The Soberistas Podcasts: Recent Episodes

Lucy Rocca

Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com, talks to members of the Soberistas community about advice and tips for giving up alcohol and living a better life

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Lucy Rocca, founder of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.soberistas.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks to Dr Abi Rose, Reader in Psychology at Liverpool’s John Moore University about Maternal drinking.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.soberistas.com⁠⁠⁠ talks to Veronica Valli, Author of the award winning book ‘Soberful: Uncover a sustainable, fulfilling life free of alcohol’ and co-host of the Soberful Podcast. Lucy and Veronica talk about ‘Emotional Sobriety’ and how it can help you on your sober journey.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of⁠⁠⁠⁠www.soberistas.com⁠⁠ talks to Dr Emma L Davies, Reader in Psychology at The Centre for Psychological Research, Oxford Brookes University. Lucy and Emma talk about the label ‘Responsible Drinking’ and Emma’s research into this and its use.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of⁠⁠⁠www.soberistas.com⁠ talks to Clair Crockett, who is a GP and works as a menopause specialist at Newson Health. She will be speaking about the menopause, perimenopause and other times of hormonal change which can lead to a variety of symptoms which can be challenging to manage. The menopause also has health implications which it is important that women are mindful of.

The Balance menopause website can be found here and the link for information on the App can be found here.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of⁠⁠www.soberistas.com talks to Clare Flynn, Health Improvement Practitioner in the Public Health Team at Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, about her trip to Sweden to study their radical approach to dealing with Alcohol Issues.

If you like to hear more from Clare you can find Clare’s blog at https://soberinireland.wordpress.com/

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Lucy Rocca, founder of ⁠www.soberistas.com⁠ talks about Soberistas, why it was created, becoming a charity and an update on our App build.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to Dr Emily Nicholls, Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, about her research into women’s sober identities and the marketing of no-lo drinks…

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to Sarah Cook, A Research fellow at Imperial College London, about her current project on alcohol use disorder and diabetes.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to one of our members Pancakes about her early days and how she gave up drinking.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to Kate Baily, coach and founder of Love Sober, about her early days on Soberistas through to her new book ‘Love Your Sober Year’.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com discusses the origins of the website and community as we approach our tenth birthday, and outlines what’s on offer in terms of sober support during the course of the next few months.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks about the tools and techniques she has used that have helped her deal with both early sobriety and her recent breast cancer diagnosis.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com reflects on 10 years of Soberistas and why she set it up.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to Laura about her Sober Journey and launching a sober holiday retreat.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to one of our Soberistas about relapse and what we can learn from it.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to two of our Soberistas about giving up drinking and dealing with sobriety after 50.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to one of our Soberistas, Nana Treen, about meditation, mindfulness and its connections to help in sobriety.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to one of our Soberistas about eating disorders and it’s connection to alcohol.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to Veronica Valli about her new book ‘Soberful’ and her journey to sobriety.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about the pros and cons of dry January.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about the positives of a sober Christmas.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about the challenges of facing Christmas sober and how to deal with them.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about how sobriety has had a positive impact on their relationships.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about the positives they experienced in the first 6 months of sobriety.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about the first 6 months of Sobriety and the challenges they faced.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about 'Stopping drinking - forever or one day at a time?’

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about how to manage emotions in early sobriety.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about what changed their Journey From Struggle to Sober Success.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about dealing with thoughts of moderating and complacency.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about how relationships with partners and friends can affect our efforts to stop drinking

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about Self-compassion and letting go of regrets

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 Soberistas members about lockdown and drinking, how it affected them in lockdown and how they feel about coming out of lockdown and the world opening up again.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 2 new Soberistas members about Soberistas toolboxes

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 3 Soberistas members about Dealing With Drinking Regrets

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 3 Soberistas members about how their friendships and/or relationships changed during the first 6 months of sobriety.

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Lucy Rocca, founder of www.soberistas.com talks to 3 Soberistas members about their first 6 months of sobriety- hurdles they faced, how they overcame them, best bits, worst bits,  and top pieces of advice they would give to someone just starting out.