In this episode, Bella talks to Miranda, a close high-school friend, about Mim’s experience with burnout and her recovery from it. Bella and Mim chat about the bizarre moment they each discovered that their lives had “imploded” at the very same moment. Mim discusses how her brain quite literally went into “safe mode” and she […]
Meg and Bella discuss three of their most memorable sober first socialising moments, including 30-year reunions, date nights, live bands and Christmas work parties, delving into the good, the bad and the excruciating, but most importantly they share the learning experiences they gained from these moments. It’s a long-ish episode, but we encourage you to […]
In this episode, Meg and Bella discuss two very important lists that identify the beliefs that we all develop over the course of our lives around alcohol and which creates a road map for the reframing process that will lead you to a new mindset around alcohol. Meg and Bella then share the original content […]
In this episode, Bella shares her personal story which lead to her becoming an alcohol free woman and a This Naked Mind Certified Coach. Bella’s story addresses her experiences with alcohol in her legal career, in becoming a mum and step-mum and how she leapt into mummy wine culture with wild abandonment only to […]
In this episode, Meg shares her personal story behind her decision to become an alcohol free woman and a This Naked Mind Certified Coach. Meg opens up about her generalised anxiety disorder and social phobia, the 3 things that happened in her childhood that contributed to her anxiety and how she found that alcohol initially […]
In this first episode of She’s Sober Sydney Meg & Bella briefly touch on their personal experiences around becoming alcohol free women and how they met training to become This Naked Mind Certified Coaches. Meg & Bella also share their vision for this podcast and discuss their excitement at sharing their personal stories and the […]
Why taking a break from alcohol needs to be an autonomous decision based on self-compassion Taking a break from alcohol is so much easier if it is your own free choice to do so and it comes from a place of self-compassion not deprivation. Here is why! We need autonomy (meet your inner rebel!) Rules […]
Many women now in their mid-late 40s and 50s who, after decades of drinking as part of university and legal culture, are now finding themselves unhealthy and unhappy. Alcohol plays a significant role in this. This is not an attack on law firms or in any way meant to be disparaging towards female lawyers. In fact, […]
Grey area drinking – what is it? There is no rule stating that you need to have hit rock-bottom or had a momentous fall from grace to justify making behavioural improvements to your life. It is ok if you simply feel curious about what it would be like if you cut back or go alcohol […]
Perfectionism and Alcohol
Making the connection between escalating alcohol consumption, excessive social media use and/or emotional over-eating and perfectionistic tendencies isn’t so obvious at first, but it becomes clearer when digging a little deeper at what perfectionism hides and how exhaustingly unattainable it is. So how is perfectionism defined? Dr Brene Brown writes that: “[P]erfectionism is a self-destructive […]
