Trigger warning: there are mentions of sexual assault and blacking out in this episode.

Sallie Hoefer (she/her/hers) is a conservationist, avid mountain biker, skier and trail runner, dog mom, and sober lady. She is a beautiful soul, seeker, florist, and veracious reader.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Her unique definition of sobriety - anything that pulls her out of alignment with her truest integrity
  
• Key areas that she still struggles with
  
• Listening to her inner knowing
  
• The confirmation bias that can sometimes keep us sick
  
• All the concerns she had when she thought about getting sober
  
• How getting sober helped her come home to herself
  
• Her love for nature and outdoor sports
  
• How alcohol consumption became either a punishment or a reward for exercise
  
• When she got her dream job and drinking was part of every day in it
  
• How Big Alcohol has become embedded in the outdoor space
  
• Her ideas about how we can do better as a society around alcohol
  
• Her sobriety toolkit now, almost 5 years in
  
• How her relationship with mountain biking changed when she got sober
  

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Book: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  
• Book: How To Quit Like A Woman by Holly Whittaker
  
• Organization: Tempest
  
• Author: Meghan Watterson
  
• Book: Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  
• Other Resources From Sallie:
  
  
  
  Podcasts:
  
  
  
  Home
  
  
  
  Back from Broken
  
  
  
  This episode of Terrible Thanks for Asking
  
  
  
  Real Talk Radio
  
  
  
  Books:
  
  
  
  Drink by Ann Dowsett Johnston
  
  
  
  We Are The Luckiest by Laura McKowen
  
  
  
  Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington
  

Where you can catch up with Sallie:

• Instagram
  

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