midlife is a unique time for women

Grab a cuppa and let's chat...

KX 

Resources: Second Spring by Kate Codrington.

In this episode I talk to Courtney McMahon, the Radical Wellness Founder about her sober journey. She shares her beautiful insights, her wise tips and a weird synchronicity about how we can be connected with exactly the right people to inspire us and not know it (no spoilers!) 

Courtney is a Holistic Sobriety Coach and founder of The Radical Wellness. She helps individuals make (seemingly) radical lifestyle changes that improve their overall health and empower them to trust their intuition so they can remove the booze, break the loop of self-sabotage, create healthy habits and start living a life they love.

Courtney is certified in Holistic Health and Addictive Behavior Coaching. She has been sober since June of 2019. She lives in Connecticut with her husband Tyler and their two dogs, Leo and Olive. 

She is a beautiful soul and a sober sister - check her out! 

Kate x 

Find Courtney Here: 

In this episode I talk to bestselling author of We Are the Luckiest and founder of the international recovery community The Luckiest Club Laura McKowen about her new book Push off From Here. 

The stories and advice McKowen shares are specific to alcohol addiction, but the tenets are universal in their application and useful no matter what challenge you face. With profound honesty and boundless compassion, Push Off from Here provides an actionable framework for healing what pains us and proves that a life of sobriety can be synonymous with a life of magic, peace, and freedom.

When Laura McKowen was two years sober, she received an email from a woman whose sister was struggling with alcohol addiction. McKowen had barely climbed out from the dark place the woman’s sister was in, but she made a list of the things she most needed to hear when she was deep in her own battle.

In this episode we explore her Nine Truths.

It's a gem so grab a cuppa and let's chat.

Love Kate x 

Connect with Laura at The Luckiest Club

In this episode I look at the subject of hope and how to practically cultivate a hope practice.  "an optimistic mindset based on the expectation of positive outcomes.'' It's one of those tools that can be a bit overlooked,  easily mistaken for a lofty virtue or a whimsical fancy or naivety but  it is in fact a badass resilience tool. In this episode I am taking the chapter from our book Love Your Sober Year and delving into hope and actionable steps to cultivate hope and why it's such an important part of the sober toolkit. As I always say, mental health tools, are life tools, are sober tools. In the words of my first and most enduring girl crush, the wonderful Kate Bush in Cloudbusting, ' Oooooh... I just know that something good is gonna happen, and just saying it could even make it happen...' YEAH BABY.

'Love Your Sober Year' is a seasonal guide to sustainable alcohol free living. It starts in Spring so it's the perfect time to grab your copy and start or continue your holistic sober journey. 

And a wee favour - If you liked the book please could you leave a review on Amazon? It really helps. Thanks so much x 

So grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

Love 

Kate xxx

In this episode I chat with Janet Gourand, founder of Tribe Sober, an international membership program which connects and supports people wanting to quit alcohol and then go on to learn how to thrive in their sobriety. Now 71, Janet got sober in her 60s and is a true inspiration showing just how choosing an alcohol free life later on in our lives can be done, happy, fulfilling and rewarding - by reframing and by reclaiming our lives and choices as women, we can boss this sober game, the getting older game and call BS on the limiting cultural narratives of both that we are quite frankly, OVER. 

Janet has had many years of experience of corporate life in both Europe and South Africa.  When she decided to stop drinking alcohol, she could find very little available support in South Africa. Janet got sober by her own efforts and by attending a workshop in London. As her journey continued, she decided to use her professional background in training and development to design and facilitate her own Tribe Sober workshop in order to help others to do what she had done.

She is married with one son and a chihuahua called June. Originally from London Janet relocated to Cape Town in 2001.

Website is tribesober.com and all social media and weekly podcast is "Tribe Sober"

In this episode I 'soul dive' with the gorgeous Sarah Levine, who is an holistic mindset coach for women in recovery and a writer working on her memoir. We met through the process of doing best selling author of 'Drink', Ann Dowsett Johnston's course ' Writing your Recovery' and share our experiences of how writing in recovery and writing our recovery has been a therapeutic foundational piece of The Journey. We talk writing, Internal Family Systems and why we as women need to reclaim our story telling and connect with each other. 

Smart Recovery advocates having a  VACI as part of the sober toolkit - (Vital Absorbing Creative Interest) and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi conducted extensive research into states of Flow and how creativity boosts resilience and helps post-traumatic growth and healing. 

So let's grab a cuppa and chat 

Kate x 

Links and resourses:

Ann Dowsett Johnston Course - Writing Your Recovery (starting 18th Jan 2023) https://writingyourrecovery.com/register/

How to find Sarah: 

In this episode I explore bringing 2022 to a close by sharing some reflective practices and welcoming in the new year with intention setting & having a think about the Word of the Year (WOTY). I am also drawing inspiration from Mandy's and my new book 'Love Your Sober Year' and offering journaling prompts to cultivate awareness of slowing down and building patience as part of our sober toolkits. Working with the cycles and seasons for sustainable sobriety has become foundational in the way approach my life and sobriety and I am delighted to share this and the sober journey with you. Sobriety and recovery is creative and as we expand our toolkits life gets richer and more colourful. 

Reflective practice from the beautiful https://www.tarynstrong.com/

Intention practice from the legendary https://www.bernadetterussell.com/

Journaling prompts from my book Love Your Sober Year

Grab a cuppa and let's chat. 

This week Kate talks to Nancy Evans about tools for long-term sobriety, maintenance and staying in love with sober. Nancy interviews Kate about Love Sober Life school, the flagship 12 week Self-development Group Coaching Program for busy women who want to stay sober & make it stick.

Our tools need to evolve and grow as we do through seasons, life challenges and getting older and we need to be on our stress management, routines, socialising, mindset as well as keeping up those sober treats and keeping motivation and resilience when the going gets tough, as sometimes is just does. This course is the toolkit. 

Written by: Kate Baily, who is a trauma-informed, ICF Sobriety Coach and habit change coach & author specialising in stress, midlife and addictive behaviours.

Also by Mandy Manners - who is a trauma informed life and recovery coach & author.

Sessions are facilitated by Kate & Nancy Evans, who is a certifices Life & Addictive Behaviours Coach and a trainee Compassionate Enquiry Practitioner, training with Dr. Gabor Mate. 

Course Starts November 13th - Feb 5th. Calls at 5pm GMT Sundays.  

Grab a cuppa and let's chat.

KX 

You can sign up here or find out more : 

https://www.lovesober.com/offers/jpkUZhVi/checkout

https://www.lovesober.com/love-sober-life-school-copy-2

Any qs: email me at [email protected] 

For more information about Nancy or to get in touch with her it's: 

https://www.nancyevanscoaching.co.uk/