Ditched the Drink

Ditched the Drink I empower high achievers to tune in to themselves and align with their highest selves to do their gr

08/21/2026

I was terrified of my first sober cheers.
Not the drink — the two seconds before the clink. When everyone lifts a glass and you’re holding something different and you’re certain the entire table is about to notice.
They didn’t.
I am a high achieving, over functioning, people pleasing perfectionist, and I spent years quietly assuming I’d lose everyone the second I stopped ordering the wine.
Here’s what actually happened: I lost a few. And the few I lost were already gone — they just hadn’t told me yet.
So yes. You ditch the drink and you ditch some friends.
You ditch the ones who get weird when you change what’s in your glass. You keep the ones who cheers you no matter what’s in theirs.
The good ones were never toasting the wine. They were toasting you.
Nobody does this alone and thrives — but “not alone” doesn’t mean everybody comes. It means the right ones stay.

Who’s the friend who’d cheers you no matter what’s in your glass? Tag her below. 🥂

And if the scary part is not knowing who won’t — that’s the exact conversation I have with women every week. My DMs are open. 🫶🏼

Last October I hosted a retreat I never actually got to attend.I was the host.My guests saw the golden trees, the charcu...
08/06/2026

Last October I hosted a retreat I never actually got to attend.
I was the host.
My guests saw the golden trees, the charcuterie board with the tiny daisies, the alcohol-free bubbly under the maples. It really was beautiful. But here’s what they didn’t see: me, trying to be at the entrance and the gathering spot at the same time. Two meals in two different locations. No real introductions — I knew every single woman there, but they didn’t know each other yet.
I am a high-achieving, over-functioning host by nature, so of course I tried to be in two places at once. It worked, technically. It also felt rushed in my bones.
The guests got the retreat. I got the lesson.
So this year, I built the one I wish I’d given us all —
🍂 A whole weekend, not one day: October 15–18
🍂 One home base — a lakeside house just outside Nashville. Unpack once. Settle in.
🍂 Two pre-retreat calls, so you walk in already knowing names
🍂 A schedule with room in it: guided hikes, kayaking, campfires, a workshop, yoga nidra meditation, and honest-to-goodness free time
🍂 Guided conversation + daily sharing circles, held by two certified coaches
🍂 All meals + alcohol-free drinks included (one meal out on the town in Nashville is on you — optional, and worth it)

I kept everything that worked — the hike, the meditation, the charcuterie, the guided conversation — and gave it space to breathe.
10 women. 2 certified coaches holding it all — me (certified professional life + sober coach) and Deb Masner (RN + national board-certified health & wellness coach). Zero hangovers.
3 spots left — $1,500, payment plans available. Booking closes August 31.

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎Chelsie PetersDrop a comment to welcome them to our community,
08/06/2026

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Chelsie Peters

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

08/04/2026

Comment “LIST” for my favorite alcohol-free wines and I’ll send them right over. Have you tried any good ones lately? Tag them below! 🥂🍷🍾

07/27/2026

Coach to coach: when was the last time you audited what’s working?

I already know your answer, because I know us. We’re high-achieving, over-functioning fixers. We can list everything broken in our business in thirty seconds flat — the offer that didn’t sell, the launch that flopped, the discovery call that ghosted.

But ask us what’s working and we go quiet.

I did this for years. A client would have a breakthrough and I’d spend that same evening obsessing over my email open rates.

Here’s what I finally learned: you can’t build on what you refuse to see.

Somewhere in your business right now, something is quietly working. A client who renewed without being asked. A post that keeps getting saves months later. The way you explain something that makes people say “wait, say that again.”

That’s not luck. That’s data. Study it the way you’d study a failure.

But here’s the thing — you can’t always see your own business clearly from inside it. I couldn’t. It took other coaches reflecting my work back to me before I believed what was working was real.
That’s exactly what we do inside the DTD Collective. Coaches in your corner who help you see what’s working, build on it, and stop white-knuckling your business alone. (Sound familiar? Nobody does this alone and thrives — that goes for business too.)

And a little secret: the DTD Collective (formerly called AF Mastermind) has a complete overhaul coming. A new offering designed around what actually moves. The needle for coaches.

Comment COLLECTIVE or DM me and I’ll send you the details. ✨

07/27/2026

This sunrise is what’s on the other side of drinking less. But nobody gets here on willpower alone — I got here on routines.
These aren’t wellness-influencer routines. They’re the actual things that got me through my first months without wine — and the ones I still recommend to every woman I coach.

🌅 Protect your mornings. The best drinking-less tool I know is having a morning you don’t want to ruin.

☕ Make the swap ritual, not just the swap. It was never only about the wine — it was the pour, the glass, the exhale at 5pm. Keep the ritual. Change what’s in the glass.

📝 Play the tape forward before you pour. Two minutes of honesty: how does tonight end? How does tomorrow start?

🛁 Build a “witching hour” plan. That 4-7pm window doesn’t care about your willpower. A walk, a shower, a ridiculous mocktail — that’s a plan.

😴 Go to bed embarrassingly early. Half my cravings were just exhaustion wearing a disguise.

You don’t have to do all five. You don’t have to do them perfectly. Pick one. That’s how I started — one small routine that made the next right choice a little easier.

Want more support like this in your ears? Comment PAUSE and I’ll send you my private Permission to Pause podcast. 🎧

07/17/2026

Early sobriety taught me how to be my own company. A last-minute Noah Kahan ticket at 50 was just the final exam. 🎟️
Here’s what nobody tells you: friendships change when you change. Some people are meant to walk with you for a season, not the whole story. And waiting around for someone to join you is just another way of putting your life on hold.
So I stopped waiting. Puzzles at home. Farmers markets alone. Thrift stores alone. And now — concerts alone, singing my heart out with 40,000+ strangers.

Not everyone has a ride or die. Not everyone has a friend group. You are still allowed to have a full life.

👇 Tell me in the comments:
What’s something you’ve done alone — or something you WANT to do but you’ve been waiting for company?

Let’s normalize it together. Because we’re alone, but not really alone. 🤍

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