You want to stop drinking or cut back but you often think: I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START!It feels overwhelming. Your partner still drinks, your friends all drink, your co-workers like to drink when you travel for work trips, heck your gym buddies ofte

Get ready to laugh! This episode I discuss why humor is often a good strategy to help ease the pressure around changing your relationship with alcohol. Laughing releases natural feel good endorphins, takes the pressure off real time urges and battle

 I am delighted to dedicate a full podcast episode on JOURNALING!I get asked all the time, 'Why do I need to journal?' 'Do I have to journal?' 'I hate journaling' 'I don't know how to journal.'And this episode goes into 3 areas:Why do I need to jo

This podcast episode takes you through a few exercises in naming and overcoming your fears that might be stopping you from reaching your goals.Fear can help us or hold us back.When looking at making personal changes such as alcohol, fear is something th

This episodes dives into the how to see the payoff and the beauty in the process to your goals instead of focusing on just end goal.I recently led a small group of women on a challenging 8-mile hike during my Seattle Retreat and it was foggy at the peak.

Join me for a conversation I had with my very good friends, Josh and Dan.We have been friends for 25 years and have navigated as much as any friendship could.We discuss navigating the relationship when someone changes their relationship with alcohol.We

My amazing client asked me this question and I thought it was so great that I did a podcast on it.Your feelings drive your behavior, so if you are wanting to make behavior changes, learning how to feel your feelings and understanding your feelings on a d

This podcast episode is an update on the Sober Sunrise Project, grief surrounding the unexpected and sudden loss of my sister in-law, Teresa, and being flexible on changing plans.I share the importance of taking care of yourself no matter what unexpected

If you've successfully cut back on how much you are drinking, even if it's just one extra day less or instead of 3 drinks you've been having 2 more often, you had to go through some discomfort to do that right? You had to process urges, manage your mind,

This episode dives in the problem of people in our lives who might say unsupportive comments about you cutting back or quitting alcohol. I explain WHY they might do this and how to navigate it if the person who is the offender is important to you.&n