272. Why Sober Life is the Luckiest Life with Laura McKowen

Published: Jan. 16, 2024, 5:01 a.m.

b'Author Laura McKowen shares her incredible hard-earned wisdom about how to get sober and how to live with dignity, power, and peace.\\xa0\\n\\nLaura shares:\\n\\nHer gut-wrenching rock bottom moment that eventually led her to sobriety.\\xa0\\n\\nHow healing often begins when we are forced to confront our deepest traumas.\\xa0\\n\\nThe "Bigger Yes" \\u2013 and why it\'s not about achieving grand aspirations, but discovering the beauty in simply being who you are.\\xa0\\n\\nSimple acts of self-care and the importance of stillness for self-discovery.\\xa0\\n\\nThe two fundamental questions everyone needs to ask themselves: "How do I feel?" and "What do I want?"\\n\\nThe special vitriol for mothers who struggle with addiction in a culture that tells mothers to drink in countless ways.\\n\\nAbout Laura:\\xa0\\nLaura is the author of the bestselling memoir, We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life and Push Off From Here: Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Life (and Everything Else).\\n\\nShe has written for The New York Times and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Atlantic, the TODAY show, and more. In 2020, she founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support community.\\n\\nLaura lives with her daughter and partner on the North Shore of Boston.\\n\\nIG:\\xa0@laura_mckowen\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'