What if you didn’t need a rock bottom to question your relationship with alcohol — or your life?

In this episode, I’m joined by Renée Adams and Mara DeMauro, co-founders of Nosedive, a platform and podcast dedicated to numbing less and living more. Together, we talk about growing up around alcohol, high-achieving culture, wellness contradictions, and the quiet dissatisfaction that can exist even when life looks “successful” on paper.

Mara shares her sober-curious journey, including how psychedelics helped her step outside herself and see how numbing was showing up in subtle ways. Renée opens up about habitual drinking, identity loss, and the realization that productivity and alcohol were keeping her disconnected from herself.

We also dive into:

• Why sober curiosity isn’t all-or-nothing

• Letting yourself feel emotions instead of numbing them

• Going alcohol-free without a dramatic breaking point

• Identity, creativity, and rebuilding confidence

• Entrepreneurship, balance, and giving yourself permission to evolve

This conversation is for anyone who’s felt stuck in a cycle of work hard, drink harder and is quietly wondering if there’s another way.

You don’t have to burn your life down to build something better. Sometimes, it starts with curiosity.

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