In this enlightening and educational episode, Veronica talks to Linda Carter, an acupuncturist and fertility coach. We discuss how menstruation and menopause affect women and the impact this can have on getting sober. Linda talks us through the different stages of menstruation how hormones affect our feelings and moods and what women can do to support themselves at each life stage when they want to stop drinking.

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Building resilience is essential to sobriety. We have often had these opportunities stolen from us as children or were just never taught them in the first place. In this episode, Chip and Veronica discuss what resilience is and how it's never too late to build it.

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Brook Morton is the founder of 'Sober Outside' she creates travel experiences for sober women. In this episode, we discuss the benefits of being outside and how this can regulate our emotions. We also discuss how getting sober gives you 20% of your bandwidth back so you can experience life in an extraordinary way.

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Movement is one of the five pillars of sustainable sobriety. In this episode, Chip and Veronica take a more in-depth look at what that means. Movement is about using physical exercise to help manage your mental health as well as being purposeful about the direction of your life.

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What is harm minimization? Does it work? Is it enabling or life-saving? In this episode, clinical social worker, co-founder of 'The Fix' and addiction expert Joe Schrank and Veronica discuss the differences in harm minimization between the UK and USA. Joe also discusses his radical and cutting edge response to the opioid crisis.

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When we get sober, the world takes it personally. There are four types of characters you may meet when you stop drinking: 'The overnight addiction expert, 'the drunk persuader, the 'moving the goalposts friend,' and the 'fun police.' Chip and Veronica talk you through how each one will approach you, what they will say, and how you can deal with them.

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Adrienne Miller, the President of the Women for Sobriety program joins the Soberful Podcast to delve into the 13 acceptance statements that are the foundation of the recovery program. Adrienne shares how Women for Sobriety offers unique support for women to stop drinking and how the 13 statements can be applied to our personal lives.

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Fear is a universal feeling, we all feel it, but not many of us talk about it. Managing fear is a skill we have to learn so we can grow. When fear takes over our lives, it keeps us small, and we make choices based on our perception of safety -- this keeps us stuck. In this episode, Chip and Veronica discuss ways they have broken through fear and how they manage it in their daily lives.

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Fear, insecurity, and loneliness often leads us to feeling disconnected from ourselves, our loved ones, and the world -- and alcohol gave us that false feeling of connection we craved. In this episode, Veronica and Chip talk about authentic connection as the solution to addiction, how to achieve a sense of connection during sobriety, and the joys that come with the experience.

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Joanne Bradford is an author, certified healing practitioner, and life consultant. She got sober at the tender age of 24 and has been inspiring young women ever since by presenting 'not-drinking' as a valid life option. In this interview, Joanne tells her story, how she was inspired to get sober, and how this has developed into her healing practice with Motherheart. She believes that we can learn to parent ourselves in the way we need to heal our past.

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