Decidedly Dry - Sobriety, Alcohol-Free Living, Quit Drinking, Sober Curious

Hello friends! So you're sober curious, newly sober, or maybe you've promised yourself that this year you're spending the holidays alcohol-free and let me start by saying, GO YOU! What an amazing, healthy, beautiful decision. Second, I know this can be a stressful time of year to commit to such a big decision, but friend... it is TOTALLY doable.
In today's episode, I'm going to give you 3 tips on how to not only stay sober over the holidays, but to have FUN. Choosing to be alcohol-free isn't boring, in fact, I think it's way more fun.
So grab a paper and pen, fill up that coffee cup, and get ready to jot down some helpful tips that will set you up for a glorious holiday free of alcohol.
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Today I'm chatting with my new friend, Allison Jordan. Allison is the owner and founder of Better Belly Therapies, a successful gut health clinic based in Ann Arbor, MI. Allison exceeds the highest levels of training as a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P) and a certified Craniosacral Therapist (CST-T) and combines functional lab testing with craniosacral therapy and visceral manipulation to help men and women with digestive dysfunction decrease food restrictions and increase their energy and quality of life.
Why am I bringing someone on the show that specializes in gut health?! Glad you asked, sister! Because when we decide that alcohol just isn't serving us anymore, it's super helpful to learn about the impact that alcohol has on our body. Allison explains why we have those 3am wake up calls, why our face looks puffy, why we feel just utterly drained and foggy, and much, much, more. This episode is such a good one and I can't wait to hear what you think!
How to Connect with Allison:
FREE Heal Your Liver - Detox for Life Program : TOTAL Liver Support Protocol
Listen to her podcast: The Better Belly Podcast
Check out her website: BetterBellyTherapies.com
Take her free quiz: What's Holding Up Your Gut Health?
Podcast Testimonial Episodes from my client Abby on Alcohol:
Ep. 13// Drop Sugar Cravings, Lose Weight, and Get Glowing Skin [Client Testimonial - Abby Herman]Apple Podcast
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Better Belly Website
Ep. 96// How to Permanently Heal Your Gut [Client Testimonial - Abby Herman - One Year Later]Apple Podcast
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Better Belly Website

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Hi Friend! In today's episode, I want to chat about how my sober journey has led me to becoming more God-Curious. Lately, and especially here on the pod if you've been listening, I’ve been having some amazing conversations with some sober women in my life. We typically hit on all things sobriety, but recently we really started digging into religion.
One of my amazing mentors and friends (you know who you are), and I have been getting really deep. We’ve noticed this growing similarity we’re seeing in the sober curious movement and this new (for some of us) God curious movement. In this episode, I try my best to break it down a bit and give you some examples of what I mean. I list 5 ways I believe that our sober journey is similar to our new, God curious journey and use my experiences as an example.
Before you push play, I want to encourage you to listen with an open mind and an open heart. This is me just sharing my observations, my thoughts, and kinda where I’m at in my journey. It’s never my intention to preach or persuade, just hopefully connect, inspire and relate. Sound good? Good!
I firmly believe that just like we had this wave of people jumping on the sober train, we’ve got another train coming up the track. It’s the God train and people are buying their tickets to hop on. I mean can you blame them? We’re living in a CRAZY world where a lot of us are simply searching for more peace, more love, and more purpose. So many similarities in these journeys and I'm excited to not only see them unravel, but to also hear YOUR thoughts.
Read about this episode/topic on the Blog.
The Bible Recap Podcast

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Episode #79: Welcome back to the show my sweet friends, the show where I hopefully encourage you to take a look at your relationship with alcohol, stop drinking so much, or even explore going alcohol-free as a busy mom. Just as a reminder- I know how hard the struggle is, I too have walked this out, I too thought that I couldn’t have fun without alcohol, that I needed it to lessen my anxiety, that everyone else was drinking, so why shouldn’t I? But you guys, I discovered that my life without it is actually SO much more fruitful and so much more freeing. Speaking of being on a transformative journey, today I would love to dive into where I’m at on another journey; exploring my faith in sobriety.

For those of you listening that are asking, “Jess... what the heck does sobriety have to do with you exploring your faith?” Friend, it has everything to do with my faith journey. Everything. If I had not retired that wine glass, I would not be the person I am today. I wouldn’t be as brave as I am now, as clear-minded or as empowered. I wouldn’t have the guts to even say the word ‘God’, let alone have a conversation about Him, especially here on this podcast. I wouldn’t have the time or dedication to sit in my feelings, ask hard questions, and have the awareness that maybe, just maybe, it hasn’t been the “universe” all along. Nope, it’s been God. In fact, if you would’ve told me five years ago I would be alcohol-free, be reading the Bible for the first time, and actively learning how to strengthen my relationship with God and develop deep roots of faith?! I would have called you CRAZY and poured another glass of wine.

The point here is I am a different person than I was back then. I’m becoming a version of myself that quite frankly I don’t always recognize, but happens to be the best version I’ve ever met. You’ve heard me say it before and I’ll say it again, it feels good to feel good. And I don’t know about you, but when I feel good, I want others to feel good too.

So for today, I’d love to share 5 practical tips that will help sober women like yourself actively grow in your faith.

Before I share them with you I want to make sure I say how cool it is that you’re listening to this today and are curious about God. Just like with sobriety, this curiosity about faith can be intimidating, overwhelming, and it can feel like you’re doing it wrong. I may not have even close to some of the right answers or words to share with you today, but I believe the one thing to remember is that your faith is yours. It can be whatever you want it to be. Just like with sobriety, it’s not a one-size-fits all. Keep that in mind. Enjoy this episode!

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Welcome Back Friend!
In last week's episode we learned how to set SMART goals and today I'm going to give you some tips on how to prioritize your goals! By implementing the following 4 tips and/or strategies, you will increase your chances of you successfully achieving your goals.
I hope this episode gets you motivated and gives you a sense of empowerment because sister, you are going to crush this year!
If you'd like to stay in contact while I take my 90 day social media fast, check out the links below.
Rooting for you,
Jess

Don't forget: if the only thing you did today was stay sober, you are winning!
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