#03 - Jolene Parks - Why the Body Matters

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

In this episode of midlife, we meet the Queen, the thought leader, the godmother of grey area drinking and coaching - Jolene Park.

Jolene has a TED talk, which has had over 300,000 downloads.

We are talking about the importance of nourishing our neurotransmitters, and supporting our nervous systems when we are looking to change our relationship with alcohol. 

We talk about trying to medicate a dysregulated nervous system - which is why a lot of people drink - when we've been triggered by our reaction to something or when we're feeling either really extremely joyful or we're feeling incredibly anxious. And the things that we can do, instead of drinking to calm our nervous systems in a way that moves us towards our goal of not drinking. 

Jolene explains exactly what Grey Area Drinking is and takes us through and grounding practice and explain why it is grounding that the body is seeking when it reaches for alcohol. It’s fascinating!

I think you’ll love Jolene, she has had a huge influence over my coaching and alcohol-free journey. Thank you for coming on this journey with me as together we find our groove without booze.

If you have any questions or topics that you would like a podcast on please click here.

If you are in need of immediate support please use this link to access the resources I know and trust can help you in a crisis 

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Jolene Parks, Grey Area Drinking: https://grayareadrinkers.com/

Sober AF Bundle https://grayareadrinkers.com/ultimate-course-bundles/

Sober Choice https://healthydiscoveries.mykajabi.com/the-sober-choice

NOURISH Gray Area Drinking Coach Training https://healthydiscoveries.mykajabi.com/nourish

Private 1:1 Coaching with Jolene https://grayareadrinkers.com/private-coaching-with-jolene-park/

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma  by  Dr Bessel Van der Kolk

This Naked Mind: The Alcohol Experiment, This Naked Life Podcasts & This Naked Mind & Alcohol Experiment Books https://thisnakedmind.com/

DON’T FORGET TO…

Join my 3 day virtual retreat ‘Change your relationship with alcohol -in just 3 days- without stopping drinking’ 24th-26th October 7:30-8:30 here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

Register for my Masterclass on the ‘5 Surprising Ways taking a break from booze can be effortless AND change your life’ October 27th at 5pm OR November 2nd at 7pm AEST here:

https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5-surprising-ways-masterclass-registration-Oct%20Nov

Take a 30 day break from booze with my Live Aussie Alcohol Experiment - Doors close on the 2nd November for a 3rd November start date:

https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment

If you aren’t ready to stop drinking but want to make some positive steps to a healthier relationship or prepare for taking a break with alcohol download my FREE Awareness Worksheets: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

If you need a quick reset or you want to get to know me and my methodology a bit more before you take a plunge into a longer program the 5 Day Alcohol Reset Program could be what you are looking for check it out here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/five-day-alcohol-reset-copy-1

Learn more about Emma at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com

Follow Emma on insta @hoperisingcoaching

#01 - Faye Lawrence - ADHD, Alcohol Free

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

In this Episode Emma talks to her beautiful friend and fellow alcohol coach Faye Lawrence about their recent diagnosis as ADHD.  Faye founded the extraordinary social meet-up group for people who are wanting to socialise without booze. She has a TED talk on the importance of connection and fun in the alcohol-free journey and is a psych graduate and counselling student:

If you would like to know more about Faye and how to work with her, her details are below:

www.fayelawrence.com.au

https://www.instagram.com/_fayelawrence_/

https://www.facebook.com/FayeLawrenceCoach

Her Book: https://mybook.link/book/B0BJ27WS2L?fbclid=IwAR27UhZeGMWFz5ArH4-MFihGIGr6K5wfNj147bK4rqYsjaLrUj4xxWCPBQU

Faye's TEd Talk: https://youtu.be/PJadFi0uJNA

Thank you for coming on this journey with me as together we find our groove without booze.

If you have any questions or topics that you would like a podcast on please click here.

If you are in need of immediate support please use this link to access the resources I know and trust can help you in a crisis 

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Jenny Valentish http://www.jennyvalentish.com/books/woman-of-substances/

CHADD https://chadd.org/

ADDitude https://www.additudemag.com/

ADHD Foundation https://adhdfoundation.org.au/

Dokatela https://dokotela.com.au/ 

DON’T FORGET TO…

Join my 3 day virtual retreat ‘Change your relationship with alcohol -in just 3 days- without stopping drinking’ 24th-26th October 7:30-8:30 here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

Register for my Masterclass on the ‘5 Surprising Ways taking a break from booze can be effortless AND change your life’ October 27th at 5pm OR November 2nd at 7pm AEST

here:

https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5-surprising-ways-masterclass-registration-Oct%20Nov

Take a 30 day break from booze with my Live Aussie Alcohol Experiment - Doors close on the 2nd November for a 3rd November start date

https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment

If you aren’t ready to stop drinking but want to make some positive steps to a healthier relationship or prepare for taking a break with alcohol download my FREE Awareness Worksheets: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

If you need a quick reset or you want to get to know me and my methodology a bit more before you take a plunge into a longer program the 5 Day Alcohol Reset Program could be what you are looking for check it out here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/five-day-alcohol-reset-copy-1

Learn more about Emma at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com

Follow Emma on insta @hoperisingcoaching

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

In this episode Emma takes us on the journey from her days as a corporate marketing manager, via a pretty unpleasant breakdown (spiritual awakening), through her long and messy break-up with alcohol and ultimately to where we find her today working as a counsellor, psychotherapist & alcohol coach, living happily alcohol-free. She talks about:

Thank you for coming on this journey with me as together we find our groove without booze.

If you have any questions or topics that you would like a podcast on please click here.

If you are in need of immediate support please use this link to access the resources I know and trust can help you in a crisis 

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Lisa Corduff: Ready For Change (Get Unstuck)  https://lisacorduff.com/

This Naked Mind: The Alcohol Experiment, This Naked Life Podcasts & This Naked Mind & Alcohol Experiment Books https://thisnakedmind.com/ 

Parenting Teens & Alcohol: Paul Dillon, Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia Teens, socialising, alcohol and other drugs: Parenting post-COVID-19 https://darta.net.au/wordpress-content/uploads/2020/12/COVID-PARENT-EVENING-WEB-2020.pdf

DON’T FORGET TO…

Join my 3 day virtual retreat ‘Change your relationship with alcohol -in just 3 days- without stopping drinking’ 24th-26th October 7:30-8:30 here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

Register for my Masterclass on the ‘5 Surprising Ways taking a break from booze can be effortless AND change your life’ October 27th at 5pm OR November 2nd at 7pm AEST here:

https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5-surprising-ways-masterclass-registration-Oct%20Nov

Take a 30 day break from booze with my Live Aussie Alcohol Experiment - Doors close on the 2nd November for a 3rd November start date:

https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment

If you aren’t ready to stop drinking but want to make some positive steps to a healthier relationship or prepare for taking a break with alcohol download my FREE Awareness Worksheets: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

If you need a quick reset or you want to get to know me and my methodology a bit more before you take a plunge into a longer program the 5 Day Alcohol Reset Program could be what you are looking for check it out here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/five-day-alcohol-reset-copy-1

Learn more about Emma at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com

Follow Emma on insta @hoperisingcoaching

Welcome to the Midlife AF podcast - for women navigating midlife and their relationship with alcohol! In this preview episode, I'm sharing my intentions for the podcast and what you can expect as a regular listener to the show!

The Midlife AF podcast will;

- Honour how goddamn tough (and divinely freeing) it is to be a woman in midlife

- Provide really practical tools that I use in my coaching business and with myself to create an Alcohol-Free life that I genuinely love.

- Talk and hold space for the things that come up when we take alcohol out of the equation (all the things we were drinking to avoid) and how to approach them.

- Share my joy in the journey of uncovering what made us drink in the first place, how to sit with discomfort and learn how to have our own back and stop abandoning ourselves in our distress

- Talk about what is like approaching or being in the sandwich generation and the impact both our parents and teens can have on our nervous systems, mental health ability to prioritise our own health and wellbeing

- Talk about the menopause and peri-menopause and all it’s unspoken about problems (and benefits) and why it is particular unpleasant to mix with alcohol!

- Talk about trauma, big and little T and what it does to our nervous systems.

- Talk about the reasons women drink - which has very little to do with alcohol and everything to do with how we feel in our bodies and what we are telling ourselves or holding in our subconscious.

- It is highly likely at some point we will get on to Yoni, pelvic healing and the cervical orgasm - mainly because I am interested in the healing opportunities there - haven’t done anything about it yet but I am slowly gathering momentum.

- I will probably talk a bit too much about ocean swimming and how much it helps me mentally and physically as well as my favourite monthly swim at full moon #boobstothemoon

- We will talk about people pleasing, perfectionism and how to work with negative and limiting thoughts and beliefs. And how having to work on this in order to find ourselves is universal for so many women.

- We will talk about the patriarchal culture and society we live in and how that is impacting us

- I am a passionate feminist so if that’s not your bag - see ya!

- I will talk about neurodiversity - as we are a recently diagnosed neurodiverse family - in a positive, informative and honest way. - There is a high correlation between neurodiversity and substance abuse and more and more women in midlife are being diagnosed - we will talk about why that is too.

- We will talk about body image, intuitive eating, disordered eating, diet culture and how this all adds to the bloody heavy load we carry as women.

- This will also be a podcast for fun and laughter and hope as that is my default setting.

- It will also be a podcast full of love and compassion as we know that that is the route to all long lasting transformation. I will bring on awesome guests with wisdom, and experience to share that will help us on our journey. Most of all, I want this to be a place of connection and understanding.

Vulnerability and awkwardness will abound as we learn to create this next chapter of our lives as authentically as possible.

Thank you for coming on this journey with me as we find our groove without booze.

Learn more about Emma at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com

Follow on insta @hoperisingcoaching

If you have any questions or topics that you would like a podcast on please click here.

Join my 3 day virtual retreat ‘Change your relationship with alcohol -in just 3 days- without stopping drinking’ 24th-26th October 7:30-8:30 here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

Register for my Masterclass on the ‘5 Surprising Ways taking a break from booze can be effortless AND change your life’ October 27th at 5pm OR November 2nd at 7pm AEST here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5-surprising-ways-masterclass-registration-Oct%20Nov

Take a 30 day break from booze with my Live Aussie Alcohol Experiment - Doors close on the 2nd November for a 3rd November start date:  https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment

If you aren’t ready to stop drinking but want to make some positive steps to a healthier relationship or prepare for taking a break with alcohol download my FREE Awareness Worksheets: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/change-your-relationship-with-alcohol

If you need a quick reset or you want to get to know me and my methodology a bit more before you take a plunge into a longer program the 5 Day Alcohol Reset Program could be what you are looking for check it out here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/five-day-alcohol-reset-copy-1

If you are in need of immediate support please use this link to access the resources I know and trust can help you in a crisis.