Rise
Rise is the podcast where we talk about the big things and the little things which help us rise above our challenges and ultimately thrive. Hosted by Elizabeth Vaughan and Julia Carson - a psychologist and a therapist who walked out of a bar and became good mates in sobriety.
Episodes
40 episodes
Episode 40: Listener Questions
Welcome to our final episode of season 2! We are taking a break over Christmas and we'll be back fresh and raring to go with season 3 in the new year. To round us off for 2024 we are answering some questions from our lovely listeners about sobr...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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1:01:03
Episode 39: Community (with Michelle O'Dwyer)
Today on Rise we are thrilled to welcome the lovely Michelle O'Dwyer. Michelle is a business owner and CIC founder who provides healthy cooking classes to a wide community of people in need of support across Liverpool and organises a free annua...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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57:23
Episode 38: Awe
Welcome back to Rise! Today we are chatting about the science and psychology of awe and how accessing more of it in our lives can enhance our happiness and wellbeing. It is a unique emotion which we all recognise immediately when we feel it, bu...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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56:05
Episode 37: Transitions
Today on Rise we are chatting about the impact transitional periods can have on our mental health and wellbeing and how we have been impacted by this in different ways through parenting challenges, career changes and of course our sobriety jour...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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1:11:03
Episode 36: Thriving in Adversity
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, i...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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1:02:22
Episode 35: Breathwork (with Elaine Bonfrer)
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 i...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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1:13:49
Episode 34: Life Beyond Booze (with Sarah Rusbatch)
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 spea...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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53:55
Episode 33: Rise and Shines Revisited
Today on Rise, by popular request, we are taking a bit of a retrospective look back at previous episodes and, in particular, our good intentions with the Rise and Shine actions to see if we actually took our own advice and, if not, why not!
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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1:04:49
Episode 32: Sober Socialising (with Alex Clapp)
Today on Rise we are chatting with Alex Clapp, one of the co-founders of Claritee, a new sober events company which is currently hosting monthly sober club nights in North West England as well as corporate sober events and more. Alex shares his...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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52:21
Episode 31: RISE
This week on Rise we are exploring a new format we are planning to introduce with our guests - a reflective exercise based around the letters R, I, S and E: R - What does the word Rise bring up for you?I - What inspires you?S - What...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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52:23
Episode 30: Yoga (with Rose Long)
This week on Rise we are delighted to welcome Rose Long to the pod - Rose is wonderful coach with a raft of qualifications in life coaching including health, recovery, self-expression and life changes and she is also a qualified yoga teacher. S...
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Episode 30
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1:05:52
Episode 29 - Introvert v Extrovert
We're back! Thanks to all our listeners for bearing with us while we took our own advice and dialled things back for a self-care break last month. We're now recharged and raring to go and this week is a good one. We're exploring the differences...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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51:51
Episode 28 - Self-love
Welcome back to Rise and happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate we are chatting today about self-love - how we support and nurture ourselves through the good times and the tougher ones. Resources mentioned:Liverpool Live Radio:
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Episode 28
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1:01:03
Episode 27: Beat the January Blues
This week Liz and Julia are chatting about all things January and, in particular, the ways we beat the January blues through self-care (which as we know is so much more than bubble baths), permission to rest, tuning in to our daily needs and ge...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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56:10
Episode 26: Menstrual Health (with Jesica Medellin)
Welcome back to our first episode of 2024! Today we are chatting with our first transatlantic guest, Texas-based creative author and body positivity advocate Jesica Medellin. Jesica is the author of the beautiful anthology First Moon Manual...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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45:54
Episode 25: 🎄Sober Festivities (with Emma Newman)🎄
Merry Christmas to all our lovely listeners. Today on Rise we have a treat for your tastebuds as well as your ears, as we are chatting with Emma Newman, alcohol free drinks expert and mocktail maker extraordinaire. Many of you will know Emma fr...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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1:32:06
Episode 24: Running for Recovery (with Steve)
This week on Rise we are delighted to chat with Steve from Recovery Runners, a new weekly running group in Liverpool where all are welcome, whatever you are recovering from. He shares so openly with us about his own addiction and mental health ...
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Episode 24
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1:02:11
Episode 23: Parenting (with Jane Kilpatrick)
Today on Rise we are welcoming Jane Kilpatrick to chat with us. Jane is a mindset coach, parenting expert and the founder of Mind Sculpt - a coaching service for teenagers and parents. We are chatting with her today about all things parenting&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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54:40
Episode 22: Work
Today on Rise, Liz and Julia are chatting about work and, more specifically, the endless puzzle of work life balance. How do we keep good boundaries around work while also pursuing our professional dreams? How do we make the most of our down ti...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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1:06:36
Episode 21: The Artist's Way
Welcome back to Season 2 of Rise! Today Liz and Julia are chatting about The Artist's Way. Among her many other talents and ventures, Liz is an Artist's Way facilitator, running regular online courses taking a group through Julia Cameron's bril...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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1:21:13
Episode 20: Friendship
For the last episode of Season 1, we are chatting today about friendship and how this has been both the greatest gift and the biggest support to our sobriety for both of us, Thank you so much to all our lovely listeners for being with us over t...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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45:14
Episode 19: Hormones (with Emily Fazah)
This week on Rise we are talking hormonal health and holistic healing with the lovely Emily Fazah. Julia first discovered Emily's work through her Instagram account Moody Girl, which focused on support and awareness raising around premenstrual ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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38:28
Episode 18: Movement
Today on Rise we're talking running with Running Girl (Liz's Soberista name). Movement has been huge for both of us since quitting drinking and in this week's episode we are digging into all ways it has helped us with sobriety, mental health an...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:00:55
Episode 17: Sugar (with Claire)
This week we're delighted to welcome Liz's friend Claire to the podcast to talk about her journey from sugar binges to now being over two months sugar free. We were amazed at how many parallels there were between her experience and our own stor...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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59:49