Elena Brower is a mama, teacher, speaker, and co-author of Art of Attention. She’s been teaching yoga and meditation since 1999 and has taught all over the world. She’s also recently celebrated a year clean and sober. As someone who was by all measures already a success and a teacher to so many, she talks about how her life has truly opened up since choosing sobriety, the insidiousness of pot addiction, and the path that brought her here.
It's another "check-in" episode, and this one is long and probably too juicy. They dish on life: home, work, looooove and sobriety. Holly shares about the big shifts in her love life post-Rome, including a recent stand up by a man now forever named "Shit," hitting her 2 year anniversary of quitting pot and moving to LA. Laura gives in to peer pressure and shares about her love life and talks through a big decision she recently made. They both practice the yodel-ay-hee-hooo.
In the early episodes of HOME, Holly and Laura made a snarky joke about spirituality in recovery (not their coolest moment). Catherine Gray, today's guest and an atheist, rightly called them on it. A series of beautiful and enlightening conversations ensued, culminating in this episode's discussion with Catherine. They talk about what it means to be an atheist in an AA-centric recovery world, how believers and non-believers share the path and learn from each other, and Holly and Laura get to ask...
Laura and Holly talk with Annie Grace, author of “This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol. Find Freedom, Rediscovery Happiness and Change Your Life?” Sounds like everything, right? Annie’s story is like so many young, successful, professional women, but her path to sobriety was not. We talk about her drinking life, what drove her to write this book and her hopes for the way we treat and view addiction. We dig into some heated topics like the difference between “normal” drinkers and “addicts,” the label...
How can we eat to best support our bodies in recovery? What about sugar? And COFFEE? In this episode, we talk to Mary Vance, our resident nutrition guru here at HOME. We talk to Mary about a few topics that come up most often: coffee consumption, best tips for supporting new recovery, and vaginal steaming (ok, that never comes up, but we had to talk about it). Mary will be part of Hip Sobriety School, which starts January 7, 2016. For more info go to www.thehipsobrietyproject.com. Music by Radia...
Unicorns abound! Holly and Laura define what miracles and angels mean to them and how they've materialized in their own lives, both in life before sobriety and after. Image Illustration by Jeremy Enecio for Fortune Music by Radiation City
"The world opens when you begin to tell your own story and others come forward." -Ann Dowsett Johnston. Ann is an award-winning writer, journalist, public policy advocate, and the author of the stunning book "Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol." She's also one of the most gracious women Holly and Laura have ever met. In this interview they talk about Ann's personal and professional path, including her gains and losses in sobriety, her relationship with her son, heartbreak...
Apparently “The Shocker” is a sexual position, or so Holly’s friends tell her. This episode will make you cringe in the first half and cry in the second as Holly and I each share three “shockers” from our drinking days and three from sobriety. From driving in a blackout to nearly choking to death to doing “Molly” alone to drinking your friends’ expensive wedding gift, we recount some of the horrific places drinking took us. Things have changed, though, and we also get into the really, really, re...
In the first interview episode ever, Laura and Holly talk to Sarah Hepola, author of the New York Times Bestseller "Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank to Forget." Sarah's essays on culture have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Elle, The New Republic, Glamour, The Guardian, Slate, The Morning News, and Salon, where she was a longtime editor. Laura and Holly talk to her about the science of blackouts, what it was like to come out to the masses, dating in sobriety, and what's next. Ph...
The holidays are upon us! Holly and Laura talk about what the pre-sobriety holiday scene looked like and what's in store for this year. They each lay out their top five tools for staying sober, sane and (maybe even?) happy through this season. Music by Radiation City.
Laura & Holly discuss the pitfalls and benefits of social media in their personal and professional lives, and as it relates to sobriety. Shout out to Austin Kleon for the shirt in the image. Music by Radiation City.
In another letters episode, Holly and Laura answer a question from a reader about how to wrap your head around the concept of sobriety and make it stick? How do you swallow the concept of "forever?" Do you have to? PLUS: some exciting announcements for December. Music by Radiation City.
We're going all Oprah in this episode and talking about a few things-- in life, love, and the pursuit of happiness--that we know for sure. Music by Radiation City.
Sex and booze, booze and sex. The two get so intertwined. Holly and Laura talk about their sex lives before and after sobriety. The better, worse, surprising and different. Music by Radiation City.
How ARE you? Holly and Laura check-in on life. Home life, work life, sobriety and love. Music by Radiation City.
I'm comin' out! I want the world-to-know-ow. Holly and Laura breakdown the who, when, and why of how they came out sober and what it was all like. Also, a recap of Unite to Face Addiction in DC and a couple special announcements. Music by Radiation City.
In the second "relapse" ep, we talk about what it looks like when we fall off the path in sobriety, and not by drinking/using, but by losing our way otherwise. Depression, anxiety, confusion, pain, and other things that come up to knock us off the beam. What does it feel like? How do we get back?
Ugh. "Relapse." What do we do when we fall off the path and drink when we're trying to get and stay sober? Holly and Laura break down what relapse means to them, what it looked like on their own paths, and what they did about it. Music by Radiation City.
Holly and Laura break down the perils of perfectionism in response to a reader's letter about her "non-substance" addictions. Music by Radiation City.
Holly and Laura break down steps 4-6 of AA in the second of the Steps Series. They each answer these questions: what's your interpretation of the step, did you do it, what was your experience of doing it, and do you think it's necessary for recovery? What this episode is NOT: a debate about AA! Music by Radiation City.
In the second "letters" episode, Laura and Holly answer a question from a reader who's concerned about her drinking as a mother. Music by Radiation City.
In the first "letters" episode, Holly and Laura answer a question from a reader about how to deal with a stepfather who "rules with an iron fist" and thinks the 12-step method is the only viable recovery path. Music by Radiation City.
In the second part of the most intimate episode yet, Holly and Laura paint the picture of what their love lives looked like before and after getting sober. Music by Radiation City.
In the most intimate episode yet, Holly and Laura paint the picture of what their love lives looked like before and after getting sober. Music by Radiation City.
Holly and Laura break down steps 1-3 of AA in this longer-than-usual episode. They each answer these questions: what's your interpretation of the step, did you do it, and do you think it's necessary for recovery? What this episode is NOT: a debate about AA! Music by Radiation City.
Do we keep the same playmates in sobriety? In this episode, Holly and Laura break down their experience with friendships, and how they changed (or didn't) once the booze was gone. Music by Radiation City.
In the second episode of HOME, Laura interviews Holly to string together her story. The drinking story, the life story, the David Byrne-esque "How Did I Get Here?" story. Music by Radiation City.
In the second episode of HOME, Holly interviews Laura to string together her story. The drinking story, the life story, the David Byrne-esque "How Did I Get Here?" story. Music by Radiation City.
In the first episode of HOME, Holly Whitaker and Laura McKowen explain what they're doing here, how they met, how the name HOME came about, and what to expect next. Music by Radiation City.
