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Happiest Hour with Paula Devine
by Paula Devine
What if the best part of your day… wasn’t a drink? Welcome to The Happiest Hour Podcast—where happy hour isn’t about what’s in your glass, but how you actually feel in your life.I’m Paula, sobriety coach and founder of Happiest Hour, and this space was created for women who are ready for something more. Not because everything fell apart… but because something inside them started asking deeper questions.I speak to sober women, moms, who quit alcohol and are living their best lives.
Episodes
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Breaking the Stigma: Addiction, Motherhood & the Power of Recovery with Kendall
What if the very thing you were once ashamed of became the thing you’re most proud of? In this episode of The Happiest Hour, I’m sitting down with my friend Kendall for an honest conversation about addiction, motherhood, sobriety, and breaking the stigma surrounding recovery. Kendall opens up…
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For Tyler: A Mother’s Mission to Help Others Find Calm
This episode is different from the conversations I usually share, but it’s one I felt deeply called to have. My guest, Janice Paton, lost her son Tyler to suicide while he was a college student. Tyler was a loving, funny, vibrant young man who was involved in college football broadcasting and, to...
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Getting out of our own damn way
In this episode, I sit down with Ashley to talk about the powerful reminders and mantras that can help us slow down, get out of our own way, and come back to ourselves. Some are simple. Some are a little silly. But sometimes the words we repeat to ourselves are exactly what we need to hear. We…
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Triggered with Whitney Kell
Whitney Kell helped build the coaching division of a publicly traded weight-loss company, where she coached thousands of medical professionals as the business grew into a billion-dollar company. Her work today focuses on helping people understand their triggers, not simply as something to avoid,...
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Liquid Courage? Sex, Confidence & Sobriety with Cindi Roberts
In this episode of The Happiest Hour, I’m joined by Cindi Roberts, also known as the Sober Sexpert — a certified recovery coach and sexual health educator who helps women in recovery rebuild confidence, reconnect with themselves, and navigate intimacy and relationships without alcohol. Cindi…
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Building an Iconic Life Alcohol-Free with Samantha Parker.
Samantha Parker is an entrepreneur, mom, wife, podcast host, and the CEO and Creative Media Director of The Iconic Method, a social media company based in St. George, Utah. In this episode, Samantha shares what it’s looked like to build a business, raise a family, and step into a new chapter of...
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Young and Devine, finally turning the mic on: Courtney's story
Today I’m sitting down with one of my closest friends, Courtney Young, for a conversation that feels especially personal and 10 years in the making. We talk about how her relationship with alcohol evolved over the years, what finally led her to sobriety, and the fear that can come with being…
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Her dream of moving to Bali became a reality when she quit drinking.
In this episode of The Happiest Hour I sit down with Leontine, from the Sober Expat on Instagram, to talk about what happened when she started getting honest about the life she really wanted. She had dreams, including moving to Bali, but kept noticing that drinking, distractions, and the habits...
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More Than a Sober Story with Kelley Kitley: Motherhood, Mental Health & Turning Pain Into Purpose
In this episode of The Happiest Hour, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kelley Kitley, psychotherapist, author, podcast host of America’s Social Worker. Kelley has appeared on national programs including Good Morning America, TODAY, and Live with Kelly and Mark, sharing her expertise on...
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Catching up with Ashley and big announcements!
Catching up with Ashley Runyan on life with teenagers, our big plans at the Happiest Hour and what's next for women in midlife and how we move through all of it with a clear lens thanks to sobriety and ditching alcohol. If you're tired of the vicious cycle and want to take a peek of what living...
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The front we put on: What do we really want?
For almost ten years, Ashley Kelsch owned Teddies for Bettys, a lingerie and sexual wellness boutique in Austin, where she spent countless hours with women in dressing rooms talking about bodies, relationships, and the quiet disconnection so many of them carried. That experience, combined with…
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The beauty of unraveling: rewriting our next chapter with Amber Carter
In this episode of The Happiest Hour, I sit down with Amber Carter—fitness and yoga instructor, retreat host, author, and fellow sober woman—for an honest conversation about what happens when life begins to unravel… and why that isn’t always a bad thing. We explore what empty nesting can teach us...
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From Addiction to Art: How Recovery Helped Her Find Herself Again
Artist Mel Cherigate shares how a life that looked functional slowly unraveled after grief and alcohol took hold. A mom, wife and after two trips to rehab, she found lasting recovery—and rediscovered her creativity, purpose, and herself. We talk about healing through art, rebuilding a life from…
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From hospitalizations to founder of Zero Proof Nation: Laura Silverman
In this episode of The Happiest Hour, I sit down with Laura Silverman, founder of Zero Proof Nation and Booze Free in DC, to talk about what it was like choosing an alcohol-free life long before the sober curious movement existed. After two hospitalizations by the age of 24, Laura knew something...
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The picture that changed everything with Jes Landau
This week on The Happiest Hour, I sit down with Jes Landau for an honest conversation about motherhood, stress, and the quiet ways alcohol can slowly become woven into everyday life. For Jes, instagram @jeslandau, what started as sharing a nightly bottle of wine with her husband became a ritual…
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A lie that kept me stuck.
In this short solo episode, I talk about the mindset shift that changed everything for me. For years, it was easy to blame stress, overwhelm, difficult seasons, or other people for why I kept drinking. But staying on that merry-go-round only kept me stuck. The hardest truth to face was also the...
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A Slippery Slope with Kristen Beckett
This week I'm joined by Kristen Beckett, the woman behind the viral Mocktailsandmarathons Instagram reels. We talk about the slippery slope of gray-area drinking in motherhood—how "normal" drinking slowly turned into blackouts, hiding alcohol, and constantly justifying it because nothing "bad"…
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Uncorked: Mary Alice Stephens on getting honest with a side of humor
This week on The Happiest Hour, I’m joined by author Mary Alice Stephens for a conversation that felt like sitting across from a friend who just gets it. We talk about her incredible book, the stories behind it, and the moments that made us both stop and question what had become so normal. We get...
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LifeWithWhit joins the Happiest Hour
Had a great conversation with Whitney Cowell from LifeWithWhit on TikTok. We discussed how two things cane be true at once. We can still hold on to old memories that were fun yet also recognize the bad moments. Yet, if we hold onto one, we must acknowledge the other. We talk about having a sober...
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Performative parenting: Are we really present?
My friend Shannon and I have been walking this journey together for years, and this conversation is one of the most honest we’ve had. We talk about motherhood, friendship, and the subtle ways alcohol had us performing instead of truly connecting—showing up physically while missing pieces of...
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"Let's Party" with Brenda!
This week I got to sit down with a very special soul and friend, Brenda. We met through Lighthouse Sobriety Academy. From the moment you meet her, you feel her energy, joy, and deep sense of peace—but her journey wasn’t always that way. We talk about her complicated relationship with alcohol,...
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Motherhood and Reinvention with Coach Ashley
This week on The Happiest Hour, I sat down with Ashley , mom of two, fitness coach, UGC creator, and someone whose story felt surprisingly familiar. We talked about what happens when alcohol doesn’t necessarily create a dramatic rock bottom… it just quietly stops working. The overthinking. The...
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When no one's watching: The trigger no one talks about
We talk a lot about triggers like parties, stress, and celebrations—but what about the quiet moments? The nights home alone. The hotel room. The empty house. The moments when nobody’s watching and that little voice says… who’s gonna know? In this episode, we talk about one of the hardest and…
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A Conversation with Juliet Warner: Sobriety, Relapse & AA truths
This week I sat down with Juliet Warner for an honest conversation about sobriety, relapse, faith, motherhood, and what recovery actually looks like behind the scenes. We talk about relapse and finding our way back. AA, God, and the magic of the 12 Steps Parenting teens and becoming a more…
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Author Dana Bowman: Alcohol, Relapse and Recovery Truths
In this episode of The Happiest Hour with Paula Devine, Paula sits down with Dana Bowman for an honest conversation about motherhood, nightly wine habits, menopause, sugar addiction, perfectionism, and the complicated relationship so many women have with alcohol. They also talk openly about…
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Was it even fun anymore?
This week Ashley & I get honest about the thoughts, fears, and mental gymnastics that came with drinking. Waiting for a reason to stop, hoping something external would make the decision for us, the anxiety after the nights out, and the realization that so much of what we called fun was actually...
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3 things I learned from a friend in early sobriety
In this Friday series episode, Ashley and I are sharing 3 things that really stuck with us in early sobriety and beyond. The fears, the shifts, the small moments that actually matter and what it looks like when everything feels new and a little uncomfortable. Not the polished version...the real...
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From Chaos to Calm: Sobriety, Narcissistic Relationships & Healing Your Nervous System with Allie
Sobriety was just the beginning. In this episode with Ali Clark, founder of the Sober Dream Team, we talk about how alcohol, narcissistic relationship dynamics, and a dysregulated nervous system can all feed off each other—and what it actually takes to start feeling safe, clear, and grounded…
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"How did I get here?" with Wendi
Wendi and I go there. From “How did I get here?” to actually doing something about it. If you’ve ever looked at your life and thought, “This isn’t how I thought it would be…” — this episode is for you. Wendi shares her journey through divorce, motherhood, and working as a first responder—all…
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It “worked”… until it didn’t with Jaime Andersen
In this episode, I sit down with Jaime Andersen—founder of Amazingly Alcohol-Free, podcast host, retreat leader, and sober mom. We talk honestly about what our drinking days looked like behind the scenes while raising kids, and how much heavier life felt than we wanted to admit. Jaime shares her...
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Eight Years of Sobriety...Unveiled with Ashley
Paula sits down with Ashley to talk about the quiet moments that lead us to question our relationship with alcohol. Ashley shares a deeply emotional look at what it was like to be in the grips of her drinking while navigating motherhood. It's an honest conversation about the pain, the awareness,...
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Solo Podcast and Intro
Hi and I'm Paula, Founder of the Happiest Hour Concierge Sobriety. A this very short introduction to the new podcast and what I look forward to sharing. Thanks for listening!
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How my drinking affected my son...
This is one of the most honest conversations I've ever had. I sat down with my son Mikey, and asked him the questions most moms avoid... We'll talk about: How he really felt and what he sees now in me as an alcohol-free mom. It's about awareness, healing, and showing what's possible on the other...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
What if the best part of your day… wasn’t a drink? Welcome to The Happiest Hour Podcast—where happy hour isn’t about what’s in your glass, but how you actually feel in your life.I’m Paula, sobriety coach and founder of Happiest Hour, and this space was created for women who are ready for something more. Not because everything fell apart… but because something inside them started asking deeper questions.I speak to sober women, moms, who quit alcohol and are living their best lives.
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What if the best part of your day… wasn’t a drink? Welcome to The Happiest Hour Podcast—where happy hour isn’t about what’s in your glass, but how you actually feel in your life.I’m Paula, sobriety coach and founder of Happiest Hour, and this space was created for women who are ready for something...
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