Katie McNicoll is a blogger turned content creator and coach who decided to change her life though sobriety. After years of drinking, self destructive behaviour and efforts to stop, Katie decided that it was time to ditch the alcohol and pursue a life without drinking.  In this episode Katie very vulnerably opened up about her experince with alcohol, the pressures surrounding it, her behaviour while drunk and the relationship that she had with herself during an alcohol fuelled social life. As well as sobriety, we talk about Katies experiences with depression and some coping mechanisms that she find really beneficial. I never really knew too much about sobriety before I met Katie and I was really surprised to hear that Katie has found so much more to sobriety than to drinking..mental clarity, confidence, self assurance, a more productive mindset which opens up so many thought starters. Drinking is something that affects quite a lot of us, it can be a social pressure and almost something that can feel like a chokehold at time, I’m aware that we all have varying levels of relationships with alcohol but if you are someone that is curious about delving deeper into the relationship you have this alcohol, this is a great place to start. The reason I love Katie and her content so much is that she relays her sobriety messaging in way that is positive and educational, not persuasive. She doesn’t share a message to not drink, she shares a message that its ok to do whatever you feel like but there are other options and we don’t have to give into the pressures of drinking if we choose not to.  We didn’t talk about it a ton in the episode but Katie is also a life coach so I highly recommend checking out her website, the link is in the show notes.  What we cover  Sobriety Experiencing depression Drinking culture  Pressures with alcohol Benefits of sobriety  Self confidence  Setting boundaries Manifesting in real terms  Katie's Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@katiemcnicol_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiemcnicol_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katiemcnicol_ Katie's Website: https://www.katiemcnicol.com/ Here’s Katie's version of beauty… Follow me on Instagram for me empowerment and self love tips Become a member of the Scenes Of Beauty community at https://plus.acast.com/s/scenes-of-beauty. https://plus.acast.com/s/scenes-of-beauty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.