Today's episode of Rise was recorded in early August 2024, in the midst of the far right riots in the UK so we are chatting about how we self-support when the world feels overwhelming - is it possible to thrive at all in the modern world and, if so, how do we strike the balance between self-protection and keeping our hearts open and compassionate towards the suffering of others?

Resources mentioned:

Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/

Collective effervescence:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9473704/

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: https://drchatterjee.com/

Happy Place: https://www.happyplaceofficial.co.uk/

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

Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder by Dacher Keltner: https://www.dacherkeltner.com/

DBT Opposite to Emotion Action skill: https://dbt.tools/emotional_regulation/opposite-action.php

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

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

Gabby Bernstein: https://gabbybernstein.com/

Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff: https://self-compassion.org/

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

Gratitude journaling: https://positivepsychology.com/gratitude-journal/

Mel Robbins: https://www.melrobbins.com/

Tara Swart: https://www.taraswart.com/

The Sober Revolution by Lucy Rocca and Sarah Turner: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/lucy-rocca/the-sober-revolution/9781783752089/

Blackout by Sarah Hepola: https://sarahhepola.com/

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

Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Pelman: https://franticworld.com/free-meditations-from-mindfulness/

Calm app: https://www.calm.com/

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

Love Sober: https://www.lovesober.com/

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Following on from last episode's chat with Sarah we are delighted to welcome Elaine Bonfrer to Rise, to talk with us in more detail about the power of breathwork. Elaine is a therapeutic coach and Owaken Breathwork practitioner, whose passion is empowering the people she works with to heal and let go of whatever is holding them back, to help them connect to their heart wisdom and intuition and so to create ripples of love and impact in the world. As well as sharing her personal story with us, this episode is full of so much practical wisdom and Elaine even generously guides us through a simple yet beautifully powerful breathing exercise.

Elaine's website: https://elainebonfrer.com/

Elaine's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elainebonfrer_arise/

Resources mentioned:

Aubrey Marcus: https://www.aubreymarcus.com/

Owaken breathwork: https://www.owaken.com/

Box breathing: https://www.verywellhealth.com/box-breathing-8423967

3-4-5 breath: https://drchatterjee.com/the-3-4-5-breath/

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

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

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Today we are thrilled to welcome our sober sister Sarah Rusbatch to Rise to chat about her amazing book Beyond Booze: How to Create a Life You Love, Alcohol Free. Sarah is an accredited grey area drinking coach, motivational speaker and now bestselling author who has supported thousands of women worldwide to quit drinking and rediscover themselves as a result. Her brilliant book is an amalgamation of her years of coaching experience and lessons learned on her own sober journey, offering a comprehensive toolkit for anyone looking for ways to self support in healthy and truly nourishing ways. Needless to say this is all right up our street and we absolutely loved catching up with her.

Buy Beyond Booze here: https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/sarah-rusbatch/beyond-booze/

Sarah's website: https://sarahrusbatch.com/

Sarah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrusbatch/

Sarah's free Facebook group The Women's Wellbeing Collective: https://www.facebook.com/groups/342319476897067/?_rdc=1&_rdr

Resources mentioned:

Love Sober: https://www.lovesober.com/

Hello Sunday Morning: https://hellosundaymorning.org/

Soberistas: https://soberistas.com/

Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman: https://franticworld.com/

Conscious connected breathwork: https://ibfbreathwork.org/conscious-connected-breathwork/

Breath of fire: https://kundalini.yoga/breaths/breath-of-fire

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

Barbara Fredrickson's Broaden and Build Theory: https://positivepsychology.com/broaden-build-theory/

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Emotional Regulation Skills): https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/

David Goggins: https://davidgoggins.com/

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

Liz's website for the Badass Bookclub: https://lizfolan.com/f/badass-book-club-summer-reads

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