Happiest Sober Podcast
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.
Episodes
This week, I'm chatting about something that I've heard many people struggling with lately, and that I also struggled with in my first couple years of sobriety. And that is: feeling disappointed in yourself and like it's a "failure" if you have moments of missing alcohol and wanting to drink. I share some reminders to help us return to the truth that having these moments is an inevitable part of getting sober. And rather t...
This week my mom is joining me for a chat about alllll the things we have started doing to practice being more PRESENT in our lives. For example, going on walks without headphones, putting phone boundaries in place, and even breaking up with my (beloved) to-do lists. This episode isn't specifically about sobriety, but as with most of life and growth, it always relates back to sobriety!!!
This week I'm sharing all my takeaways with you from the book "The Power of Fun: How To Feel Alive Again" by Catherine Price, where she talks all about reconnecting to TRUE fun as adults. Spoiler alert: it doesn't come from alcohol! In this episode I share how we can use the tips from this book to help us rediscover our sense of fun in sobriety. If you've recently gotten sober and you feel like you don't know how to have f...
It's officially summer and this week I'm bringing you an incredible conversation with my mom all about staying sober in the summertime!
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This week I'm chatting in depth about what I think is one of the most helpful mindset shifts in sobriety: handing over the future to our future selves and choosing to trust that our future selves will be able to handle it. I expand even more on how we can use this perspective in sobriety and in any challenges life throws our way!
This week, my mom joins me for a chat all about socializing in sobriety with people who are drinking. We both share about our experience with this on our sober journeys and our top tips for navigating it. Be sure to listen until the end of the episode for an AMAZING pep talk from my mom about the magic of living life sober!
Patio season is upon us, and oftentimes this can be the most challenging time for those of us on a sober journey! In this week's episode, I'm sharing my top tips, some reminders, and a pep talk to help you get through patio season without drinking!
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This week my mom and I are chatting all about taking care of ourselves (and our minds!), choosing to feel worthy, and prioritizing JOY in sobriety!
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This week I'm sharing my takeaways from "The Let Them Theory" by Mel Robbins and how we can apply these principles to our sobriety!
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When we first get sober, sobriety is SO all consuming. It's something we have to work so hard at, and it can often become our new obsession (in a healthy way!). But many of us then reach the point where we no longer have to think hard about not drinking. It just becomes normal life. This episode is for anyone who has gotten to that point in their sobriety and might be asking the question: now what?
Since getting sober, do you notice that you're very "all or nothing" in other aspects of your life? Maybe you notice some habits around food, coffee, spending money, work, etc. where you struggle to find balance. It's very common for us to get sober and to notice these patterns in other areas of our lives, and this week I'm chatting all about letting go of all or nothing thinking and finding balance in our lives!
I just came back from a sober first: my first all inclusive vacation in sobriety! In this episode I tell you all about how it went and I share my top tips for how to navigate an all inclusive vacation sober.
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This week, I'm joined by Dr. Brooke Scheller, a doctor of nutrition and author of the book "How to Eat to Change How You Drink." Dr. Brooke shares her approach to "functional sobriety", tips on getting through cravings, and how we can use nutrition as a tool for getting and staying sober. This was a fascinating and informative conversation that you don't want to miss!
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This week I'm coming through with a short pep talk for you to listen to anytime you're feeling tempted to drink or questioning your decision to get sober.
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In this week's episode, my mom and I chat all about our thoughts on the "alcoholic" label versus gray-area drinking (coming from two different perspectives!) and we also chat about why there are no "qualifications" for getting sober.
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In this episode, I'm sharing my takeaways from reading "The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary" by Catherine Gray. I chat about all the ways that we can learn to find joy in the ordinary moments of our lives, which is especially important for those of us on a sober journey!
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This week, my mom and I are chatting alllll about HANGXIETY and how getting sober has improved our mental health!
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A common fear a lot of us share when we're thinking about quitting drinking or just starting our sober journeys is that life will be boring without alcohol. We've spent most of our adult lives believing the lie that alcohol not only makes life fun, but makes *us* fun. What if I told you that the opposite can be true? And there are actually endless ways to have the most fun while sober? And that we can access our most playf...
This week I'm chatting all about how we get to develop *real* confidence once we ditch booze, and I share some tips for building confidence in sobriety.
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This week, I'm having coffee with Nadine aka The Sober Butterfly! Nadine is 3.5 years sober and in today's episode she's sharing her story with us. We also chat all about socializing sober, redefining fun in sobriety, dating in sobriety, sober travel, and the importance of giving ourselves grace. This was such an amazing, fun, and inspiring conversation that you don't want to miss!
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