The Company Road Podcast E24 Faye Lawrence - The untoxicated path: Altering the course of drinking culture
"So I just thought, no. I don't accept the narrative around sobriety. I don't accept that drinkers are boring. I don't accept that people can't have fun without alcohol. I just don't accept any of these things."
Faye Lawrence
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
Faye’s journey to sobriety: Faye details her personal story from heavy-drinker to alcohol-free, including the barriers she faced, her turning point and the differences in her life since sobriety.
Workplace drinking culture and breaking the stigma of sobriety: Why a culture of alcohol is so prevalent within business and what we can do to establish a healthier, more inclusive social work culture
Techniques for sobriety: Key strategies for trying to work toward and navigate sobriety, including the all-or-nothing approach, getting curious about one's experiences with alcohol, focusing on gains, and regulating the nervous system.
Developing a growth mindset: How to become comfortable with discomfort, learn the power of the pause and take control over the decisions you make to see personal growth and self-discovery in your life
Unlocking productivity: Tips to step into greater levels of productivity and satisfaction at work rooted in understanding yourself and having power over your actions and decision-making
Key links
Episode 14 with Olly Lynch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtS9FcQCpZo&t=2872s
Untoxicated: https://www.untoxicated.com.au/
South by Southwest: https://www.sxsw.com/
Faye’s TedX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJadFi0uJNA
Huberman Lab podcast: https://www.hubermanlab.com/podcast
Mirror Group Newspapers: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mirror-Group-Newspapers
Charles Bukowski: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski
Yumi Steins podcast w/Faye: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/ladies-we-need-to-talk/sober-sex/102870152
About our guest
Having been a heavy but high functioning drinker since her teens, Faye Lawrence (https://www.linkedin.com/in/faye-lawrence-aus/) wound up in inpatient detox in 2017 after realising the party wasn’t any fun anymore. Determined not to let her sobriety ruin her social life she founded Untoxicated, now Australia’s largest alcohol-free social community.
She is a TEDx + SXSW speaker and has featured widely across media with a mission to normalise living with less or no alcohol in a culture that reveres it. Since her ADHD diagnosis in 2022, she’s been telling anyone who’ll listen about the strong link between ADHD and all types of addiction.
She’s proud to serve on the SMART Recovery Board and is a trained facilitator. And in true ADHD ‘portfolio career’ style, she also has extensive experience in marketing, communications, and engagement, predominantly in for purpose organisations.
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hudson-7464254/), is a Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching & consultancy Company Road (www.companyroad.co)
Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux, to name a small few. He continues to teach with Academy Xi in CX, Product Management, Design Thinking and Service Design and mentors many business leaders internationally.
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