The Wine O'clock Woman
The Wine O’Clock Woman.New episodes every WednesdayMonthly guest conversationsVoice note editions featuring messages and truths from listeners like you. This podcast isn't about sobriety or moderation.It's about what's underneath the drinking.The pressures. The pretending everything's fine. The slow disappearance of who you used to be. I'm Rebecca Thomson- a cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist, former teacher, mother.... and once a woman who poured a drink at 6 pm most nights just to survive the noise in my head.Every Wednesday, I'll share raw, unfiltered truths, lived experiences, and the moments women wake up. Plus monthly guest episodes with women who...
Episode 7 | The “Fuck It” Moment: Why We Burn Dry January to the Ground
What’s really behind self-sabotage, and why rebellion wins when we ignore our real needs.
Plus, 3 ways to step out of the Dry January myth.
Dry January starts strong, then somewhere around week two… the “fuck it” moment hits.
In this episode, I unpack why self-sabotage isn’t failure, it’s rebellion.
The rebel in you pushing back against the good girl trying to hold it all together.
This could be what’s really driving the collapse, and why so many of us burn our efforts to the ground just as they start to stick.
Episode 6 | Guest Conversation: The Moment That Changed Everything with Donna Elliott
This is a gritty, honest conversation about the quiet mental exhaustion of over-drinking, the relief of being heard, and why change doesn’t require a breakdown, just the courage to speak your truth.
Donna Elliott, a virtual assistant specialist supporting neurodiverse clients and co-founder of Ebb & Flow Brecon, shares the moment she stopped performing, hiding, and negotiating with herself, and what happened when she finally decided to stop drinking.
— About Ebb & Flow Brecon:
A space for women to connect, share, and grow.
Ebb & Flow Brecon exists to connect women in the community by creating...
Episode 5 | 3 Signs You’re Not Ready to Change (And 3 That Say You Are)
You might say you're ready to change your relationship with alcohol, but your energy, thoughts, and behaviours might tell a different story.
In this episode, I break down 3 signs you’re not actually ready to change, even if you think you are, and 3 indicators that real change is within reach.
We’ll talk about the silent cost of maintaining the status quo, the mental gymnastics of bargaining, the trap of comparison, and the powerful stories we tell ourselves to delay what we already know.
If you’re stuck in the space between “I don’t want this...
Episode 4 | The Resentment That's Quietly Killing Us
In this episode, we name the invisible labour, the unsaid expectations, and the quiet martyrdom that women carry every day.
The resentment we swallow, and the silence we mistake for strength.
And we end with the real question:
What part of me is complicit in my own exhaustion?
DID SOMETHING HIT HOME?
Leave a message- share the line that stopped you, the win that matters, or name the thing that no one says out loud.
Say, "VOICE OKAY" if I can share your voice on the show, or "WORDS ONLY" if you'd p...
Episode 3 | Later is the Lie
What if “later” is the lie that keeps you stuck?
In this episode, I explore the familiar line so many women turn to when they do not want to face something head-on...
“I’ll sort it out later.”
It feels like relief in the moment because it sounds like a plan.
But it is not a plan at all. It is avoidance dressed up as intention, and the relief it gives you is short-lived.
All it really does is push the same problem further down the road.
I look at why this...
Episode 2 | When Did You Start Disappearing?
In this episode, I’m taking you on a journey through the decades of a woman’s life and how her relationship with alcohol quietly evolves along the way.
From the social drinking of our 20s, to the coping mechanisms of our 30s and 40s, to the isolating rituals of our 50s and beyond.
Because it doesn’t start as a problem.
It starts as fun.
A glass with friends.
A way to feel confident.
To belong.
But somewhere along the way, it becomes something else.
This is an episod...
Episode 1 | Does the Wine Make You Sad, Mummy?
This is where it begins.
In this first episode, I share the moment that cracked everything open: a quiet question from my daughter that hit harder than any hangover ever could.
“Does the wine make you sad, Mummy?”
It stopped me cold.
And it forced me to face what I’d been numbing, avoiding, denying.
This isn’t a story about rock bottom.
It’s about reckoning. About what happens when the coping stops working, and the truth is too loud to ignore.
If you’ve ever looked at your wine glass and th...
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Welcome to The Wine O’Clock Woman.
This short episode is your invitation.
To stop pretending.
To stop coping.
To start listening to what’s really going on underneath the wine.
If that voice inside has been whispering that something needs to change, you’re in the right place.
Let’s begin.
DID SOMETHING HIT HOME?
Leave a message- share the line that stopped you, the win that matters, or name the thing that no one says out loud.
Say, "VOICE OKAY" if I can share your voice on the show...
This Isn’t Just About the Wine
This is the trailer for The Wine O’Clock Woman—a podcast for midlife women who are done pretending everything’s fine.
You don’t drink because you love the taste.
You drink because life feels unliveable without it.
This is about what lies beneath the drinking—
the loneliness, the pressure, the disappearing.
No sugar-coating. No moderation tips. Just truth.
If that strikes a chord, you’re in the right place.
DID SOMETHING HIT HOME?
Leave a message- share the line that stopped you, the win that matters, or...
