Drinking With the Blinders Off with Hollie Nicholson
The Sober Mom Life
Suzanne Warye
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
As a fitness professional, Hollie Nicholson always kept alcohol out of her weekdays, but those weekends of drinking still took their toll until, in 2019, she started asking questions.
Despite embodying health in many aspects of her life, Hollie faced a personal challenge with alcohol—and one day, she decided she had enough.
Every weekend, amidst living a life filled with healthy habits, alcohol was still a part.
For the next six years, Hollie drank with the blinders off. She noticed how inconsistent moderation success could be, she learned about the true impacts that alcohol could have on her body and mind, and she felt how good she could feel through stints of sobriety. But still, a question remained: how could you live a full sober life?
In May of 2024, shortly after she turned 40, Hollie woke up after a night of drinking with severe anxiety and she asked herself - what if she could live her next decade totally different than her last? At that moment, she had a lot of questions but she knew one thing - she was getting sober.
Inspired by the Sober Mom Life community, she embraced the idea that it’s entirely okay to let go of alcohol—no dramatic reasons needed.
The Cafe has given Hollie such a sense of support and community. She’s even experienced an incredible connection story with another member that she tells on the pod!
Learn more about Hollie’s fitness program for women in mid-life on IG @hollienicholsonstrong or on her website.
I started The Sober Mom Life Cafe so women just like you can find connection in sobriety. We have 4 Zoom Peer Support meetings every week, a monthly book club, and a private Facebook group so you can connect all day long. Join us here, now. ❤️
Get Your Copy of my book The Sober Shift
Follow on Instagram @thesobermomlife
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Okay, I don't eat much fish and I definitely don't get enough sunlight since it's winter in the Midwest. |
| 0:07.4 | And that is where today's partner ritual comes in. |
| 0:11.1 | I've been taking rituals essential for women 18 plus for a few years now and I can count on it to help me provide the vitamin D levels my body needs. |
| 0:21.0 | After all, rituals essential for women, 18 plus was shown to increase vitamin D levels by 43% in a clinical study. |
| 0:29.1 | I love that I can take it on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. |
| 0:33.5 | The minty essence helps make taking my multis actually enjoyable. |
| 0:38.0 | For real. |
| 0:39.0 | Ritual vitamins are vegan, non-GMO project verified, gluten and major allergen-free, |
| 0:45.8 | certified B-Corp and made traceable. |
| 0:48.8 | Ritual is essential for women 18 plus is a multivitamin you can actually trust. |
| 0:54.0 | Get 25% off your first month for a limited time at ritual.com forward slash sober mom. |
| 1:01.7 | Start ritual or add essential for women 18 plus to your subscription today. |
| 1:07.4 | That's ritual.com forward slash sober mom for 25% off. |
| 1:13.6 | I love winter until the beginning of January. |
| 1:18.1 | Then I'm over it. |
| 1:20.2 | You guys, the air hurts my face, the cold winds, the dry indoor heat. |
| 1:25.2 | Winters in the Midwest are brutal and I need to take extra steps to keep my |
| 1:30.0 | skin hydrated and healthy. Today's partner, Osea, has been a part of my personal body care |
| 1:35.2 | routine, especially during these long winter months. Oceas and Darya algae body butter helps |
| 1:41.1 | transform my dry, thirsty skin to smooth and hydrated and it never feels |
| 1:48.0 | greasy or oily. It's got a thick, super rich texture that absorbs instantly. I slather it on |
| 1:55.1 | after my shower and feel moisturized all day long. Not to mention, my skin smells amazing, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Suzanne Warye, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Suzanne Warye and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.