The Sober Butterfly Podcast
The Sober Butterfly – A fun, unfiltered podcast for sober & sober-curious women! 🦋✨ Hosted by Nadine Mulvina, NYC-based content creator and sober travel expert, this podcast explores sober dating, alcohol-free living, harm reduction, addiction recovery, and mental health—with humor and honesty. Expect real talk on: ✔️ Navigating sober dating & relationships ✔️ Thriving socially without alcohol ✔️ Sober travel & alcohol-free experiences ✔️ Harm reduction & recovery stories ✔️ Non-alcoholic drinks & sober events Whether you're sober, sober-curious, or rethinking alcohol, The Sober Butterfly is here to inspire you. Subscribe now and join the sober revolution!
Episodes
In this intimate and unfiltered episode of The Sober Butterfly Podcast, host Nadine Mulvina opens up about her journey of celibacy in sobriety — from chaotic, alcohol-fueled hookups to a life anchored in self-respect, clarity, and peace.
Before getting sober, sex often felt like a search for connection that always ended in disconnection. Nadine reflects on how alcohol served as a social lubricant, helping her lower inh...
It’s fantasy football season (…allegedly), but here on The Sober Butterfly, we’re drafting something better: the ultimate Sober Girl Fantasy Team for November. 🍂✨
In this cozy, funny, and totally relatable solo episode, host Nadine Mulvina builds her dream lineup of sober-life MVPs: from the best mocktail brands and cozy self-care rituals, to celebrity inspirations and the sober trends that did not make the team.
Novem...
In this spooky-fun Halloween episode of The Sober Butterfly, host Nadine Mulvina takes listeners on a chilling (and hilarious) journey through her dating graveyard: revisiting The Vampire, The Magician, and The Mummy 👻. Each “monster” represents an ex from her drinking days who drained her energy, disappeared behind illusions, or stayed emotionally wrapped up in his past.
Now, four years sober, Nadine reflects on what...
In this episode of The Sober Butterfly, host Nadine Mulvina returns with full energy and fresh perspective after her “silent girl summer.” She opens up about how she’s ending 2025 with intention by taking on the 75 Hard Challenge — a mental toughness program designed to build discipline, confidence, and consistency.
Nadine shares how she’s not doing 75 Hard to lose weight but rather to reset her mind and body after str...
Return of the Sober Butterfly- Nadine's Life Updates, Summer Adventures, and Starting 75 Hard
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In this episode, Nadine returns after a two-month hiatus to provide life updates and catch listeners up on her summer experiences. She discusses her high-functioning depression, a challenging summer job, and a rigorous but ultimately unsuccessful atte...
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of The Sober Butterfly Podcast, host Nadine sits down with journalism professor and author Mallary Tenore Tarpley to discuss the nuanced realities of eating disorder recovery—and its often-overlooked intersection with sobriety.
Mallary’s forthcoming book, Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery, explores the idea of the “middle place”—that in-between space where...
Welcome to summer, Butterflies! ☀️ In this solo episode of The Sober Butterfly Podcast, host Nadine kicks off the season with a fun and empowering guide to having your best summer yet—without alcohol. From movement routines to mocktail orders, Nadine shares her Hot Girl Sober Summer Essentials List—10 intentional, joy-filled tools to help you feel confident, grounded, and free all summer long.
You’ll hear:
✨ The 1...
In this raw and powerful episode of The Sober Butterfly Podcast, host Nadine sits down with Sarah from She Stays Sober for a deeply personal conversation about what sobriety really looks like behind the highlight reels.
Sarah shares her journey to sobriety—getting sober in March 2020 at the height of the pandemic, a time when many people’s drinking escalated. We explore what life looked like in her drinking days, what ...
Nadine drops three confessions that prove sobriety is not a linear path, it’s a lifelong journey of self-awareness, accountability, and grace.
📢 Trigger warning: This episode discusses mental health, relapse, and addiction in a raw, unfiltered way.
This episode is an invitation to get real about the messy, nonlinear truth of recovery. Sobriety doesn’t make you perfect, but it gives you the clarity and courage to own yo...
In this solo episode of The Sober Butterfly Podcast, host Nadine gets brutally honest about what happens after the drinking stops.
Titled “Sober, But Still Toxic? A Journey in Progress,” this episode unpacks the not-so-glamorous truth that sobriety alone doesn’t automatically make you emotionally healthy. Nadine reflects on how, even after years alcohol-free, she still caught herself being petty, judgmental, controllin...
In this solo episode, Nadine explores the hidden cost of “free” drinks and how pretty privilege shaped her drinking experiences. From VIP invites to ER visits, she unpacks the illusion of power tied to beauty and booze, and what sobriety has taught her about self-worth.
Tune in for a raw, reflective, and empowering take on how we trade our peace for acceptance.
✨ If you’ve ever mistaken attention for value, this one’s ...
This week on The Sober Butterfly, Nadine interviews Ian Fee, author of Wild Ride to Sobriety. From his first sip of alcohol at just one year old to an intense 10-day rehab that involved ipecac (yep, you read that right), Ian shares the highs, lows, and hard truths of his path to sobriety. He opens up about fatherhood, addiction transference, the power of The Four Agreements, and how his life transformed once he got cl...
In this honest solo episode, host Nadine Mulvina shares an exciting update—The Sober Butterfly is evolving. After nearly four years of documenting her alcohol-free journey, Nadine opens up about feeling pulled toward a new chapter, one that still honors her sobriety but expands into the full richness of her identity.
She reflects on the inspiration behind The Sober Butterfly (metamorphosis and transformation), what sob...
In this compelling episode of The Sober Butterfly, host Nadine sits down with Nick Jonsson—a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, Ironman athlete, and sobriety coach—to explore the journey from addiction and executive burnout to purpose-driven recovery.
Nick opens up about his experience with executive loneliness, the hidden struggles behind high-performing professionals, and how hitting rock bottom ultimately became the ...
Faith, Healing & Holistic Sobriety: Dr. Sarah Nasir on the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection in Recovery | Part 2
In Part 2 of this powerful convo, Nadine chats with Dr. Sarah Nasir about spirituality, Islam, and the mind-body-soul connection in addiction recovery. Learn how faith, holistic wellness, and her Transcendent U program help women heal.
Mentioned in the Episode:
- Dr. Sarah Nasir’s holistic coaching program: ...
Have you ever woken up with no memory of the night before? You’re not alone. In this powerful episode of The Sober Butterfly, host Nadine Mulvina—once a regular blackout drinker—opens up about the frightening reality of blackouts and explores what’s really happening in the brain with Dr. Sarah Nasir, DO.
Dr. Nasir is a board-certified Addiction Medicine physician, life coach, and holistic recovery advocate. She breaks ...
In this episode of The Sober Butterfly Podcast, host Nadine is joined by Danielle, the founder of That Sober Glow and No Booze Crew, an inspiring virtual women's sober community. Danielle opens up about her journey with sobriety, beginning with her first drink at the age of 14 and the challenges that came with navigating New York City drinking culture.
Danielle shares how multiple “day ones” have shaped her path ...
In this bonus solo episode, host Nadine Mulvina takes you on a sun-soaked, power-outage-filled journey to San Juan, Puerto Rico—traveling with her college best friend who still drinks. Through vibrant stories and heartfelt reflection, Nadine explores how choosing sobriety doesn’t mean missing out—it can actually inspire those around you.
From salsa dancing in La Placita, to hiking El Yunque rainforest hangover-free, to...
In this episode of The Sober Butterfly Podcast, host Nadine Mulvina partners with Salt River Therapy to explore how therapy can help break the cycle of people-pleasing in sobriety. Licensed therapist Alexandria Atkinson shares her own healing journey and explains how trauma, attachment wounds, and fear of rejection fuel people-pleasing behaviors.
Together, they unpack how to set boundaries, sit with discomfort, and sho...
In this episode of The Sober Butterfly, host Nadine Mulvina is joined by licensed therapist and mental health counselor Kendall Bierman for an open, honest, and empowering conversation about getting sober in your twenties.
Kendall shares her personal journey—from struggling with anxiety and alcohol use in college to becoming a therapist who now helps others navigate similar challenges. Together, Nadine and Kendall expl...
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