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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 Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Jonny has a background working for technology companies servicing the hospitality industry and it was with the combined technology knowledge and personal experience of giving up alcohol that the idea for the app came about.
His vision was to create a space for the millions of people who are sober or curious about changing their drinking habits, whether full or part-time. Having realised the number of drink options available and the growing range in both retail and hospitality, Jonny wanted to bring this together into one source.
The App is free https://betterwithout.app/ and a great tool for #soberoctober and beyond. Jonny is a great guy, and we really support everything he is doing for the sober community. Go check them out!
Grab a cuppa and let's chat
Love K&M
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Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
In this Episode Kate talks to Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, co-founders of Red School and authors of Wild Power-Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power.
In this episode we dive into the important subject of conscious menopause and menstruation, how to start prepping for this change in the peri-menopause, respecting the wisdom of our cycles to make intelligent choices for our better well-being and sustainable well being.
NB. HRT, mental health support and lifestyle choices are all important and individual choices at this time and today's chat is focussing on the narrative and psycho-spiritual elements of this life-transition, which is one element of this journey. If you are struggling reach out to your healthcare practitioner.
The Red School Menopause School is coming soon, starting on Nov 1st with a free introductory event on October 20th - all details can be found on: https://www.redschool.net/menopause
Alexandra & Sjanie are the co-founders of Red School, and co-authors of the iconic and hugely celebrated book from Hay House, Wild Power: discover the magic of the menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to power.
They are pioneering the new emerging field of menstruality, creating a new lexicon and approach to women’s health and wellbeing; creativity and leadership; and spiritual life based on the power of our menstruality consciousness.
Between them they bring over 45 years of experience. And today they teach worldwide on the psycho-spiritual process of maturation that unfolds from menarche to menopause and beyond. They’re committed to training the menstruality leaders of the future.
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
In this episode we talk about what we can do when we are sober-fatigued, sober-bored or just lost our sober mojo. We look at why our tools get tired, what to do about it and how this is actually a growth moment. If we have plateaued we are ready for the next bit of growth.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate & Mandy
Details for the upcoming Love Sober Life School 3 month group coaching programme can be found here! https://www.lovesober.com/courses
EARLY BIRD OFFER TILL 25th October 2021.
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
In this episode Kate talks to one of her favourite people- ubersobersister, sober shero and bonefide girls'girl, author, coach and speaker, Bex Weller, about her new book 'Chameleon - Confessions of a People Pleaser.' This memoir is funny and ouch-making and looks at how approval seeking and people-pleasing underlies so much of our drinking and comes at a high price. We talk about how to recover from people pleasing and set healthy boundaries for ourselves with a modicum grace diplomacy and self-compassion in our sobriety. As always Bex is funny, relatable and tells it how it is. It's a goodun' people- grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate & Mandy x
About Bex:
Rebecca Weller is a Health & Life Coach, Author and Speaker. Named ‘one of Perth’s leading Healthpreneurs’ by The Sunday Times Magazine, Rebecca helps women from around the world to get their sparkle back and create a life they love.
Author of the bestselling sobriety memoir, A Happier Hour, creativity memoir, Up All Day, and her newest book, Chameleon: Confessions of a Former People-Pleaser, Rebecca writes about love, life, and the strength and potential of the human spirit.
Her work has been featured by The Telstra Business Awards, The Australian, Fast Company, Sydney Morning Herald, The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Better Homes & Gardens USA, SBS Food, Good Health Magazine, Marie Claire Australia, and Elle Quebec.
Learn more at BexWeller.com
and https://sexysobriety.com.au/
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
In this episode Mandy talks with the very inspiring Harrison Ward, also known as Fell Foodie @fellfoodie, who discovered a love of the mountains just as his life had hit rock bottom. A sufferer from
crippling depression and suicidal thoughts since puberty, life spiralled
out of control in early adulthood as he turned to alcohol to sedate his mind. By age 20, he was regularly consuming over 20 pints a day, was a full time smoker and had ballooned to 22 stone. A major life change in 2016, after coming to terms that he had become an alcoholic, brought him home to Cumbria. After vowing to leave booze and lethargy behind, he threw himself into a life of fitness. A close friend then introduced him
to hiking the local fells. A new passion was ignited and a fresh lifestyle began that remains to this day. Harrison is now over 5 years sober and can often be found merging his lifelong passion for cooking with his contemporary appreciation for the outdoors, producing restaurant-quality dishes in remote locations. This is such a good Episode, so grab a cuppa and let’s chat.
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Love Kate & Mandy
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
I this episode we talk about strategies to handle it when your partner still drinks. Both our husbands still drink and we talk about when we first broached the subject, our fears around how it would impact on those relationships and how they have changed over time.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
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Kate & Mandy
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
We are back! We made it through the summer holidays but are still feeling the burn of overwhelm, expectation and the impact of life events. We talk today frankly about what we find hard about this time, what still challenges us a few years down the sober path and our best coping tools.
Our Book Love Yourself Sober is on Kindle offer at 99p to honour National Recovery Month & Sober October.
This time of year can be tough so grab a cuppa, dial it down where you can and let's chat.
Love Kate and Mandy x
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
In this episode, Kate talks to the the mum and daughter movers & shakers team, Naetha Uren and Calliese Alexandra, who founded Recovery Coach Academy.
Naetha & Calliese are a mother and daughter with credible lived experience and professional experience from the USA and UK. They are part of a chaotic but full of love intergenerational home (4 generations, age 8-80 under one roof!)
When Naetha brought her daughter to the UK nearly 4 years ago, they were looking for the resources and community to support their family in Recovery, but they could not find it, so they decided to build it.
Trigger warnings * In this episode we mention domestic violence and death by suicide. Please take care of yourselves.
Recovery Coach Academy was created to bring Recovery Coaching to the UK: training, coaching, implementing and supporting implementation.
Naetha and Calliese are the FIRST and ONLY CCAR Authorised Facilitators/Trainers and the first Certified Professional Recovery Coach Designates in the UK. They have partnered with CCAR (Connecticut Community for Addiction and Recovery) to deliver the CCAR Recovery Coach Curriculum including the flagship CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© 5-day training course, that is now CPD Accredited to bring recovery coaching to life in the UK.
They are also working on Recovery Coaching Communities, a CIC to create a community to collaborate and share all resources and services that support Many Pathways to Recovery.
Find out about the free 30 day event in support of National Recovery Month UK.
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
In this episode ( way back from 2018! ) we talk about your first steps into sobriety. What are the key triggers to look out for HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) we would add bored in there, and what you can do to distract. We talk what it can feel like physically & emotionally as you detox from alcohol and the strategies that have helped us a long the way. So grab a cuppa and let's chat X
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Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
School's OUT for summer! In this repeat episode from our very first year, we talk honest parenting, triggers, stress balls, how counselling spikes around August, the evils of facebook over the summer and SUPPORT as part of the all important self- care. As parents and carers it can be tough as well as lovely so join us in mutual trepidation as we plan for our hols this year. It made us laugh because we actually took a break that first year LOL ''We are wrapping up for the summer pod wise and would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped.'' WE LOVE YOU and we are taking this next two weeks off XXXX
Kate had just finished training with The Coaching Academy and now we are working with them on a course! Just shows how things can change.
Check out the Taster Session on 21st August 10-12 am HERE
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