Love Sober Podcast

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Life through the sober lens from the original UK podcast for the sober and sober curious with author and coach, Kate Baily.

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Friday Dec 06, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 57 AF Drinks 6/12/19

Friday Dec 06, 2019

This week's podcast is the first of three Xmas specials sponsored by Sainsbury's.

Sainsbury's have really been a forerunner in providing AF drinks and supporting emerging low and no alcohol brands onto the market, their AF fizz was the first decent drink we found and it helped SO much, especially at this time of year. So we really recommend you check their range out.

They're also offering listeners a free drink! Follow the link here https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/freemule we chose this drink ourselves for you guys as it's versatile and deliciously fresh, so happy Xmas from us and from Sainsbury's!!!

This week on the pod we introduce our Sober Advent - so let’s get this party started! We will be kicking off the run up to Christmas with a ‘how-to’ approach to bossing the festive period when you are sober or sober curious. We talk about having a daily advent calendar of self-care and sober treats and AF drinks.

In a season of connection and joy we talk about true connection, rather than getting plastered and the true joy of no hangovers! The concept of 'adding in’ to fortify us and keep us topped up in this season which can be overwhelming for the most hardy of us...We will look at what alcohol free alternatives and celebrate the shifting conversation and greater range of alcohol free products to choose from.

Gone is the luke-warm orange juice hurrah! The world is our oyster! So grab yourself an AF drink and lets chat x

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Friday Nov 22, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 56 Guest:Paula Williams 22/10/19

Friday Nov 22, 2019

This week on the pod we’re absolutely delighted to talk to Paula Williams about @shamebooth this is pretty special for Mandy as going into the Shamebooth really REALLY enabled her to move past her shame and what was keeping her stuck. A game changer for her recovery journey. The visual style, the concept and energy behind Paula’s work completely lights us up. It’s vital and it’s important. Paula is a self proclaimed stirrer of the pot. An artist, An interventionist, activist, feminist, freedom and equality fighter and a proud woman in recovery. AKA Badass shero!

What started as an idea to outfit a phone booth with a classic phone and invite people to record the things they are ashamed of has developed into a movement, with a booth that travels, a podcast, a website and more.

A graduate from The Art Institute of Chicago, Paula believes secrecy and judgment are what make shame thrive. She created the Shamebooth to bring people’s shame stories out into the open, meet them with empathy, and banish shame for good.

The project has developed beyond all expectations, with the booth moving from location to location, Pride to Sunday Streets, and people sharing their stories and emerging from the booth freer. With the light spirit of Paula and the Shame Dames, SHAMEBOOTH is both deep and irreverent, powerful and playful.

Paula’s desire to help others evolved as the result of years of self medicating with booze and pills, and a history of mental health issues, which has led Paula to recovery. This experience has radically shifted her perspective towards others who are suffering and are full of shame, terrified to ask for help. Today, she is grateful to be in a position to give back.

Paula is working with SF-based SOUND MADE PUBLIC to bring the project to life and gives special thanks to her dream coach Rhetta Rowland.

So grab a cuppa

Love K & M xx

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Friday Nov 15, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 55 Clean Language 15/11/19

Friday Nov 15, 2019

This week on the pod we discuss clean language. The language we use in Sobriety has been a focus on the podcast from the beginning and it's interesting and validating to see the shift away from negative, shaming and disempowering language to the language we value words that light us up and empower us.

It's an important subject not just for professionals and services to change, but also for us to use more compassionate language with ourselves and be mindful of negative metaphors. So grab a cuppa and let's chat.

Resources mentioned:

https://www.rehabs.com/pro-talk-articles/its-time-to-clean-up-the-language-of-addiction-treatment-and-recovery/

So grab a cuppa

Love K & M xx

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Friday Nov 08, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 54 Guest: Lara Frazier 08/11/19

Friday Nov 08, 2019

This we talk to Lara Frazier, a freelance writer, a truth-teller and an innovator. She is a FIERCE believer in the power of owning our stories and is a strong advocate for addiction recovery. On her blog, Lara shares a story of healing: in sobriety, through addiction, in life and love, and in all the other big, huge moments of fear and magic that we rarely talk about, but we should.

Lara Frazier lives in the Tampa Bay area with her pig, Peaches. She received her MBA in Marketing & Global Business from Pepperdine University. After many years of working in the entertainment industry, Lara became addicted to prescription pills and left her career to seek help and find her truth. Currently, Lara is the Digital Marketing Director for Renewal Health Group. Her story is powerful and inspiring so grab a cuppa and let's chat.

You can find Lara here...
Insta: @sillylara
Online: www.larafrazier.com
Facebook: @laraannefrazier

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Friday Nov 01, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 53 Conversations 1/11/19

Friday Nov 01, 2019

This week on the pod we discuss what to say to people about stopping drinking. Something that should be relatively simple often ties us in knots, we leave ourselves vulnerable because it’s actually a bit of a skill to know what to say.

So we discuss this, who to share our truth with and who to build a smokescreen against. We discuss some of our own experiences and how you can use different techniques within your expanding social circle.

We talk boundaries and saying no and using a bit of humour to get you through the tricky spots, it does get easier when you can recognise who you’re talking to.

So grab a cuppa and let’s chat X

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Friday Oct 25, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 52 Creativity 25/10/19

Friday Oct 25, 2019

In this week's pod we talk about flow and creativity, the benefits of finding mindful creative practices and spaces in the company of others and their importance in sobriety and as life tools. We discuss the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one of the co-founders of Positive psychology and our own work in Love Sober creative workshops, in particular our most recent London workshop with artist Sharon Waters aka london_artist1 on instagram.

These practices are not only fun and happy making , they also are badass tools for resilience building when the shit hits the fan.

So grab a paintbrush , or a cuppa and let's chat.

Kate & Mandy XXXX

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Friday Oct 18, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 51 Sobercurious 18/10/19

Friday Oct 18, 2019

In this episode we take a moment to re-affirm our core values and beliefs at Love Sober. We explain why we have included #sobercurious in our intro from the beginning, which was before it became a buzzword. For us it means an exploration into getting sober and how to do that i.e. curious about sobriety. A recent press article in Patch stated The "sober curious" movement, also known as "sober sometimes," and that is something we one hundred percent do not advocate, we have stated before and felt it important to state again that “mindful” drinking, moderation or sober sometimes is not a solution for people with a problematic relationship with alcohol, it is what keeps people stuck and drinking. We believe in early intervention, being sober curious for us is being given permission to go alcohol free before a situation of maladaptive behaviour with alcohol/self-medicating or binge drinking can slide over the line into dependence, having the conversation early before the choices you have become increasingly limited. We go through the questions to recognise Alcohol Use Disorder, and our firm belief in building community, support and conversation around problems with alcohol and the need to keep shifting the conversation away from the binary black and white model of you either are or you aren’t an alcoholic, to talking about a spectrum or grey area and how we can get sober and thrive and love a life without alcohol. If you are looking for support check out www.lovesober.com for our community, course and 1-1 coaching. In the meantime grab a cuppa and let’s chat aherm rant...

Resources mentioned:

https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/american-addiction-centers-cautions-against-sober-curious

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-use-disorders

https://www.amazon.com/Kick-Drink-Easily-Jason-Vale/dp/1845903900

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Friday Oct 11, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 50 Guest:Scott Pearson 11/10/19

Friday Oct 11, 2019

IT IS EPISODE FIFTY!!! How incredible is that? We see no better way to celebrate than by talking with Scott Pearson aka The Boy Who Drank Too Much. Scott is a Sober, Mental Health and LGBQTI+ Activist and is also celebrating his ONE YEAR SOBERVERSARY WoopWoop. He's a writer for the magazine Outlife www.outlife.org.uk and a dear friend to Kate and Mandy who we met have met through the gram.

We talk among other things about how shame has impacted his life, growing up gay in a hetro-normative society and how that internalised for him in a negative way, how getting sober has changed his life. We talk different systems of support, and creating your own patchwork for recovery, the importance of self-compassion and how this journey isnt always easy, but we keep going. We also talk about mental health, coping with anxiety and how we try to work through that.

It's a good one! So grab a cuppa and let's chat.

Resources mentioned:

Matthew Todd - Straight Jacket https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17614857-straight-jacket

Brene Brown - https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en

AA - http://www.aa.org/

Ruby Wax - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/024197206X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

Catherine Gray - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unexpected-Joy-Being-Sober-alcohol-free/dp/1912023385/ref=sr_1_1?crid=241SH5RSRFJUE&keywords=the+unexpected+joy+of+being+sober&qid=1570702958&s=books&sprefix=the+une%2Cstripbooks%2C252&sr=1-1

Annie Grace - https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Naked-Mind-Annie-Grace/dp/0008293430/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MDMS0LKIYAK2&keywords=annie+grace&qid=1570703017&s=books&sprefix=annie+grace%2Cstripbooks%2C632&sr=1-1

Russel Brand - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Recovery-Freedom-Addictions-Russell-Brand/dp/1509850864/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=russel+brand&qid=1570703061&s=books&sr=1-1

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Friday Oct 04, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 49 Self Care 01/10/19

Friday Oct 04, 2019

This week we wrap up warm and talk about autumnal self care, taking time when you need it and looking for the sparkle as the season changes.

So grab a cuppa and let's chat X

K & M xxx

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Friday Sep 27, 2019

Love Sober Podcast 48 Guest:Sharon Walters 26/09/19

Friday Sep 27, 2019

We are absolutely delighted to chat with our lovely friend @london_artist1 Sharon Walters, Sharon is our cohost at the Love Sober Create & Thrive workshop in London Bridge 19th October - we have only a few tix left (link in my bio)

Sharon is a west-London based artist who has been sober for 9 months and is a Mother of 2 and is very inspiring. She came to sobriety for health and wellness reasons and her decision to quit the booze has skyrocketed her creativity and energy and she hasn’t looked back since.

Sharon has led a number of collage workshops and is an experienced artist educator of over 20 years. After graduating with a second degree, this time in Fine Art from Central St Martins in London in 2011, she has developed her practice and continued her work with community arts organisations and museums.

Both her art practice and work in the heritage sector aims to provide platforms for those under-represented in the mainstream.

Her current series ‘Seeing Ourselves’ explores identity, beauty standards and race through hand assembled collage. Using magazines and photographs she is inspired by botanical, natural beauty and urban scenes and the beauty of natural afro hair.

Her use of simple source materials, a craft scalpel and quite often an A4 cutting mat means you too can continue this craft from the comfort of your own home. Each collage is a reaffirmation of the right to ‘take up space’ even when you don’t see yourself.

Find Sharon on Instagram @london_artist1

We love this Ep and we’re sure you will too, so grab a cuppa and let’s chat X

Love K & M xx

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