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Shame Thrives in Isolation, Here's What to Do Instead with Kristina Silvinski am i drinking too much drinking quiz drinking to cope gray area drinking how to quit drinking self care shame sober fit life sober fitness therapy Aug 10, 2026

Kristina is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist and founder of In Our Nature Therapy in Annapolis. She came to this work the same way a lot of us come to the work that matters most to us...

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Emotional Fitness Studio with Maria Winters drinking to cope emotional fitness studio emotional health emotional support maria winters maureen benkovich mental health and alcohol mental stability sober fit life sober fit life podcast Aug 03, 2026

Maria Winters is 49 years old, a licensed mental health therapist with over two decades of experience, one of the most energetic and engaging people I know, and she still gets told she's boring becaus...

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What Are Your Kids Learning About Alcohol Just by Watching You? dr melissa wellner how to talk to your kids how to talk to your kids about alcohol parenting parenting advice parenting shrink wrapped podcast parents of teens real talk about alcohol sober fit life teen savvy coaching Jul 06, 2026

I grew up serving hors d'oeuvres at my parents' cocktail parties in the 1970s.

I thought it was the coolest thing. Sophisticated adults laughing, drinking. And something got logged in my brain early:...

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Why Are You Working So Hard to Keep Alcohol in Your Life? atomic habits detox to retox how to quit drinking midlife health moderation sober fit chick sober fit life sober fit life podcast sober fitness unhealthy coping habits womens drinking womens health Jun 22, 2026

Why Am I Working So Hard to Keep This in My Life?

A woman in one of my groups asked a question last week that I cannot stop thinking about.

She said, "Why am I working so hard to keep this substance...

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Rock Bottom is Where You Stop Digging fitness community get fit gym community maureen benkovich perimenopause sober fit chick sober fit life sober fit life podcast sober podcast womens wellness Jun 08, 2026

Laney Demeza was on top of the pyramid at Nationals when she was a kid. Literally, she was flying through the air, competing against teams from across the country with the Pop Warner Rockets in 1991. ...

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Why Yoga Is Better Than Wine with Tina Lanzoni how to quit drinking sober fit chick sober fit life somatic healing tina lanzoni womens health podcast womens midlife womenswellness yoga May 18, 2026

You're Not Aging. You're Just Contracted. A conversation with somatic expert Tina Lanzoni

Tina Lanzoni sent out an email called Why Yoga is Better Than Wine and I had to have her on Sober Fit Life.

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My Binge Drinking Diaries 6 week alcohol reset alcoholfree podcast am i drinking too much binge drinking how to quit drinking sober coach sober fit chick sober fit life sober fitness sober podcast sober support May 04, 2026

I wrote in my journal about my drinking for YEARS before I finally stopped.

Most of that time, I kept it completely to myself — the shame, the bargaining, the 2am spiraling, the waking up and immedia...

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Christy Osborne's 40 Day Fast That Will Change Everything christian women christy osborne faith and recovery faith and sobriety how to stop drinking lent sober blog sober expats sober fit life sober for lent sober podcast Feb 16, 2026

From Glamorous Blogger to God: My Conversation with Christy Osborne

I'm still thinking about my conversation with Christy Osborne days later. You know when you have one of those conversations that ju...

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Rock Bottom: It's How You Feel, Not What Happened businesswoman maureen benkovich sober bartender sober curious sober fit chick sober fit life sober fit life podcast sober podcast Nov 24, 2025

 The Rock Bottom Myth

We've been sold this narrative that you need a dramatic catastrophe before you're allowed to change your relationship with alcohol. A DUI. A health crisis. Lost relationships. S...

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The ADHD-Addiction Connection You Need to Know with Jheri South adhd adhd and alcohol adhd and substance abuse adhd self medicating dopamine jheri south sober fit chick sober fit life sober fit life podcast Nov 10, 2025

Your Drinking Problem Might Actually Be An ADHD Problem

What happens when the thing you thought was your biggest weakness becomes your greatest strength

"You just needed so much attention when you w...

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The Cool Side of Sobriety with Katie Scott & Megan Poakeart sober curious sober entreprenuer sober fit chick sober fit life sober fit life podcast sober women soberauthors the truth about alcohol thesoberempath Oct 27, 2025

What If Sobriety Isn't the End—But the Beginning of Everything?

Based on my conversation with Katie Scott and Megan Poakeart on Sober Fit Life

Picture this: You're flipping through a magazine that l...

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The Hidden Costs of ‘Functioning’ Drinking with Toni Will how to tell if i'm drinking too much iron man iron man while drinking sober fit chick sober fit life sober fit life podcast sober women toni will women in sports Oct 24, 2025

In this episode of Sober Fit Life, I sit down with Toni, whose story proves that even when life throws you curveballs, you can still step into your power and create lasting change. Toni Wil is a power...

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