Episode 84: Sobriety and Divorce with Laura McKowen
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Getting sober is a vulnerable process, but as this week's guest's book suggests, there is surprising magic in getting sober. Laura McKowen, author of We Are the Luckiest is here to talk about her journey to sobriety, getting comfortable with the uncomfortable, and making it through to the other side.
I've been on my own sobriety journey, and I'm still kind of early in the process. In this episode, you'll hear how my story is completely different from Laura's, yet the feelings are so similar.
If you're not sober, if you're not struggling to get sober, or if you have no intention of ever getting sober, this episode (and Laura's book) is still a great resource! The wisdom Laura shares during our conversation are applicable to every facet of life.
Show Highlights
- Laura shares openly about getting divorced in the midst of her sobriety journey. (4:53)
- Learning how to be in a relationship with someone without alcohol. (10:45)
- Why people-pleasing is a form of dishonesty and some of the other insidious ways that we're not honest with ourselves and those around us. (16:38)
- The pregnancy principle: what it is and why it matters. (39:45)
- In order for something new to grow there have to be boundaries. (23:36)
- How to let go of perfectionism. (40:01)
Learn More About Laura McKowen:
Laura McKowen is the author of We Are the Luckiest. She is a former public relations executive who has become recognized as a fresh voice in the recovery movement. Beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing, she now leads sold-out yoga-based retreats and courses that teach people how to say yes to a bigger life. She hosted the iTunes Top 100 podcast HOME, with over 1.5 million downloads. and has been featured on the TODAY show, in the Guardian, New York Times, Web MD, and more.
Resources & Links:
The Ultimate Divorce Survival Guide
Should I Stay or Should I Go Facebook Group
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go. |
| 0:17.7 | I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate some of |
| 0:23.3 | the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. I've been to |
| 0:29.1 | hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other side of this process |
| 0:35.1 | with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 0:41.1 | Hey, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Divorce Survival Guide podcast. I'm really excited |
| 0:48.2 | about today's episode. I have been following Laura McCowan for quite a few years on Instagram and all the places. |
| 0:59.5 | And I secretly really wanted to be her friend for a long time. |
| 1:02.5 | And I was really jealous because she's friends with my friend Andrea. |
| 1:05.0 | And I was like, I want to be friends with her too. |
| 1:08.2 | And then I read her book. |
| 1:11.1 | She's a memoir that came out recently called We Are the Luckiest. |
| 1:15.2 | And it's a sobriety memoir, but it is so much more than that. |
| 1:22.9 | If you are not sober, if you're not struggling to get sober, if you have no intention of ever |
| 1:29.8 | getting sober, I still think you should read this book. Because, you know, one of the things that |
| 1:34.3 | she talks about a lot in the book is like, whatever your thing is. And guys, we all have a thing. |
| 1:40.9 | And by the way, most of us have way more than one thing. Alcohol didn't become my thing |
| 1:46.6 | until I was well into my 40s. Before that, you know, relationships, people, men, food. I mean, |
| 1:56.2 | I've had so many things. And the wisdom in Laura's memoir is applicable to every single thing that you can |
| 2:07.0 | imagine. So please read it. Like I said, I feel so honored to have Laura on the podcast today. |
| 2:15.5 | I think that maybe, you know, maybe we're, maybe we're going to be friends now |
| 2:18.9 | because I think maybe she liked me. I'm just kidding. I mean, a little bit. So Laura is the author |
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