#132: Say Yes to a Better Life with Laura McKowen

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

This week I am pleased to introduce you to Laura McKowen. Laura had a long, successful career in public relations and the Mad Men–esque drinking culture of advertising. After getting sober, she quickly became recognized as a fresh voice in recovery, beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing online and in print. She now leads sold out retreats and courses, teaching people to how to say yes to a bigger life. Laura is the author of the bestselling memoir, We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life. This discussion dives into the clarity and potential that can be unearthed when living a sober life. We talk about our intentions behind drinking, and the many messages that we've received around alcohol over the years. Check out Laura's Best Selling Book here, and find her on Instagram here. Discover: Emotional pain is a sign of function rather than dysfunction We are one hard decision away from reclaiming our sovereignty What's below what you numb? The culture of drinking The truth about lying Normalizing alcohol Why alcohol is the one drug we have to explain why we "aren't drinking" In discomfort you will find your answer Co-dependency, people-pleasing and sobriety What is it like to be fully embodied? Can you sit with yourself? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Markrose podcast.
0:12.2	I was listening recently to an audio, as you'll hear me say a lot from Francis Weller,
0:20.3	who's been on this podcast.
0:21.6	He's an incredible teacher and just an incredible person, human.
0:25.8	And his insights are just, they're revelatory for me.
0:30.1	They make my soul open up a little more.
0:33.2	And really so in so many ways, I feel the complexity of my humanness is validated, where we often
0:41.5	dance in positivity and what people are now calling toxic positivity, which is really a form
0:47.8	of bypassing the depth and the quality and the substance that is within all emotion.
0:58.1	And as a society, we've done this.
0:59.7	We've banished the dark.
1:02.6	We've avoided pain.
1:04.6	And for many reasons, of course, not wanting to get hurt or to experience pain is
1:10.4	obviously very biological.
1:12.9	But this idea that emotional pain is in some way a sign of our dysfunction, rather than
1:19.7	evidence of our function.
1:22.2	Evidence that you're working.
1:23.9	Evidence that your soul's present.
1:25.7	Evidence that you're tasting the world.
1:28.1	I was listening to him recently, share about two questions that he asked a group.
1:34.5	And I encourage all of you by his audio series called The Alchemy of Initiation and just get
1:40.4	ready and then send me a message letting me know what you thought of it.
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