Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!
How do I stop drinking? How do I cut down? Am I drinking too much? I’m sober but why aren’t I happy? Why do people stop drinking? If you ask yourself these kind of questions then this podcast is for you. This show is for people who want to learn how to stop drinking and learn to thrive in their alcohol free lives. If you have given up drinking, would like to give up drinking or are just plain sober curious this weekly podcast is for you. We have recovery stories to inspire you, experts to inform you and QuitLit authors to entertain you. After struggling with alcohol dependency for years Janet Gourand finally ditched the booze in 2015. She founded tribesober.com in 2015 and has helped hundreds of people to ditch the booze and thrive in their sobriety since then. Tribe Sober offer a membership, workshops, challenges and recovery coaching. For more info go to tribesober.com or email janet@tribesober.com
Episodes
Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life!
This week my guest is tribe member Clive Vanderwagen. Clive is a business and leadership coach who is also a wine expert!
In this Episode
- Clive’s father offered him a taste of wine at quite an early age in an effort to make it “less exciting” but looking back Clive feels this was a bit naïve and if he was ever a parent he would probably share wit...
Episode Title : Sakili – Life is Beautiful
Episode Description
Sakili is a beautiful Creole expression that means, “It’s going to be okay,” or simply, “Life is beautiful.”
In this heartfelt episode, Lynette explores what it really means to participate in your own rescue. Recovery isn’t simply about giving up alcohol—it’s about reclaiming your life, expanding your world, and reco...
Samantha Ancy is a coach, writer and wellness educator who helps people break free from diet culture and understand what's really driving their cravings. Her work combines trauma awareness, gut health and nervous system regulation to explain why so many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits.
What I loved about this conversation is how many parallels there are between food addiction and alcohol addiction. We talk about why ...
Theme: Recovery • Self-Trust • Emotional Freedom
Music: “Remember” by Sutherland 🎵
🌊 Episode SummaryWhat if one of the deepest addictions we ever recover from isn’t alcohol—but our search for certainty?
In this episode, Lynette explores how our need to know, predict and co...
Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life!
This weeks podcast guest is the lovely Lori Massicot a midlife sobriety coach.
I discovered Lori when I found her podcast – it’s called “to 50 and beyond” – it’s a podcast aimed at women in mid-life where she highlights the beauty of aging and the freedom that comes along with alcohol free life.
She’s on a mission to raise awareness towards the ...
The Sobriety Experiment: Stop Looking for the Missing Piece
Episode Summary
Have you ever wondered why, even after months or years of sobriety, a part of you still remembers alcohol fondly?
Does that mean you’re destined to drink again?
Or could it simply be that your brain is doing exactly what it was designed to do?
In this episode, Lynette explores a thoughtful question from a Tribe Sober listener who has spent years learn...
This week Janet talks to Tribe Sober member Lynn Griffith from Durango, Colorado, who shares her powerful journey from decades of drinking to discovering the freedom of an alcohol-free life.
Lynn first began worrying about her drinking back in 1999, yet it took many years, several attempts at sobriety, and countless moderation strategies before she finally found lasting freedom. In this honest conversation, she reflects on the exha...
This week we conclude our three-part Recovery Rewired series with perhaps the most important question of all:
If I understand my patterns and I can see what’s happening, how do I actually change?
The answer is surprisingly simple:
Recover...
Recovery Rewired: Why Knowing Better is not Enough
Episode 2: The Theatre of Surprise
Why we keep repeating what we already know
In this second episode of the Recovery Rewired series, Lynette explores one of the most powerful concepts in recovery, emotional growth, and self-awareness: The Theatre of Surprise.
How often have you found yourself saying:
...Why do intelligent, capable people continue to struggle with alcohol even when they know exactly where it leads?
In the first episode of our new three-part Recovery Rewired series, Lynette explores a powerful truth:
The brain is not choosing alcohol because it is weak. The brain is choosing alcohol because it is predicting.
Drawing on n...
On last weeks podcast I talked you through the Breaking Free course in detail so do have a listen if you missed it
I recently hosted a discussion on Zoom with four Breaking Free graduates which will give you a real insight into the results that people are getting…
On the podcast you'll hear the soundtrack from that discussion
So if you want to be sure of a place on the next BF program which kicks off soon then please sign up...
On this weeks solo episode I talk about our 3-month Breaking Free program which we run just three times a year.
Registration for the current program is open - more info on tribesober.com
We limit each Breaking Free group to 20 so you’ll always get personal attention
In this episode:-
- I talk about the warning signs of alcohol dependence as well as the benefits of an alcohol free lifestyle
- The Breaking Fr...
Today’s guest is Liz, a 51-year-old writer living in the UK, who joins us to share her story about gray area drinking, late-diagnosed ADHD, and finding freedom through an alcohol-free life.
In this episode:
- Liz explained how alcohol gradually became woven into every aspect of her life She reflected on years spent trying to moderate, feeling deprived on non-drinking days
- We explored how late-diagnosed ADHD and...
In this week’s episode, Lynette explores why lasting sobriety is not simply about willpower — it’s about understanding how the brain works.
Our brains are prediction-making machines. They are constantly reaching for what feels familiar, even when those familiar patterns are hurting us....
Nigel Jones is a hypnotherapist, life coach and author of Walking Back to Happiness.
He is over five years alcohol-free — and in this conversation he shares a powerful insight that sits right at the heart of lasting change:
👉 Identity
We talk about why so many people struggle to quit drinking… why willpower alone doesn’t work… and how shifting from “I’m a drinker trying to stop” to &ldqu...
From Stopping Drinking to Truly Living: Your Path to Purpose
We often talk about stopping drinking… and yes, that is the first powerful step.
But what happens next?
Because for so many of us, alcohol was never the real problem. It was the coping mechanism. The plaster over something deeper — our unhappiness, our uncertainty, our disconnection, our sense that life...
Today I’m joined by my colleague Monica.
She’s the Community Manager for Tribe Sober and she’s also celebrating her 5th Soberversary next week.
I’ve known Monica since her first Day One and it’s giving me such joy to walk alongside her on this life changing journey.
In this conversation, we explored:
- Why so many people struggle for years before reaching out for help
- The trap of trying to do it al...
From Pain to Power: Why Your Past Doesn’t Define You
✨ Episode OverviewHave you ever felt like your past is the reason you struggle… the reason you drink… the reason you feel stuck?
In this powerful episode, Lynette explores the truth about our past and how the meaning we give it shapes our present experience.
Drawing from her own journey and coaching exp...
In this episode, I chat to Tribe Sober Ambassador Lynne, who spent years as a “normal” drinker - functioning well on the outside, but quietly questioning her relationship with alcohol.
There was no dramatic rock bottom. No crisis. Just a growing awareness that something wasn’t working anymore.
Lynne shares how her nightly whisky habit slowly increased in quantity and shifted from a reward to something that no long...
📝 Show Notes
🎙️ From Rock Bottom to Real Self: The Power of Returning to Yourself
🎶 Intro & Outro Music: “Remember” by Sutherland
What if rock bottom isn’t the end… but the beginning?
In this episode, Lynette explores the journey from rock bottom—or what we sometimes call a high bottom—into self-leadership, emotional power, and a return to your true self.
Inspired by the story of ...
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