The Wine O'Clock Woman

If drinking has been part of fun, freedom and feeling like you for years, what happens when you start questioning it?In this conversation, I’m joined by Rachel Teeling to talk about the “party girl” we can be reluctant to let go of, why alcohol can become a comfort during heartbreak and loneliness, and Rachel’s idea of the “beer coat” — that borrowed confidence alcohol can give us.We also explore a bigger question: if alcohol stops being the thing that makes life feel fun, where do you find that part of yourself instead?Meet Rachel:Rachel Teeling is a certified Life and Relationship Coach and NLP Master Practitioner, also known as the Love Life Fixer. She helps women heal after painful relationships, rebuild their self-worth and create happier, healthier relationships with themselves and others. Through her coaching and Healing with Teeling podcast, Rachel combines professional tools with honest insight from her own experience of heartbreak, starting again and rebuilding her life.Find out more:Find Rachel on Instagram The free What Now? Workshop: Replay available. If this episode resonated with you, it may be a sign that you’ve been carrying more than you realise.Each month I run a FREE live Zoom workshop for women who are beginning to recognise the emotional patterns, people-pleasing, overthinking, exhaustion and self-abandonment that may be keeping them stuck.Inside the workshop, I talk about the “cycle” many women unknowingly live in, and how to start recognising the patterns that keep you emotionally exhausted, disconnected and running on autopilot.Save your place for the next workshop here:If you’d like to explore your own patterns more deeply, you can also book a free 30-minute conversation with me. Book your complimentary conversation here:Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological or therapeutic advice.

“I drink because I’m bored.”It sounds like a perfectly reasonable explanation.But have you ever stopped to ask what having a drink actually changes?In this episode, I’m looking at what might really be going on in those evenings when you can’t settle, nothing seems to hold your attention and having a drink suddenly feels like the obvious answer. There’s one question I want you to ask yourself. You might be surprised by the answer.If this episode resonated with you, it may be a sign that you’ve been carrying more than you realise.Each month I run a FREE live Zoom workshop for women who are beginning to recognise the emotional patterns, people-pleasing, overthinking, exhaustion and self-abandonment that may be keeping them stuck.Inside the workshop, I talk about the “cycle” many women unknowingly live in, and how to start recognising the patterns that keep you emotionally exhausted, disconnected and running on autopilot.Save your place for the next workshop here:If you’d like to explore your own patterns more deeply, you can also book a free 30-minute conversation with me. Book your complimentary conversation here:Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological or therapeutic advice.

In this episode, I’m looking at what might really be happening at wine o’clock — and why the reason you reach for that first glass might not be quite what you think.If this episode resonated with you, it may be a sign that you’ve been carrying more than you realise.Each month I run a FREE live Zoom workshop for women who are beginning to recognise the emotional patterns, people-pleasing, overthinking, exhaustion and self-abandonment that may be keeping them stuck.Inside the workshop, I talk about the “cycle” many women unknowingly live in, and how to start recognising the patterns that keep you emotionally exhausted, disconnected and running on autopilot.Save your place for the next workshop here:If you’d like to explore your own patterns more deeply, you can also book a free 30-minute conversation with me. Book your complimentary conversation here:Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological or therapeutic advice.

In this episode, I’m joined by Polly Lovell, who shares her personal journey with alcohol and the health scare that became her tipping point.We talk about what her relationship with alcohol looked like before that moment, what finally made her realise something needed to change, and what happened when she did.Polly also shares what life feels like on the other side now, and what she has gained from making a change she once might not have imagined making.An honest conversation about reaching your own tipping point, listening when something no longer feels right, and discovering what might be waiting on the other side.More about Polly:Polly Lovell is a former Director of Inclusion for an Educational Trust in the South West, with an international career spanning the UK and US.She spent many years in senior education roles, working in high pressure environments where responsibility was constant and expectations were high. Like many successful women, Polly’s drinking gradually escalated as a socially accepted way to manage stress, switch off and keep going, particularly through midlife and menopause.Despite her outward success, alcohol had quietly become a crutch. In 2021, aged 57, Polly decided to stop drinking, a turning point inspired by her daughter. She has never looked back. Her health, confidence, energy and sense of purpose have been transformed. After retiring from education, Polly retrained as a sober coach and is also a qualified NLP practitioner and menopause coach. She now runs Sober Coach Polly, supporting midlife women navigating menopause, chronic stress, identity shifts and a complicated relationship with alcohol.Her message is simple: it is never too late to change your relationship with alcohol, reclaim your health and rewrite your next chapter.Visit her website here:Find Polly on Instagram here:If this episode resonated with you, it may be a sign that you’ve been carrying more than you realise.Each month I run a FREE live Zoom workshop for women who are beginning to recognise the emotional patterns, people-pleasing, overthinking, exhaustion and self-abandonment that may be keeping them stuck.Inside the workshop, I talk about the “cycle” many women unknowingly live in, and how to start recognising the patterns that keep you emotionally exhausted, disconnected and running on autopilot.Save your place for the next workshop here:If you’d like to explore your own patterns more deeply, you can also book a free 30-minute conversation with me. Book your complimentary conversation here:Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological or therapeutic advice.

What’s it actually like to get support to change your relationship with alcohol?My client Vic O’Farrell joins me to share where she was when she first reached out, what helped her make lasting changes and where she is now.We talk about accountability, the powerful experience of meeting her future self, and what it was like to work together.About Vic:Known as The Queen of Behaviours, Vic O’Farrell is a coach and behavioural specialist who helps people better understand themselves and others. After leaving the corporate world in 2013, she retrained as a coach and discovered DISC behavioural profiling, which became a central part of her work.Find out more about Vic:Find out more about Vic on her website:Listen to her podcast- It starts with you:If this episode resonated with you, it may be a sign that you’ve been carrying more than you realise.Each month I run a FREE live Zoom workshop for women who are beginning to recognise the emotional patterns, people-pleasing, overthinking, exhaustion and self-abandonment that may be keeping them stuck.Inside the workshop, I talk about the “cycle” many women unknowingly live in, and how to start recognising the patterns that keep you emotionally exhausted, disconnected and running on autopilot.Save your place for the next workshop here:If you’d like to explore your own patterns more deeply, you can also book a free 30-minute conversation with me. Book your complimentary conversation here:Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological or therapeutic advice.