All Episodes
The Sober Creative — 52 episodes
Episode 055 - Staying Alive Is Enough to Build Something Real
Episode 054 - The Intelligence You Already Have: Jenn Ocken on Navigating Uncertainty Without Abandoning Yourself
Episode 053 - The Reputation You Earn: James Martin on Sobriety, Creativity, and Building Something That Lasts
Episode 052 - When Your Work Ethic Outlasts Everything Else: A Conversation with Jessica Drapluk
Episode 051 - From Rock Bottom to Open Sea: How Cory Gerlach Used 18 Years of Sobriety as a Launchpad for Radical Change
Episode 050 - When Sensitivity Meets Sobriety: Jonathan Hoban on Managing the Nervous System Behind Addiction
Episode 049 - From the Garage to the Page: How Shelly Built a Clear, Creative Life on Her Own Terms
Episode 048 - Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening? A Conversation with Carolina Wilke
Episode 047 - From a 12-Hour Gaming Addiction to Six-Figure SaaS: A Conversation with Orel Zilberman
Episode 046 - Being The Project Manager of Your Own Life: Kerry Hoffman on Proactive Sobriety and A Creative Life
Episode 045 - When the Addiction Doesn't Go Away — It Just Gets a Job: A Conversation with Doan Winkel
Episode 044 - When the Body Breaks the Pattern: Phil Powis on Health, Clarity, and Building What You Can’t Hide From
Episode 043 - You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup. Becoming You Starts With Filling It.
Episode 042 - From the Stage to the Page: Mary Peeples on Sobriety, Self-Reclamation, and the Courage to Create Again
Episode 040 - From Survival to Surrender: How a Landscape Painter Found Creative Freedom Through Healing
Episode 039 - Spiritual Awakening in the Shower: Elif Ahmad’s Non-Traditional Recovery Journey
Episode 038 - Living Above a Bar: A Dutch Medicine Woman’s Journey to Visibility and Sobriety
Episode 037 - Mistaking the Absence of Pain for Joy (And How to Find the Real Thing)
Episode 036 - Peeling the Trauma Onion: Paul Overton on 30 Years of Sobriety and What Comes After
Episode 035 - The Space Between: Sam Illingworth on Becoming Fearless with 18 Years of Clear-Minded Living
Episode 034 - When Your Identity Falls Apart: Jake Summers on Relapse, Recovery, and Building a Creative Life
Episode 033 - The Mic is Flipped: Choosing No to Drinking Is Choosing Yes to Yourself
Episode 032 - When Sobriety Cleared the Fog: How One Writer Went from Paralyzed to 3,000 Words a Day
Episode 031 - From Cocaine to Clarity: Building a Life Worth Remembering
Episode 030 - When Clarity Becomes Your Most Essential Creative Tool: A Conversation with Elizabeth Austin
Episode 029 - The Perfectionism Coin: Why Shame and Control Keep You Reaching for the Bottle
Episode 028 - The Middle Ground Nobody Talks About: Denise Hamilton-Mace on Moderation, Midlife, and Creative Clarity
Episode 027 - When Sobriety Reveals What You Actually Want: A Conversation with Tyler Donohue
Episode 026 - When Meditation Saved My Life: Jason’s Journey from Blackout Drunk to Guiding Others Home
Episode 025 - When Everything Falls Apart at Once: Derek MacDonald on Building Creative Stability Through Sobriety
Episode 024 - When Grief Refuses to Be Silent: A Conversation with Alicia Cook
Episode 023 - When Pushing Through Breaks You: Cali Bird on the Radical Act of Being Gentle
Episode 022 - Removing the Distortion: How Sobriety Unlocked Paulina Pinsky's Most Potent Creative Work
Episode 021 - Finding Your Voice in Sobriety: A Conversation with Deborah Jeanne Weitzman
Episode 020 - The Raw Chaos That Grows the Lotus: Stephanie Raffelock on Creativity and Sobriety
Episode 019 - Permission to Start: David Speed’s Path from ‘Not Gifted’ to International Artist
Episode 018 - From Overwhelm to Alchemy: How Sobriety Unlocked Kate Baily's Creative Superpowers
Episode 016 - Finding God in a Motorcycle: How Sobriety Unlocks Sacred Systems Thinking
Episode 015 - From Liquid Courage to Authentic Connection: How Sam Bail is Transforming NYC's Social Scene One Sober Event at a Time
Episode 014 - When Sobriety Becomes Your Creative Superpower: A Conversation with Author Jules Cazedessus
Episode 013 - When Music Becomes Medicine: A 17-Year Journey from Addiction to Artistic Clarity
Episode 012 - From Shame to Story: How Writing Became the Bridge to Recovery
Episode 011 - From Rock Bottom to Relationship Mastery: How One DUI Changed Everything
Episode 010 - When Slowing Down Becomes a Radical Act: Finding Freedom Through Contemplative Creativity
Episode 009 - When Everything Falls Apart: The Wisdom of Staying Awake Through Life's Breaking Points
Episode 008 - Finding Your Creative Voice Without the Noise: A Raw Conversation on Sobriety and Storytelling
Episode 006 - When Resistance Becomes Your Greatest Teacher: How One Artist Broke Through a 10-Year Creative Block
Episode 005 - When Sobriety Awakens Your Creative Fire: A Conversation with Edward Zaydelman
Episode 004 - The Path of Compassion: How Ellie Nova Found Freedom Beyond Alcohol
Episode 003 - From Escape to Enlightenment: How Sobriety Fuels Authentic Creativity
Episode 002 - Finding Freedom in Focus: How Sobriety Unleashed Paul Sanders' Creative Vision
Episode 001 - Creative Boundaries & Rhythms: How Ula Builds a Sustainable Creative Practice