Mia Mancuso, The Sober Glow: In order to feel good, we have to feel it all
Update: 2024-01-26
Description
In this episode Toni is joined by one of her big girl crushes, Mia Mancuso, a writer, creator, alcohol-free advocate and oncology nurse from Los Angeles.
Mia, 47, also known as sober influencer, The Sober Glow, has been inspiring and educating on alcohol-free living since 2016.
She talks a lot about 'grey/gray area drinking': which is the habitual - and often problematic - drinking that doesn't fit the standard alcoholic/recovery model, because she believes there are many different reasons for and many different ways to change your relationship with alcohol.
Mia's motto for AF life is: Feel good while feeling it all, and she is a walking talking, glowing advert for the sober life.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why quitting drinking is seldom a linear process (and how it took Mia 18 years to stop!)
- The concept of 'grey/gray area drinking' and why AA isn't right for everyone
- That you don’t need to have a drinking problem for drinking to be a problem
- Changing our perspective on Dry Jan/a sober stint: for most of us it's something we GET to do, not HAVE to do
- How getting sober = feeling all those feelings (and why that is a good thing)
- Why getting uninvited to a wedding early in her sobriety journey was a gift in disguise
- How Mia believes getting sober has made her a better, more thoughtful and more conscientious person
PODCAST NOTES + LINKS:
- @thesoberglow on Instagram
- The Sober Studio on Substack
- Beloved Books for the New Teetotaller (article by Mia)
- The Sober Lush by Amanda Eyre Ward
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Drinking, A Love Story by Carolyn Napp
- @shelfhelp.club on Instagram
- www.shelfhelp.club
- Join the (free) Shelf Help Club community over on the Shelf Help Club App
- INCASE OF EMERGENCY - PLEASE CALL 999
- SAMARITANS – 116 123
- SHOUT CRISIS SUPPORT - TEXT SHOUT TO 85258
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