The wine witch has her own  own tool box,  the most deadly tool being  ‘Everyone Else’s Needs’. Coming to the beginning  of  another summer ‘holiday’ I am keenly aware of this one. It’s ALL about everyone else. It is one of the main factors in my relationship with alcohol taking a sharp turn for theRead more about Summer Holidays ( The period of School Closure )[…]

I had the great privilege of talking to sober life activist and legend Laura Willoughby from Club Soda  on Sunday 19th May. The subject of self care is so important in sober living and happy sober living in particular. As Mandy and I talk about in the Pod self- care starts with the question ‘WhatRead more about Self-care to Thrive in Sobriety:WEBINAR Kate Baily talks to Club Soda[…]

So basically WHOOP WHOOP , can we get high tens, low tens, in the middle tens and an eleven minute group hug for us all getting together yesterday ? What an awesome bunch of women .. I feel recharged, quite emosh and warm from the meeting. Jolene Park of Healthy discoveries is a powerhouse soberRead more about Love Sober Event – Thoughts upon…. By Kate Baily[…]

Alcohol is a feminist issue because it has been sold to us as the elixir of the modern, emancipated women and yet it rids us of our power, keeping us underachieving our goals, keeps our ambition and self-esteem low, it keeps us stuck. It’s a feminist issue as it is our job to fight back,Read more about Alcohol is a Feminist Issue : By Mandy Manners[…]

Last week I had one of those days. An argument with the husband segued seamlessly into a full family meltdown trying to get the kids to school with their requisite projects, homework and PE kits, fancy dress for another Book Day or what have you. I got a parking ticket and shrunk my favourite jumperRead more about Drawbridging and the Art of JOMO[…]

New Years’ Resolutions are a bit like marmite I think – You either love them or hate them. In the past I have loved them but because I love ideas, beginnings , the birth of projects and new ideas but I lacked the skills to see them through and felt deflated when I gave up.Read more about Seedwishes for 2019[…]

Today I checked my day count and it is 888. It feels like an auspicious number somehow so I decided to do a little post on instagram about it ( after my Xmas tech fast ) and some friends said it’s and important spiritual number signifying having learnt lessons – healing my inner child andRead more about All the 8s 888[…]

I was reminded the other day of what I consider to be a power quote : One of those truths which once we really , truly get will save us hours of rose tinted spectacles and heartache and help us NQTD. What you are looking for has already gone.  Once I realised that I hadRead more about Once you have been a pickle……[…]

Kicking off the inspo section of Love Sober (resources that inspire us) is a book I mentioned in the podcast which is a total gem, The Little Book of Wonder by Bernadette Russell, author of The Little Book of Kindness and 365 Days of Kindness.  This book is great for sober folk in my opinionRead more about inspo #1 The Little Book of Wonder posted by Kate[…]

Podcast this week : Xmas prep 🙌🎄It’s nearly December so that means …. yes ! It’s coming so love it ( Kate – me ) or hate it ( Mandy @mandy_lovesober ) let’s do some prep ❤️🎄we are just touching on strategies for socialising , reframe , dealing with overwhelm and playing it forward .Read more about Xmas Prep Podcast has landed ![…]