We all have our own personal brand of nonsense - self sabotage, blame, people pleasing, control issues. A lot of women deal with almost all of these but especially scarcity versus abundance and making decisions out of your fears. We all have things we're doing that are standing in the way of our health, happiness and success. Learn to get out of your own way, to identify the nonsense in your life, and how to move past the big ones. My guest is Meredith Atwood. She's a former attorney, a podcaster and a motivational speaker. She is a sobriety advocate, and the founder of Grateful Sobriety. She's also a four time Ironman triathlete. She's the author of a best selling triathlon book Triathlon for the Every Woman, in addition to her new book, The Year of No Nonsense: How to Get Over Yourself and On with Your Life. She’s the host of the iTunes Top 50 fitness podcast, “The Same 24 Hours.” She has been featured in The Boston Globe, The New York Post, the Seattle Times and dozens of online publications. Meredith is a contributing writer to Psychology Today online, Triathlete Magazine and Women’s Running. She is a USA Weightlifting Level II, USA Triathlon Level I, and Precision Nutrition Level I Coach. In this episode, you’ll learn How to identify what’s working in your life and what’s not How to deal with the underlying reasons that drive you to drink What bad habits drive you to make the decisions you do in life and how to change them Why you need to make a list of all the nonsense in your life and how to deal with them How to get over yourself and get on with your life  Shownotes: www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/14 Links and Resources MentionedConnect with Meredith AtwoodWebsite: https://swimbikemom.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/swimbikemomFacebook Page: https://facebook.com/swimbikemomThe Same 24 Hours Podcast www.Same24HoursPodcast.comBooks Mentioned The Year of No Nonsense: How to Get Over Yourself and On with Your Life Triathlon for the Every Woman: You Can Be a Triathlete. Yes. You. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidsonwww.hellosomedaycoaching.comCasey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 DaysListen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more.

Do you use drinking to shut off your mind? Do you use drinking as a coping mechanism to push away your feelings? Many women, just like you, who drink have underlying anxiety issues they might be coping with, and they use drinking to make those feelings go away. Anxiety is the number one side effect from drinking. If you drink often, you may have anxiety more deeply and more pronounced than you would have otherwise. Jessica Foody and I are discussing anxiety and the tools to cope with anxiety that you can take away and implement in your life.  Jessica is a registered nurse, a recovery coach, and a She Recovers signature coach. Her expertise is in working with women who struggle, both with addiction and with anxiety. She helps women not only drink less, but transform their relationship with anxiety. Jessica shares her favorite mindfulness techniques and how to unconditionally love and accept yourself, anxiety and all. Jessica believes that recovery is the return to the joy of living. In this episode, you’ll learn about a Buddhist mindfulness technique that can help you work with any difficult emotion for anxiety. This technique is called the Rain technique. The rain technique can be used either in formal meditation practice or when a strong emotion is coming up. Rain stands for RECOGNIZE, ALLOW, INVESTIGATE and NURTURE. RECOGNIZE - Recognize what you’re feeling. With anxiety, this can be something that you are very attuned to and are very good at recognizing it. ALLOW - Allowing your anxiety to be here just as it is. The more you resist something, the more you’re trying to get rid of it, the more you’re trying to push it away, it actually gets stronger, it gets bigger. You can't push away feelings, you can't get rid of feelings outside of numbing. So when you allow your anxiety to be here, just as it is, it's like you give your anxiety space to breathe. INVESTIGATE - Investigate your body. Investigate with kindness. Get out of your head and get into your heart. Ask yourself, what's happening with me right now, where am I feeling this anxiety? Is there a tightness in my chest? Is my back getting tense? Step out of the mind and actually be in your body and sometimes taking a few deep breaths can really help because something that makes anxiety worse is the more you think about your anxious thoughts the worse it gets. NURTURE - You embrace yourself with love and compassion, and you provide that comfort to yourself. You’re allowing our anxiety to be here, but you need that comfort. Be kind to yourself, especially when you’re hurting. If you’re looking for tools to help you cope with your anxiety, listen to this episode.Show notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/13/Links and Resources Mentioned Connect with Jessica FoodyWebsite: Jessicafoody.com Connect with Casey McGuire Davidsonwww.hellosomedaycoaching.comCasey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 DaysListen to more podcast episodes to drink less + live more. Tara Brachwww.tarabrach.com Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN 

Do you feel trapped in a job or career that doesn’t make you happy?Is work a trigger that makes you want to drink?If the answer is yes, this podcast episode was created for you. For years when I was climbing the corporate ladder I felt like I needed (and deserved) wine at the end of a long day to unwind. And I know I’m not alone. So many women have spent a decade or two working hard, paying their dues and climbing the career ladder, only to find themselves in midlife dreading opening their emails and the work awaiting them tomorrow.  Between pressure from your boss, long commutes, deadlines and deliverables, struggling to balance the needs of your kids and your clients and trying to be everywhere at once - it’s no wonder so many women feel unfulfilled and driven to drink. If you feel tired, deflated or uninspired at work know that you have options, you have agency and you can change the way you’re living. There are opportunities available to you when you take time to get clarity on who you are, what you value, your strengths and the work you want to do.Betty Kempa is my podcast guest today, and she’s here to help us figure out how to reduce our stress and tension in our current job and how to work through the fear, frustrations and limiting beliefs that are keeping you from leaving your role and finding a career that you truly love. Betty’s a certified professional coach one of the industry's top career change strategists. She specializes in helping mid to senior level corporate women transition out of unfulfilling jobs and into careers they love.She is a thought leader in the industry, who writes, speaks and coaches on topics such as building six figure coaching businesses, overcoming imposter syndrome, dream career clarity, and effective career change strategy. And Betty quit drinking 9 years ago. In this episode, Betty talks about how to get unstuck in your career and in your life. She takes us through two of the five steps in her career bliss formula and how to implement them in your life.  Step 1: Overcoming self sabotage and getting out of your own way. How to deal with the fears, limiting beliefs, impostor syndrome and your assumptions about what’s possible that are keeping you stuck. Step 2: Identifying your dream role. How to do it and what NOT to do (hint - it’s scrolling the job boards). She’ll take us through the steps of going inside with visioning exercises to meet your future self, building out your ideal life plan so you can find a career that aligns with that, creating your personal mission statement and more.  If you feel triggered by work and are ready to get unstuck, feel empowered and move to a more positive place in your career - listen to this episode. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/12/ Links and Resources MentionedConnect with Betty KempaWebsite: BettyKempa.comLinkedIn: Betty KempaFacebook: www.facebook.com/coachbettykempa Connect with Casey McGuire Davidsonwww.hellosomedaycoaching.comCasey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days

What is Tapping or The Emotional Freedom Technique? How does tapping work to manage stress and anxiety?  Can you use tapping to relieve negative emotions that can lead you to drink or tap to reduce drinking cravings? Did you know you can tap with your children to help calm them and release overwhelming emotions? If any of these questions spark your interest, today’s episode is for you. My guest is Kate Moryoussef, a UK based EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, Coach. Kate helps busy moms manage overwhelm and stress.  EFT Tapping has been referred to as psychological acupressure. It’s a 5-step technique for anxiety relief.I had heard of tapping but never tried it before this conversation with Kate. Following our podcast interview I hired Kate to walk me through the tapping techniques for 3 sessions. We did the sessions over zoom (with me sitting in my office with coffee in the morning in Seattle and Kate settled in after dinner with her family in Manchester, UK).  I loved the process of tapping. It felt like a massage - but one in which I was able to tap on a problem I was having and where I felt stuck.  I felt more relaxed after our sessions and I uncovered a lot of fears and limiting beliefs that were holding me back that I didn’t know existed. They were in my subconscious - yet impacting my thoughts and choices each day.  By our third session I felt like I’d made some major breakthroughs in the thoughts and feelings I was carrying around with me everyday - and I was able to set some down and get some more emotional distance from them. Kate describes EFT Tapping as a practical self-help method that involves using the fingers to gently tap on the body's acupuncture points along the meridian lines of Chinese medicine. EFT Tapping helps you tune in to the negative patterns that form around uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, or troubling memories. You ‘tap’ on the correct pressure points while bringing the thoughts or emotions into consciousness. The aim is to find relief, relaxation, and promote healing around the emotional or physical issues that are holding you back.For issues with drinking, you can tap around your cravings and triggers. To get you started Kate created a tapping video specifically for women dealing with drinking cravings for The Hello Someday Podcast listeners. You can find the video at www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/11.In the podcast you’ll hear what parts of the “drinking cravings” tapping sequence made me nervous while working through it, and how I understood the process better and felt better by the end. I love talking with Kate. She lives in Manchester, UK with her husband, four kids and two dogs. She’s a wellbeing coach trained in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping). As a coach Kate works with women to find more emotional freedom, happiness, fulfillment and health. She believes in choosing to focus on what brings you joy and continued happiness, removing shame and guilt that many women feel in their life. Kate is passionate about wanting to help women rediscover their inner voice, tap into their expansive potential and realise themselves outside of their family dynamic. She wants to help women recognize what’s holding them back and teach them to hear and then listen to their inner guidance and connect to a force they didn’t know they had.  Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/11/Connect with Kate Moryoussef www.coachingbykate.me.uk ‎The Ambitious Mum PodcastInstagram: Kate Moryoussef (@coaching_by_kate_)Facebook: Coaching by Kate Connect with Casey McGuire Davidsonwww.hellosomedaycoaching.comCasey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson)Get The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days

Discover the 10 essential items for a sober toolkit including tech, support, treats, tracking progress, community, safe space, movement, routine, and coaching. Learn how these tools can guide you on your alcohol-free journey in a drinking-centric society.

Many women know Jean McCarthy as an award-winning blogger, the host of the Bubble Hour Podcast, and through her work in recovery advocacy.But in today’s episode we get to know a more personal and intimate side of Jean through her poetry. Jean describes putting out this book of poetry as if she is saying “Here’s what the inside of my head looks like. Here’s the voice no one else hears.”In this episode Casey and Jean dive into her new collection of poetry “The Ember Ever There: Poems on Change, Grief, Growth, Recovery, and Rediscovery” which is being released worldwide on June 19, 2020. As Jean describes the collection she says, “This isn’t the story of addiction and recovery. This is the story of losing myself and finding myself again”.  Jean goes on to describe her addiction to alcohol as a symptom of her lost self - the person behind the people pleasing, good girl syndrome and losing herself behind the masks she was wearing.  In this episode, you’ll learn: What Jean wants to say to the thousands of women who reach out to her and say “I want to quit, but I can’t right now”. How Jean felt in the very beginning of her own sobriety journey The story behind when and why Jean wrote the song “I own it”, the intro song to The Bubble Hour How women can stop playing small and embrace their true self   About Jean McCarthyIn addition to being the host of the Bubble Hour Podcast and an award-winning blogger, Jean is also the author of “UnPickled Holiday Survival Guide: Staying Alcohol-Free During the Festive Season,” a resource about sobriety for people in recovery and their families.Her blog UnPickled began in 2011 and has continued to chronicle Jean’s alcohol-free lifestyle since her first day of sobriety. Thousands of readers credit UnPickled as a motivating factor in their decision to quit drinking.Jean joined The Bubble Hour podcast as a co-host in 2013. She took over the weekly program as its sole producer and host in 2016. Jean is a former performing songwriter with two albums of original music to her credit. Fans of the podcast are familiar with the show's theme song “I Own It,” a single from Jean’s 2008 album, “Blessings and Burdens.”At a gala in New York City, Jean was named recipient of the 2017 SheRecovers Hope Award in recognition of her efforts to help others seek positive changes in their lives. She lives in Alberta, Canada with her husband Ross and dog Scout.Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/9/Connect with Jean MccarthyLink to buy book or further information:www.jeanmccarthy.ca/booksInstagram @jeanmccarthy_writesFacebook pages for Unpickled (www.facebook.com/unpickled) and The Bubble Hour (www.facebook.com/thebubblehour) Also websites: https://jeanmccarthy.ca/,  https://unpickledblog.com/, https://jeanmccarthy.ca/the-bubble-hour/,  https://www.amazon.com/dp/1999299906Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Casey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) Get the guide on how to find and join these groups: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/sober-facebook-groups/ The Free Sober Girl’s Guide to Quitting Drinking – 30 Tips For your First 30 Days Casey’s interview by Jean McCarthy on The Bubble Hour

Have you heard of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator [MBTI]? Are you an ISFJ or an ENTP? An ESFJ? ISFP?As you’re quitting drinking and navigating the world in sobriety, understanding your Myers-Briggs Personality Type can give you insight into your strengths, preferences and why some people, places and situations trigger you to want to numb out and escape - and others don't.Understanding your personality type can help you become more aware of your relationship with yourself and with others, and will help you navigate sobriety with more ease and less stress.  In this episode we’re diving into all things MBTI with Kate Kimberley!  Kate is a workplace coach who is certified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment. She is also trained in Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, which helps women step out with greater courage in any area of their lives. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to give yourself grace and forgive others for not measuring up to what others have told them they should be How to understand yourself, how to navigate the world, and establish a path for lifelong personal development Become aware of your individual personality Type preferences, including how you prefer to communicate, make decisions, and respond to conflict Realize the energy and self-knowledge that understanding your Type can bring to your life and allow you to capitalize on your unique strengths  MBTI ASSESSMENT, INTERPRETIVE REPORT, AND INTERPRETIVE SESSION WITH KATE KIMBERLEY If you enjoyed learning a bit about the MBTI assessment and are interested in learning more and find out your Type, Kate is offering a MBTI Introduction to Type package to all Hello Someday Podcast listeners for $99.00 US.  This package includes: Online access to complete your official MBTI® personality assessment A personal MBTI® Interpretive Report based on your assessment results A 50-minute interpretative session to review your Type, including your Type preferences for: Communication; Decision-making; and Responding to Conflict  To sign up for the package and identify and explore your unique Type preferences, visit www.kwkimberley.com or send Kate an email at k8kimberley@gmail.com. Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/8/ RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE www.hellosomedaycoaching.comShe Recovers Retreats Kate Kimberley, MBTI-certified Workplace Coachwww.kwkimberley.com Free MBTI ResourcesIDRlabs.comMyers Briggs Type Indicator The Bubble Hour Podcast Episode with Casey McGuire Davidson 

In this episode I got to interview two incredible authors and really cool women, Amanda Eyre Ward and Jardine Libaire about their new novel, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life - Alcohol Free.  The book is all about the joy to be found in life after you step away from wine as your constant companion.  Jardine and Amanda have called this book “an ode to the technicolor playful side of sobriety” because it evokes the pleasures, feelings of connection and deliverance from the ordinary, that come once you start living life without numbing out. In our conversation Amanda shares how she was able, through her friendship with Jardine, to get a taste of a sumptuous, beautiful, art-filled life where booze didn't have a place. In this episode, you’ll learn: What Amanda and Jardine learned about dismantling your drinking life and rebuilding it so you don’t want booze anymore.  How you might feel in early sobriety and why you should hold on for the sweet and beautiful life that’s coming your way.  How to navigate a date night, trip or holiday without alcohol.  How to have early conversations with your husband or partner about what you're doing and finding the support you need Amanda and Jardine’s favorite ways to live a decadent, sober life.  Amanda Eyre Ward is the author of eight novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Jet Setters, which was also a book club pick by Reese Witherspoon, and it features a character trying to stay sober on a cruise ship. Amanda's work has been optioned for film and television and published in 15 countries.  Jardine Libaire is a novelist and a screenwriter. Her novels include Here Kitty, Kitty, and White Fur. She also co-wrote a film that was just released called Endings, Beginnings, starring Shailene Woodley, whose character has just given up alcohol. She's from New York and spent a decade in Austin where she became good friends with Amanda. Jardine now lives in LA.Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/7/RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE  The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free The Sober Lush (@thesoberlush) Connect with Jardine Libaire http://jardinelibaire.com JardineLibaireProjects (@jardinelibaireprojects) Connect with Amanda Eyre Wardhttps://www.amandaward.comAmanda Eyre Ward (@amandaeyreward) Connect with Casey Mcguire Davidsonwww.hellosomedaycoaching.comCasey @ Hello Someday Coaching (@caseymdavidson) 

QUITTING DRINKING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LONELY.Finding friends can be hard. Finding friends who are on the same sobriety journey as you can be really hard.  But we’re here to help! In this episode my sober bestie, Ingrid Miller, and I will talk about why finding support from people who have been where you are now and who are going through what you’re going through, in this “quitting drinking thing” is so important to your success. No matter how much your friends and family love you and support you – they don’t know how you feel in this process. My guest in this episode is Ingrid. She’s a friend I met 4+ years ago when I was first quitting drinking, the owner of the cutest book store in Seahurst Washington and an all around badass of a human being. I met Ingrid in a secret Facebook group at the beginning of my sober journey, 4 years ago.  Together we discuss how we met and the challenges we faced when trying to find a community of women who were going through or had been through the same things we were experiencing on our sobriety journey. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to find the support you need – including a number of our favorite online and in person sober groups for busy women quitting drinking. How to get over the fears you have about joining sober groups. Why finding your people in sobriety makes the process of quitting drinking and creating a life you love without alcohol so much easier (and more fun). Why your spouse, partner, mom or best friend might not be the best person to hold your hand through this process.  How you might feel in your first 90 days and why you need women who have “been there and done that” to get you through to the good stuff.  Show Notes: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/6/ RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEFind My Favorite Sober Facebook Groups [The BFB “Booze Free Brigade” and She Recovers Together] Get the guide on how to find and join these groups: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/sober-facebook-groups/Connect with Ingrid Miller https://www.threetreesbooks.com Read about Ingrid Miller’s first 30 days: My quit drinking timeline: 0-30 days. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson Grab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Resources mentioned Kelly Beck Recovery Coach She Recovers Retreats on Salt Spring Island, BC She Recovers Sharing Circles (Seattle + other cities) Book: The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

Are you a people pleaser? Do you put others' needs, wants, and values ahead of yours? Do you need help with setting boundaries in your relationships and around your sobriety? Today’s guest is Hailey Magee! Hailey is a certified codependency recovery coach who has worked with over 100 clients across the United States, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, and more break free from the shackles of codependency. Hailey dives deep into how to become the woman you want to be and what that looks like without alcohol.  Speaking your truth, setting boundaries, and putting yourself first is not something that comes easy. You have to work for it everyday. The more you do, the easier it will be to live a life you love. In this episode, you’ll learn: The meaning of codependency recovery How to master the art of speaking your truth How codependency shows up in your relationship with friends, family and your partner How to find the space you need on your road to recovery  RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEGrab the Free 30 Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Freehttp://www.haileymagee.com https://www.instagram.com/haileypaigemagee/ www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Author mentioned in episode: Harriet Lerner https://www.harrietlerner.com