We have all been programmed to believe that celebrating with loved ones this holiday season has to include drinking. It comes at us from every direction, from marketing ads to friends and family offering us drinks.

Newsflash! The holidays do not require alcohol. In today's episode we're talking about how being present for the holidays with those we love the most matters way more than any drink ever will.

This episode is basically me calling out the weird circus act we all do around drinking. You don’t need a label. You don’t need a crisis. You don’t need twelve strangers in a circle nodding at you. If the thought “maybe I should chill with alcohol” keeps popping up, congratulations, that’s already the sign.

I’m talking about the quiet stuff. The tiny nudges. The mornings you’re annoyed with yourself for no dramatic reason. The way you Google “cutting back on alcohol” or "do I have a drinking problem?"

This isn’t a lecture. It’s the honest conversation. Just because your life isn’t on fire doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to want better for yourself.

In this episode, I’m talking honestly about what giving up wine really uncovered in my life. Sobriety didn’t magically make everything better, it just made things clearer.

I open up about the parts of my identity and motherhood that I had been avoiding with booze for years, and how learning digital skills became the unexpected path that helped me get my confidence, purpose, and direction back.

If you’re sober, sober curious, or just craving something more for yourself, this one’s going to hit home.