Sober·ish Uprising

Growing up the daughter of an alcoholic, drinking was never something that was appealing to Elizabeth until it became part of her job. Drinking is a part of our working culture but in this case it was literally her job as she worked in the alcohol branding industry. At the same time her career was taking off, her father was waiting for a liver transplant from his drinking. 

Compartmentalizing the consequences of alcohol on her father’s health and her work promoting the product that was killing him worked for a long time until it didn't.

She shares the moment she was drinking whiskey with a client and couldn't even drink it down and that was when she knew she must make a change.

We talk about the billion dollar industry designed to make us identify with a brand and buy it again, again and again and how “pick your poison” is a real thing.She shares that although sober·ish doesn't cure mental health, it is one of her many tools in her toolkit to face depression (reminder alcohol is a depressant!) 

I loved hearing her story because so many of us who started a sober·ish journey did so because our actions were not aligned with who we want to be. This is when we create long-lasting change and transformation in our life.
If you are interested in exploring your own sober·ish journey, shoot me a message at [email protected]. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Elizabeth is a coach who works with those going through transition. You can find more about Elizabeth by visiting her website at gofromthere.co.

Book Recommendation - Good Drinks by Julia Bainbridge

What happens when you decide to change your relationship with booze and your partner does not ESPECIALLY when it's been a big piece of your relationship?

Everything.

Today I share my conversation with one of my favorite humans on the planet, Dr. Tarryn McCarthy. 

A former thriving functional alcoholic. 

A current thriving business owner and loving human. 

Tarryn has been sober for 7 years and one of the biggest things that held her back was changing the dynamic with her husband as alcohol had been a piece of their love language for years. Or so she thought. 

We talk about how she spent 5-6 years fighting to be sober, riddled with self-judgment guilt and shame and how if she had known she could have been gentler and kinder to herself how much easier her journey could have been.

We talk about the fear that we won't be able to spend quality time or connect with our spouse if we don’t drink but really that’s not a connection at all and the importance of redefining how we do both to grow as a couple.

We talk about the importance of owning our own journey and not stepping in to own our spouses is such a growth opportunity for both people and how personal radical responsibility plays a role in that.  And one I have been so guilty of doing! 

Tarryn is a coach, a leader, a world changer who puts joy and happiness at the core of everything she does. She can be be found on Instagram at @thebizofhappiness or at www.thebizofhappiness.com. If you are interested in starting your own sober·ish journey, visit www.hollykrivo.com or find me on Instagram @hollykrivo.

Raise your hand if you ever fibbed a bit on the medical form, “How much do you drink a week?” 

Envision me and my guest Thuy raising our hands. 

Thuy is a heart healer, real estate investor, mother and light in this world. She radiates joy.Thuy didn't start socially drinking until 22 and even then she could have taken it or left it but the messages of “you have to drink to be fun” were loud and clear. Slowly over the years she started to consume a little more than she may have wanted.

Earlier this year she posted that even with all her personal development work one of her goals was to NOT GIVE AN EFF… SOBER.

And she did! In today’s episode we talk about the judgment that comes with drinking from both others and more importantly ourselves. How she never needed booze to have fun but how after years of drinking we tend to think so and how the aha that she was dependent on something to have fun was a catalyst for her change.

How drinking is a form of self-sabotage and that it's often not the drink that does the most damage. 

How being inclusive can feel like peer pressure and the importance of being truly conscious and aware of WHY you want the drink is her key to sober·ish living. 

Follow Thuy and all her amazing work on links below.

https://www.facebook.com/thuy.pham.374

https://www.instagram.com/thuyps119/

If you are interested in starting your sober·ish life, send me an email at [email protected].

You have nothing to lose and it all to gain. 
www.hollykrivo.com

“The mental clarity and mental freedom has been my biggest surprise. Coming from a health background I knew I would physically feel better. Of course digestion and sleep would get better but I was surprised at the mental space it opened up. Looking back I was amazed at how much mental space alcohol took up.” 

Today I chat with Erin Godin, a health coach, who like most of us who enter into our 40s did some serious self reflection asking herself the question.

Am I doing the things I need to be doing to be the woman I want to be? 

There was one area of conflict so she decided to go sober in 2023. New Year. New Erin. 

Almost half way through her sober journey, she has zero plans to return back to drinking, especially to her old habits of which she ranked ten steps above a social drinker. She shares about the whisper she heard that things could be different and how the foundation of that whisper was living out of her values. We talk about the power of community, whether in your home or online, that is so important when you are doing something that the world around you doesn’t understand. 

And how the power of finding confidence and making a declaration for yourself sets you up for success and gives you the power to move forward. 

To learn more about Erin and the work she does, give her a follow on Instagram @eringodinfitness. If you are interested in exploring your own sober·ish journey, shoot me a message at [email protected]. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. 

In the final episode of the 4-part series of the myth, stories, beliefs I bought into that held me back from changing my relationship with alcohol, I share one that my mind could not move past so many times. 

Sobriety has to look a certain way. It's a big one because even if I had worked through all the other BS I told myself, this one would have kept me stuck. 

I knew I needed to quit drinking but all I saw around me was AA and complete sobriety for the rest of my life and both of those felt so out of reach. I felt deep in my heart the WHY of redefining my relationships but the HOW would overwhelm me every.single.time. 

This to me is why I created my sober·ish journey and because of it Sober·ish Uprising. I share my three biggest shifts I had that allowed me to redefine my relationship with alcohol 

If you are someone who feels like sobriety is going to the moon this is for you.

Be sure to connect with me on Instagram @hollykrivo and @soberishuprising. If you like this episode, show me some love and leave a review, subscribe and share with a friend. Thank you for being a part of Sober·ish Uprising.

www.hollykrivo.com

“You’ve done scarier things before.  Having a baby exit out of your body is way scarier than quitting alcohol for a month. Please just give it a month. Your life will totally change and you’ll be like whoa. Just give it a try”. 

Erin heard whispers since 2020 “You need to stop drinking. You need to stop drinking”  but like most of us excused them away. In January of 2023 gave the ole “Dry January” a try and has been sober ever since. She started sharing her journey on tiktok and has grown to 20K followers showing the  curiosity we are starting to have in sobriety.

In honor of Mother’s Day we spent a lot of time talking about the intertwine of mommy and booze culture and why momming is so much easier sober. Erin is vulnerable and honest and hilarious and adorable. A quadruple threat. 

For more info on Sober·ish Uprising follow me on instagram @soberishuprising and @hollykrivo. 

Follow Erin on Instagram and Tiktok, @thehomebodyhustler. 

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“The idea of sobriety is not a one size fits all. It has to be what works for you and at the end of the day you feel good about yourself, your life and you're doing what's right for you.” 

Today’s Sober·ish Uprising guest is Staci who when we met said she has been 4 years sober but some may not consider her sober. I had no idea what would come out of her mouth next. She said there are some in sobriety who think if you don’t complete the 12 steps of AA or have an non-alcoholic drink every once in a while you aren’t sober. 

Wait what? This blew my mind and reinforced why we need to continue to have these conversation about what sobriety looks like because we all have to create our own path. 

In today’s episode we talk about,

- How despite knowing she had a problem, she made the excuse that until her sober husband recognized she had a problem it wasn't that bad. 

- How the thought of Italy without booze was a myth but now she knows that she can do all she ever wanted but it will just be so much better.  

- How sobriety sucked at the beginning and it wasn't all rainbows and puppies but it was the small wins like watching a movie sober with her kids that kept her going. 

Where to find me: www.instagram.com/soberishuprising 

www.hollykrivo.com

Where to find Staci: 

www.instagram.com/smlbennett 

It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help spread the message of finding freedom from alcohol on our terms and allows those who are ready to find this podcast.

Do you ever look at your life or in the middle of a moment, good or bad, stop in disbelief and think “Is this my life?” ? It still blows my mind that I am a non-drinker. At least once weekly I think back to the past year and half and am still a little shocked that I no longer identify as a non-drinker. Because that identity was a big piece of my life for a long time until it wasn’t. 

In today’s episode of Sober·ish Uprising, I share Myth #4 of what held me back from changing my relationship to alcohol, Drinking is a part of who I am. 

I talk about how booze and amazing memories and experiences were so intertwined it was hard to see that it was never the booze that made them amazing and that creating a sober·ish lifestyle strengthened my identity as Holly by truly aligned and living values. 

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“When I talk about being sober·ish, I am talking about me really paying attention to how I am paying attention to me. It’s a choice, not a label.”  

Today’s episode is with my dear friend Dana Kaplan who shares how sober·ish not only applies to booze but to food, exercise and other things that we can use as a coping mechanism.

Sober·ish? Sober curious? I want to hear from you! Email me at [email protected].

For years I waited for the right time to quit drinking. A time where I didn’t have a social engagement, a trip,a happy hour, a Tuesday. Oddly enough that time never came. Strange.There is never a good time to change your relationship with alcohol and it's ALWAYS a good time.

If you wait for the right time, you'll never start. And this goes for most changes we want to make in life.

It's the excuse that keeps on giving and is one we as humans really like to lean into.

When the circumstances are XYZ then I will XYZ.

In today’s episode of Sober·ish Uprising I share how not the right time held me back from making a change and how I bought into that myth until I knew I had to create the right time.

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