Episode 516: Boundaries, Sobriety, and Breaking Stigmas with Michelle Smith

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

Education, How To, Self-improvement

4.8 • 516 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Michelle Smith joins me for a conversation about breaking the stigma of sobriety and recovery. Michelle is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the founder of Recovery is the New Black, a digital community for women living or exploring an alcohol-free life. In this episode, we highlight the importance of seeking help and support and how practicing self-awareness and setting boundaries can go a long way in the journey toward sobriety. This episode marks the end of the theme of recovery. Thank you so much for tuning into all of the themed episodes we’ve explored over the last year. Next week we return to episodes featuring guest interviews covering various areas of personal development. Stay tuned! Featured topics: Some alcohol truths that no one talks about such as alcohol does not discriminate – alcohol dependency can affect anyone (4:28) The first steps someone can take towards sobriety such as practicing awareness and curiosity about why you are drinking, as well as taking a look at your social circle (8:12) Mother-drinking culture as “self-care”: If we are not addressing “why the grief, why the stress, why, the pain, why the overwhelm?” women are going to keep drinking (16:11) Why are boundaries so important in sobriety (33:39) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.1	social circles look like the last last one, I would say,
0:39.5	are you going to break a promise to yourself? So if you say, I'm going to do dry July or take a break,
0:46.3	I'm going to try this. And if I can't be successful or I quote unquote fail, that is giving me
0:53.3	information about maybe my relationship with alcohol
0:56.7	is a lot more serious because I was unable to keep my five-day dry spell promise to myself.
1:03.2	And that doesn't feel good.
1:06.5	You're listening to Makes a Noise Podcast episode episode number 516, with guest Michelle Smith.
1:18.9	Welcome to Make Some Noise Podcast, your guide for strategies, tools, and insight to empower yourself.
1:26.5	I'm your host, Andrea Owen, global speaker, entrepreneur,
1:30.0	life coach since 2007, an author of three books that have been translated into 18 languages
1:35.6	and are available in 22 countries. Each week, I'll bring you a guest or a lesson that will
1:41.3	help you maximize unshakable confidence, master resilience,
1:45.6	and make some noise in your life. You ready? Let's go.
1:52.2	Hi, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I'm so glad that you're here. As usual,
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