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Welcome to the Probably Speaking podcast, where co-hosts (and siblings) John and Paula Vergara embark on an exciting new journey as they redefine their focus for Season 3. While the first two seasons exclusively covered family history, Season 3 takes listeners on a fresh direction as John and Paula explore the concept of "bucket lists", with stories of personal growth, adventure, and self-discovery. In each monthly episode, they will bring you captivating interviews with special guests, who ...
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Veronica Valli and Chip Somers are experts on recovery. Chip Somers was most recently described by Russell Brand in his book 'Recovery' as a 'right social liability.' Together they have been sober for almost 50 years and have a LOT of stories, messes, experience and occasionally helpful advice to share on living in sobriety. They bring all of that (and more) to the Soberful podcast. This podcast is for anyone who wants to live an alcohol-free life, is struggling to get sober or who is in lon ...
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The biggest obstacle to getting sober is the Fear Of Missing Out (or FOMO). But what are we scared of missing out on? In this episode, Chip and Veronica explore how feelings of missing out are very human because we are programmed to belong and connect. When we analyse what we are afraid of missing out on if we stop drinking, it is very undefinable.…
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271: Social Media Addiction with Dr. Nicholas Kardaras
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Social media is addiction by design. Dr. Nicholas Kardaras joins Veronica to talk about social media addiction and how it was deliberately designed to hijack our dopamine system and get us hooked. It's digital candy and we are enticed into displaying our idealised internal lives. Dr. Kardaras explains how predatory algorithms work and how they are …
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What happens when we get complacent about our sobriety? Chip and Veronica discuss the times they had got complacent about their recovery. When they stopped going to meetings and stopped doing all the work they did to remain emotionally sober, Veronica shared her tool of 'when I'm ok with me, I don't have to make you wrong.' And how she uses that as…
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269: How to Become a Sobriety Warrior with Cammie Wolf Rice
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What do you do when the worst thing in the world happens? Cammie Wolf Rice lost her son to opioid addiction. He was a gifted student who was prescribed oxycontin for an operation and started a 14-year battle with opioids. After his death, Cammie used her pain as power. Learn how she is creating real change so nothing like this happens to another fa…
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268: Dealing with Boredom in Sobriety with Angela Pugh
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After bartending her way across Hollywood and Beverly Hills, Angela was in over her head with a drinking problem that was relentless. She got sober in 2006 and dedicated her life to helping others do the same. She joins Veronica to discuss how to deal with boredom in sobriety and how we need to take responsibility for our lives and experiences. To …
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267: Trauma and Addiction with Dr. Christy Gibson
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Veronica interviews Dr. Christine Gibson about the link between trauma and addiction. how trauma impacts our physical health and how the brain responds to trauma. They discuss EFT and how effective matrix reimprinting is in healing trauma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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266: Selling and Drinking with Emily Lynn Paulson
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Emily Lynn Paulson is the founder of Sober Mom's Club. She joins Veronica to discuss her new book 'Hey Hun' and her role in predatory Multi-Level-Marketing. Emily explains how the MLM fuelled her drinking and nothing on the outside matched what was really going on. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho…
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Veronica is joined by Cathy who got sober when she was 76. When Cathy met Veronica last year she told her she had two choices; she was either going to drink herself to death or, get sober. Thankfully she chose sobriety and she shares her story and dismisses any limiting beliefs you may have that you are too old or it's too late to stop drinking. To…
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264: When Other People Sabotage Our Sobriety
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Chip and Veronica explore how other people can try and sabotage our sobriety. This is an experience most people have in early sobriety. Whether it is from family, friends, colleagues we may have people in our lives who don't like the fact that we want to be sober. One of the most hurtful ways is when people tell us we aren't 'fun' anymore. To learn…
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263: Anything is Possible with Paul Churchill
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Veronica interviews Paul Churchill from the Recovery Elevator podcast. We discuss how anything is possible in sobriety and how Paul went from blowing up his life and living in his parent's basement to living his dream life. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Chip and Veronica discuss how imposter syndrome can manifest and sabotage our lives and sobriety. It creates fear and anxiety that have to be managed as we judge our insides by other peoples outsides. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Veronica Valli & Chip Somers
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261: Life Enhancing Anxiety with Dr. Kirk J. Schneider
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Veronica talks to Dr. Schneider about the human experience of anxiety. How can we deal with anxiety and understand it as part of our human functioning? Dr. Schneider is past editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, adjunct faculty at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University, and president of the Existential-Humanistic In…
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Veronica and Chip celebrate 6-years with the Soberful podcast. Questions answered: what was your first impression of each other? How have you changed over 20 years? Should you leave your partner if they don't support your sobriety? How to deal with stress and crabings? And can you get sober without God? To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn mo…
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259: The Alcohol Free Market With Dr. Emily Nicholls
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Veronica meets Dr. Emily Nicholls to discuss the No and Low alcohol market. The deliberate blurring of marketing by alcohol companies and whether the alcohol-free market is a good or bad thing. Dr Emily Nicholls is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. Her research interests include gender, identity and alcohol consumption. Emily’s…
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258: Parenting as Prevention With Dr. Camilo Ortiz and Four D’s
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As part of our parenting as Prevention series, Dr. Ortiz joins Veronica to discuss the four D's: Discomfort, distress, disappointment, and (mild) danger and how our kids need to manage these feelings in order to learn vital life skills as adults. Director of clinical training and associate professor of psychology, Dr. Ortiz conducts research on par…
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Chip and Veronica believe if sobriety wasn't joyful, fun and interesting, we wouldn't want to do it. Finding joy in sobriety is what underpins long-term sobriety. They discuss how to find your joy in sobriety. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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In the second part, Veronica and Chip take you through the four tasks of mourning and how these actions can help us move through this important process of letting go. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Veronica Valli & Chip Somers
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In this two-part episode, Chip and Veronica talk about the very necessary process of going through the grief cycle whenever we lose something. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Veronica Valli & Chip Somers
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254: How to Make Amends to People You Have Hurt
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In this episode, Chip and Veronica discuss the tricky but important process of making amends. How to approach people, why it's important to think it through and why it matters so much to your sobriety. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Veronica interviews THE sober sexpert about women, sexuality and sobriety. What are the 'hot topics' for women when they get sober? Cindi Roberts, M.Ed., Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Certified Professional Recovery Coach (CPRC). Cindi is a professional recovery coach that supports women who want to focus on finding and recovering intimate co…
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252: Overcoming Negative Thinking with Shelby John
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Shelby John is a sobriety coach who shares her wisdom about parenting teens whilst dealing with your own negative thinking. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Veronica Valli & Chip Somers
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251: Eating Disorders, Body Image, Perfectionism With Rory Brown
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Rory brown is a behaviour change coach who helps people find freedom from food. Rory experienced an eating disorder and body dysmorphia as a young man; convinced that he would be happy if he achieved the perfect body, he eventually became suicidal. He shares his story of recovery and how he helps his clients overcome their issues with food. To lear…
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Chip and Veronica discuss workaholism and how we can use work to hide from our feelings. Workaholism can affect our health and wellbeing. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Veronica Valli & Chip Somers
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249: Going Public With Your Sobriety With Ann Dowsett Johnston
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How do you go public with your sobriety? What if everyone warns you it will be the end of your career if you do? Ann and Veronica discuss how they went public with their sobriety and the confusion between anonymity and secrecy. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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248: How to Recover from Trauma with Ann Dowsett Johnston
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Ann joins Veronica to explore how trauma can be the root of an alcohol problem and how we need to heal this trauma in order to stay sober. To learn more, visit the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Veronica Valli & Chip Somers
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