71 episodes
The Weekend Sober Kim Kearns, Kezia Calvert and Catherine O’Brien
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4.7 • 34 Ratings
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Join Kim, Kezia and Catherine as they explore life without alcohol. They discuss different topics of sobriety each week ranging from friendship to parenting to marriage. Kim, author of "On the Edge of Shattered" and Kezia, known for her writing focused IG platform, @thesoberelephantchronicles, and mindset coach Catherine (Shift into you), dive deep into difficult health and wellness topics and talk about what it is like to thrive rather than just survive the weekends sober.
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71. Sober in the Suburbs: A Boston Sobriety Support Group
Kim shares about her upcoming group: Sober in the Suburbs, a new in person sobriety support group that is open to all in or outside of Boston. Kim talks about her inspiration behind the idea and how it organically came to be. Are you living in the Boston area and interested in checking it out? Email Kim: kbkearns@gmail.com for more information.
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Sober in the Suburbs:A community of women, leaving all notions of judgement and pressure behind...Located in Needham, MAFor more information about scheduled gatherings and events, please email: kbkearns@gmail.com
Do you question whether alcohol is having a negative impact on your life?
Do you wonder if you might benefit from drinking a bit less?
Do you think to yourself, do I really need this glass of wine?
Do you look forward to that 5:00 hour - that relief in a cocktail after a long day at work or at home with the kids?
Do you sometimes have one too many and wake up the next day with a headache, riddled with shame and guilt?
Do you lay awake in the middle of the night after one too many drinks unable to sleep?
Do you ever forget conversations you had when drinking?
Do you ever obsess over taking days off from the booze only to then count down the days when the weekend can "begin" again?
Do you convince yourself you’re doing fine because everyone else is "doing it" too?
Do you feel stuck in a vicious cycle of trying to moderate or control your drinking?
Do you have lived experience in recovery but you have not yet found an in person community?
You are not alone. You may not see yourself as “addicted” to alcohol, but you do know that it has more power over your life than you’d like it to at this point. You may be curious about taking a step back from this thing that has become so normalized as the one acceptable way to socialize in our society. But how do you do it? Come see what it's all about. We strive to embrace compassion as we foster authentic connections and encourage thoughtful discussion. We aim to connect, learn and inspire one another as we experience the joy of this alcohol free world.
Do you live in or outside of Boston?
We currently meet in Metro-west but we welcome friends from all over.
We are fully inclusive and we do not focus on any particular type of recovery. We are a group aimed at building community, providing support and finding friendship.
Most of our members are from the surrounding communities: Needham, Wellesley, Natick, Dedham, Westwood, Newton, Dover, Sherborn, Medfield
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70. Social Media and Sober Milestones with Jess Steitzer
Kim and Kezia welcome guest Jess Steitzer from the Decidedly Dry Podcast. The ladies discuss a variety of topics from social media burnout to holiday milestones. Jess shares a particularly hilarious experience that happened to her this Mother's Day. Tune in for a candid and honest chat between these three moms.
Jess is the host and founder of Decidedly Dry. She’s an inspiration to the ever-growing sober community and believes it is her calling to help women embrace a sober lifestyle. She’s the mom of two active, adventurous and loving boys, and resides in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Contact/Links:
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decidedly-dry-sober-curious-alcohol-free-living-quit/id1601554317
Email: decidedlydry@gmail.com
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69. Are you hosting a party at your house?
Kim and Kezia checkin with one another.
Kim shares her experiences with a recent dinner party she hosted in her home and Kezia talks about her upcoming baby shower. They discuss how they once allowed alcohol to impact their self-confidence to the point of self-sabotage when it came to social events such as these. Social anxiety was so crippling for them both and they each believed the only solution to survive these things for many years was alcohol.
Today, they both have the confidence and strength to understand that the alcohol was only causing more hurt and damage to them all along.
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68. Kezia shares about her pregnancy journey
In this week’s episode, Kim and Kezia have a vulnerable conversation about Kezia’s pregnancy journey. From a heartbreaking miscarriage in 2021, to myriad of medical setbacks, and wondering whether they would ever be able to conceive, Kezia shares her view of the similarities between her current path, and the one she’s travelled in sobriety. She stands firm in her belief that the tools she’s learned in sobriety continue to carry her through one of the most demanding periods of her adult life. This episode will bring hope to anyone who believes they need alcohol to cope with life’s challenges. Baby boy Calvert is set to arrive this July!
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67. Talk with Holistic Nutritionist and Sober Mom Taylor Cole
"It made the thing that I love the most hard - being a mom." - Taylor Cole
Kim and Kezia talk with Taylor about being a sober mom. She shares about her sober journey from heavy binge drinking, blacking out and drinking to soothe her social anxiety. She talks about all that sobriety means to her now as a mom of three young child and through the lens of a practicing nutritionist. Taylor discusses how her relationship to her husband, Kevin, was rooted in drinking as a young college aged couple together, and how she is learning to move past it. She shares how she has begun to work on rediscovering ways to exist in a world that focuses so much on alcohol.
http://www.taylorcole.com/
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66. Sober Vacations vs. Boozie Getaways
When you were drinking, did you ever feel like you needed a vacation from your vacation when you got home?
Kim and Kezia talk about what it is like to experience a sober vacation. They also reflect back on some trips they took with their families before they got sober, and how they felt as if they were missing out on so much joy back then.
The ladies discuss the necessary mindfulness required to get the most out of getting away and how to find the fun in each day. Kim also shares about her recent trip to Disney with her husband and three children.
Tune in for some stories and tips from the Weekend Sober ladies!
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Customer Reviews
Audio issues
You girls are doing a great job in the continent is wonderful! My only suggestion is working on the audio, I listen in my car and have to turn my radio all the way up to max volume in order to hear your voices. Your intro, on the other hand is normal volume so it ends up, blasting my eardrums out because I’ve had to turn the volume so high to listen.
Can’t hear
I want to give this a higher rating but can’t hear properly. The last episode is a good example. Several people talking but could only hear one or two clearly. I could not even hear the guest. Having to turn the volume up and down over and over makes listening problematic.
Relatable and Inspirational
This podcast is so down to earth and relatable. The two hosts have great chemistry and are able to take very difficult topics and talk about them in ways that we all (well, I’m speaking for myself) can understand and relate to our own lives. They get the most compelling pieces from their guests’ stories that keep listeners intrigued and learning the whole time. I highly recommend this podcast to anyone who wants to be moved to make positive changes in their lives.