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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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Why You Feel Worse Before You Feel Better When You Quit Drinking 1:1 coaching 6 week alcohol reset alcohol coaching alcohol recovery alcohol reset am i drinking too much brain chemistry dopamine how to stop drinking sober fit chick sober fit life podcast Apr 06, 2026

You're Not Broken, You're Recalibrating

You stopped drinking. You heard the promises of better sleep, weight loss, glowing skin, and instant happiness. And then... none of that happened. Maybe you ac...

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The Hidden Form of People Pleasing 6 week alcohol reset gray area drinking how to stop drinking how to tell if i'm drinking too much maureen benkovich people pleasing sober fit chick sober fit life podcast Feb 02, 2026

The Hidden Form of People Pleasing

For a long time, I thought people pleasing looked a certain way.
Saying yes when you want to say no.
Overextending yourself.
Avoiding conflict at all costs.

What I...

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Stress, Surgery, and Big Changes dry january how to stop drinking how to tell if i'm drinking too much new year alcohol reset sober fit chick sober fit life podcast sober fitness sober travel turning 60 womens wellness Jan 19, 2026

Stress, Surgery, and Big Changes: What I Learned in 2025

It's been a while since I've recorded an episode, and there's a reason for that.

2025 was... a lot. Two spine surgeries. A cruise filled with...

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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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Choosing Courage Over Comfort: Hearon on Life After Alcohol find courage hearon dixon hearon dixon wellness maureen benkovich meditation sober fit chick sober fit life podcast sober wellness sober yoga Sep 29, 2025

This episode of Sober Fit Life is filled with wisdom, truth, and inspiration from my conversation with Hearon. We talked about his powerful journey toward sobriety, how his faith has guided him, and t...

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