Welcome to Season 2 of Create Shift! In episode 1 I’m chatting to Kate Bee who runs The Sober School where she supports women to quit drinking, and create alcohol free lives they love. This isn’t an ‘alcohol is a terrible evil’ chat, but as two non-drinkers we have an interesting conversation around why and how we used to drink and reflect on that. If you do drink alcohol, I hope that this conversation – rather than making you feel judged – will support you in exploring, and questioning your own relationship with alcohol.
You can find Kate at thesoberschool.com and @thesoberschool across social media.
Things covered in this episode
- Kate and I discuss our personal experiences with drinking and stopping drinking
- We talk about the connection between drinking, shopping and eating
- Kate outs me as a ‘sober curious’ person
- The difference in drinking cultures between the UK and other European countries
- How and why drinking is accepted and normalised by the government, when other drugs aren’t
- Kate shares tips on how to identify if you may have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol
Links and resources
- Kate’s blog post What’s Your Relationship With Alchohol Really Like?
- Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
- Drugs Without the Hot Air by Professor David Nutt
- Kate’s blog post 10 Side Effects Alcohol Ads Should Warn You About
- Create Shift S1, Ep2 Being Selfish in Order to Be Selfless with Kat Horrocks
- Kate’s six week course and online coaching programme Getting Unstuck
For those listening as the episode goes live, Kate’s next round of her course is starting in April and you can click here to register.
Listen to the episode
You can listen on Castbox here or Apple Podcasts here. Or, search for ‘Create Shift’ wherever you like to listen to podcasts.
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Ellen x