Previews Blog
An Exercise in Self-Love
So often, women confide in me that they found it easy to stay sober when they were pregnant because they did it for the love of their growing baby. But when they’re no longer pregnant, they struggle to muster that same love for themselves.
A Happier Hour – Book Club Questions
Hosting a Book Club? Recently a beautiful soul reached out to ask if we had any discussion questions about A Happier Hour that she could share with her Book Club sisters. And I was so inspired by the idea, we created some! Gorgeously designed by Dom, you can now find...
11 Powerful Books About Sobriety, Addiction and Recovery
Book worm, like me? Looking for new book recommendations? It completely blows my mind that my first book, A Happier Hour, has reached the hearts and minds of more than 100,000 readers worldwide (!!). Ever since this bestselling memoir was published, I’ve received a...
How to Host an Alcohol-Free Wedding (or any event, really!)
I'm so beyond thrilled to announce that WE DID IT! My true love and I got hitched at an entirely (*gasp!*) alcohol-free wedding! Which leads us to the BIG question: would we do it again? The answer? In a heartbeat! Here’s why… 1....
One Big Lesson from 6 Years of Sobriety
March 2020 Today I celebrate SIX YEARS alcohol-free. 6 whole years! ???? It blows my mind how different life is now. Six years ago, I felt utterly lost, beyond broken, and just so freakin’ exhausted by the sick cycle I couldn’t seem to claw my way out of. I was...
70,000+ Incredible Readers!
September 2019 It still doesn't feel real. This week Dom and I celebrated our 6th anniversary of leaving the corporate world - PLUS reaching more than 70,000 beautiful readers around the world through our book! Whaaaat! 70,000 books!! Six years ago, both of...
Preview :: Adventure Series – Interview with Jennifer Berlingieri
There’s another addiction I see coming up time and again in our gorgeous Sexy Sobriety Members, and that’s the addiction to perfectionism. I see it in myself too, when I stress over minor details, triple check every email before hitting ‘send’, or feel intense...
Preview :: Adventure Series – Interview with Tania de Jong
My beautiful great-grandmother, for as long as I can remember and right up until she passed away about 15 years ago, sang in a choir every single week. She loved it, and would always tell us all about the friends she sang with, and what they were all up to. I...
Preview :: Adventure Series – Interview with Aimee Barnes Pestano
Welcome to Episode 1 of our all-new Sexy Sobriety adventure series! This series was inspired by the question, what next? What happens when we’ve been sober for a while? How do we really take our wellness and growth to the next level, and create a life that...
Were you funnier?
You know those Facebook 'On this Day' posts? ⠀ ⠀ For the longest time, I couldn't access them from my profile. ⠀ ⠀ And our minds can play funny tricks on us, right?⠀ ⠀ A few weeks ago, walking in the park with my love, I said: "I know...
But what about…
My love secured us a heavenly upgrade on our flight to Melbourne, and as I thanked him (and our lucky stars!) naturally the first thing the steward asked us was, “Would you like a glass of champagne?” It was my first time sitting up...
Telstra Business Awards 2017
It was such an incredible honour to be recognised as one of WA's top 6 new businesses at the Telstra Business Awards last weekend! When I think back to three years ago, and how scared I was to share the story of my drinking and how it was impacting me, not just...