⚠️ Trigger Warning:

This episode contains sensitive content including the loss of a family member to suicide. Please listen with care, and seek support if you are in a vulnerable place.

In this soul-stirring episode of the Sober Chapters podcast, host Didi Jordan is joined by Branwen Walker, an intensive care nurse who shares her powerful and deeply personal journey through grief, sobriety, and spiritual transformation. After losing her father to suicide, Branwen turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism. Though she led what many would consider a healthy lifestyle, alcohol had quietly become a destructive force that amplified her emotional pain.

Everything changed one day in a pharmacy queue. As she waited for antidepressants, a poster about alcohol's impact on mental health caught her attention and sparked a realisation. That moment led to a courageous decision to remove alcohol from her life and begin a journey of healing from the inside out.

Now eight months sober and having recently completed the Sober Chapters 100 program, Branwen reflects on what it means to truly feel again. Without alcohol numbing her emotions, she discovered the raw beauty of presence, the ability to experience life fully, including its grief, joy, uncertainty, and hope. Her story offers a powerful reminder that sobriety isn’t about losing out; it’s about gaining clarity, peace, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Branwen speaks openly about navigating social events like weddings and hen parties while staying alcohol-free, and how each challenge strengthened her confidence. She also shares the profound spiritual reconnection she experienced in sobriety, describing how nature, stillness, and self-trust began to guide her in new ways. Her mantra, “anything that falls away is meant to,” speaks to the deep inner shifts that occur when we prioritize our well-being and let go of what no longer serves us.

Now training to become an alcohol-free coach herself, Branwen is using her story to help others heal and feel less alone. Her path is a testament to how our personal healing can become our greatest gift to others.

You can follow Branwen’s continued journey on Instagram at the.growing.spirit

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What happens when you explore the heart of England—its historic pubs, family homes, and cobblestone streets without a drop of alcohol? In this deeply honest episode, host Didi Jordan is joined by her partner Pete as they travel together through England completely sober.

Together, they share how navigating British pub culture, family reunions, and memories of a difficult past became a powerful journey of connection, clarity, and healing. For Pete, it’s a cultural immersion from Canada into the pub-centric traditions of England; for Didi it’s a return to her roots, facing old wounds and rewriting her story from a grounded, alcohol-free perspective.

The two reflect on what it means to build a romantic relationship without alcohol, how sobriety helps maintain clear emotional boundaries, and how deeply healing it can be to meet your past with presence rather than numbing. With non-alcoholic IPAs on tap and a growing cultural shift toward mindful drinking, they also highlight how sober travel is becoming more accessible than ever.

Whether you’re new to sobriety or already walking your alcohol-free path, this episode offers inspiration for how travel can become a portal for personal growth, spiritual insight, and relationship transformation.

You’ll Hear About:

• How pub culture reflects deep-rooted social structures in the UK
• Introducing a sober partner to a wine-loving parent
• Visiting emotionally charged places from the past, without numbing
• Sobriety’s role in improving relationship communication & polarity
• Building confidence in your alcohol-free identity while traveling
• Tips for starting your sober travel journey gradually and joyfully

Thank you for being here and for being a part of The Sober Chapters Community.
LINKS/RESOURCES
Follow Didi @ sober_chapters on Instagram
Website for more information on Didi and her services/coaching programs available at www.soberchapters.com
FREE GUIDE: 69 Tips, Tricks & Resources to assist you during your own sober chapter available via the link on sober_chapters and via the sober chapters website.

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In this vulnerable and heart-opening episode of the Sober Chapters Podcast, I’m joined by my partner Pete Wright as we reflect on the relationship sobriety has enabled us to build from opposite ends of the world.

From Perth, Australia to the Yukon, Canada our love story is anything but ordinary. But it’s our shared choice to live alcohol-free that brought us together made the depth of this connection possible.

Pete opens up about his own path: from being a high-functioning drinker masking trauma, to discovering that sobriety isn't a weakness it was his superpower. He shares the moment everything shifted for him, sitting in the audience at Lewis Howes’ Summit of Greatness, when he realised alcohol was the last thing standing between him and the life he was truly capable of.

We talk about:

• The emotional gap alcohol creates — especially for men
• Building a relationship rooted in vulnerability, not performance
• Navigating difficult conversations with regulated nervous systems
• How sobriety invites us into deeper connection, purpose, and truth
• Why alcohol-free relationships allow you to be fully seen — and fully loved

Whether you're sober, sober curious, or healing your relationship with alcohol, this episode will give you hope — that love, authenticity and depth are not only possible without alcohol… they’re magnified.

Come feel into what’s available when we remove the numbing and start living from the heart. 🧡

→ Ready to begin your own sober love story? Find free resources, coaching, and community at soberchapters.com
→ Let’s connect on Instagram: @soberchapters

Thank you for being here and for being a part of The Sober Chapters Community.
LINKS/RESOURCES
Follow Didi @ sober_chapters on Instagram
Website for more information on Didi and her services/coaching programs available at www.soberchapters.com
FREE GUIDE: 69 Tips, Tricks & Resources to assist you during your own sober chapter available via the link on sober_chapters and via the sober chapters website.

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