Episode 414: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life with Laura McKowen

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

Education, How To, Self-improvement

4.8 • 516 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Laura McKowen returns to the show! Laura says, “Much of recovery is about accepting the good and the bad, as well as accepting the contradictions.” She joins me to talk about her sobriety story, how she processed the emotions of sobriety, and how she works with people now to inspire them 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, and the Founder and CEO of The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support program. In this episode you’ll hear: Laura shares her sobriety story and how she went from working in advertising and drinking to sober, teacher, coach, and speaker. (3:58) What inspired Laura to write her book, We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life. (15:08)Sober Curiosity: We all have something that shatters the concept of self as we know it. (18:31) Some ways in which a newly sober person can learn to hear and speak their truth, and renew their sense of meaning and purpose. (36:38) http://andreaowen.com/414 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	So much of recovery is accepting all of it, all of the good and the supposed bad in me and the
0:37.0	contradictions. I still have to work on that.
0:42.8	You're listening to Make Some Noise podcast episode number 414 with guest Laura McCowan.
1:03.4	Welcome to Make Some Noise podcast, your guide for strategies, tools, and insight to empower yourself.
1:09.2	I'm your host, Andrea Owen, global speaker, entrepreneur, life coach since 2007,
1:12.5	an author of three books that have been translated into 18 languages and are available in 22 countries. Each week I'll bring you a guest or a lesson
1:18.7	that will help you maximize unshakable confidence, master resilience, and make some noise
1:24.3	in your life. You ready? Let's go.
1:31.0	Hello, everyone.
1:32.5	Welcome to another episode of the podcast.
1:34.7	I am so glad that you're here.
1:36.5	I'm excited this morning because Laura McCowan is on the show.
1:40.3	She's a longtime dear friend of mine,
1:42.2	and it's been several years since she's been on,
1:44.9	so you may have forgotten all about her story. So it'll be like hearing her on the show for the
1:50.5	first time. And I also wanted to mention that if you purchased a copy of Make Some Noise,
1:57.2	which I sincerely hope that you did, Don't forget that there is the workbook
2:02.1	that is available for free. It's still available. If you head on over to Andrea owen.com
2:07.5	slash noise, you can find that bonus over there. It's a great accompanying thing to be able to
2:16.6	do the work instead of just read about it.
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