In this episode I catch up with one of the HIQA Grads from Ireland, Aine Aventin. We chat about her own journey with alcohol, sobriety and extending her learning to a modality that is very close to my heart, Family Constellation Therapy. Family Constellation is a method that is designed to help reveal the hidden family dynamics which may go back generations. Using techniques from her own studies and learning from the HIQA course, Aine is learning to reconnect with herself, to feel her feelings (...
May 06, 2023•44 min
In this episode I catch up with country music singer Meg Doherty we chat about the lies some of us tell ourselves and others when our drinking has got out of control and the shame that surrounds that. At the peak of Meg's drinking she was drinking daily a bottle of vodka and a bottle of wine. The shame and guilt she was feeling from the amount she was consuming created secrecy and then lying became part of her daily practice. Meg joined the 12 step program to boot the booze. She is now channelli...
Apr 29, 2023•50 min
In this episode I catch up with comedian Mandy Nolan to check in with her on her progress on her 12 month sober challenge. At the time of recording Mandy was 9 months sober and really starting to see the benefits of her time without alcohol. Mandy has noticed how she actually loves her own company, how she is more open to reaching out to people, feeling more engaged with people around her and more present, she is noticing changes in her skin and just being more content. To find out more about Ma...
Apr 22, 2023•55 min
In this episode I chat with incredible Psychotherapist and mind-body eating coach, Nicki Lucas. We chat about the importance of listening to the messages the body is sending us. Staying in your window of tolerance for good decision making. How mindful awareness helps to ground us and bring us out of the mind chatter. Self resourcing and finding ways we can calm our own nervous systems. Taking the steps towards healing via somatic healing. To contact Nicki. https://www.nikkilucas.com.au/ https://...
Apr 15, 2023•45 min
In this episode I catch up with Adelaide artist Lissy Elliott. Lissie's relationship with alcohol began impacting her relationship with her wife after continual alcohol fuelled arguments. Eventually after one huge fight, Lissy realised the damage that alcohol was causing and decided to take a break which has proven to be a complete game changer. We chat about the joy of not waking up with burning hangovers, or crippling shame and regret. How removing alcohol from her life has also injected a hug...
Apr 09, 2023•36 min
In this episode I catch up with Emma Gilmour. Emma is a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, This Naked Mind and Gray Area Drinking Coach, living in Melbourne, Australia. Emma worked for 20+ years in corporate marketing. A working mum fuelled by adrenalin, coffee and booze, she looked like she had it all. But on the inside, she was running on empty. As she reached her mid-forties alcohol started to take more than it was giving and so begun her long and very messy break-up with alcohol. Nothing...
Apr 01, 2023•45 min
In this episode I catch up with Ash Butters, host of the Behind The Smile Podcast, she is a Yoga & Meditation Teacher and has been Sober since 2020. We chat about the chaos of her life before recovery and the moment she decided it was time to change. Ash went to rehab and joined the 12 step program to support her recovery. We dive deep into life in rehab, a day in the life of, even down to what they ate for breakfast. We chat about the importance of unpacking your past traumas big and small,...
Mar 25, 2023•1 hr 4 min
In this episode I catch up with Fiona McIntyre who has just finished the HIQA 6 week challenge. We talk about changing your life by doing the work. The self healing process and stepping into a new life. Link to RAIN technique we discussed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm1t5FyK5Ek&t=109s This episode was brought to you by Monday Distillery. To check them out go to www.mondaydistillery.com For more resources such as coaching or to join the next HIQA challenge go to www.iquitalcohol.com.au F...
Mar 19, 2023•59 min
Aine Tyrrell is a fierce Irish woman, a musician, a mum, a daughter who is passionate about reclaiming her Irish culture. Her Irish culture which does not include pints of Guiness. We talk about why she refuses to play gig on St Patricks day and how every time she says no to a drink she is healing her ancestral trauma and creating future healing for her children and their children. This interview had me covered in goosebumps from start to finish and may have you rethinking some of these national...
Mar 15, 2023•46 min
At 22 years of age, Michael Rowcroft is running to pay back to the orgnisation that helped to change his life. In 2021 ago Michael was homeless, addicted to alcohol and Meth, estranged from his family, stealing and completely out of control. The turning point came when a drug deal turned into a violent and Michael was stabbed 7 times, his lungs and heart were damaged, he was rushed to hospital and died 6 times on the operating table. From this what could have been the lowest point in his life wa...
Mar 11, 2023•37 min
A must listen to for all parents of teenagers. In this episode I catch up with coach Isabella Furgeson. Growing up in Canberra in the 80's. Isabella found that alcohol gave her a voice, that sense of confidence turned into serious binge drinking. Fast forward to motherhood, the binge drinking continued to the point where Isabella found herself becoming the drunkest person at gatherings and parties. As the shame increased so did her drinking, where she began hiding her drinking from her husband. ...
Mar 04, 2023•51 min
In this episode I catch up with my good mate and mentor Mark Purser. We chat about how as humans all we want to do is feel ok on the inside and when we don't feel ok on the inside we usually go to externals to make us ok. But there is that sweet spot, between the stimulus and the response. When we can recognise that we are not ok, we can respond in a way that is more nurturing rather than reacting and creating more suffering. We can rely on ourselves to get us through when we have the tools from...
Feb 25, 2023•56 min
How do you go about changing when you come from a family are big drinkers, not just your family but your partner's family? This can be a challenge that many of us face particularly if we have grown up seeking approval from those closest to us. In this episode I catch up with new mum Elise Kermeen, we chat about life as a new Mum in sobriety and the choice not to go back to drinking after you finish breast feeding. Elise decided to give up the booze when she realised that alcohol was taking its t...
Feb 18, 2023•57 min
In this episode I chat with beautiful Trish Schor. Aa a shy teenager in South Africa to a young career woman in London to finally setting on the Gold Coast, booze has been a constant companion for Trish. What started as a way to find relief became a crutch that began to tear her life to shreds. Trish was able to break free from the stronghold of alcohol and drugs and turn her life around. This episode was brought to you by Monday Distillery. To check them out go to www.mondaydistillery.com For m...
Feb 11, 2023•57 min
In this episode I catch up with the very colourful Calamity Tash from Adelaide. Tash gave away alcohol at the age of 25 years old, after years of habitual serious bingeing (to the point of alcohol poisoning), blackouts, and using alcohol as a coping mechanism. Her drinking spiralled out of control, starting her day with wine, drinking in her lunch breaks and then continuing after work. Luckily, she started dating someone who didn't drink and she realised that life without alcohol is a possibilit...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr 7 min
How many times do we have to wake up hating ourselves? Feeling incongruent, out of alignment with our values, ashamed, worried, embarrassed, your body demanding attention "please stop poisoning me"... Yet we ignore it, blame ourselves, tell ourselves we will learn to be better and repeat the exact same cycle a few days or weeks later? I know I did and so did this wonderful guest Lisa. Lisa and I have been working together for 12 months or so and she is the epitome of digging deep and doing the w...
Jan 28, 2023•47 min
In this episode I catch up with the the most unyogi of yogis, Mark Purser. We chat about his own recovery and how mindfulness changed everything for him. Mark gives the listener some simple breath and movement techniques that can help us feel grounded and raise our awareness. Danni talks about creating a pause before reacting. And Mark also gives tips on how to create your own retreat experience without leaving your own postcode and of course we chat about our own retreat we are going to be hold...
Jan 21, 2023•1 hr 27 min
In this episode I was honoured to catch up with Dr Luke Sniewski. Luke is a Wellbeing Coach and Somatic Therapist, he was also the facilitator in Dr Gabor Mate's Compassionate Inquiry course which I was a student of in 2022. We caught up to talk about Luke's new book, Somawise which is an incredible resource for healing addiction and becoming more aware of the messages and signals the body is trying to make us aware of day to day. Luke uses his lived experience through an addiction to Porn and w...
Jan 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min
In this episode I catch up with one of the HIQA grads, Nat from Newcastle. Nat went from binge drinking to daily drinking as a way of coping with post natal depression and crippling shyness. We chat about how alcohol impacted her kids and her own self confidence. Suffering from depression and anxiety, alcohol was making her situation worse. At the time of recording Nat is now over 14 months sober, off her medication and learning to love her beautiful self. We also chat about the lull that can ha...
Jan 07, 2023•51 min
For the final episode of 2022 I catch up with comedian Mandy Nolan to catch up and see how she is going on her 12 month sobriety journey. She is now 5 months in and feeling great. We chat about how Christmas will look for her this year as the non-drinker, keeping the joy in sobriety, navigating the disappointment from friends when you tell them you aren't drinking, the pride you feel in those three little words "I don't drink", and celebrating the authenticity of sobriety. To see what Mandy is u...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min
In this episode the HIQA grads group share their tips and tools for getting through Christmas parties, family functions, lonliness, missing your kids and peer pressure over this silly season Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr 5 min
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Nov 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. The final speaker of the night was my good friend and HIQA podcast regular, Lissie Turner. Her story was big, passionate, brave and powerful. Strap in because she isn't here to pussy foot around with this sobriety sermon. To reach out to Lissie on insta go to @lissieturner or www.thepranaproject.com To watch the show on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6536s&a...
Nov 22, 2022•14 min
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Next up was my hubby Ash Grunwald, who shares his good news story. To reach out to Ash on insta go to @ashgrunwald.com or www.ashgrunwald.com Or to watch our show on youtube go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6536s&ab_channel=DanniCarr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 22, 2022•12 min
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Next up was me, Danni Carr out of my comfort zone, feeling awkward and a bit anxious and being ok with it. To reach out to me head to insta @howiquitalcohol or www.iquitalcohol.com.au or email howiquitalcohol@gmail.com To watch our show to go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6536s&ab_channel=DanniCarr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 22, 2022•11 min
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Next up Jamie Milne shares a poem he wrote on his exploits and "dick moves". To reach out to Jamie follow him on insta @JamieMilneTraining or. https://jamiemilnetraining.com To watch our show head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6536s&ab_channel=DanniCarr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 22, 2022•4 min
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. 4th speaker up on the night was the incredible Libby O'Donovan, in 2022 Libby received an OAM for her service to the arts and The 2022 Cabaret Icon Award (Lifetime Achievement Award). Libby has been untethered to alcohol for over 12 months... Freedom To reach out to Libby go to her insta @libbyodonovan or www.libbyodonovan.com To see our show on youtube go to https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Nov 22, 2022•15 min
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. The 3rd speaker on the night was my beautiful friend, Lyndal Hunt. Lyndal shares her very powerful goodbye letter to alcohol. There was not a dry eye in the house! To reach out to Lyndal go to her insta @thesobreitygym To watch the show go to youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6531s&ab_channel=DanniCarr www.iquitalcohol.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Nov 22, 2022•8 min
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. Second up was the wonderful Victoria Vanstone. Victoria is the host of the Sober Awkard podcast, she is the founder of the free online sober recourse https://cuppa.community Victoria is a blogger, with a book coming out in 2023, she is brave, she is hilarious and very vulnerable in the speech. To reach out to Victoria go to her insta @drunkmummysobermummy To see our show on youtube go to ...
Nov 22, 2022•15 min•Ep. 132
On the 15th of November 8 brave souls got together to share their alcohol story in front of a live audience. First up on the night was Michelle McDonald a participant in one of the HIQA sober challenges who is just over 12 months sober at the time of recording. Michelle's story is brave and inspiring. To reach out to Michelle go to her insta @thesoberconnection You can see the show live on youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHW5UwKXEEI&t=6531s&ab_channel=DanniCarr Hosted on Aca...
Nov 22, 2022•13 min•Ep. 131
