Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol free life!
This is a podcast for people who have given up drinking, are thinking about giving up drinking - or are just plain sober curious...
Who are You without Alcohol
WHO ARE YOU WITHOUT ALCOHOL?
The Identity We’re Afraid to Lose and the Self We’re Learning to Trust
Tribe Sober Podcast | Hosted by Lynette Magrid le Roux
🎵 Intro & Outro Music: “Remember” by Sutherland
🦋 Episode Summary
Who did you believe alcohol helped you become?
More confident? Funnier? More spontaneous? More interesting?
This week’s episode was inspired by powerful conversations in our Breaking Free and wider Tribe Sober communities.
What began as a simple question about alcohol opened up a much deeper exploration of identity, bel...
What Are You Thirsty For?
🎙️ What Are You Thirsty For?
What If Your Drinking Problem Is Also an Under-Feeling Problem?
Host: Lynette le Roux | Life & Recovery Coach
Podcast: Tribe Sober
Music: “Remember” by Sutherland 🎵 (Intro & Outro)
🦋 Episode Summary
What are you really thirsty for when you reach for a drink?
Relief? Connection? Celebration? Permission to rest? Or simply a few minutes of peace from your own thinking?
In this episode, Lynette challenges us to look beyond alcohol and explore something deeper: our relationship with our emotions.
We don’t only drink when...
The Loneliest Cell: When the Shortcut Becomes More Compelling Than Life
The Loneliest Cell: When the Shortcut Becomes More Compelling Than Life
Tribe Sober Podcast with Lynette Magrid le Roux
🎵 Intro & Outro Music: “Remember” by Sutherland
Episode SummaryWhat happens when the shortcut becomes more compelling than life itself?
In this episode, Lynette explores ideas sparked by Dr Zach Bush’s conversation with Joe Rogan — beginning with his provocative description of cancer as “the loneliest cell in the human body.”
From there, we travel to the Ecuadorian Amazon and the story Bush tells of the Achuar people: a community that lived for thousands of ye...
Could You Break Free? Meet the Women Who Did...
On last weeks podcast I talked you through the Breaking Free course in detail so do have a listen if you missed it
I recently hosted a discussion on Zoom with four Breaking Free graduates which will give you a real insight into the results that people are getting…
On the podcast you'll hear the soundtrack from that discussion
So if you want to be sure of a place on the next BF program which kicks off soon then please sign up today as places are filling up fast
You can si...
The Smarter Way to Break Free from Alcohol - Meet JanetGPT
On this weeks solo episode I talk about our 6 week Breaking Free program which we run just three times a year.
Registration for the current program is open - more info on tribesober.com
We limit each Breaking Free group to 20 so you’ll always get personal attention
In this episode:-
I talk about the warning signs of alcohol dependence as well as the benefits of an alcohol free lifestyle The Breaking Free program has four components… Four pieces of a puzzle that come together to create a transformation… The first piece of...Breaking Free with Coach Darren
This weeks guest is… Tribe Sober Coach Darren
Darren came to our Masterclass a few years ago…and hasn’t had a drink since!
In this episode:-
Darren started drinking at the age of 13 His drinking escalated during university years, influenced by the heavy drinking culture which is prevalent in Northern IrelandDarrens drinking began to impact his life:-
Struggled to maintain some of his responsibilities like paying rent.
He experienced severe blackouts and embarrassing incidents at social events.
He damaged relationships as a result of his drinking
Why you Keep Going Back (Even When You Desperately Want Sobriety)
Show Notes Why You Keep Going Back (Even When You Desperately Want Sobriety)
Why is it that we can desperately want sobriety… and still find ourselves reaching for the very thing we promised we’d leave behind?
In this episode, Lynette le Roux explores one of the most misunderstood aspects of recovery. Drawing on neuroscience, Positive Intelligence, and years of coaching experience, she explains why relapse is rarely about a lack of willpower—and much more often about a nervous system that has learned alcohol is its fastest route to relief.
This episode explores:
Why kn...Choose the Hard That Leads to Freedom – Beth’s First Sober Year
In this inspiring episode of the Tribe Sober podcast, Janet talks to Tribe member and Ambassador Beth as she celebrates her first full year alcohol-free.
Beth had known for many years that alcohol was holding her back. She tried AA, medication, self-help books and numerous attempts at moderation, but nothing lasted. Then she discovered Tribe Sober and realised that it wasn’t too late to change -and that she didn’t have to do it alone.
Beth speaks honestly about the difficult early months of sobriety, when her body and brain were recovering and her emot...
Thinking is best used as Power Tool
Show Notes – Thinking Is Best Used as a Power Tool
🎙️ Tribe Sober Podcast
🎵 Intro and Outro Song: Remember – Sutherland
🦋 Episode SummaryWhat if one of the greatest sources of our suffering isn’t our circumstances—but our relationship with our thinking?
Inspired by a powerful insight from neuropsychologist Dr Julia DiGangi, Lynette explores why thinking is best used as a power tool: something to be picked up intentionally, used wisely, and then put down.
Drawing on neuroscience, recovery, and lived experience, this episode explains why our brains are prediction machines, why familiar thoughts ca...
How CBT Can Help Us Change Our Relationship with Alcohol - with Therapist Emily
This week I'm talking to Cape Town-based CBT practitioner Emily about the practical ways Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can support behaviour change and an alcohol-free life.
Emily explains how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours become connected over time, and why drinking can become an automatic response to anxiety, stress, celebration or discomfort. Rather than judging these patterns, CBT encourages us to become curious about them — and then start interrupting them.
Emily introduces the simple STOP technique for dealing with an urge:
S — Stop: pause rather than reacting automatically.
T — Take a breath: interrupt the ur...
Eclipse the Story: Remembering Your Light
Eclipse the Story: Remembering Your Light
🎵 Intro and Outro Song: Remember – Sutherland
🦋 Episode SummaryThis week, Lynette reflects on the symbolism of the recent total solar eclipse and asks a powerful question:
What if it isn’t life that’s eclipsing your light… but the thoughts you’ve been practising?
Drawing on neuroscience, coaching, and her own journey as she approaches nine years alcohol-free, Lynette explores how our brains become prediction machines. Repeated thoughts, when linked with feelings and behaviours, become familiar neural pathways that shape our beliefs, our identity, and ultimately the life we create.<...
Missing Madonna - with Clive
Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life!
This week my guest is tribe member Clive Vanderwagen. Clive is a business and leadership coach who is also a wine expert!
In this Episode
Clive’s father offered him a taste of wine at quite an early age in an effort to make it “less exciting” but looking back Clive feels this was a bit naïve and if he was ever a parent he would probably share with his kids that he had struggled with alcohol himself and that it should be treated with caution. Educating...Sakili – Life is Beautiful
Episode Title : Sakili – Life is Beautiful
Episode Description
Sakili is a beautiful Creole expression that means, “It’s going to be okay,” or simply, “Life is beautiful.”
In this heartfelt episode, Lynette explores what it really means to participate in your own rescue. Recovery isn’t simply about giving up alcohol—it’s about reclaiming your life, expanding your world, and reconnecting with the joy that has always been available beneath the numbness.
Drawing on a powerful encounter with four magnificent sperm whales in the Indian Ocean, Lynette reflects on how addiction slowly s...
The Bio Hijack: How Modern Food and Alcohol Rewire Your Brain - with Samantha Ancy
Samantha Ancy is a coach, writer and wellness educator who helps people break free from diet culture and understand what's really driving their cravings. Her work combines trauma awareness, gut health and nervous system regulation to explain why so many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits.
What I loved about this conversation is how many parallels there are between food addiction and alcohol addiction. We talk about why willpower isn't enough, how ultra-processed foods hijack our dopamine pathways, why your gut microbiome has such a powerful influence over cravings, and how healing the nervous system...
The Addiction Nobody talks about
Show Notes The Addiction Nobody Talks About — Our Search for Certainty
Theme: Recovery • Self-Trust • Emotional Freedom
Music: “Remember” by Sutherland 🎵
🌊 Episode SummaryWhat if one of the deepest addictions we ever recover from isn’t alcohol—but our search for certainty?
In this episode, Lynette explores how our need to know, predict and control can drive not only drinking, but also our endless consumption of books, podcasts, courses and reassurance.
Through personal stories of whale watching off the coast of Mauritius and kayaking through the mangroves, she shares why true freedom isn’t found in certa...
How Smart & Successful People Quit Drinking - Lori Massicot
Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life!
This weeks podcast guest is the lovely Lori Massicot a midlife sobriety coach.
I discovered Lori when I found her podcast – it’s called “to 50 and beyond” – it’s a podcast aimed at women in mid-life where she highlights the beauty of aging and the freedom that comes along with alcohol free life.
She’s on a mission to raise awareness towards the life changing impact of sobriety as we age. She interviewed me for her podcast and you can hear that conversation on episode 182 of to 50 and beyon...
The Sobriety Experiment: Stop Looking for the Missing Piece
The Sobriety Experiment: Stop Looking for the Missing Piece
Episode Summary
Have you ever wondered why, even after months or years of sobriety, a part of you still remembers alcohol fondly?
Does that mean you’re destined to drink again?
Or could it simply be that your brain is doing exactly what it was designed to do?
In this episode, Lynette explores a thoughtful question from a Tribe Sober listener who has spent years learning about recovery, trying different approaches, and wondering whether there is still a “deep-rooted belief” keepin...
From Moderation to Freedom: Lynn's Goodbye Alcohol Letter
This week Janet talks to Tribe Sober member Lynn Griffith from Durango, Colorado, who shares her powerful journey from decades of drinking to discovering the freedom of an alcohol-free life.
Lynn first began worrying about her drinking back in 1999, yet it took many years, several attempts at sobriety, and countless moderation strategies before she finally found lasting freedom. In this honest conversation, she reflects on the exhaustion of trying to control alcohol, the impact on her health, confidence and creativity, and why mindset change has been the key to making sobriety stick.
The episode concludes...
Recovery Rewired Series : Recovery is Repetition
Recovery Rewired: Why Knowing Better Isn’t Enough Episode 3: Recovery Is Repetition Creating From the Future Instead of the Past
This week we conclude our three-part Recovery Rewired series with perhaps the most important question of all:
If I understand my patterns and I can see what’s happening, how do I actually change?
The answer is surprisingly simple:
Recovery is repetition.
Not perfection.
Not willpower.
Not motivation.
Repetition.
In this episode, Lynette explores how the brain rewires itself through small repeated actions, and why last...
Recovery Rewired Series - The Theatre of Surprise
Recovery Rewired: Why Knowing Better is not Enough
Episode 2: The Theatre of Surprise
Why we keep repeating what we already know
In this second episode of the Recovery Rewired series, Lynette explores one of the most powerful concepts in recovery, emotional growth, and self-awareness: The Theatre of Surprise.
How often have you found yourself saying:
“I can’t believe I drank again.” “I can’t believe they did that.” “I can’t believe I’m still struggling with this.” “I can’t believe this keeps happening.”But what if the problem isn’t the patter...
The Recovery Rewired: Why Knowing Better Isn’t Enough Series
Episode 1: Why the Brain Chooses Alcohol
Why do intelligent, capable people continue to struggle with alcohol even when they know exactly where it leads?
In the first episode of our new three-part Recovery Rewired series, Lynette explores a powerful truth:
The brain is not choosing alcohol because it is weak. The brain is choosing alcohol because it is predicting.
Drawing on neuroscience, recovery coaching, and real-life experience, Lynette explains how the brain learns to associate alcohol with relief, comfort, certainty, and reward—and why understanding these patterns can reduce shame and increase self-compassion.
...Panel Discussion on Breaking Free program...
On last weeks podcast I talked you through the Breaking Free course in detail so do have a listen if you missed it
I recently hosted a discussion on Zoom with four Breaking Free graduates which will give you a real insight into the results that people are getting…
On the podcast you'll hear the soundtrack from that discussion
So if you want to be sure of a place on the next BF program which kicks off soon then please sign up today as places are filling up fast
You can si...
Three Months to Freedom!
On this weeks solo episode I talk about our 3-month Breaking Free program which we run just three times a year.
Registration for the current program is open - more info on tribesober.com
We limit each Breaking Free group to 20 so you’ll always get personal attention
In this episode:-
I talk about the warning signs of alcohol dependence as well as the benefits of an alcohol free lifestyle The Breaking Free program has four components… Four pieces of a puzzle that come together to create a transformation… The first piece of...ADHD and Alcohol with Liz
Today’s guest is Liz, a 51-year-old writer living in the UK, who joins us to share her story about gray area drinking, late-diagnosed ADHD, and finding freedom through an alcohol-free life.
In this episode:
Liz explained how alcohol gradually became woven into every aspect of her lifeShe reflected on years spent trying to moderate, feeling deprived on non-drinking days We explored how late-diagnosed ADHD and perimenopause created the “perfect storm,” Liz explained how discovering the neurological connection between ADHD and alcohol helped her replace shame with understanding and self-compassion. why moderation often creates more men...
Creating from the Future Instead of the Past
Creating From the Future Instead of the Past Why the Brain Chooses Alcohol and How Recovery Rewires Us
In this week’s episode, Lynette explores why lasting sobriety is not simply about willpower — it’s about understanding how the brain works.
Our brains are prediction-making machines. They are constantly reaching for what feels familiar, even when those familiar patterns are hurting us. Alcohol, overthinking, scrolling, numbing, people pleasing, avoidance — these can all become practiced neural pathways that the brain automatically returns to in moments of stress, uncertainty, or emotional discomfort.
In this deeply reflective episode, Lynette...
How an Identify Shift Changes Everything with Nigel Jones
Nigel Jones is a hypnotherapist, life coach and author of Walking Back to Happiness.
He is over five years alcohol-free — and in this conversation he shares a powerful insight that sits right at the heart of lasting change:
👉 Identity
We talk about why so many people struggle to quit drinking…
why willpower alone doesn’t work…
and how shifting from “I’m a drinker trying to stop” to “I’m a non-drinker” can change everything.
Nigel explained how repeated attempts to quit failed — until he made one crucial shift: changing his identity.
Stop Drinking to Truly Living : Your Path to Purpose
From Stopping Drinking to Truly Living: Your Path to Purpose
We often talk about stopping drinking… and yes, that is the first powerful step.
But what happens next?
Because for so many of us, alcohol was never the real problem. It was the coping mechanism. The plaster over something deeper — our unhappiness, our uncertainty, our disconnection, our sense that life wasn’t quite working.
In this episode, Lynette shares her personal journey beyond early sobriety — through the flatness of anhedonia, through the discomfort of not knowing, and into the deeper wo...
Don't Try Harder...Try Different - with Community Manager Monica
Today I’m joined by my colleague Monica.
She’s the Community Manager for Tribe Sober and she’s also celebrating her 5th Soberversary next week.
I’ve known Monica since her first Day One and it’s giving me such joy to walk alongside her on this life changing journey.
In this conversation, we explored:
Why so many people struggle for years before reaching out for help The trap of trying to do it alone Why relapse is part of the learning process The importance of community and connection in recovery...From Pain to Power - Why your past does not define you
From Pain to Power: Why Your Past Doesn’t Define You
✨ Episode OverviewHave you ever felt like your past is the reason you struggle… the reason you drink… the reason you feel stuck?
In this powerful episode, Lynette explores the truth about our past and how the meaning we give it shapes our present experience.
Drawing from her own journey and coaching experience, Lynette shares how she once believed she was broken — and how rehashing old wounds became part of the cycle that kept her stuck in drinking.
This episode will gentl...
From Whisky to Water - Lynne's Story
In this episode, I chat to Tribe Sober Ambassador Lynne, who spent years as a “normal” drinker - functioning well on the outside, but quietly questioning her relationship with alcohol.
There was no dramatic rock bottom. No crisis. Just a growing awareness that something wasn’t working anymore.
Lynne shares how her nightly whisky habit slowly increased in quantity and shifted from a reward to something that no longer felt good - and how she found her way to an alcohol-free life that feels calmer, clearer, and more aligned.
If you’ve ever wondered...
From Rock Bottom to Real Self
📝 Show Notes
🎙️ From Rock Bottom to Real Self: The Power of Returning to Yourself
🎶 Intro & Outro Music: “Remember” by Sutherland
What if rock bottom isn’t the end… but the beginning?
In this episode, Lynette explores the journey from rock bottom—or what we sometimes call a high bottom—into self-leadership, emotional power, and a return to your true self.
Inspired by the story of Alysa Liu, this episode goes far beyond success or achievement. It’s about what happens when we lose ourselves in pressure, expectation, and survival… and how we begin to come bac...
Understanding Codependency...with Dr Sarah Michaud
In this episode, Janet talks with clinical psychologist Dr Sarah Michaud, who has been sober since 1984 and specialises in addiction and codependency.
Sarah shares her powerful recovery story and explains why codependency is often the missing piece in long-term sobriety.
Growing up in a family affected by alcoholism
Why addiction often begins as a way to escape emotional pain
The moment that led Sarah to get sober at 24
What codependency really means and how it shows up in relationships
Why trying to fix or...
When Strategy Isn’t the Problem — Identity Is
Episode Title:
When Strategy Isn’t the Problem — Identity Is
Episode DescriptionMany people who want to change their relationship with alcohol believe they simply need a better strategy — more discipline, better rules, or a stronger moderation plan.
But what if the real issue isn’t strategy at all?
In this episode, Lynette explores a deeper truth: lasting change rarely comes from trying to control alcohol — it comes from expanding beyond the identity that believes alcohol is necessary.
Drawing on insights from neuropsychologist Dr. Julia DiGangi and years of coaching e...
Boomers, Blackouts and Breaking Free...with Dr Tony Rao
Tribe Sober - inpiring an alcohol-free life!
My guest this week is British Psychiatrist Dr Tony Rao. He is an international expert of alchohol misuse in older people - with more than 20 years experience in this area.
He works with Baby Boomers in the UK who have alcohol issues - I was one of those for many years so found this conversation fascinating..
In this Episode
Dr Tony explains how his interest in the field started with his parents who were both medics He believes it's essential to understand the community his p...Falling in love with your Brain
🎙 Episode 4: Falling in Love With Your Brain
Love Series – Tribe Sober Podcast
This month we’ve been exploring love.
Love as compassionate witness.
Love as unconditional.
Love as unbreakable across time.
And in this final episode of the series, we go deeper.
What if one of the fiercest acts of self-love in sobriety is falling in love with your brain?
Not believing every thought.
Not fighting your mind.
But understanding it. Training it. Leading it.
<...
Unbreakable Love - Having your own back across time
Unbreakable Love - Having your own back Across Time
This month we’re talking about love.
And yes… I speak about love a lot.
Because I genuinely believe that love is the most powerful force in the universe.
But the most important place to practice love isn’t in your romantic relationships.
It’s in your relationship with yourself.
In this episode, we explore a deeper, sturdier kind of self-love — the kind that has your back across time.
Not fluffy...
Unconditional Love, Lovability and Sobriety
Episode 2 – Unconditional Love, Lovability & The Sobriety That Follows
In this second episode of our February Love Series, we go deeper into one of the most powerful forces in our lives: love.
Not romantic love.
Not conditional love.
But unconditional love — and what it has to do with sobriety.
What if choosing sobriety is one of the fiercest acts of love you will ever perform?
What if withholding love — from others or from yourself — is what keeps you stuck in shame, relap...
Love that Stays
💛 The Love Series — Episode 1
Intro music:
🎵 “Remember” by Sutherland
Love as Self-Leadership: Becoming the Compassionate Witness
February is often called the month of love.
But what if love isn’t something we look for outside of ourselves —
what if love is how we lead ourselves, especially when things feel messy, tender, or hard?
This episode is the first in a four-part mini-series exploring love as self-leadership — through sobriety, self-talk, and the way we meet ourselves in moments of struggle.
In this opening episode, we...
Episode 300 - featuring our Top Ten episodes!
This week we're celebrating our 300th podcast by taking you through our top 10 podcasts. The episodes that have had the most downloads since we started the podcast back in 2020.
So coming in at number 10 is James Swanwick who has some great advice about Alcohol and your Body Fat
He explained how Alcohol consumption can compromise sleep quality, metabolism, and overall health.
It can also disrupt the body's natural processes, leading to weight gain, reduced productivity, and increased cravings for unhealthy foods.
Coming in at number 9...
Recovery it's a...
Can you Break Free from Alcohol...Panel Discussion
On last weeks podcast I talked you through the Breaking Free course in detail so do have a listen if you missed it
I recently hosted a discussion on Zoom with four Breaking Free graduates which will give you a real insight into the results that people are getting…
You’ll hear from Grania and Helen who did the course last year and then you’ll hear from Lynne and Lori who have just completed the latest program…
On the podcast you'll hear the soundtrack from that discussion
So if you want to...
