Carrie Carlisle is tv and events presenter, author, and newspaper columnist from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.  She is an Ambassador for MIND Charity and also works alongside her husband, former professional footballer, Clarke Carlisle, delivering Mental Health talks and workshops.  In 2018 they won the Speaking Out MIND Media Award for raising awareness throughout the U.K. for suicide prevention.  Carrie is passionate about using her own lived experiences, to help others empower themselves, to create great mental health on their own terms.  Carrie stopped drinking in 2006, without which none of the above could ever have been possible. She joins veronica to discuss her recovery from drinking and how when she got sober she developed orthorexia.
  
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210: Sobriety, Orthorexia and mental health with Carrie Carlisle

Veronica Valli and Chip Somers are experts on recovery. Chip Somers was most recently described by Russell Brand in his book 'Recovery' as a 'right social liability.'  Together they have been sober for almost 50 years and have a LOT of stories, messes, experience and occasionally helpful advice to share on living in sobriety. They bring all of that (and more) to the Soberful podcast. This podcast is for anyone who wants to live an alcohol-free life, is struggling to get sober or who is in long-term recovery.

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Veronica interviews Dr. Christine Gibson about the link between trauma and addiction. how trauma impacts our physical health and how the brain responds to trauma. They discuss EFT and how effective matrix reimprinting is in healing trauma.
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267: Trauma and Addiction with Dr. Christy Gibson

Emily Lynn Paulson is the founder of Sober Mom's Club. She joins Veronica to discuss her new book 'Hey Hun' and her role in predatory Multi-Level-Marketing. Emily explains how the MLM fuelled her drinking and nothing on the outside matched what was really going on.
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266: Selling and Drinking with Emily Lynn Paulson

Veronica is joined by Cathy who got sober when she was 76. When Cathy met Veronica last year she told her she had two choices; she was either going to drink herself to death or, get sober. Thankfully she chose sobriety and she shares her story and dismisses any limiting beliefs you may have that you are too old or it's too late to stop drinking.
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265: Think you are too old to get sober?

Chip and Veronica explore how other people can try and sabotage our sobriety. This is an experience most people have in early sobriety. Whether it is from family, friends, colleagues we may have people in our lives who don't like the fact that we want to be sober. One of the most hurtful ways is when people tell us we aren't 'fun' anymore.
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264: When Other People Sabotage Our Sobriety

Veronica interviews Paul Churchill from the Recovery Elevator podcast. We discuss how anything is possible in sobriety and how Paul went from blowing up his life and living in his parent's basement to living his dream life.
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210: Sobriety, Orthorexia and mental health with Carrie Carlisle

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