#193: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life with Laura McKowen

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Themes: Sobriety, Addiction, Authenticity, Resentment, Belonging Summary: Laura McKowen is the bestselling author of We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life and the forthcoming sobriety manifesto, Push Off From Here. Following a long, successful career in the Mad Men-esque drinking culture of advertising, Laura got sober and quickly became recognized as a fresh voice in recovery, beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing online and in print. She has been published in The New York Times and her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, the Today show, and more. In 2020, Laura founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support organization. Discover: Our individual experiences of sobriety Our thoughts on the current state of affairs and why we’re so divided as a collective The problem with “keeping the peace” and why speaking your truth is the ultimate invitation to expansion What’s really behind feelings of resentment and how they often lead to addictive behaviours Links: We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life lauramckowen.com The Luckiest Club Instagram: @theluckiestclub Listen to my first episode with Laura here Sponsors: Organifi | Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% off all products at organifi.com/createthelove House of Wise Co. | Use code CREATETHELOVEBOGO to get one free box of gummies when you buy one box at houseofwise.co Create the Love Cards | Use code CTLCARDS15 for 15% off at createthelove.com/cards Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Mark Rose podcast.
0:12.5	This week I have Laura McCown on the podcast.
0:15.7	Laura is an author.
0:16.8	She is incredible.
0:18.1	She's a type of person that when you read her words and hear them, they resonate in a part of your body that must
0:24.2	rep, it might just recognize truth.
0:26.4	It's like a tuning fork.
0:28.0	I just love her and her heart and her soul so much and enjoyed the first episode so much because we talked about addiction and how does that show up in our lives and how do we transform?
0:44.2	And on her website, she has a quote that says fall in love with the mystery of life again it's all right here waiting for you to say yes isn't that so true right like it's just waiting for us
0:51.2	to say yes the mystery right that the mystery is actually a beautiful thing,
0:55.3	even though it's certainly a large source of our anxieties.
0:59.1	And she's the author of a book called We Are the Luckiest,
1:02.3	The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life.
1:05.1	So I'm really excited to have had another really beautiful, deep fun.
1:09.3	We had a lot of laughs, and I'm sure you will do conversation with Laura McCown.
1:13.3	And before we get into today's episode, please, wherever you listen to the podcast, one way
1:17.4	that you could support it is by leaving a five-star review and a written review.
1:21.1	That's so helpful.
1:22.1	And make sure you subscribe to it so you don't miss any episodes.
1:25.4	Without further ado, here's Laura McCown.
1:34.9	Music so you don't miss any episodes. Without further ado, here's Laura McCown. I feel very lucky to have you back on the podcast.
1:38.9	Well done.
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