Recovering from Everything

Many high-functioning women feel unexpected guilt when life starts to feel calm, enjoyable, or easy. In this episode, I explore hedonic guilt , nervous system conditioning, and why pleasure can feel unsafe after years...

The way that women treat themselves with alcohol is often reflected in their relationships, too! Evidence shows that some men rely on us having low-self-esteem so we can take the blame for everything wrong with them and...

In this episode, Kinga breaks down a truth that high-functioning women feel but rarely say out loud: You’re not going to change your drinking in a room where you don’t belong. If you’ve ever walked into AA, treatment...

Why is it so hard for women to change their relationships with alcohol? Could be the dopamine! Many of us -- especially if we have ADHD symptoms -- have a painful time changing various behaviours, not just with alcohol...

Midlife hormones, old family patterns, and a wine-o’clock culture—no wonder so many smart women feel like they’re fighting on three fronts. In this episode, I break down the biopsychosocial model the way Gabor Maté...

This one is messy, friends. 🫠 I ran into that ex at a festival—yes, the five-year, break-up-make-up disaster—and guess who he was with? Let’s just say my intuition has been screaming for years, and this weekend it...

In this special milestone episode, I’m celebrating 13 years sober by sharing 13 things I’ve learned along the way — the gritty, funny, sometimes painful truths about life without alcohol. From learning that willpower...

You’ve been told you have a drinking problem. But what if the problem isn’t the drinking at all? In this episode of Recovering from Everything, I break down why self-control and willpower aren’t the issue—and why the...

Breaking down the real reasons many women can't break free from "wine o'clock." If you're ready to make changes to your drinking and possibly join us in the community of women who are transforming their second half of...

High-functioning women work so hard to maintain the illusion that everything is fine, great, dandy, and won't look at their problem with alcohol. But what are some of the costs to our lives? In this episode, I share a...

Have I learned nothing?! Anxious relics from my past -- things I had thought were long buried -- have returned in the form of a situationship! I thought I was too old for this sh!t... But we have learned more, and have...

For the first time since I was 12, I am not making room, allowances, or considerations for the male species. If you're ready to change your relationship with alcohol (and then change your relationship with yourself and...

Ringing in my birthday and No-vember with a comprehensive list for accountability. Would love it if you shared a few of your No's in the comments!

In this episode, I reveal more of my story, but also the two past clients who blew up my own stereotype of what a woman with a problem with alcohol could look like... which is why I now ONLY work with the...

When a couch is NOT JUST A COUCH. What to do when you are straddling your past and your future, and how to let go of everything. Also, how the Universe became the boss of me. If you are a motivated woman in mid-life...