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Love Sober Podcast
by Kate Baily
The UK’s original podcast for the sober & sober curious. Explore life through the sober lens with author and Midlife Sobriety Coach, Kate Baily.
Episodes
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The Autumn Edit
As the seasons change, so do our needs. In this episode, we are talking about moving into autumn — sober, resourced and with a little more intention. The darker evenings, changing routines and shift in energy can affect our mood, nervous system and sobriety. Rather than pushing through or…
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Midlife Alchemy: Liminal Spaces, Sobriety & the End-of-Summer Funk
In this episode of the Love Sober Podcast, Kate and Helen unpack that end-of-summer exhaustion and the strange, wobbly transition into autumn. They explore liminal spaces – the in‑between times when we’ve outgrown an old version of ourselves but aren’t yet anchored in the new – and how this shows...
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Sober Summer Toolkit
In this episode of the Love Sober Podcast, Kate and Helen explore summer sobriety and how to build a realistic, compassionate summer toolkit using ideas from Kate’s book “Love Your Sober Year.” They talk about seasons, hormones, grief, parenting, and why women need a softer, cyclical approach to...
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Sober Holiday Survival Guide: Airports, All-Inclusives & Family Triggers
Going on holiday without alcohol can feel terrifying – especially with family dynamics, all‑inclusive buffets, and airport Wetherspoons in the mix. In this episode, we unpack sober holidays with real stories, practical tools, and a lot of honesty (and laughter). We talk about: First alcohol‑free...
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Victoria Vanstone on Drinking Culture, Motherhood & Midlife
In this episode of Love Sober Podcast, Kate talks with Victoria Vanstone, founder of Sober Awkward, writer, podcaster and author of A Thousand Wasted Sundays. Victoria shares her journey from Reading pub culture and wild backpacking years (including blowing off part of her finger with a firework)...
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Kintsugi for the Sober Journey: Embracing Imperfection & Healing
What if the cracks aren’t something to hide? In this episode of the Love Sober Podcast, we explore the Japanese art of kintsugi — the practice of repairing broken pottery with gold — as a powerful metaphor for the sober journey, midlife healing, and self-compassion. Together, we work with a...
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Guest Interview with Kate Codrington - Midlife & Second Spring.
Podcast notes: Kate Codrington on Second Spring, menopause, rest and elderhood In this episode I speak with the wonderful Kate Codrington about menopause as a powerful life transition rather than a “decline”. We explore the idea of Second Spring, the seasonal map of midlife, sobriety, rest…
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Tiny Joy for When Life Feels Like a Lot
Episode 1: Tiny Joy for When Life Feels F***ed with Kate Baily and guest host Helen Lees Welcome back to the Love Sober Podcast — the podcast for the sober and sober curious. In this first episode of the new season, Kate is joined by new guest host Helen Lees for a heartfelt conversation about…
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Reparenting Explained with Cybele Botran
What if you could meet yourself with the care you always needed? In this episode, I talk with Cybele Botran about the transformative practice of reparenting. Cybele is a trusted guide for women on the path of emotional healing. She is a Certified Trauma-Informed SHERECOVERS® Coach, an ICF...
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Midlife Alchemy: How Sobriety Becomes Your Superpower
Midlife isn’t a crisis — it’s an initiation. In this episode, I explore the Queen Phase archetype, why sobriety is a midlife superpower, and how we can rise into this season with clarity, energy, and sovereignty. 👉 Join Midlife Alchemy Mentoring — a 12-week journey for sober women in midlife....
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Exploring the Sober Journey with Maggie Klaassens - The Sober Summit
Welcome to the Love Sober podcast, a supportive space for the sober and sober curious. In this episode, Kate Baily interviews Maggie Klaassens, a certified alcohol-free coach and founder of The Sober Summit and Sober Circle community. Maggie shares her inspiring journey to sobriety, navigating...
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How to Fall in Love with Sober October Casey M Davidson
In this episode I talk to Casey M Davidson about how to fall in love with Sober October. We discuss habit change, early sobriety tools and the practices that have helped us to fall in love with our sobriety. Casey McGuire Davidson is a Certified Life + Sobriety Coach who helps busy women quit...
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Your Menopause Toolkit : Hormones & Alcohol with Fiona Catchpowle
In this episode I talk to the founder of The Menopause School, Fiona Catchpowle who gives us a masterclass in understanding hormonal health & ageing, peri menopause, menopause and holistic health, HRT and alcohol plus practical ways to empower us to make choices for our health. Fiona Catchpowle…
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Love Sober Podcast- Guest Arlina Allen - 30 Tips from 30 Years Sober
In this episode I talk to a fabulous sober sis who this year has been sober for 30 YEARS! YAS queen...Arlina Allen! With this kind of sobriety timeline, Arlina has an amazing perspective on the shifting cultural narratives around sobriety and addiction over the last three decades and the…
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Love Sober Podcast: Friends & Sobriety with Kate Baily & Dufflyn Lammers
In this episode, Dufflyn and I delve into the rich and complex topic of friendships and sobriety. Whether a friendship is for 'a reason, a season or a lifetime', (thanks for this, D), human beings are naturally wired to connect with others. Navigating the adjustments to our friendships and...
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Love Sober Podcast - Sober Dave & Johnny Lawrence - Sobros, Friendship & Mental Health
We kick off the summer season with sober legends Sober Dave & Johnny Lawrence talking about their friendship in the sober sphere, their mental health, getting sober as men and ongoing tools for sobriety. It was so lovely to hear about their friendship, vulnerability and how their connection led...
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Peri Menopause Power Tools - Kate Baily
This episode Kate talks midlife transitions, sober tools and the upcoming group coaching in Love Sober - Love Your Sober Summer and why we need to strategise for success. Kate is the co-author of two books Love Yourself Sober - a self care guide to alcohol free living for busy mothers and Love…
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Clover Stroud on creativity & sobriety
In this episode I talk to writer Clover Stroud about creativity, sobriety, life, love and loss and her new memoir 'The Giant on the Skyline - On home, belonging and learning to let go.' ( May 8th 2024) Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist writing for the Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Daily...
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Sober sex & relationships with Tawny Lara author of Dry Humping
In this episode I have a fantastic chat with top sober sis, sober sexpert Tawny Lara, author of Dry Humping - a guide to dating, relating and hooking up without the booze. And basically, we talk about all of that. Tawny Lara is an NYC-based journalist and public speaker with 8+ years of reporting...
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Love Sober Podcast. Beyond Booze with Sarah Rusbatch
In this episode I talk to the gorgeous Sarah Rusbatch, author of the best selling book “Beyond Booze” about all things grey area drinking and being a woman in midlife. We unpick the marketing, cultural messages around alcohol, discuss why midlife is a great time to quit the booze and start making...
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NEW SEASON LOVE SOBER PODCAST 2.0 Dufflyn Lammers & Kate Baily
The first episode of Love Sober Podcast 2.0 with guest Dufflyn Lammers, relationship and recovery coach. We know that, as Johann Hari says, connection is the opposite of addiction and so this season has a focus on relationships with self and others. We introduce ourselves and delve into a bit of...
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Love Sober Podcast - Guest - Suzy Reading author of Rest to Reset
In this episode I have the privilege of talking to the gorgeous author Suzy Greaves about the vital skill of self-care and its foundational place in managing our wellbeing. Inner and outer care, self-respect, self-talk, boundaries and empowerment are just some of the topics we touch upon in this...
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Love Sober Podcast - HOT SOBRIETY - With Veronica Valli
In this episode I talk to sober legend Veronica Valli, creator of the Soberful Program and author of Soberful, about our experiences of the midlife so far and in particular the perimenopause. For too long women's bodies have been ignored in the sobriety conversation and we intend to change that!...
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Love Sober Podcast - Guest - Courtney McMahon - The Radical Wellness
In this episode I talk to Courtney McMahon, the Radical Wellness Founder about her sober journey. She shares her beautiful insights, her wise tips and a weird synchronicity about how we can be connected with exactly the right people to inspire us and not know it (no spoilers!) Courtney is a...
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Love Sober Podcast Guest Laura McKowen - Push off From Here
In this episode I talk to bestselling author of We Are the Luckiest and founder of the international recovery community The Luckiest Club Laura McKowen about her new book Push off From Here. The stories and advice McKowen shares are specific to alcohol addiction, but the tenets are universal in...
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Love Sober Podcast Episode 190 Sober Toolkit - Hope
In this episode I look at the subject of hope and how to practically cultivate a hope practice. "an optimistic mindset based on the expectation of positive outcomes.'' It's one of those tools that can be a bit overlooked, easily mistaken for a lofty virtue or a whimsical fancy or naivety but it…
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Love Sober Podcast 189 - Guest Tribe Sober Janet Gourand
In this episode I chat with Janet Gourand, founder of Tribe Sober, an international membership program which connects and supports people wanting to quit alcohol and then go on to learn how to thrive in their sobriety. Now 71, Janet got sober in her 60s and is a true inspiration showing just how...
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Love Sober Podcast - Guest Sarah Levine - The Joy of Writing in Recovery
In this episode I 'soul dive' with the gorgeous Sarah Levine, who is an holistic mindset coach for women in recovery and a writer working on her memoir. We met through the process of doing best selling author of 'Drink', Ann Dowsett Johnston's course ' Writing your Recovery' and share our...
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EP 187 Love Your Sober Year with Kate
In this episode I explore bringing 2022 to a close by sharing some reflective practices and welcoming in the new year with intention setting & having a think about the Word of the Year (WOTY). I am also drawing inspiration from Mandy's and my new book 'Love Your Sober Year' and offering…
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Love Sober Podcast -Loving Long Term Sobriety & Love Sober Life School - Kate Baily & Nancy Evans
This week Kate talks to Nancy Evans about tools for long-term sobriety, maintenance and staying in love with sober. Nancy interviews Kate about Love Sober Life school, the flagship 12 week Self-development Group Coaching Program for busy women who want to stay sober & make it stick. Our tools…
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Love Sober Podcast -Guest Ellie Crowe - Perimenopause & Menopause Sober
Kate talks sober menopause & perimenopause with Ellie Crowe of Pump up the Present and Sober & Present podcast in honour of World Menopause Day 18th October 2022. Ellie Crowe is a Senior Certified This Naked Mind Coach, a Certified Gray Area Drinking Coach and co-host of the Present & Sober...
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Love Sober Podcast - Guest Dufflyn Lammers - Is it Love or is it Addiction?
In this episode, Kate talks to Relationship & Recovery Coach Dufflyn Lammers about Love addiction and how to spot it. Dufflyn Lammers, AKA “The cool aunt who took you to Rehab and Planned Parenthood but made you tell your mom,” is the go-to relationship expert for women in recovery. Lammers is…
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Love Sober Podcast -Guest Claire Sweetman -Socialising Sober for Solo Parents.
This week Kate talks with Sober Legend Claire Sweetman on her two year soberversary. Claire is a sober life advocate, a solo parent and is two years sober. She shares how she reclaimed socialising, how she manages her energy and sensory needs as a sober person and as a mum and how she managed to...
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Love Sober Podcast 182 - Guest DJ Barroness -Emma Barron- House of Happiness
This week Kate talks to DJ Barroness and co-founder of The House of Happiness, Emma Barron. Emma has been DJing for roughly 4 years now. She is also a TV producer for C4. Emma always had a major interest in music and was a drummer in various bands, grew up on the clubbing scene in Manchester in…
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Love Sober Podcast NEW SEASON - Episode 181- Guest Maxine Billing-Smith
Welcome to A/W2022 Season of Love Sober Podcast! In this new season Kate focuses on Sober Stories and we kick off with a wonderful sober sister, mum of two, teacher and 'Cornish Girl, trying to acclimatise to Scotland', Maxine Billing Smith. Max has two sons and has been on the sober path for two...
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Love Sober Podcast - Dr. Anna Lembke - Dopamine Nation
In the episode I have the honour of speaking with Dr. Anna Lembke about why addiction is everyone's business and dive into the neuroscience of why this is the case and how we can tackle the dopamine response we all have give ourselves the best chance of avoiding and escaping addictive…
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Love Sober Podcast - Guest Ann Dowsett Johnston - Writing Your Recovery
In this episode I have the wonderful opportunity to talk once again with Ann Dowsett Johnston. Ann is the bestselling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, named one of the top 10 books of 2013 by the Washington Post. An award-winning journalist for many years, Ann...
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Love Sober Podcast Episode 176 - She Recovers & Next Steps for Kate & Mandy
In this episode we talk about our experiences at the She Recovers Conference in Miami. The incredible speakers and the experience of being with 500 women in recovery, dancing, doing yoga, learning, swimming, chatting was an incredible experience. We met other She Recovers Coaches, old friends who...
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Love Sober Podcast 97 Emotions 25/09/20
Episode 97 This week we talk about losing our sh** then putting ourselves back together again! It happens... Sh** happens and that's ok. We talk about emotions and how to release our feelings, Mandy also has a giggle fit! A general round up of life through the sober lens so grab a cuppa and let's...
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Love Sober Podcast Guest Tiffany North - Intuitive Eating Coach
In this episode Kate talks to Intuitive Eating Coach Tiffany North about healing disordered eating, the neurobiology of stress & trauma and her long-term recovery. As an RN, Certified Intuitive Eating Professional, and creator of the Food Attachment Model ™, Tiffany helps people with disordered...
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Love Sober Podcast - The Load of Caring Roles & Alcohol 360
In this episode we discuss the load of carers & in our cases as mothers. We discuss the need for honesty, extra support and wider nexus for us to thrive. Our mental health journeys, our kids', how we walk the line of nurture and letting go and questions about why the obsession with productivity…
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Love Sober Podcast - People Pleasing & Alcohol
In this episode we talk about people pleasing or fawning/ appeasing as it's sometimes referred to. This is actually an adaptive trauma response and a result of us having to fit in, play small and hide ourselves in order to fit in. We look at it's spectrum, how it can actually be a superpower when...
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Love Sober Podcast - Guest Nana Treen.
In this episode Kate talks to dear friend and sober legend, Nana Treen, long term Soberista, occasional blogger, advocate for alcohol-free life and creator AF Loud and Proud. https://nanatreen.wordpress.com/ Treen got sober at 59 and in this episode we discuss the challenges of kicking the drink...
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Love Sober Podcast - Motherhood & Gifts of Sobriety
In this episode we discuss our journeys in sobriety and our experiences as mums. We look at why it's so important for women to have the appropriate support, community and care as mothers to honour that rite of passage, protect our mental and physical well-being and to ask the real questions about...
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Love Sober Podcast - Guest Amanda Townsend
In this episode Mandy talks to Mental Health specialist and trainer Amanda Townsend. Amanda is a self-care & self-love advocate who uses her lived experience of poor mental health to inspire others on their journey to becoming their best selves. In this episode we talk about the impact of alcohol...
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Love Sober Podcast- Guest- Michael Happy Without the Hooch
This week on the podcast Mandy speaks with Michael @happywithoutthehooch It was a real pleasure to talk to Michael and for him to share his incredible journey to sobriety. It shows us all that there is possibility and we do recover and how comedy, community and connection can provide the tools to…
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Love Sober Podcast - Love Yourself Sober Part 1- Neuroscience for Sobriety.
We kick off our Love Yourself Sober series this week, with themes from our book Love Yourself Sober - a Self-Care Guide to Alcohol-free Living. In Part 1 we talk about neuroscience and sobriety and the simple things we do to help keep our brains and nervous systems well. With tools such as...
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Love Sober Podcast -Guest Emma Sobersonic
In this episode, Kate talks to Emma Sobersonic, who is a sober life advocate has been sober since 09/11/2015 🙌🎉 and is an award-winning Non Alcoholic Cocktail Creator and Mocktail Master 2022. We explore Emma's journey to sobriety, what was the thing that made it stick and why finding your...
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Love Sober Podcast Episode 166 - Guest Rachael May - Radically Sober
This week Kate talks to Rachael May, accredited professional Transformational Life Coach and author of Radically Sober. In this episode, just in time for Valentine's Day we dive into Rachael's sober story and into the juicy topic of sober dating, romantic relationships and ultimately with our...
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Love Sober Podcast Episode 165 - End of Dry Jan and Next Steps in Growth
In this week's podcast we chat about the end of Dry January and how to navigate the next part of the year and journey. With a focus on this last part of winter, mindfulness, self-care and looking for the light when the days are still dark, we explore the practices that keep us going and loving...
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The UK’s original podcast for the sober & sober curious. Explore life through the sober lens with author and Midlife Sobriety Coach, Kate Baily.
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