This week on No More Booze, I’m joined by Nadija Bajrami, a multi-award-winning trauma-focused hypnotherapist, coach, psychic medium, Reiki master, grief educator and end-of-life doula and my own personal psychic reader. As regular listeners know I am deeply spiritual and this conversation with Nadija goes way beyond the drink. We talk intuition, spirituality, near-death experiences and what it really means to follow your soul, especially when life forces you to reassess everything. Nadia shares the moment she stopped running from her abilities and how surviving brain tumours and surgeries changed her entire path. And she’s alcohol-free too. Nadia opens up about quitting in May 2024 to become a clearer channel, the energy and self-esteem boost that followed her choice and the surprising judgement people throw at you when you say: I don’t drink.

Nadija is French by birth, but also lived in Scotland for years and has travelled the world. She shares her time and work between Dublin, France and Switzerland. She has a business management and corporate background and even though she enjoyed that path for years, she always knew she wanted to do something to help people take full control of their lives and be the best version of themselves. Nadija recovered from several brain surgeries between 2014 and 2015. While recovering, she promised herself that she would create a new life, a life in which she could be her authentic self and in which she could be of service to others. Now with her many hats, Nadija helps people get empowered and supercharge their confidence and self-esteem and overcome their limiting beliefs, manage anxiety and symptoms of traumatic experiences, heal their inner child, develop their intuitive abilities as well as navigate the often-unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief. She is also here as a guiding light and companion for those who have reached the end of their physical life. In a nutshell, she helps people build a solid toolbox so that they can build the life they desire and deserve. Enjoy!

Nadija Bajrami Strategic Hypnotherapist Mind Coach Psychic Medium

This week on No More Booze, I’m joined by Matt Wing @midlife.mentor, who’s two and a half years alcohol-free, for a raw and really honest conversation about what it looks like to quit after decades of all or nothing drinking. Matt shares how alcohol became his go-to coping mechanism for a life lived in fear, anxiety and self-loathing and how the simple rule of don’t have the first drink helped change everything. We also get into the midlife void that opens up when booze is gone, why structure and routine matter so much (especially with ADHD) and what it actually feels like to get busy living again.

Matt is a midlife mentor who spent 25 years stuck in the cycle so many high-performing adults know well — stress, success and the 4PM drink that slowly becomes non-negotiable. Diagnosed with ADHD at 52, everything finally made sense. Now, Matt helps midlife men and women understand why their brain reaches for alcohol — and how to break that loop without willpower, labels, or extreme methods. He works with clients through 1:1 coaching and his online course, Stop Drinking the ADHD Way, helping people achieve what years of trying — and even rehab — couldn’t. His message is clear: You don’t need to hit rock bottom. You need a better system.

This week on No More Booze, I’m joined by my gorgeous friend Caroline Williams, who’s 10 months off the booze and we are taking a real, honest look at what early sobriety actually feels like. Caroline shares how her drinking progressed from normal nights out to daily wine, blackouts and that brutal 4am fear and shame. We talk about family, stigma, self-trust and the moment she finally admitted: once I start, I can’t stop. We also get into what helped her stay stopped and that was walking, journaling, quit lit, community and learning to love life (and herself) again. Enjoy!

Follow Olivia @greyareadrinker or to find out more about her work as an Alcohol-Free Coach & Mentor go to www.greyareadrinker.ie

Jodi Clark (aka @soberflourish) is back on No More Booze three and a half years off the drink and we go way beyond just quitting alcohol. We talk identity shifts, bravery, leaving corporate, launching a business and how Jodie lost over six stone by building daily non‑negotiables alongside sobriety: steps, sleep, water, food, routine and discipline. This episode dives into subconscious rewiring, future self visualisation, affirmations and why the first and last moments of your day matter so much. We also get into nervous system regulation, walking as medicine, somatic work and the 'click' point where real change begins.

Jodi is a sobriety coach, business coach and the founder of Sober Flourish, one of the UK’s leading communities for women navigating sobriety. A mother of two, she left a 20 year corporate career in digital marketing to build her businesses full time. She’s 3.5 years alcohol-free herself, has built a community of over 86,000 women on Instagram and has guided hundreds of women through the early days of sobriety with her flagship programme 100 Days to Flourish. She also mentors alcohol-free women with service-based businesses, runs luxury wellness retreats and her premium community Flourish, where high-achieving alcohol free women come together to raise their standards, find their people and build a life so good they never have to think about drinking again.

To learn more about Jodi's work visit www.soberflourish.com

To learn more about Olivia's work visit www.greyareadrinker.ie

This week on No More Booze, I’m chatting to hypnotherapist and CBT therapist Louisa Evans, @stepping_into_sobriety who’s nearly three and a half years sober and bringing all of her insight to the conversation.We talk about what alcohol *gave* her at the start escape, distraction, “a friend” and what it slowly took away: self-trust, health and peace. Louisa opens up about relationships and the moment she made sobriety non-negotiable.We also get into neurodivergence, emotional regulation and the real-life tools that helped her change everything.

Louisa is a therapist specialising in habit change and emotional regulation, she realised her reliance on wine at the end of the day was incongruent with what she taught clients. Following the many benefits she noticed in sobriety, she now loves working with others to help them create a fulfilling alcohol-free life they’re genuinely happy with. She supports others through one-to-one sessions, online courses and hypnotherapy. You can listen to her podcast, The Sober Rebel, her audiobook, Becoming a Sober Rebel, or head to her website for plenty of resources: www.louisaevans.com.

Follow Olivia on @greyareadrinker or to find out more about upcoming courses www.greyareadrinker.ie

This week I'm chatting to Megan Boggs @geymellow_withmeg, who gave up alcohol 4 years ago at the tender age of 25. We chat about how this impacted all areas of her life, especially her connections with her friends.

Megan is a Dublin-based life coach originally from Tyrone who helps people change their relationship with alcohol - whether that means removing it completely or softening its impact.

Her approach to coaching is client-led, focusing on self discovery, sustainable change and helping people build a life they don’t feel the need to escape from. Megan recently went full time in her coaching business and is passionate about helping others reconnect with themselves and create a life that feels genuinely good.

If you’d like to begin to change your relationship with alcohol you can find me @greyareadrinker or on www.greyareadrinker.ie

This week on No More Booze, I'm joined by Casey Davidson from Seattle, host of the brilliant Hello Someday podcast, as she celebrates 10 years alcohol free. Casey unpacks how red wine, motherhood, anxiety and high-achieving pressure kept her stuck in a bottle-a-night cycle and why moderation simply wasn’t an option for her. She shares the shame, the 3am wake-ups and what finally helped: support, coaching, community and learning to put boundaries in place. We talk sober curiosity, identity shifts and why a 100-day alcohol-free goal can change everything.

Casey McGuire Davidson is a Life & Sobriety Coach, speaker, and host of the Top 100 Mental Health show The Hello Someday Podcast for Sober Curious Women. Featured on Good Morning America, NPR,HuffPost, The New York Times, NBC News and more, she helps high‑achieving women change their relationship with alcohol so they can drink less and live more. Enjoy!

Find Casey @caseymdavidon or at https://hellosomedaycoaching.com

To find out more about my Group Coaching Program go to www.greyareadrinker.ie

***Please note that this is a episode includes a conversation about suicide***

This week on No More Booze, I'm joined by the effervescent John Boland @bolandjohn0, a man I literally met on the side of a mountain! We talk about what 30 years of drinking (and living behind a mask) really cost him and what sobriety has given back. John shares the moment with his son that changed everything and how irrational thinking led to irrational behaviour, his mental health and lots of other aspects of his life.
We chat recovery tools, boundaries, 'playing the tape forward', miracles and why John’s big suggestion is simple: if you’re sitting on the fence, do a bomber headfirst into the sobriety world. Enjoy John's energy, vitality, zest for life and incredible positivity in this episode.

Jon Boland from Finglas in Dublin. He has been sober for the last 6 years and is loving every second of it. John feels that he has been given a second chance at life and he is grabbing with both hands. He does a lot of volunteer work and has set up a business called Get Up Adventures working alongside marginalised communities. In this, he has found his purpose in life and credits sobriety as the gift that keeps on giving. John, along with a few others, is doing a Paddy's Day hike up at Glencullen, Dublin starting at 9.30am. Come Join Us! Feel free to contact him @bolandjohn0 for more details.

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