Ep. 310: Burnout and Alcohol: Why Drinking Makes It Harder to Heal with Caitlin Donovan

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Casey McGuire Davidson: Sober Coach

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

4.9 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A lot of women don’t realize they’re dealing with burnout.They just feel tired, irritable, stretched thin, and like everything takes more effort than it should. And when drinking becomes the way you cope, it can make it even harder to see what’s really going on. In this episode, I’m talking with burnout expert Cait Donovan, host of FRIED: The Burnout Podcast and author of The Bounce Back Ability Factor. Cait has such a smart, grounded way of talking about burnout that cuts through the noise and gets to the truth. We talk about how burnout shows up, how it overlaps with overdrinking, and what it really takes to begin recovering. For the full show notes, kindly go to this podcast episode link: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/burnout-and-alcohol-why-drinking-makes-it-harder-to-heal/ 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. Love The Podcast and Want To Say Thanks? ☕ Buy me a coffee! In the true spirit of Seattle, coffee is my love language. So if you want to support the hours that go into creating this show each week, click this link to buy me a coffee and I’ll run to the nearest Starbucks + lift a Venti Almond Milk Latte and toast to you! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hellosomeday 💕 Support the sponsors of The Hello Someday Podcast You can find all the special discounts mentioned on the show right here: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/sponsors/ Leave me a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I read every single review and they really help the podcast algorithm decide to share my show with a wider audience. Just click here, scroll below the latest episodes, and you’ll see the link to “rate and review this podcast”. I’ll be forever grateful to hear from you and to read reviews like this one from Laura, “I’ve listened to so many sober podcasts and The Hello Someday Podcast is by far THE BEST Sobriety Podcast out there for women. This podcast was key to me quitting alcohol. Casey’s practical tips and tricks are invaluable, with advice I haven’t heard anywhere else. If I could give this podcast 27 stars I would!!” Connect with Casey McGuire DavidsonTo 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 Sunday 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. Hey there, I wanted to talk to you for a minute if you've been in my world for a while.
1:25.3	If you've been listening to this podcast, you've probably
1:28.0	heard me talk about my sober coaching program, the sobriety starter kit. Maybe you've thought
1:34.0	about joining, but then you decided that you weren't quite ready. Maybe you had a vacation
1:39.7	coming up or you wanted to try dry January on your own. Maybe you thought you could just cut back
1:45.9	and make some rules for yourself. And maybe those rules worked for a little while. But maybe you're
1:52.2	still waking up at 3 a.m. with your heart racing, wondering why you drank more than you meant to.
1:57.9	If that sounds familiar, you're exactly the kind of woman I created
2:02.9	the sobriety starter kit for. It's a step-by-step program that's already helped more than
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