Sober & Lit Podcast
The podcast for midlife women who want to live their best lives!
Are you worried you might be drinking too much? If you’ve tried cutting back your drinking, but can’t imagine your life without wine? This podcast is for you. Sober & Lit is the podcast for women in midlife who want encouragement, support, and real strategies to live their best life without alcohol. Whether you identify as a gray area drinker, are exploring how to stop drinking, or are wondering how to know if you have a drinking problem, this show offers practical tools and honest conversations. In each episode we answer real listeners’ questions about how to get out of the drinking cycle, with sober stories, empowering insights, and practical tips and tactics for living sober with mindfulness, confidence, and joy. If you're ready to explore an alcohol-free lifestyle and step into your most vibrant, “lit” life you're in the right place.
This podcast is for you if you’ve ever asked:
1. Why can’t I drink like everyone else?
2. Why do I drink more than I want to?
3. How do I know if my drinking is a problem?
4. What is a gray area drinker?
5. Why can’t I stop drinking once I start?
6. How can I drink less during stressful times (holidays, divorce, empty nest, grief)?
7. Is it possible to enjoy my social life without alcohol?
8. How do I cut back without quitting completely?
9. What’s the first step to changing my drinking?
10. How much alcohol is too much for a woman my age?
Every episode ends with how we and our guests feel lit with practices that support our mental health, optimizes your fitness goals and enhance personal growth. If you’re sober-curious, or alcohol-free and ready for your next amazing chapter in life, this podcast is your weekly dose of inspiration, tools, real talk, and some laughs!
Sober & Lit Podcast
Exploring the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Alcohol Use with Peggi Cooney / EP 62
In this new episode, Hosts Susan Larkin and Ruby Williams are thrilled to have the remarkable Peggi Cooney—author, speaker, and sobriety advocate. Peggi's transformation from wine lover to alcohol-free warrior is nothing short of inspiring.
Dive deep with us as Peggi reveals the life-changing ultimatum from her daughter that set her on the path to sobriety, and then to write her inspirational memoir, This Side of Alcohol. With her extensive background in child welfare and adult protective services, Peggi offers invaluable insights on managing stress in helping professions and highlights the crucial role of connection in recovery.
Curious about how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) shape alcohol use? Want to know more about Peggi's book and the exciting Zero Proof Experience events? Join us for an engaging conversation that explores Peggi's journey, her impact on the sober community, and the transformative power of living alcohol-free.
Attend the next Sober in the City Event in Scottsdale AZ! Peggi will be there and give you a big hug. Host, Susan Larkin will also be attending! It's an amazing experience!
Purchase Peggi's book, This Side of Alcohol
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Listeners have said that our podcast has helped them get alcohol free! Get started by taking a break that feels lit with a Feel Lit 21 Day Break. Click here to find out more: https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/buy-feel-lit-21-sg
Connect with the Podcast Hosts:
Susan Larkin Coaching https://www.susanlarkincoaching.com/
Ruby Williams at Freedom Renegade Coaching https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/
Follow Susan: @drinklesswithsusan
Follow Ruby: @rubywilliamscoaching
It is strongly recommended that you seek professional advice regarding your health before attempting to take a break from alcohol. The creators, hosts, and producers of the The Feel Lit Alcohol Free podcast are not healthcare practitioners and therefore do not give medical, or psychological advice nor do they intend for the podcast, any resource or communication on behalf of the podcast or otherwise to be a substitute for such.
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