Happiest Sober Podcast: Recent Episodes
Madeline Forrest
Join Madeline Forrest as she discusses all things sobriety: the highs, the lows, the challenges, the gifts, the tools, the messy middle, and everything in between. Above all else, she's here to show you that life can be happiest when you're sober.
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This week I'm having coffee with Courtney Anderson, authour & podcast host of Sober Vibes! Courtney is now 11 years sober after quitting drinking at 29 years old. We chat all about her story, her sober journey, getting sober in your twenties, motherhood & being a sober parent, and so much more!
Follow Courtney on Instagram: @sober.vibes & @courtney__andersen
Listen to Courtney's podcast: Sober Vibes
Buy Courtney's book: Sober Vibes
Visit Courtney's website: courtneyrecovered.com
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This week I'm having coffee with Brad McLeod aka @sobermotivation! Brad has been sober for over 13 years, and between his Instagram page, the Sober Motivation Podcast, and the Sober Buddy app, he does SO much for this community. Brad has such an incredible, captivating, and inspiring story to share, and I couldn't be more excited to share this conversation with you!
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I'm turning 30 this week! To celebrate, I invited my good friend Jay Chase onto the podcast to chat about turning 30 (he just turned the big 3-0 a couple months ago!). We talk all about getting sober in your twenties, how it feels to turn 30, how sobriety gives you an edge when you're heading into a new decade, growth, confidence, caring less about what people think, and so much more. You're sure to take away so much from this conversation regardless of how old you are!
Follow Jay on Instagram: @thajaychase
Listen to Jay's podcast: Don't Touch My Mindset
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Join my sober community, the Happiest Sober Hub
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
Follow me on Instagram
If my content has helped you on your sober journey and you'd like to support my work, feel free to buy me a coffee
Body acceptance/self-love Instagram accounts to follow:
@meganjaynecrabbe
@thebirdspapaya
@kellyu (she's also sober!)
@thenutritiontea
@victoriabrowne
@bryntstagram
@thehungryclemintine
@i_weigh
@stephaniechinnart
@thethicknutritionist
@ariellanyssa
@_nelly_london
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This week I'm having coffee with Gillian Tietz! Gill is a chemistry professor, podcast host of Sober Powered, and has been sober since November 2019. We chat all about Gill's story and how sobriety has transformed her life & her mental health. We also have a discussion about the science of how alcohol impacts our brains, and why some people enjoy drinking more than others (I learned so much in this conversation!). If you're someone who has struggled with trying to make moderation work, and have felt like there was something wrong with you for not being able to, then this conversation will be an especially helpful one for you. Gill is so inspiring, kind, and smart, and you are sure to take away SO much from this episode regardless of what your sober journey has been!
Follow Gill on Instagram: @sober.powered
Listen to Gill's podcast: Sober Powered
Visit Gill's website: soberpowered.com
Follow me on Instagram: @happiestsober
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Join my sober community, the Happiest Sober Hub
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
Follow me on Instagram
If my content has helped you on your sober journey and you'd like to support my work, feel free to buy me a coffee
This week I'm having a coffee with Deb Masner, Registered Nurse & host of the Alcohol Tipping Point podcast! Deb shares her story of what led her to sobriety, we have a great chat about the impact alcohol has on our health, and she shares about the importance of finding your own path to sobriety. You're sure to take away so many nuggets of wisdom in this chat and I'm so excited to share it with you!
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Listen to Deb's podcast, Alcohol Tipping Point
Visit Deb's website
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Join my support group, the Happiest Sober Hub
If my content has helped you on your sober journey & you'd like to support my work, feel free to buy me a coffee
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Join my community, the Happiest Sober Hub
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
Follow me on Instagram
If my content has helped you on your sober journey and you'd like to support my work, feel free to buy me a coffee
Join my community, the Happiest Sober Hub
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
Follow me on Instagram
If my content has helped you on your sober journey and you'd like to support my work, feel free to buy me a coffee
This week I'm having a coffee with Kristen Bear, who is just so incredibly fun, smart, well-spoken, and SO inspiring. We chat all about her story, socializing sober, dating sober, being sober & single (my first guest who is a fellow sober single girl!), ditching labels & doing sobriety her own way, and how sobriety helped her creativity & changed her outlook on life. This episode is filled with so many truth bombs that you don't want to miss!
Follow Kristen on Instagram: @creativesobriety
Listen to Kristen's podcast: Creative Sobriety
Sign up for Kristen's sober trip to Costa Rica
If you need some extra support to stay sober this summer, join my sober support group here!
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This week I'm having coffee with Ash Butterss, host of the podcast Behind the Smile. Ash shares her incredibly inspiring story of finding recovery from alcoholism after years of using alcohol to cope with her traumas. She's been sober since February 2020 and is now on a mission to help remove the stigma around mental health, trauma, and addiction. She shares so much wisdom in this conversation and I'm so happy I get to share it with you!
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Listen to Behind the Smile with Ash Butterss.
This week I'm chatting about the slips I had in the beginning of my sober journey, my takeaways from them, and my top tips for anyone who has had a slip.
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I went to my first bachelorette party sober! In this episode I'm recapping how it went and sharing my top tips for getting through a bachelorette party without alcohol.
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This week I'm having a coffee with Danielle aka @thatsoberglow! We chat all about her sober journey, her experience with slips, how sobriety has changed her life and her mindset, dating sober, getting married sober, and a whole lot more! Danielle is so incredibly inspiring and kind and she's someone I followed in the sober community before I ever even got sober, so I was so excited to get to sit down for this conversation! And now I'm even more excited to share it with you. You don't want to miss this one!
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I'm back from hosting my very first sober group trip! In this episode I sit down with my mom for a debrief of the trip! We chat about how it went, the highlights and takeaways, and most importantly, how this was a trip of conquering fears.
If you want to join me on my next sober trip (we're going to Spain!) you can view the full itinerary and reserve your spot here.
In this episode I chat about Fading Affect Bias and why it's important to be mindful of it in sobriety. I also share a recent story where I experienced FAB in my life.
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My mom joins me to chat even more about how to let go of shame in sobriety and how to shift our mindset from shame to self-acceptance.
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Today I'm chatting all about a question I get asked often: how to let go of shame when we quit drinking and begin to forgive ourselves for our past drunk actions.
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This week I'm having a coffee with Kim Kearns, authour of "On The Edge of Shattered: A Mother's Experience of Discovering Freedom Through Sobriety". Kim has such an incredible story to share (as evidenced by this book, which I could not put down!). We chat all about her story, what led her to sobriety, the impact that "mommy wine culture" had on her, and how getting sober freed her in every way.
Follow Kim on Instagram.
Listen to The Weekend Sober podcast.
Listen to F*cking Sober: The First 90 Days podcast.
Buy Kim's book: On The Edge of Shattered.
This week I'm chatting all about why FOMO should really have no place in our sobriety. I also share about a conversation I recently had with a friend that was a valuable reminder for me about comparison.
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This week I'm having a coffee with with Luc Zoratto (aka @marathon2sobriety), my very first guest from Toronto! Luc has been sober for over 6 years and has such an inspiring story to share. We chat about the journey that led him to sobriety, his passion for running, being a sober dad, and the mindset shift that took him from feeling ashamed of being sober to being loud and proud about it. You don't want to miss this one!
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This week I'm chatting all about my current favourite forms of self-care, and the importance of sparking joy in our sober lives!
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My mom is back again, and she has lots of questions! I've never shared the full story of my drinking days on this podcast, and despite the extensive conversations we've had about sobriety, my mom has never asked me much about them. In this episode we're chatting in depth about my decade of drinking that led me to sobriety!
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This week I'm offering you a sober tool I'm calling the "reverse why" and I'm talking you through some examples of how to use it when you're feeling tempted to drink.
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This week I'm chatting with Meg Fee, also known on instagram as @youdonthavetodrink and we cover a LOT in this conversation! We chat all about her sober journey, her experience with slips along the way (and the importance of taking the shame out of them!), facing our fears of flying in sobriety, and what it was like getting married sober. We also talk about Meg's journey with eating disorder recovery and why this needs to be talked about more in the online sober space. I loved getting to chat with Meg and I'm so excited to share this conversation with you!
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I'm back with another solo episode! This week I'm chatting about the breakups I've been through since I quit drinking (oh hey vulnerability hangover!) and I'm sharing my top tips for getting through breakups sober. <3
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My mom joins me again this week for a chat about being single and sober! I'm now single & sober at 29 years old, and my mom was a single & sober mom of three kids for a decade. We chat about both the challenges and the gifts that can come with being a sober single person in these different phases of life. We also share some tips for embracing being single in our sobriety!
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It's Valentine's Day and this episode has been a long time coming! This week I'm spilling all the tea on my dating life since I broke up with booze, as well as sharing my top tips on sober dating!
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This week I'm chatting with an incredibly inspirational guest, Jay Chase! Jay had what many of us would consider a stereotypical "rock bottom" that ultimately led him to sobriety. But he turned inwards and used that experience to fuel incredible personal growth. He now inspires so many through his Instagram, his podcast Don't Touch My Mindset, and through motivational speaking for those in recovery. He also just turned 6 years sober a couple days before this episode! I'm so grateful I got to have this conversation with Jay, and even more grateful that I get to share it with you!
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My mom joins me again for this episode! This week we're chatting all about the inner chatterbox we all have going in our minds 24/7, and how managing our self-talk is crucial in our sober journeys. I was having a bad few days when we got on to record this episode, so we chat all about that as I try to pull myself out of my slump. It couldn't have been a more perfect time for me to have this conversation!
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This week I chat with Cait Madry, the founder of Clearheaded: your guide to sober-care and the host of Clearheaded: your sober-care podcast. Cait and I share so many similarities in our stories (our sober dates are only twenty days apart!) and I feel like I learned so much about myself in my conversation with her. We chat all about getting sober in our twenties and learning we don't have to hit a rock bottom to do so. Cait offers so many wise and valuable insights on living alcohol-free and is such an inspiring example of how all aspects of your life can improve when you're clearheaded!
Follow Cait on instagram at @clearheaded.co & @caitmadry and if you're in the LA area, check out her Dry January pop-up shop!
PS: last week to sign up for my 12-week sober support group, the Happiest Sober Hub!
This week I chat about how alcohol negatively impacted my self-esteem and how sobriety has helped me build it back up.
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This week I chat with Jon Lupin, aka The Poetry Bandit. He shares the story of his sober journey, along with all of the wisdom and insights he's gained in his 7 years of sobriety. Since getting sober, Jon has published 3 amazing books of poetry. He is such a beautiful example of how sobriety allows us to connect back to our creativity and inspiration, and not to mention, of how much we can accomplish when we quit drinking! I absolutely loved this conversation - you don't want to miss it! Follow Jon on Instagram: @the_poetrybandit
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Happy New Year, sober fam! It's my first episode of 2023 and (of course!) it's also Dry January. I did Dry January in 2020 before I got sober, and this week I'm sharing some insights from that experience. These are the things I wish someone could have told me when I was in it! If you need inspo to get you through January without booze, be sure to follow me on instagram @happiestsober.
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My mom joins me again for a sober chat this week! We share stories of our first sober Christmases and give you a pep talk for tackling the holidays alcohol-free.
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One of the most common struggles I hear from people in the sober community is that the people in their lives don't support or understand their decision to quit drinking. This week, I chat all about how to navigate other people's opinions and judgments on our sobriety, which can be a really challenging (and scary!) aspect of this journey for so many of us. I also share my top tips for tackling social situations in early sobriety if you're worried about being judged by others for not drinking.
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This week, Madeline shares some "aha" moments that changed her perspective about sobriety. She chats about catching herself slipping into victim mode and the mindset shifts that got her out of it.
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Megan Forrest (Madeline's mom!) got sober at 21 years old. Today she's 39 years sober after only ever having one "day 1", and she joins Madeline this week for a mother-daughter chat about sobriety. We hear her story, talk about family dynamics around alcohol, and debate some different generational viewpoints on alcoholism. Most of all, she shares a whole lot of wisdom from nearly four decades of maintained sobriety. You don't want to miss this one!
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Madeline breaks down the real meaning of courage (hint: it doesn't come in liquid form), and chats about the importance of feeling our fears in sobriety.
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Madeline celebrates 2 years sober this week, woo! She reflects on her biggest takeaways & lessons from both her first and second year of sobriety.
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Welcome to the first episode of Happiest Sober Podcast! This week, Madeline breaks down the different stages of her sobriety and the tools that helped her through them.
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