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The Sober Rebel

Some people think that being sober is boring, they may even think that if you have to go alcohol free you’ve somehow drawn the short straw in life.

But what if it isn’t anything like that? What if it’s the best thing you could ever do to level up your relationships, your mental and physical health or even your life?

In this podcast Louisa talks to her fabulous sober guests about the joys of the sober life, the fun things they’ve noticed and the amazing things they’ve tried or done since ditching the booze that they’d never have done as a drinker.

These aren’t stories about how people got sober… they’re stories about why they enjoy staying sober.

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Louisa Evans (MSc Psychology, Dip. CBH) is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society. She brings together psychological theory, CBT tools and hypnotherapy techniques to support behaviour change, including helping people change their relationship with alcohol.

For more information about therapy, or to purchase self-hypnosis downloads, visit louisaevans.com.

You can also follow Louisa on Instagram @stepping_into_sobriety, or head to Amazon to buy her book Becoming a Sober Rebel, which is also available on Audible.

Copyright: © Louisa Evans 2023

Latest Episodes:

January Series 2026 | Day 7 | Identity, Culture & Conditioning Jan 07, 2026

Show notes

Welcome back to Louisa’s January Series. After the success of the 2024 series, she wanted to return with something deeper, more practical and more psychology-led for 2026.

Creating a new identity and also challenging some of the conditioning we've all be subjected to over the years will also make this whole process a lot easier. Today we look at how alcohol shapes your identity and what to do with that information.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more at www.louisaevans.com.

She specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol in a grounded and realistic way, using a blend of cognitive behavioural approaches, emotional regulation, habit science and nervous system understanding. Her work focuses on grey area drinking, midlife identity shifts, and supporting people who want sobriety to feel steadier, clearer and more sustainable.

For listeners who want extra support during this month and beyond, Louisa’s course Sober Resilience is available with a thirty percent discount throughout the series using the code DRYJAN26. The course includes practical tools for cravings, emotional steadiness, behavioural patterns, routines and the predictable identity wobble that often appears in early sobriety.

Louisa is known for her direct, psychology-led approach and her ability to make sobriety feel accessible rather than overwhelming. Her work is centred on clarity, honesty and understanding the patterns underneath drinking, rather than relying on force or perfectionism.

January Series 2026 | Day 6 | Knocking Alcohol Off a Pedestal Jan 06, 2026

Show notes

Welcome back to Louisa’s January Series. After the success of the 2024 series, she wanted to return with something deeper, more practical and more psychology-led for 2026.

Sobriety is a simultaneous process of knocking alcohol off the pedestal that we all tend to put it on, and placing sobriety on one instead. To begin with, let's reframe what alcohol offers.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more at www.louisaevans.com.

She specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol in a grounded and realistic way, using a blend of cognitive behavioural approaches, emotional regulation, habit science and nervous system understanding. Her work focuses on grey area drinking, midlife identity shifts, and supporting people who want sobriety to feel steadier, clearer and more sustainable.

For listeners who want extra support during this month and beyond, Louisa’s course Sober Resilience is available with a thirty percent discount throughout the series using the code DRYJAN26. The course includes practical tools for cravings, emotional steadiness, behavioural patterns, routines and the predictable identity wobble that often appears in early sobriety.

Louisa is known for her direct, psychology-led approach and her ability to make sobriety feel accessible rather than overwhelming. Her work is centred on clarity, honesty and understanding the patterns underneath drinking, rather than relying on force or perfectionism.

January Series 2026 | Day 5 | Setting Boundaries Jan 05, 2026

Show notes

Welcome back to Louisa’s January Series. After the success of the 2024 series, she wanted to return with something deeper, more practical and more psychology-led for 2026.

Today is all about boundary setting and how that will support you this month.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more at www.louisaevans.com.

She specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol in a grounded and realistic way, using a blend of cognitive behavioural approaches, emotional regulation, habit science and nervous system understanding. Her work focuses on grey area drinking, midlife identity shifts, and supporting people who want sobriety to feel steadier, clearer and more sustainable.

For listeners who want extra support during this month and beyond, Louisa’s course Sober Resilience is available with a thirty percent discount throughout the series using the code DRYJAN26. The course includes practical tools for cravings, emotional steadiness, behavioural patterns, routines and the predictable identity wobble that often appears in early sobriety.

Louisa is known for her direct, psychology-led approach and her ability to make sobriety feel accessible rather than overwhelming. Her work is centred on clarity, honesty and understanding the patterns underneath drinking, rather than relying on force or perfectionism.

January Series 2026 | Day 4 | Glimmer Spotting Jan 04, 2026

Show notes

Welcome back to Louisa’s January Series. After the success of the 2024 series, she wanted to return with something deeper, more practical and more psychology-led for 2026.

Alcohol revs the system up and sobriety does the opposite for our emotional regulation. Those pockets of safety create glimmers that are the true reward of removing alcohol. Today is about spotting those glimmers and how that will help you in the longer term.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more at www.louisaevans.com.

She specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol in a grounded and realistic way, using a blend of cognitive behavioural approaches, emotional regulation, habit science and nervous system understanding. Her work focuses on grey area drinking, midlife identity shifts, and supporting people who want sobriety to feel steadier, clearer and more sustainable.

For listeners who want extra support during this month and beyond, Louisa’s course Sober Resilience is available with a thirty percent discount throughout the series using the code DRYJAN26. The course includes practical tools for cravings, emotional steadiness, behavioural patterns, routines and the predictable identity wobble that often appears in early sobriety.

Louisa is known for her direct, psychology-led approach and her ability to make sobriety feel accessible rather than overwhelming. Her work is centred on clarity, honesty and understanding the patterns underneath drinking, rather than relying on force or perfectionism.

January Series 2026 | Day 3 | The First Saturday Jan 03, 2026

Show notes

Welcome back to Louisa’s January Series. After the success of the 2024 series, she wanted to return with something deeper, more practical and more psychology-led for 2026.

Today is the first Saturday of Dry January so the focus will be on creating new routines around the weekend and not panicking if there are flat moments. All will be explained!

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more at www.louisaevans.com.

She specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol in a grounded and realistic way, using a blend of cognitive behavioural approaches, emotional regulation, habit science and nervous system understanding. Her work focuses on grey area drinking, midlife identity shifts, and supporting people who want sobriety to feel steadier, clearer and more sustainable.

For listeners who want extra support during this month and beyond, Louisa’s course Sober Resilience is available with a thirty percent discount throughout the series using the code DRYJAN26. The course includes practical tools for cravings, emotional steadiness, behavioural patterns, routines and the predictable identity wobble that often appears in early sobriety.

Louisa is known for her direct, psychology-led approach and her ability to make sobriety feel accessible rather than overwhelming. Her work is centred on clarity, honesty and understanding the patterns underneath drinking, rather than relying on force or perfectionism.

January Series 2026 | Day 2 | The First 24 Hours: Biology & Brain Reset Jan 02, 2026

Show notes

Welcome back to Louisa’s January Series. After the success of the 2024 series, she wanted to return with something deeper, more practical and more psychology-led for 2026.

This episode focuses on the biology and brain changes that begin in the first 24 hours. It's an amazing process of recalibration that the body and brain goes through when you remove alcohol.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more at www.louisaevans.com.

She specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol in a grounded and realistic way, using a blend of cognitive behavioural approaches, emotional regulation, habit science and nervous system understanding. Her work focuses on grey area drinking, midlife identity shifts, and supporting people who want sobriety to feel steadier, clearer and more sustainable.

For listeners who want extra support during this month and beyond, Louisa’s course Sober Resilience is available with a thirty percent discount throughout the series using the code DRYJAN26. The course includes practical tools for cravings, emotional steadiness, behavioural patterns, routines and the predictable identity wobble that often appears in early sobriety.

Louisa is known for her direct, psychology-led approach and her ability to make sobriety feel accessible rather than overwhelming. Her work is centred on clarity, honesty and understanding the patterns underneath drinking, rather than relying on force or perfectionism.

January Series 2026 | Day 1 | The Decision Jan 01, 2026

Show notes

Welcome back to Louisa’s January Series. After the success of the 2024 series, she wanted to return with something deeper, more practical and more psychology-led for 2026.

You've made the decision to do Dry January and whether that's just for the month or with a view to do it for longer, this podcast will support you to help you reframe alcohol and what it gives you so that you can make a more informed choice at the end of the month.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more at www.louisaevans.com.

She specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol in a grounded and realistic way, using a blend of cognitive behavioural approaches, emotional regulation, habit science and nervous system understanding. Her work focuses on grey area drinking, midlife identity shifts, and supporting people who want sobriety to feel steadier, clearer and more sustainable.

For listeners who want extra support during this month and beyond, Louisa’s course Sober Resilience is available with a thirty percent discount throughout the series using the code DRYJAN26. The course includes practical tools for cravings, emotional steadiness, behavioural patterns, routines and the predictable identity wobble that often appears in early sobriety.

Louisa is known for her direct, psychology-led approach and her ability to make sobriety feel accessible rather than overwhelming. Her work is centred on clarity, honesty and understanding the patterns underneath drinking, rather than relying on force or perfectionism.

Mandy on Health & Fitness, Rebuilding Relationships and Achieving More Dec 23, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, Louisa talks to Mandy who has had so many realisations in her sobriety including how it's positively impacted her health and fitness levels. From cold plunging and jumping off cliffs, she's even found new passions and hobbies but above all she's been able to nurture her relationships with those close to her, and that's priceless.

Join Louisa for her brand new Dry January series on the 1st January 2026 where there will be one mini episode a day to support you at any point in sobriety. The topics will cover habit building and breaking, sobriety and also mindset so there will hopefully be something for everyone, whether this is your first month or beyond.

The main show will return in February. Have a wonderful Christmas.

For a FREE GUIDE to help you through the first few weeks of sobriety, head to www.louisaevans.com.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more on her website.

Useful links:

Instagram: @stepping_into_sobriety - for daily sober encouragement

Substack: Beyond Sobriety.- weekly articles, relaxation downloads and community, focussed on thriving in a sober life.

Audible: Becoming a Sober Rebel - audiobook on how Louisa stepped into sobriety on her own terms.

Don’t forget, as a Sober Rebel listener, you can get a 30% discount off the Sober Resilience Online Course using code RESILIENCE544 and you will also be able to buy one get one free on all hypnosis recordings on Louisa's website using code SOBERREBEL. Visit www.louisaevans.com. Self hypnosis is an amazing way to reprogram some of those deep rooted beliefs about alcohol and to enjoy the process.

Tracy on Sober Glimmers, a Love of the Outdoors & Being a Better Mum Dec 09, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, Louisa talks to Tracy, the founder of Sober Glimmers and the community over at soberglimmers.co.uk. Tracy shares how sobriety changed the way she shows up as a mum, why the outdoors has become such a big part of her life and what led her to build a space for people who want something more than drinking culture.

It’s an honest chat about finding your feet, choosing what actually feels good and creating a life that makes sense.

For a FREE GUIDE to help you through the first few weeks of sobriety, head to www.louisaevans.com.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more on her website.

Useful links:

Instagram: @stepping_into_sobriety - for daily sober encouragement

Substack: Beyond Sobriety.- weekly articles, relaxation downloads and community, focussed on thriving in a sober life.

Audible: Becoming a Sober Rebel - audiobook on how Louisa stepped into sobriety on her own terms.

Don’t forget, as a Sober Rebel listener, you can get a 30% discount off the Sober Resilience Online Course using code RESILIENCE544 and you will also be able to buy one get one free on all hypnosis recordings on Louisa's website using code SOBERREBEL. Visit www.louisaevans.com. Self hypnosis is an amazing way to reprogram some of those deep rooted beliefs about alcohol and to enjoy the process.

Chris on Confidence, Positivity and Being Inspired Nov 25, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, Chris shares his benefits of sobriety, and the topics range from increased confidence to go sober raving, dating without alcohol and being inspired by others. He even attributes an increase in mood and positivity to quitting alcohol over three years ago and now has the time and energy to give to other things.

For a FREE GUIDE to help you through the first few weeks of sobriety, head to www.louisaevans.com.

Louisa is a Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society based in the UK and works with clients worldwide via Zoom. She supports people who want to change their relationship with alcohol and also works with anxiety, low mood and overthinking. If you’d like to explore 1 to 1 support, you can find out more on her website.

Useful links:

Instagram: @stepping_into_sobriety - for daily sober encouragement

Substack: Beyond Sobriety.- weekly articles, relaxation downloads and community, focussed on thriving in a sober life.

Audible: Becoming a Sober Rebel - audiobook on how Louisa stepped into sobriety on her own terms.

Don’t forget, as a Sober Rebel listener, you can get a 30% discount off the Sober Resilience Online Course using code RESILIENCE544 and you will also be able to buy one get one free on all hypnosis recordings on Louisa's website using code SOBERREBEL. Visit www.louisaevans.com. Self hypnosis is an amazing way to reprogram some of those deep rooted beliefs about alcohol and to enjoy the process.

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