I dreamt that you were twisting through seven sons of gold and the gypsy was insisting

that his story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning

that you might be a treasure. I could touch but never hold.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Soapiful podcast. I am really excited for today's guests.

This is continuing on from a subject that we started last year.

We're going to be talking today about women, sobriety, hormones, being menopausal, being perimenopausal, and how all of that affects our sobriety.

So I want to welcome Mimi Divine Tooie. Did I say that correctly, Mimi?

You are correct. So Mimi is one of our newest sobriety coaches in Sober4 Life. She is going to be

starting a group in, I think it's a couple of weeks from when this episode goes out. But let me tell you a little

bit about Mimi. Mimi is a certified professional life and recovery coach. She also has 25 years

experience as a family nurse practitioner, supporting and counseling her patients with

substance use disorders, food challenges and chronic disease management. So she comes with a lot

of experience and

expertise. She's particularly interested in treating women during perimenopausal and menopause

and spent six years focusing on treating women with sexual health concerns. She's also an,

I didn't realize you were an EFT practitioner. How could I not know that? I am.

How did I not know that? Oh my goodness me. Fabulous.

So also an EFT practitioner and in recovery yourself from alcohol addiction for 15 years.

Correct. Wow, that's amazing. And recently retired, right? It's the nurse practitioner a bit.

Yeah, I retired just before Thanksgiving. I've got to know Mimi. And when I found out

what she did and she wanted to move into doing sober coaching, it just felt like a really good fit.

Because I get emails and messages from women a lot who want to stop drinking. And then they'll

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