Soberful
Veronica Valli & Chip Somers
Veronica Valli and Chip Somers are experts on recovery. Chip Somers was most recently described by Russell Brand in his book 'Recovery' as a 'right social liability.' Together they have been sober for almost 50 years and have a LOT of stories, messes, experience and occasionally helpful advice to share on living in sobriety. They bring all of that (and more) to the Soberful podcast. This podcast is for anyone who wants to live an alcohol-free life, is struggling to get sober or who is in long-term recovery.
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Nov 25, 2020 • 41min
119: Sober Black Girls with Khadi Olagoke
Veronica interviews the founder of the Sober Black Girls Club Khadi Olagoke. Khadi talks frankly about her struggle with alcohol and why she was often the only Black girl in the room. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Nov 18, 2020 • 44min
118: From Pessimism to Hope
How do you go from believing nothing is ever going to work out for you to feeling anything is possible. In this episode, Veronica and Chip discuss their shifts in mindset and how they viewed everything negatively, and how they discovered hope. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Nov 11, 2020 • 33min
117: The Pink Cloud
Chip and Veronica explain what the 'pink cloud' is when people first get sober and how to navigate it in a healthy way. As with every new relationship and experience, there's a honeymoon period where everything feels perfect but which inevitably doesn't last forever. Recognizing the phase that you're in and how it fits into the whole process of sobriety makes your journey much easier. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Nov 4, 2020 • 53min
116: Parenting as Prevention with Dr Laura Markham
In this episode, Veronica interviews parenting expert Dr Laura Markham. Dr Laura explains what peaceful parenting is and why connection is the most essential part of parenting. We also discuss how kids trigger your unresolved childhood issues and how, as a parent developing your own emotional regulation will role model to your kids how they can manage their feelings. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Oct 28, 2020 • 39min
115: Motherhood, Drinking and Sobriety with Mandy Manners and Kate Baily
Kate and Mand got sober when their children were young, finally fed up with the messaging that alcohol was a good way to reward or de-stress from parenthood. They have created the platform Love Sober where they help other women realize what a sober life can be like. Their book Love Yourself Sober, A Self-Care Guide to Alcohol-Free Living for Busy Mothers is out now. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Oct 21, 2020 • 48min
114: Transformational Sobriety with Tamara Kirby
In this powerful story of sobriety. Soberful Coach Tamara Kirby finally discusses her traumatic childhood and descent into addiction. Sober for over eleven years, she is a powerful example of doing the work of sobriety. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Oct 14, 2020 • 42min
113: Dealing with Shame and Guilt
Shame and guilt are big emotions that we have to deal with when we get sober. Veronica and Chip discuss how these emotions can fuel a lot of our drinking and what happens when we get sober and we have to face them. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Oct 7, 2020 • 42min
112: The Sober Lush
Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward join Veronica to discuss their book, The Sober Lush. When they got sober, they discovered that everything about sobriety was the opposite of what they believed. It was fun, expansive and exciting. So they wrote a book to tell the world about what they had discovered. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Sep 30, 2020 • 46min
111: Why does stopping drinking feel so hard?
We hear this all the time 'but getting sober is so hard!' Chip and Veronica explain that it feels hard because of our perception about drinking and sobriety and it's actually having an alcohol problem that is hard. To learn more, visit the show notes.
Sep 23, 2020 • 48min
110: Overcoming Our Childhood Issues
Our childhood sets us up for our adulthood. In this episode, Chip and Veronica explore how our childhood relationships with food, time and feelings then play out in adulthood. To learn more, visit the show notes.
