Sober Powered Podcast
1) 6 Ways to Protect Your Energy During the Holidays
Holiday overwhelm isn’t about being weak, it’s about carrying more emotional weight with fewer internal resources. In this episode, I walk you through simple ways to stay regulated when the pressure b...Show More
2) E305: Why the Holidays Create Tons of Stress & One Helpful Tool to Stay Regulated
The holidays create the perfect storm for stress and emotional reactivity in sobriety. Your reward system may still be healing, your stress circuitry is more sensitive, your routine is disrupted, and ...Show More
3) E304: Family Dynamics, the Relapse Mindset, and 7 Drinking Permission Slips We Create to Ease the Tension
Family interactions can trigger the relapse mindset long before cravings show up. You’ll learn how old emotional roles, deep shame pathways, and the brain’s threat-prediction system pull you back into...Show More
4) E303: “I Should Be Further Along By Now”
This fear hits so many people between 6–18 months sober. In this episode, we’ll look at the deeper roots of this thought: identity lag, internalized criticism, perfectionism, shame, and the brain’s in...Show More
5) Non-Alcoholic Drinks: The Pros and Cons (Rebroadcast)
Non-alcoholic drinks and mocktails are very popular, but are they good for your sobriety? In this episode I’ll explain both sides of the argument- how they can be helpful for your sobriety and how the...Show More
6) E302: Feeling Like a Normal Person Again After 8-10 Months
A lot of clients will tell me that they feel like a normal person again. This isn’t a random occurrence, there are 4 very real changes that are happening to the brain during the healing process that a...Show More
7) E301: The Self-Worth Ceiling: How Low Self-Esteem Fuels Self-Sabotage
If you think you’re a loser and a failure, then you’re going to behave in ways that confirm these beliefs. We all have beliefs about our inherent worth and what we deserve, and when life starts gettin...Show More
8) E300: How Problem Drinking Develops and Escalates
How do you know if you’re someone who needs to get sober for good or if you’re just going through a phase? In this episode, I’ll share about how my drinking progressed over the years and a lot of rese...Show More
9) November Trailer
Learn what this month's episodes will be about and what we'll be talking about in the Living a Sober Powered Life Community Join the community https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Work with ...Show More
10) E299: Social Drinking: Drinking to Fit In
Social drinking feels harmless. Everyone does it right? There’s a difference between using alcohol to socialize and using it to force fitting in and feeling comfortable. In this episode you’ll learn m...Show More