Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober
A podcast by Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC - Fridays
332 Episodes
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E213: Self-Care is NOT Temporarily Turning Off Your Brain (Getting "Me Time")
Published: 30/04/2024 -
E212: Why Some People Get Sober and Others Don’t (Resilience and Epigenetics)
Published: 26/04/2024 -
E211: The Anticipation of the Drink
Published: 23/04/2024 -
E210: Good News, Your Brain Heals A LOT After 90 Days Sober… Unless You Relapse
Published: 19/04/2024 -
E209: How Porn Addiction Affects the Brain
Published: 16/04/2024 -
E208: Stress, Depression and Our Eating Habits
Published: 12/04/2024 -
E207: 15 Milestones to Look Forward to in Sobriety (Sober Timeline)
Published: 9/04/2024 -
E206: HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
Published: 5/04/2024 -
E205: Kindling in Alcohol Withdrawal
Published: 2/04/2024 -
E204: Can Anyone Get Addicted to Alcohol?
Published: 29/03/2024 -
E203: Why You Still Want Alcohol Even When You Hate It (It’s Dopamine!)
Published: 26/03/2024 -
E202: WTF is “The Work”?
Published: 22/03/2024 -
E201: Your Dysregulated Stress Response
Published: 19/03/2024 -
E200: My Greatest Shame
Published: 15/03/2024 -
E199: Frustration Tolerance
Published: 12/03/2024 -
E198: 5 Ways Anger Management Changed My Life
Published: 8/03/2024 -
My Favorite Things I Learned in February and How to Apply Them to Your Life
Published: 5/03/2024 -
E197: Making the DECISION to Quit Drinking
Published: 1/03/2024 -
Do You Want to be Sober or Do You Want to Drink Without the Consequences? (Replay)
Published: 26/02/2024 -
E196: How the Brain Recovers After Quitting Drinking
Published: 23/02/2024
Why do some people stay sober and others relapse back and forth? Getting sober isn’t about restriction, it’s about rewiring your brain to function without intensity, chaos, dopamine spikes, and avoidance. Hosted by Gill Tietz, a former biochemist turned sober coach, this show dives into the neuroscience of long-term sobriety — why some people relapse, why others stay free, and how to build the kind of brain that can handle life without alcohol. Each episode blends science, psychology, and real experience to help you strengthen the four pillars of neuro-resilience: 1. Neural Recovery – healing your brain’s reward and stress systems after alcohol. 2. Emotional Regulation – calming reactivity and learning to feel without numbing. 3. Cognitive Rewiring – changing the thought patterns that quietly pull you backward. 4. Behavioral Integration – designing routines and habits that make being sober your default. Whether you’re newly sober or years in, you’ll learn the research-backed tools and mind shifts that keep you steady, so sobriety stops feeling like something you’re trying to want and starts feeling like who you are. This is hard work. If you want my support, then check out my online sober community or my 1:1 work. Website: www.soberpowered.com
