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Founder Tracy Ollerenshaw Sobriety and Identity Coach for Women.
✨This is about so much more than what’s in your glass.
✨Let’s rediscover who you are and what you’re capable of.
1:1 Coaching | Retreats | Glimmers

28/08/2026

Maybe the wine’s already in the fridge. The Prosecco too. Maybe there’s a BBQ planned (with the men outside under brollies). Maybe you’ll drink because it’s bank holiday and that = fun. And maybe you’ll enjoy it.

But there’s another thought isn’t there. A louder one. It’s one you keep to yourself. One that’s getting harder to ignore.

September.

“Back to school, back to me, then I’ll do it”

“Then I’ll sort myself out”

“I’m ready for a detox after summer”

Because you already know how exhausted you feel and how fed you are. And you remember when you didn’t feel like that.

So maybe this weekend don’t focus on how much you’re putting away. Notice how much you don’t want it anymore.

That matters.

Tracy xx

One of the most frustrating things in life. Knowing you felt better last year, in 2022, 3 months ago but not understandi...
27/08/2026

One of the most frustrating things in life. Knowing you felt better last year, in 2022, 3 months ago but not understanding why you can’t get back to it.

You’ve listened to so many podcasts, read the quitlit and had the I Am Sober app for yonks and you know how crap your sleep is and that your anxiety’s through the roof so why is it that the thing you know don’t want anymore you keep reaching for anyway?

That’s the Glimmer Shift convo.

30 minutes. It’s free.

If you’d like to find out why you want the wine, even though you can’t actually stand the taste of it these days message me GLIMMER and I’ll pop you a voicenote xx

You can go days, weeks, months - sometimes nearly a year - knowing life is better without alcohol.Then something happens...
25/08/2026

You can go days, weeks, months - sometimes nearly a year - knowing life is better without alcohol.

Then something happens.

And suddenly the thing you didn’t even particularly want yesterday looks like exactly what you need tonight.

I’m never interested in how much you’re drinking or even what’s in your glass.

I’m interested in what changed before the drink started looking useful again.

Because that’s where your pattern starts to make a lot more sense.

And the pattern is exactly what we delve into in a free Glimmer Shift call.

If you’ve already proved you can stop (and you’ve experienced sooooo many gains) but can’t understand why you keep finding yourself back opening a bottle again, DM me GLIMMER and I can send you the details xx

A new one for us this year - we chose an apartment rather than hotel, which gave us more freedom to just do our own thin...
25/08/2026

A new one for us this year - we chose an apartment rather than hotel, which gave us more freedom to just do our own thing and we were in a new destination too.

Three beach days, a day trip to Dubrovnik, gallons of sparkling water and so much time in the clearest, calmest sea you ever did see! My morning sea dips were precious but I also loved seeing Amelie excited to grab her lilo and get into the ocean whenever a boat was coming so she could bob around in the waves.

Croatia is stunning, Cavtat was very chill and you know how much I love a sunset (slide 3)

Thanks to the heatwave it was also 5 degrees hotter than normal so there was also chafing, heat rash plus our afternoon ritual of crocs off, feet on the cold stone floor and being very thankful for aircon.

We’ll definitely be back.

23/08/2026

✨Glimmer of the Week ✨

From worrying you’ll be “caught out” if you drink again… to shouting it from the rooftops.

There’s a big difference to secretly hoping you’ll manage it and white-knuckling over publicly owning your decision.

It’s never just about stopping drinking.

It’s Self-trust. It’s looking in the mirror and liking who you see. It’s a shift in your identity.

There’s a reason Kate’s being asked loads about what she’s doing because she’s glowing. It’s the type of glow you can only get when you feel true contentment and peace inside. And it can happen quicker than you think.

21/08/2026

It always started the night before for me. Even if I was up at 3am.

Then fizz at the airport - wine was too heavy at 6am.

On the flight - I always had the deal so I got 2 drinks. Spirits this time so I had the mixer to dilute it a little but not too much.

Arriving and the only thought being the first drink on holiday. To mark it. Yep even the rank arrival fizz. Down the hatch.

Usually we had an all inclusive so each day I then opened the bar as early as 1130am. Then slowly slurped my way through. Course, I’d play in the pool with the kids, half cut.

Snooze in the sun - thinking it was because I was relaxed but we all know different.

Always wanting to stay out later than I should with small children. Jules always calling it a night first.

And even then - I’d end up on the balcony still drinking. Wow. It’s the first time I’ve actually written it all down.

Alcohol can become so stitched into the idea of a holiday that you don’t even notice how much space it’s taking up. Until you get rid of it. And start gathering completely different evidence.

That you can switch off without it.

Be silly without it. I loved launching myself on that lilo!!

Have delicious meals without it.

Laugh your head off without it and have lovely convos with your kids.

Feel completely relaxed without it. Get up early each morning because you want to and take yourself down to the beach for a dip in the sea and feel so very grateful and peaceful and content.

And come home remembering the whole bloody thing and not needing to detox.

I think that’s one of the biggest shifts when you decide to go alcohol-free.

You stop relying on what you’ve always believed booze gives you.

And start noticing what life keeps giving you without it.

If you’re nodding along give me a follow. I drank for 32 years and now I’m more than 3.5 years sober and it’s the best thing I ever did for myself ✨

Big Love,
Tracy xx

19/08/2026

There’s more than one F**k It button!

The final woman to book my retreat messaged me yesterday:

“I keep thinking about it… it’s like it’s calling me!!!”

Then came the BUT.

The distance. The logistics. Could she make it work?

And today:

“F**k it. I’m doing it.”

Yessssssss!

Because we all know the other F**k it button…don’t we?

F**k it, I’ll have the wine.

But THIS one?

F**k it, I’m doing the thing I really want to do.
F**k it, I’ll find a way.
F**k it, I’m choosing myself.

And with that…

🍃GLIMMERS FOREST RETREAT 🍃
✨ SOLD OUT ✨

10 gorgeous women choosing themselves.

Hence me busting some moves on my crispy lawn - in celebration of each and every one of them!

More of THIS kind of f**k it please 🙏🏼

16/08/2026

✨Glimmer of the Week ✨

There’s something quite magical about being around women who have no previous version of you to compare you to.

You come as you are.

And because the alcohol-free bit is already a given, some of the usual social armour just disappears with it.

You talk properly. You laugh. You listen. You find yourself telling a woman you met that morning something you’ve never quite managed to say to people you’ve known for years.

I experienced exactly that on my first sober weekend away back in 2024 and I remember thinking: “ohhhhhh this feels different.”

It stayed with me.

And now I get to watch it happen on my own retreats. Where you arrive not knowing anyone and leave with a whatsApp group pinging and plans to meet again.

Simply because you feel you belong.

She’d never done anything like this before.And within minutes of arriving, Jess had the feeling that’s quite hard to man...
16/08/2026

She’d never done anything like this before.

And within minutes of arriving, Jess had the feeling that’s quite hard to manufacture when you put a group of strangers together for a weekend:

“You were my people.”

She came to the first Glimmers Retreat on her own.

She “climbed a bloody mountain” she never thought she’d climb.

She laughed (A LOT), felt supported, and found herself having the kind of conversations where you realise you don’t need to explain half as much as you normally do.

Everyone was at different stages of their alcohol-free life.

It didn’t matter.

As Jess put it:

“We just all got each other.”

And Jess was a huge part of that herself. She was an absolute joy to have there, funny, open, properly interested in other people and one of those women who could have a really deep conversation with you and listen just as much as she talked.

She says she found her people.

I think she probably became one of them for quite a few other women too.

And perhaps my favourite thing she said about the whole experience:

“To go away on a weekend like that without alcohol having any say is just priceless.”

When I announced the next retreat, quick diary check and she was IN!

This time she’s bringing her mum, who’s on her own sober journey.

I think that tells you more about these weekends than I ever could.

There’s one place left for September.

And there’s something absolutely gorgeous about knowing the woman who takes it hasn’t met her people yet.

If you feel like it’s you - just message me xx

12/08/2026

You already know the facts, you’ve read the books, you’ve listened to the pods. You’ve even done a group challenge. You have stopped drinking before and gained so much!!

What you don’t know yet is why, despite everything you know, you’re still negotiating with yourself in the wine aisle on a random Wednesday.

The thought isn’t random. It’s asking for something specific.

And once you understand what that is, get curious, ask questions, the want loses its power.

That’s the work.

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