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It's Not About the Alcohol

Oct 30, 2025

The truth is, you can’t out-think a thinking problem.

And yet, that’s what so many women try to do—reading, journaling, “working on themselves”—all while staying quietly trapped inside their own minds.

In this episode, Colleen reveals why the real work of emotional sobriety doesn’t happen in isolation. It...


Oct 28, 2025

Here's what nobody tells you when you're trying to change your drinking: Your alcohol cravings at happy hour are not just about needing a break after a hard day. And they’re definitely not about  how much you "just love wine."

In reality, you haven't eaten since noon and your blood sugar is in the basement. This is...


Oct 25, 2025

In this minisode, Colleen distills emotional sobriety into its simplest form: learning to recognize when you’re operating from your primal state versus your power state. Most of us spend our lives reacting to the world from old programming—patterns shaped by fear, pain, or the need for control—without...


Oct 23, 2025

In this minisode, Colleen unpacks the hidden link between insecurity and control — and how most of us try to manage our anxiety by managing other people’s opinions. Through a grounded, body-based perspective, she reframes confidence not as something you “earn,” but as something you practice by returning...


Oct 21, 2025

When I was in my 30s and 40s, I thought health was something you earned with discipline. I ate clean, drank tons of water, ran marathons and swallowed whatever supplements were trending.

And even though I appeared to be doing everything right, my stress was through the roof and my body constantly ached. I was...