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Overcoming Anxiety, Self-Doubt and Drinking with Lisa May Bennett

To 50 and Beyond - Sobriety for Midlife Women

Release Date: 05/31/2023

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Episode 250 

Hello, friend! 

If you are like my wonderful guest, Lisa May Bennett, and me in episode 250 - a woman who grew up with insecurities and self-doubt and found relief from anxiety and those insecurities by drinking, you will appreciate this episode today.

Lisa is a repeat late bloomer who writes about personal growth and trying new things on her blog, Bittersweet Nugget. She first decided she wanted to be a writer at eleven years old but struggled for years with self-doubt and anxiety.

Now, she has published her first book, My Unfurling, Emerging from the Grip of Anxiety, Self-Doubt, and Drinking at age fifty-six, and hopes to serve as an example for others who wonder if it's too late to chase their dreams.

Read full show notes here. 

Mentioned in this episode: Pretty Baby on Hulu

 

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