Confident Sober Women

202 Episodes

Reverse

Understanding and Coping with Secondary Trauma w/ Peggi Cooney

2023-02-0749:28

My guest today is Peggi Cooney. Peggi is a fellow social worker, an instructor coach for the UC Davis in California, an author, and the host of Hola sober. In this episode, we delve into the often-overlooked topic of secondary trauma. This is a particularly important topic for therapists, social workers, and other professionals who work in those fields, as they are frequently exposed to the traumatic stories and experiences of their clients. It’s also an important topic for those who are...

We're Back!

2023-02-0606:42

We are immensely grateful for your patience in our season of podcasting pause. But enough already! Starting Tuesday, February 7, we'll come to you with our regularly scheduled programming. As promised, here are the links to the most popular episodes: Episode 41: Building Habits Using Your Central Nervous System w/ Amy GuerreroEpisode 51: Reparenting Yourself Using Sustainable Tools w/ SicilyEpisode 78: Boundaries in Love and Sex Addiction w/ Brianne DavisAdditional resources: 5 Ways to Change...

Trailer

2023-02-0501:46

The Confident Sober Women podcast welcomes you into meaningful conversations where we help sober women uncover the truth about the lies they believe, transform their lives, and love themselves beyond recovery—hosted by Shelby John, therapist, coach, and author who has walked through the desperation and despair of active addiction. In this podcast, Shelby shares her own personal journey, as well as the stories of other women who have found freedom, empowerment, and confidence in sobriety...

Intuitive Living With Sarah Moore

2021-07-2747:36

Sarah is a mental health profession and she is also a sober woman. She was great at pretending she had it all together. The internal consequences were for real though and through recovery she was able to relate began to understand that addiction was only a symptom of what was really going on with her.Sarah shares how she stopped comparing out and started listening for the feelings a phenomenon she calls Intuitive Living. She learned healthy habits and then began to embrace a sort of “unr...

The Journey Back To Me [Blog Intro]

2021-07-2020:57

Hi there friend. It's me in the raw today just riffing about all things transforming daily habits and routines. AND sharing how I will be revealing to you my most vulnerable shares ever as I embark on a health and wellness journey like no other. Click here to read more.You can follow along as I share every Monday and Wednesday the excited, learning and obstacles I face on this trip. And hey if you enjoy it share with your other sober friends.If you like this podcast please conside...

Building Habits Using Your Central Nervous System W/Amy Guerrero

2021-07-1341:23

Amy Guerrero is a sober woman and coach who helps people to live life with freedom, fun, and clarity in all areas of their life in recovery. She is a dynamic woman with extensive knowledge about the central nervous system and listening to our bodies.Our central nervous system is made of part that have more power over us than we know. And Amy does a beautiful job of describing them and how discover this changed her life into sobriety. You can learn more and connect with Amy through ...

Managing Change With Emotional Sobriety

2021-07-0615:40

When you are on the cusp of change you are sitting with raw emotion, feeling all the things. Your mind races, your heart pounds, you can’t sleep, healthy food is unappealing, it can be so uncomfortable that you might even wonder “why, am I in recovery anyway”?These are the warning signs that times are a changing. Even the most positive and exciting change still brings about a lot of emotion. And it is happening all the time.Often it's boundaries that we need in order to protect ou...

Moving Through Childhood Trauma And Addiction, To Freedom W/Jennifer

2021-06-2948:16

I love talking to other sober women. The hope and opportunity that gets shared right through the microphone is so powerful. And Jennifer is no different.Her story is filled with childhood trauma, addiction, motherhood and freedom. We met on a Facebook live together and her story was so good I wanted to share it here as well.We discussed quite a bit about negative thinking patterns and the tools she used to squash them. Oh and don’t’ forget to check out the Understanding Negative T...

The Uncomfortable Reality Of Having A Conscience W/Jackie

2021-06-1548:15

When we do the work of emotional sobriety we get the freedom we have always been looking for. If we want to be well and living a life with realistic stories about ourselves and with integrity we have to dig into the work.Jackie shares her practical steps for dealing with her negative thinking patterns in sobriety. Getting herself unstuck from those beliefs and building a life she loves. Looking for a great place to share your life with other sober women doing the work of emotional ...

The Battle Between Two Wolves

2021-06-0921:53

Today I came to you live and unscripted to share a story I discovered about the batter we all face inside between good and evil.But when you really dig into it we can see that some of the seemingly negative qualities of the bad side actually come in handy quite a bit to keep us moving forward, to give us courage and persistence. Join me for story time. I you aren't part of the Confident Sober Women Facebook group come on over. Its a free group of sober women doing the work of building confide...

Chronic Illness, Bad Relationships and Values W/Leslie

2021-06-0248:44

Personal core values are such a big part of building strong confident sobriety. Its not something many of us are familiar with but it does put our lives in alignment.Leslie Center shares her personal core values and why she chose them. She shares intimately about her struggles with a chronic illness and how that contributed to addiction and affected her recovery and her relationships. If you don’t know what your values are, or perhaps they are changing now, check out the Sober Fre...

Deepening Your Connection In Recovery

2021-05-2652:05

This week I had the pleasure of talking with with Teresa another sober women in the Confident Sober Women Facebook group. She share her story of hope and recovery and also the importance of having guides in your life to come along side you. Living well in recovery requires support. Service to others is another form of spirituality. Using gratitude as an action leads to deeper connection with others, our energy source and ourselves. We all have choices we can choose to stay in ...

Being Fed Between Atheist And Agnostic

2021-05-1943:14

Connecting with your spiritual side is a personal journey that requires deep introspection and consideration. Often we take what we learned growing up and then mesh it with things we learn in adulthood to land in a place of connection and peace that feels right for us.Nicole is a friend to Confident Sober Women and has a beautiful story of how she grew from what she learned in the Catholic Church and became more tolerant and humble. She shares openly about her experience and how she practices...

Where Do You Get Your Purpose From?

2021-05-1215:06

What do you believe in? Where do you get your strength and purpose from? Is it from God, the Universe, Nature, yoga or something else?We are chatting about the difference between spirituality and religion and the ability for all of us to find connection outside ourselves in some way.For you spirituality might be having a zest for life. Maybe you enjoy being outside in the yard tending to the grass and flowers. Being in beautiful places like the beach, on a trail or even fishing could fe...

Being Willing To Make A Decision With Jen Kautsch [Sober Sis]

2021-05-0538:13

Today I had a very special guest on the podcast Jen Kautsch from Sober Sis. She is a ray of sunshine in the recovery community with a fairly unique story.Listen in while we talk about making the decision to go alcohol free, how she helps women in the very beginning of their journey and doing things afraid! You can learn more about Jen at her website https://www.sobersis.com/ss-home.If you enjoyed it please leave a review! It really does help to let other sober women know we are here! I ...

Who Are You, In Recovery?

2021-04-2813:44

Building Unshakeable confidence is the task of living well beyond recovery. That skill you need to pursue your desires with ease.One of the questions I hear most from women in my community is Who Am I? What do I like to do? Who do I want to do my life with. It's time to find out by learning more about yourself, your strengths, beliefs, weaknesses and values. And get some healthy assessment from others about how they perceive you.Join me for the 5-Day LIVE Self-Awareness Mini Cour...

5 Ways To Course Correct In A Funk

2021-04-1411:34

Have you ever been in a funk? A rut? A downhill slide? Perhaps there are parts of your life you used to feel pretty confident about. And then for some reason or another the situation changed. Today I want to share with you 5 simple ways to get yourself out of that space and back into alignment with who you really want to be.Most of the time after carful consideration we can see that the "off" feeling comes when we are living out of alignment with our core values. Our brains know what th...

Are Your Values On Your Calendar

2021-04-0712:32

Core values provide direction and internal dialogue that influence ALL of our other decisions.Your values inform your choices and decisions and your choices lead to opportunities, behaviors, thoughts and feelings. In fact you gain a sense of purpose and fulfillment when you are living/choosing in alignment with our personal core values, BECAUSE you are aligned!Today I share a practical exercise you can do right now to assess whether or not you are living in alignment with your core value...

Finding Your Compass For Life wCasey Davidson

2021-03-3159:13

Understanding our personal core values is a key component for building emotional sobriety and living well beyond recovery. My friend Casey Davidson from the Hello Someday Podcast joined me for a dynamic conversation about this very topic.We talked about what personal core values are and why its important to know them. And we shared the ways we help sober women go through the process of discovering them. If you want to get more information about Casey you can visit her site at www.hellosomeday...

Transforming Recovery One Routine At A Time

2021-03-2412:26

We have been talking about transforming daily habits and routines for several weeks. The episodes have been jam packed with loads of practical wisdom you can put in place today!!If you are ready for more of the work on emotional sobriety, to move your recovery from fear to confidence the Sober Freedom Inner Circle is your next step. Come join us so you can have the unshakeable confidence to get out of your own way and pursue the life you desire!Do you need a place to land with other sober wom...

#box-pro-ellipsis-173522001017588{-webkit-line-clamp:2;}Confident Sober Women