This week's guest is Kim Bellis from Montreal who is the founder of @sober.is.the.new.cool. Kim shares the moment that she decided to leave alcohol behind: her son Matthew’s epilepsy diagnosis and her decision to stop drinking so he wouldn’t feel alone. Thirteen years later, Kim is still alcohol-free and the ripple effect is huge. She talks honestly about the social pressure, the liquid courage myth, and the unexpected gifts of sobriety: better sleep, calmer anxiety, stronger self-esteem, and learning she can do hard things without a drink (including walking at New York Fashion Week at 62).You’ll also hear the story behind Sober Is The New Cool, the White Heart Initiative and why a simple I am practice can help you start believing you’re enough.

Kim Bellas, affectionately known worldwide as Kim Mummy, is the founder and driving force behind Sober is the New Cool, a growing international wellness movement inspiring people to live healthier, happier, and more meaningful lives. With nearly 14 years of sobriety and appearances on over 150 podcasts, Kim has become a passionate international voice for wellness, kindness, compassion, and the power of human connection. A visionary and dedicated community builder, Kim created the International Recovery Wellness Walk, bringing together participants from 40 countries, the annual White Party in New York City, uniting women through inspiration and meaningful connections, and the White Heart Initiative, spreading messages of love and hope around the world. Known for her warmth, authenticity, and extraordinary ability to connect people from all walks of life, Kim believes true wellness extends far beyond sobriety. It’s about giving back, inspiring others, and reminding people everywhere that they matter. Her mission 'Helping to heal the world, one person at a time. We are all recovering from something'. Enjoy!

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Sober is the New Cool | Wellness, Community & Support

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This week on No More Booze, I’m joined by the brilliant Dr. Gillian O’Shea Brown (joining us from New York, originally from Cork) to talk trauma, healing and what it really means to come home to yourself. We talk about her stunning new book, Psyche’s Awakening and why she used Greek mythology as a psychological map for self-understanding, like what a stunning concept! We discuss complex trauma, the hero’s journey, ego death and why it’s not why are you use alcohol but what are you trying NOT to feel by drinking? Plus: intuition vs trauma (loud vs quiet), EMDR, self-love without narcissism, social pruning and two powerful exercises from the book—including the Erotic Emotional Map. We also talk about Chiron, the wounded healer, a figure who teaches and heals others through his own suffering. Enjoy!

Dr. Gillian O’Shea Brown is a New York based psychotherapist, adjunct asst. professor at NYU, and EMDRIA approved consultant passionate about whole living for all people. Her work on the treatment and healing of complex trauma (relational trauma) has been featured internationally. She uses an integrative blend of trauma informed evidenced based modalities including: EMDR, IFS (Ego State Work), DBT, TF-CBT and Somatic Techniques to treat her clients. Her first book, entitled Healing Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Clinician’s Guide (2021, Springer) was designed to provide trauma-informed therapists with psychoeducation. Inspired to share her wisdom outside of the classroom she created Psyche's Awakening (2026,HarperOne).

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Jen from @dresswithdrama is a year alcohol-free and she’s bringing all the sparkle, honesty and pizzaz to No More Booze this week. Jen is a personal stylist and we start the conversation talking clothes from leopard-print confidence, vintage bargains and why your favourite outfit is basically your superhero cape. Then the conversation goes deeper: Jen shares the health scare that made her take three months off drinking, the liver results that changed everything and how quickly anxiety began to lift when alcohol left the equation. We also talk about grief, losing Jen’s sister Emma and what it’s like to feel everything fully again—joy, sadness, freedom and the signs that remind her she’s not doing it alone. What started as one decision has had such a huge ripple effect on so many other areas of her life. Jen talks openly about the unexpected freedom she has found since stopping drinking, how it has changed her relationship with herself and helped her face grief. She also talks openly about anxiety and how, since stopping drinking, she has found a sense of freedom from some of the worry that had become part of her relationship with alcohol. Jen used to feel that alcohol helped give her confidence and made her a more fun, outgoing version of herself. It’s been a real learning curve discovering that confidence can come from so many other places and that she didn’t necessarily need alcohol to feel confident at all.

Now, as a mum, drama teacher, personal stylist and colour analyst, Jen is passionate about helping both adults and children feel confident, comfortable and completely themselves. Whether that’s through helping women discover their personal style and embrace who they are or helping children find their voice and build confidence through drama, confidence is at the heart of everything she does. This is an honest and open conversation about alcohol, confidence, anxiety, grief, identity and the freedom that can come from making a different choice. Enjoy!

Find more about Jen and her work at www.stylingbyjen.co.uk

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