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Step One: Know your push factors 👋 What are the bad things about alcohol that you want to leave behind? Step Two: Know your pull factors 🤗 What good things will sobriety bring you? Step Three: Change your identity ❓ Who is sober you? If you’re...

I was asked this all the time at first. I’m pretty sure I’m past the point of people wondering if I’m pregnant now (HELL NO), so I think most were hoping for a juicy blackout disaster night out followed by deathly hangover kind of story. Spoiler alert: there isn’t...

What’s the hardest thing about starting a coaching business? Throughout coach training, you are taught that your skills, knowledge and experience don’t matter. In fact, the more you can relate to your client’s situation, the more likely you are to make assumptions...

These three simple tips will help you stay off the sauce this weekend, and you can do them all right now, before you're even tempted! 📱 Download a tracking app, like Try Dry ☑️ Tell it you've had a dry day BEFORE you go out ✍️ Write...

I’m often asked how I got sober, and the answer is simple. I made it a permanent change. When I’d tried to stop drinking in the past, I’d say, “I’m trying to cut down.” I didn’t believe in myself. Then when my language and identity changed to, “I don’t drink anymore,”...

How do you feel about answering the inevitable question, “what do you do?” at a networking event or party, or on a first date? Often people will introduce themselves with a long job title that means very little to anyone outside of their organisation. The response to...

I’ve been on a huge self development journey over the last couple years, since I quit my job and took my son out of school to home educate him. I’ve become an accredited coach and started a business. I’ve learned to meditate, started practising yoga, and written a...

Do you find it hard to talk about your problems, even though you know you’d benefit from doing so? In counselling, your counsellor needs to know your story. They need to understand what’s happened in the past and what’s going on for you right now, so they can help you...