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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 May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
This week Mandy talks to Janique Sveberg CSAT-s, MCC, CPC, CAI-s. The Founder of the International Recovery Specialist Institute. Janique is an interventionist and public speaker who loves working with people, Janique first set out to work as a recovery coach helping people on their road to recovery. She became an entrepreneur and wrote the autobiography Blood, Drugs, Rock & Roll an account of her own rise to fame and fall from drugs. In recovery, Janique has been a tireless advocate of, and voice for, people needing help from substances and behavior disorders, by becoming a highly sought after recovery coach. Janique has spoken to hundreds of people at conferences and in workshops, and in 2006, seeing the incredible need and short supply of recovery coaches, she began providing training for recovery coaches and sober companions creating her own training company “Road To Recovery.” Her dream and ambition is to bring the knowledge she has learned to even more parts of Europe and to be part of the growth and changes to the field of addiction and mental health it so desperately needs.
This is a fantastic conversation about Janique's personal story her work and the complex questions around addiction and recovery. Janique is incredibly knowledgeable and an advocate for pushing quality and qualifications in the field of recovery coaching, intervention and treatment. Mandy herself trained with Janique as part of her coach training and you can find out more about Janique's work at https://www.internationalrecovery.net/ Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love K & M xx
Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
This week Mandy has an incredible chat with Danusia Malina-Derben @school.for.mothers.podcast and author of Noise - Danusia is a mother of ten children, and still her own woman. From teen mother to tenured Organisational Behavior and Development academic, and onto award-winning, internationally published leadership expert. Danusia traded academia to head a global firm that fixes corporate boardrooms and develops top talent. She also hosts two critically acclaimed companion podcasts; School for Mothers and School for Fathers. Danusia has received praise and recognition from The Sunday Times to Metro, Psychologies to Good Housekeeping. She lives in the South Downs, UK with her family, and their mini-dachshund, Dickie. Visit her online at danusiamalinaderben.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/school.for.mothers.podcast/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danusiamalinaderben/
Twitter:https://www.facebook.com/SchoolForMothers
Clubhouse: https://clubber.one/@danusiamd
schoolformothers.com
danusiamalinaderben.com
This was a great chat about motherhood, feminism and sobriety and how powerful Danusia’s own journey to sobriety has been on writing this incredible book. So grab a cuppa and let’s chat.
Her book NOISE: A Manifesto Modernising Motherhood - 30 March 2021
THE BOOK THAT ANSWERS: HOW CAN I BE A MOTHER AND STILL BE ME?
Part manifesto, part memoir, part guide; this book unflinchingly flips conventional thinking surrounding motherhood on its head. On the one hand, this book is about being a mother, but it's also about how, once we become mothers, we're not allowed to be ourselves. NOISE is a powerful dismantling of the barriers and central tenets that hold women back.
This manifesto was built to start a conversation; it's a call-to-arms to get ideas flowing through our communities, and an invitation to think differently about what we're repeatedly told about motherhood. An intimate, bold blend of memoir, thought-leadership and research, Danusia provocatively reframes the NOISE around motherhood and repositions mothers as the social change agents our world desperately needs.
“A debrief on motherhood for today” The Telegraph
"Danusia makes motherhood political - giving tangible steps to help shift our societal views on motherhood and make a change.” Eve Rodsky, author of NYT Bestseller Fair Play
“It is a beautiful thing when a book about motherhood is about people; about remembering that mothers are people in their own right. I think we so often forget that. This is a soothing slap in the face reminder.” Hollie McNish, author of Nobody Told Me & Slug
Triumph Press: https://www.triumphpress.co/books/p/noise
Available for purchase at (amongst others): Amazon UK — Foyles
Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
In this episode we discuss the role of nature in our mental health and sober journeys to tie in with the UK Mental Health Awareness Week https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week
and its theme #ConnectWithNature #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Love Kate & Mandy x
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
Episode 129
This week on the pod Mandy chats to Camille @thinkbeyondthedrink Camille Kinzler is an alcohol-free lifestyle/habits expert with a Master’s in Science and Physician Assistant (PA) Studies. She is passionate about helping the high-achieving over-drinker unwind, have fun, and connect instead of instinctively reaching for her go-to cocktail by learning to trust herself again. She does this through a process she calls the COZY Method in 1:1 and intimate group coaching. She offers an intimate 4 month container for 10 women 2 times a year with an optional retreat component. We had a great chat about our similar journeys, seeing Alcohol-Free living as exploration and gaining rather than losing and the important element of trust. Camille is heading up 7 Days and 14 Ways to Break Your Drinking Habit Challenge of which we will be in conversation with her live in the Facebook group on May 15th at 8pm your time, which is 2pm CST US. If you would like to join the challenge and not only work with Camille but be invited to guest interviews each night click on this link - it's free! https://thinkbeyondthedrink.lpages.co/may-2021-awareness-challenge-love-sober/
Grab a cuppa and let's chat. Love M & K xx
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
We loved talking to Laurie about the light and shade of sober living. The importance of talking about our mental health and healing from it. We talk about the difficulty in accessing services and how brilliant and vital it is to lean on the sober community for support whilst talking to your GP and getting the right support on board. It’s a great and important chat. So grab a cuppa. Love K & M xxx
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Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Episode 127
This week we revist Mandy's story. In this episode Kate interviews Mandy about her relationship with alcohol.
Please do contact us with questions, potential topics or situations you’d like to be discussed – we’d love to hear from you, all our contact details are available at www.lovesober.com
Resources mentioned: CBT, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/
Soberistas – www.soberistas.com
The Sober Revolution, Lucy Rocca - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18320328-the-sober-revolution
Instagram – @mandymannerscoach
Club Soda - https://joinclubsoda.co.uk/
Clare Pooley TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKfuGMzmfTs
Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis - http://www.happinesshypothesis.com/
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Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Episode 126
We have decided to re-release our stories over the next two weeks at it is a timely reminder for us both and for any of you who are new to the podcast. In this episode Mandy interviews Kate about her relationship with alcohol.
Resources mentioned: Add Action - https://www.addaction.org.uk/
Soberistas - https://soberistas.com/
Jason Vale - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kick-Drink-Easily-Jason-Vale/dp/1845903900
Lucy Rocca - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sober-Revolution-Calling-Addiction-Recovery/dp/1783752084/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525542556&sr=1-1&keywords=the+sober+revolution
Allen Carr - https://www.allencarr.com/
Jack Trimpney, Rational Recovery - https://rational.org/index.php?id=1
Rebecca Weller – www.sexysobriety.com
Tara Brach - https://www.tarabrach.com/ The rain of self-compassion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxfmarLIBo0
Club Soda - https://joinclubsoda.co.uk/
Please do contact us with questions, potential topics or situations you’d like to be discussed – we’d love to hear from you, all our contact details are available at www.lovesober.com
If you would like to support the podcast you can via https://www.patreon.com/lovesoberpod
You can connect with us via links below:
https://www.lovesober.com
and our membership community and courses
https://www.lovesober.com/store
#reasonstolovesober #lovesoberpodcast #lovesober #loveyourselfsober #sober #soberlife #hangoverfree #sobriety #recoverycoach #sobermovement #sobercurious #alcoholfree #recovery #sherecovers #sobercoach #greyareadrinking #grayareadrinking #mentalhealth #motherhood #wineoclock #sobermums #selfcare #womeninrecovery #sobercommunity
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Episode 125
This week on the podcast Mandy talks to the incredible Jen Elizabeth @resurrektion_of_me a
Jen is a writer, speaker, trauma educator, Harm Reduction Specialist with The Sidewalk Project, and the founder of Resurrektion of Me, a community for people healing from trauma and addiction. She is the author of the book, “Shape of a Woman.” And host of the “Sober Mom Squad.” As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, familial abuse, addiction, the prison system, and spending the majority of her adult life experiencing houselessness... she has taken her power back and dedicated herself to supporting others as they heal from trauma. Her incredible story and triumphant recovery has been shared worldwide in publications including The Mirror, LAD Bible, The Sun, and The Daily Mail. She is a mother to two incredible children and lives in beautiful Southern California.
This conversation is incredibly insightful and empowering, *trigger warning* on a discussion about trauma and sexual abuse, please do take good care of yourself and use discretion if you feel you are not in the right space to listen x There is a lot of learning to be done around language, stigma, shame, harm reduction and addiction. We really hope you get something from this and greatly thank Jen for her work and sharing her story with us. Grab a cuppa and let’s chat.
Love K & M
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Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
In this episode we are looking at the Easter weekend and easing of lockdown restrictions in the UK and the attendant anxiety and social triggers we may be feeling as sober people and/or introverts. It's like we are all learning a new skill or remembering how to connect with other people not on Zoom. I mean, what lipstick are you going to wear? That red that is genius on Zoom makes me look like The Joker IRL ( Kate). In all seriousness it feels like a a big change and it is a big change so we are talking about bossing our sober tool kits with tips, tools and strategies.
We are diving into Chapter 12 in our book Love Yourself Sober to mine those treasures about bossing sober & social.
Grab a cuppa and let's chat
K&M X
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
This week we are opening the discussion about neurodiversity ( ADHD, autism, Dyslexia, dyspraxia , SPD etc) - what it is and our reflections as mums, coaches and in our own experiences. We look at the spectrum of diversity and traits that we recognise that in part contributed to us developing a problematic relationship with alcohol such as exective function and identifying as highly sensitive. We talk about strengths and shame, the all important topic of care for the carer, nervous system regulation in greater detail and why alcohol is never the right 'medicine.'
Because it's Autism Awareness Day in the Uk on April 2nd we wanted to keep talking and doing work to understand and support our families and to raise awareness. There are big links there for the sober community - Dr Gabor Mate has written books about ADHD and part of what we can do is try to raise awareness for schools and workplaces to be diversity supportive - neurodiversity is one of the layers of othering that is traumatic for kids and adults and can affect peoples' lives and outcomes dramatically if not understood and supported. With20% of people identifying as neurodiverse we hope the tide is turning and we can embrace and foster different ways of learning and being in the world and these incredible gifts, not just saying that there is something wrong.
We also explore the phenomenon of Kate's 'Covid Armpit'.
It's Ok , it's gone now.
Grab that cuppa and let's chat:)
Love Kate & Mandy x