Ep. 274: You Quit Drinking… Now What? How To Live With Purpose in Sobriety with Laura McKowen

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Casey McGuire Davidson: Sober Coach

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever looked around your life after you stopped drinking and thought, “Wait... is this it?”—you’re not alone. Sobriety cracks you open. And once you’re no longer numbing out at night, everything you've been tolerating suddenly becomes really loud. That’s why I asked Laura McKowen, author of We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life, creator of the Bigger Yes course, and founder of The Luckiest Club, to share how you can rediscover your voice, values, and vision for what’s next—without needing to burn it all down or have it all figured out. In this episode, we’re talking about how to live with intention in sobriety and say yes to a life that actually feels good. Because quitting drinking is just the beginning. What comes next is figuring out how to align with who you truly are and what you actually want. For the full shownotes, kindly go to this podcast episode link: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/laura-mckowen/ 4 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, the only sober coaching course designed specifically for busy women. My proven, step-by-step sober coaching program will teach you exactly how to stop drinking — and how to make it the best decision of your life. Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free.Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Hello Someday podcast, the podcast for busy women who are ready to drink less and live more.
0:10.2	I'm Casey McGuire Davidson, ex-red wine girl turned life coach, helping women create lives they love without alcohol.
0:18.4	But it wasn't that long ago that I was anxious, overwhelmed, and drinking a bottle
0:23.1	of wine a night to unwind. I thought that wine was the glue holding my life together,
0:28.7	helping me cope with my kids, my stressful job, and my busy life. I didn't realize that my love
0:35.0	affair with drinking was making me more anxious and less able to manage
0:39.5	my responsibilities. In this podcast, my goal is to teach you the tried and true secrets of creating
0:46.5	and living a life you don't want to escape from. Each week, I'll bring you tools, lessons, and
0:52.9	conversations to help you drink less and live more.
0:56.6	I'll teach you how to navigate our drinking-obsessed culture without a buzz,
1:01.0	how to sit with your emotions when you're lonely or angry, frustrated, or overwhelmed,
1:06.9	how to self-soothe without a drink, and how to turn the decision to stop drinking from your
1:12.6	worst-case scenario to the best decision of your life. I am so glad you're here. Now let's get
1:19.2	started. My guest today is Laura McCowan, the author of the book, We Are the Luckiest,
1:26.4	The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life.
1:29.5	Laura writes, an award-winning blog, has hosted two incredible podcasts, Home and Spiritualish,
1:36.6	and has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, WebMD, Psychology Today,
1:43.1	The Today Show, and more.
1:45.3	Laura had a long, successful career in public relations and the madman-esque drinking
1:51.5	culture of advertising.
1:53.3	After getting sober, she became recognized as a fresh voice in recovery, beloved for her
1:59.0	soulful and irreverent writing, online, and in print.
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