Today on Rise, by popular request, we are taking a bit of a retrospective look back at previous episodes and, in particular, our good intentions with the Rise and Shine actions to see if we actually took our own advice and, if not, why not!

Resources mentioned:

Liz's summer challenge: https://lizfolan.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/sunrisesobriety/

The Artist's Way: https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/

Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/books

Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg: https://tinyhabits.com/

The mammalian diving reflex: https://manhattancbt.com/archives/1452/dbt-tipp-skills/

Indistractible by Nir Eyal: https://www.nirandfar.com/indistractable/

Ultraprocessed People by Dr Chris Van Tulleken: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451300/ultra-processed-people-by-tulleken-chris-van/9781529900057

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Today on Rise we are chatting with Alex Clapp, one of the co-founders of Claritee, a new sober events company which is currently hosting monthly sober club nights in North West England as well as corporate sober events and more. Alex shares his personal story with us with so much authenticity, talking about how a physical health problem combined with a reluctance to talk about his emotions led to addiction but ultimately to recovery and a new life focused on living with purpose and giving back to others.

Resources mentioned:

Claritee: https://www.clariteegroup.co.uk/our-events

Club Claritee: https://www.clubclaritee.uk/

Claritee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clariteegroup/

Soberistas sobriety support community: https://soberistas.com/

Sober Dave: https://www.soberdave.co.uk/

One Year No Beer: https://www.oneyearnobeer.com/

Morninggloryville sober raves: https://morninggloryville.com/

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This week on Rise we are exploring a new format we are planning to introduce with our guests - a reflective exercise based around the letters R, I, S and E:
R - What does the word Rise bring up for you?
I - What inspires you?
S - What is your superpower?
E - What excites and energises you?
We loved hearing each other's answers to these questions and we can't wait to explore them with future guests.

Resources mentioned:

Building Bliss podcast: https://www.buildingbliss.co.uk/

Soberistas sobriety support community: https://soberistas.com/

Maslow's hierarchy of needs: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise

Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron: https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/

The Blindboy Podcast: https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy

Elizabeth Gilbert: https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/bio/

Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/about/

Lucy Rocca: https://www.lucyroccalifecoaching.com/

Holly Whitaker: https://www.hollywhitaker.com/

Laura McKowen: https://www.lauramckowen.com/about

Gabby Bernstein: https://gabbybernstein.com/

Glennon Doyle: https://momastery.com/

This Naked Mind by Annie Grace: https://thisnakedmind.com/annie-grace/

Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg: https://tinyhabits.com/

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This week on Rise we are delighted to welcome Rose Long to the pod - Rose is wonderful coach with a raft of qualifications in life coaching including health, recovery, self-expression and life changes and she is also a qualified yoga teacher. She is joining us today for a chat about how yoga has helped all three of our recovery journeys and how yogic practices can support us to reach our potential and thrive in life.

Rose's website (including access to her online and in person courses and classes): https://www.roselong-lifechanges.com/about

HOME podcast with Holly Whitaker and Laura McKowen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/home-podcast/id1021126077

High on Yoga (online kundalini yoga classes): https://highonyoga.co.uk/

The Dry: https://www.itv.com/watch/the-dry/10a1875

HeartMath Institute: https://www.heartmath.org/

My Happy Mind (mental wellbeing tools for kids): https://myhappymind.org/

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We're back! Thanks to all our listeners for bearing with us while we took our own advice and dialled things back for a self-care break last month. We're now recharged and raring to go and this week is a good one. We're exploring the differences in how we perceive the world depending on where we are on the introversion/extraversion spectrum and how this fits in with how we look after ourselves and thrive in our lives.

Resources mentioned:

Claritee sober corporate events: https://www.clariteegroup.co.uk/

Sober Dave: https://www.soberdave.co.uk/

Millie Gooch: https://sobergirlsociety.com/

Proud and Sober: https://www.instagram.com/proudandsober/

Susan Cain (author of Quiet and Bittersweet): https://susancain.net/

The Artist's Way: https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/

This Naked Mind by Annie Grace: https://thisnakedmind.com/

Big Five personality traits: https://www.simplypsychology.org/big-five-personality.html

Myers-Briggs personality test: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

VIA Character Strengths: https://www.viacharacter.org/

Lumie lightboxes: https://www.lumie.com/

Liz's Badass Bookclub: https://lizfolan.com/

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot: https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/amy-liptrot/outrun/9781786894229

Kate Baily (Love Your Sober Year): https://www.katebaily.com/

Sober Butterfly Collective: https://soberbutterflycollective.com/

Wild swimming in Wales: https://www.visitwales.com/accommodation/glamping/faraway-follies-2168209

Collective Effervescence: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_experiencing_joy_and_pain_in_a_group_is_so_powerful

Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

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Welcome back to Rise and happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate we are chatting today about self-love - how we support and nurture ourselves through the good times and the tougher ones.

Resources mentioned:

Liverpool Live Radio: https://www.liverpoolliveradio.com/

Liz's website: https://lizfolan.com/

VIA character strengths: https://www.viacharacter.org/

The Life Audit by Caroline Righton: https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/caroline-righton/life-audit/

The Huberman Lab podcast: https://www.hubermanlab.com/all-episodes

David Goggins: https://davidgoggins.com/

Laura McKowen: https://www.lauramckowen.com/about

Sober Positive by Julia Carson: https://soberpositive.com/order-the-book/

The Science of Happiness podcast: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/series/the_science_of_happiness%C2%A0

Ultra-processed People by Chris Van Tulleken: https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/chris-van-tulleken/ultra-processed-people/

Feel Better Live More podcast: https://drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/

Dialectical behaviour therapy: https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/

Gabby Bernstein: https://gabbybernstein.com/

Loving kindness meditation: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/loving_kindness_meditation

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This week Liz and Julia are chatting about all things January and, in particular, the ways we beat the January blues through self-care (which as we know is so much more than bubble baths), permission to rest, tuning in to our daily needs and gentle intention setting.

Resources mentioned:

Liz's website featuring her brilliant January challenge: https://lizfolan.com/

Diary of a CEO podcast: https://stevenbartlett.com/the-diary-of-a-ceo-podcast/

An Ex-Drinker's Search for a Sober Buzz by John Seabrook: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/27/an-ex-drinkers-search-for-a-sober-buzz

RebelFit: https://rebelfit.co.uk/

Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach: https://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/

The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday: https://ryanholiday.net/books-courses/

The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2024 by Lia Leendertz: https://shop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/collections/beautiful-books-for-winter/products/the-almanac-a-seasonal-guide-to-2024

She Recovers Every Day by Dawn Nickel: https://dawnnickel.com/book/

Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/

Roy Bassnet on Liverpool Live Radio (featuring Liz every week for Feel Good Friday!): https://www.liverpoolliveradio.com/roy-basnett/

Brené Brown books: https://brenebrown.com/books-audio

Evolve journal: https://www.evolvejourney.co.uk/

Laura McKowen: https://www.lauramckowen.com/about

Rob Bell: https://robbell.com/

Freedom Mastery planners: https://freedommastery.com/

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Welcome back to our first episode of 2024! Today we are chatting with our first transatlantic guest, Texas-based creative author and body positivity advocate Jesica Medellin. Jesica is the author of the beautiful anthology First Moon Manual: Letters to Our Daughters which is aimed at young women starting their menstrual cycles and those who love and support them. As mums of girls that age ourselves we loved this chat but there is so much in Jesica's work which is of interest to anyone who experiences menstruation or who is navigating any hormonal shifts such as post-natal symptoms or menopause. We hope you find this chat as interesting and uplifting as we did.

Trigger warning: reference to pre-menstrual mental health issues including thoughts of suicide.

Order First Moon Manual in the UK here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Moon-Manual-Letters-Daughters/dp/B0B37KWV1B

Jesica's website (including links to order First Moon Manual in the US): https://www.jmmedellin.com/home

Jesica's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firstmoonmanual/

NHS advice on menstruation: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/period-problems/

Support for teenagers around menstruation: https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/you-your-body/puberty/periods/

PMDD support: https://iapmd.org/

Post-natal support: https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/

Menopause support: https://menopausesupport.co.uk/

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