The Sober Insights Podcast | by Belle Robertson

By Belle Robertson - from the blog "Tired of Thinking About Drinking"

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06.22.2024
Sober Podcast 293 – My Chat with Catherine Gray
I had the lovely pleasure of speaking with Catherine Gray in January 2019. She’s penpal #270 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="
06.21.2024
Sober Podcast 229 – I Wish I Could Fly
“I wish I could have one drink, just have one glass and then stop. I know I’ve tried it before, but I really wish I could. Maybe I’ll try again.” compare that to: “I wish I could fly, just flap my wings...
06.21.2024
Sober Podcast 321 – My Interview with Peter King
I was a guest on Peter King’s podcast, “The PK Experience,” where he interviews ‘impact players’ (!). I talk about ‘Fucking Sheila in accounting’ … Recorded July 18, 2019. Feedback from listeners: K: “It’s about YOU being proud of you … You are...
06.21.2024
Sober Podcast 252 – Liquid Poo
Alcohol is addictive, liquid poo. Drinking is like pouring liquid shit into your life. It flows over everything. It affects every aspect of your life. And to make things worse? This liquid poo (alcohol) is addictive. If you have some liquid poo,...
06.21.2024
Sober Podcast 260 – Kristi Coulter (2018)
It’s been a while since I first spoke with penpal #128, Kristi Coulter. At the time of this recording (2018), she had a new book coming out (“Nothing Good Can Come From This” > https://amzn.to/2KmRaYa ) but the story of how...
06.17.2024
omm402.100.day.challenge.group
NEW – Announcing the new private, anonymous, sober group on my site. NOT Facebook. Actually anonymous … This audio recorded for January 2024, but the group exists now <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="
06.14.2024
omm401.permission
Do you need permission to go to bed early? Do you need permission to leave the party early? You can give yourself permission to do what’s best for you. hugs, belle xo ~ one-on-one coaching > www.soberjumpstart.com my book > www.100daysoberchallenge.com free daily emails > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com become...
06.13.2024
omm400.better.boundaries.dont.suck
A short and powerful new audio message just for you, with the best possible soundtrack EVER. Have a listen. Then listen on repeat… hugs, belle xo ~ one-on-one coaching > www.soberjumpstart.com my book > www.100daysoberchallenge.com free daily emails > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com become a podcast subscriber, get all the...
06.09.2023
omm399.alcohol.isnt.a.solution
Today’s new OMM is one i’ve recorded in response to this email i got – and her request for an ass-kicking! penpal Dusquene (day 123) sent me this: “I’m sober, but my emotions are all over the map. Really strong shit....
06.06.2023
omm398.continuous
my penpal Karensoffthesauce sent me this on her day 33: “I got a little frustrated today. You sent an email out today about someone feeling left out and they were on day 66. She was fighting with Wolfie regarding the...
06.03.2023
omm397.sobriety.ruins.drinking
Once you’ve had a small period of time sober, even a few weeks, something happens in your head. And if you DO relapse again, you’ll realize something about your sobriety that you didn’t think was possible. hugs, belle xo ~ one-on-one coaching >...
05.30.2023
omm396.take.a.poll
Do you ask your over-drinking husband if you should quit drinking? Or your best-drinking friends? Do you take a poll to see what other people think you should do? Should they even get a vote? hugs, belle xo ~ one-on-one coaching > www.soberjumpstart.com my...
05.02.2023
omm395.boring
A said that her life was boring now that she’s sober. though she also admitted that when drinking, that was boring, too … new omm for you today! hugs, belle xo ~ one-on-one coaching > www.soberjumpstart.com my book > www.100daysoberchallenge.com free daily emails > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com become a...
09.03.2022
omm393.better.by.a.mile
E sent me this: “I do the ‘tomorrow’ thing, every day, and it is exhausting.” And this new OMM #392 is my reply, here’s what i think about waiting until tomorrow. hugs, belle xo ~ one-on-one coaching > www.soberjumpstart.com my book > www.100daysoberchallenge.com free daily emails > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com become...
09.03.2022
omm392.what.is.sobriety.worth
I received these emails: N: “Honestly Belle: I want to [sign up for sober coaching]. My head tells me it’s too expensive – I am going through a divorce and in the red every month. I also buy alcohol, not every...
11.30.2021
omm391.want.to.learn
“i want to learn to be sober, but i want to drink at the same time.” there are other coaches who talk about this – about drinking and learning and drinking and learning and eventually give up the alcohol –...
06.14.2021
omm390.archiveofanger
omm390.archiveofanger > if you have an archive of anger, then your anger will squirt out in the most inappropriate ways. and then you’re mad at people who have done nothing, because it’s triggered some original archived anger… [This audio clip...
06.14.2021
omm389.superhighway
omm389.superhighway > if you’re newly sober, then it’s like you’re a little chick, walking around in tall grass. you are walking in a new place, unsure where to go. And all the while you are RIGHT beside a superhighway of...
04.10.2021
omm388.resistance
omm388.resistance > saturday morning. i was lounging in bed this morning and thought, hey, i should do something productive. like get up? nah. i’ll record an audio from bed instead! and this audio is about feeling resistance to doing hard things,...
03.31.2021
omm387.moderation.doesnt.work
omm387.moderation.doesnt.work > this audio is about mental health, compulsive behaviours, and how moderation doesn’t work. i share how reading an article in New York magazine about an author had me thinking the whole time: this is a story about addiction,...
03.31.2021
omm386.decision.making
omm386.decision.making > This audio is about how you make decisions. i talk about that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you’re trying to decide what to do. and how this is relates to quitting drinking and is maybe...
03.26.2021
omm385.how.proud.of.you
omm385.how.proud.of.you > how proud of you must you be, for being sober, for looking at sober stuff right now? with all the things going on in the world? and you’re here, right now, working on this. isn’t that a cool...
03.26.2021
omm384.dividing.line
omm384.dividing.line > you are in one of two camps: (1) “how can i make sure that never happens to me” or (2) “that’ll never happen to me.” there’s the line, right there. and if you think you’re in the ‘that’ll...
03.26.2021
omm383.accidents
omm383.accidents > our head will use anything as a reason to drink. so what happens if you deny that you have a wolfie voice? well, that puts you at risk. and what if you think you drink because of external...
01.20.2021
omm382.personality.types
omm382.personality.types > i received an email from penpal Romey about enneagram personality types, which i knew nothing about, so off i went researching, and came up with something super fascinating about those of us who are ‘helpers’ … oh and how...
01.20.2021
omm381.raking.leaves
omm381.raking.leaves > how is raking leaves being sober? well, it’s like learning anything new. at first we don’t know anything. we do it wrong, we get blisters. and then we learn. then later it’s just normal … it’s all normal....
01.18.2021
omm380.bit.by.bit
omm380.bit.by.bit > how do you do something large? the same way you do ANYTHING that’s large … you do it a day at a time. bit by bit. and boy, don’t we hate to hear that! but really, it’s how...
01.18.2021
omm379.psychic.load
omm379.psychic.load > ok, a psychic load is the weight of things, in your head, like the ENERGY it takes to hold something in your mind. like when you’re drinking and trying to find a way out, the noise in your...
12.16.2020
omm378.arguing.mean
omm378.arguing.mean > email from Kimba (day 22): “This podcast rang true. Yesterday my husband spent time with his side of the family and came home and accusing me of hating his family (overdrinkers all). Truth was I had a repairman...
11.03.2020
omm377.things.that.improve
omm377.things.that.improve > If you keep going, moving away from day 1, then what kinds of things will improve? If you remove the booze, and allow for the transition time for things to get better, then what changes might you expect?...
11.03.2020
omm376.juggling.knives
omm376.juggling.knives > we’re looking for a little boost, a bit of dopamine, an adrenaline rush. and then we stack those on top of each other, push-push-push (up-up-up) and then we fall over into alcohol. not you. not you, of course. you’re here, doing...
10.18.2020
omm375.truth
omm375.truth > what happens when we’re not truthful about our drinking. we tell ourselves stories about being ‘not that bad’ or ‘it’s only on weekends’. and yet, we know something isn’t quite right. how does that kind of thinking affect...
10.18.2020
omm374.rebuild
omm374.rebuild > When we’re tired, then it’s easy to think that things are hopeless — so the question then becomes: how do you spend your limited emotional energy in any given day? This one-minute message (actually it’s more like three...
09.30.2020
omm373.husband.part.5
omm373.husband.part.5 > i’ve been recording the AUDIO version of the amazon best selling mini-course about ‘how to quit drinking if your husband still drinks ($2 PDF version / $10 print version) > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com/husband.htm. For today’s one minute message, you’re going...
08.19.2020
omm372.husband.part.2
omm372.husband.part.2 > last week i started to record the AUDIO version of the amazon best selling mini-course about ‘how to quit drinking if your husband still drinks ($2 PDF version / $10 print version) > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com/husband.htm. For today’s one minute...
08.14.2020
omm371.husband.part.1
omm371.husband.part.1 > i wrote an amazon best selling mini-course about ‘how to quit drinking if your husband still drinks’ ($2 PDF version / $10 print version) > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com/husband.htm. And i have just started to record the AUDIO version of the...
07.24.2020
omm370.a.head.that.asks.for.it
omm370.a.head.that.asks.for.it > we have a head that defaults to alcohol for all things: good things, bad things, known things, unknown things, or because it’s Friday. we have a head that asks for alcohol. it’ll use anything as an excuse to...
07.23.2020
omm369.socially.acceptable
omm369.socially.acceptable > why isn’t quitting drinking more socially acceptable? you don’t have to have lung cancer to quit cigarettes. you don’t have to declare bankruptcy to change your money stuff. == happy sober thursday to you. it is warm and...
07.02.2020
omm297.what.you.think.of.you
omm297.what.you.think.of.you > You can’t be so interested in what other people think of you, that you stop caring about what YOU think of you … so i sent out an email and said, “want to record an audio for me...
06.29.2020
omm368.sleep.food.bathing
omm368.sleep.food.bathing > any voice that isn’t saying ‘take good care of you’ is wolfie. and i recorded this one-minute message in response to this question: “How to hear the wolfie voice when you don’t think you can …” == happy...
06.27.2020
omm367.sober.supports.categories
omm367.sober.supports.categories > we tend to pick ONE kind of support, and ignore other kinds. “why isn’t journaling and yoga enough?” you will ask. When really, you need some tools in each category. so what are the categories? ha. you thought...
06.22.2020
omm366.continuous.days.sober
omm366.continuous.days.sober > if you fuck with your day count, your head knows that. there’s a little niggling voice in there that will give you a lot of grief. if you’re drinking ‘here and there’ then you’re not getting the benefits...
06.16.2020
omm365.new.radio.station
omm365.new.radio.station > if you hear a voice in your head saying that you’re bad, lazy, worthless, a problem … it’s possible to get that voice to stop. when we’re sober, we can learn reframing skills. we can learn to hear...
06.13.2020
omm364.darkness
omm364.darkness > there is a hopelessness that can descend on us, like we’re trapped in a dark room and the windows have thick curtains and the doors are nailed shut. now, what if i told you that drinking MAKES this...
06.11.2020
omm363.there.is.no.amount
omm363.there.is.no.amount > there’s no amount of booze that’s worth a new day 1. you’ve worked hard to get yourself here. to give that up for a new day 1 means that you have to repeat all these days again. ==...
06.03.2020
omm362.how.many.tools
omm362.how.many.tools > “why do I have to use these sober tools when other people don’t have to?” To get the result you want, you’re going to use *whatever* it takes to get there, including sober tools you’ve dismissed up to...
06.02.2020
omm361.relapse.or.slip
omm.361.relapse.or.slip > does it matter what you call it? a relapse or a slip or a blip? our head can play lots of games with things like this. (at the end of this message, if you keep listening, I start...
05.05.2020
omm358.news
omm358.news > ok, this one-minute message might not work. i mean the subject might not work. this seems like a risky thing for me to be saying… so as an experiment, i’m sending it to you. then based on feedback...
04.03.2020
omm357.gratitude
omm357.gratitude > it could be worse, right? think of your ex-partner and then listen to this one-minute message. == happy sober friday from me. there is black forest cake in my future, you? hugs, belle xo ~ my book > www.100daysoberchallenge.com...
03.29.2020
Sober Podcast 361 – Resilience
This is my third official audio check-in from paris during the corona virus. This audio was recorded at the duckpond on my Sunday run, on March 29th, 2020. It’s about resilience, remembering the long game, doing what’s best for you,...

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The Sober Insights Podcast | by Belle Robertson episodes:

Sober Podcast 293 – My Chat with Catherine Gray

Sober Podcast 229 – I Wish I Could Fly

Sober Podcast 321 – My Interview with Peter King

Sober Podcast 252 – Liquid Poo

Sober Podcast 260 – Kristi Coulter (2018)

omm402.100.day.challenge.group

omm401.permission

omm400.better.boundaries.dont.suck

omm399.alcohol.isnt.a.solution

omm398.continuous

omm397.sobriety.ruins.drinking

omm396.take.a.poll

omm395.boring

omm393.better.by.a.mile

omm392.what.is.sobriety.worth

omm391.want.to.learn

omm390.archiveofanger

omm389.superhighway

omm388.resistance

omm387.moderation.doesnt.work

omm386.decision.making

omm385.how.proud.of.you

omm384.dividing.line

omm383.accidents

omm382.personality.types

omm381.raking.leaves

omm380.bit.by.bit

omm379.psychic.load

omm378.arguing.mean

omm377.things.that.improve

omm376.juggling.knives

omm375.truth

omm374.rebuild

omm373.husband.part.5

omm372.husband.part.2

omm371.husband.part.1

omm370.a.head.that.asks.for.it

omm369.socially.acceptable

omm297.what.you.think.of.you

omm368.sleep.food.bathing

omm367.sober.supports.categories

omm366.continuous.days.sober

omm365.new.radio.station

omm364.darkness

omm363.there.is.no.amount

omm362.how.many.tools

omm361.relapse.or.slip

omm358.news

omm357.gratitude

Sober Podcast 361 – Resilience

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