Goodreads Giveaway and Promotional Stuff for my book
I have decided to try out a Goodreads Giveaway. This is my first attempt at doing any type of promo/free book giveaway through a third...
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Kimberly Kearns
A Sober and Strong Mom:
Exploring Life Without Alcohol
​A Mother's Journey
"It's all meant to bring you home, to remind you who you are, how to love, and how to never leave again."
- Laura McKowen
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A Sober and Strong Mom blog serves as a healthy vessel of discovery.
To return home. To find freedom. To reclaim joy.
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Join me in navigating motherhood, parenting and marriage.
Walk along beside me as I wander this beautiful, newly discovered sober life.
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Kim
- Jan 27
- 3 min
Guest Post: Surviving Childhood Abuse
I have had the pleasure of working with Dina Hannigan in the Needham youth field hockey program here in our town of Needham and getting...
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Kim
- Jan 22
- 3 min
"Don't Read the Reviews!!"
"Don't read the reviews," they say. Especially the negative ones. There will be trolls. There will be people who bring the negativity....
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Kim
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Early sobriety
I think it's easy for me to forget what it's like in the early days of sobriety. What white knuckling it to get through the day is like...
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Kim
- Jan 10
- 2 min
January habits
At Colby College, January is a month long mini semester where the freshmen and winter athletes stay on campus for 30 days and take one...
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Kim
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Looking Back at 2022
This past year, well it was a good year. I feel like I spend most of my days in a state of self-reflection, so to think back on the...
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Kim
- Dec 31, 2022
- 4 min
F*cking Sober: The First 90 Days Podcast - Season 2: Betsy: "Tryin' to raising babies without booze"
I am so beyond excited that Season 2 of this Webby Award Winning podcast is finally coming out - tomorrow! Episode one releases on...
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Kim
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Post holiday blues
I remember every year at about this time, feeling incredibly low, when alcohol was still a part of my life. After Christmas was over and...
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Kim
- Dec 24, 2022
- 2 min
Christmas Eve
This is my third holiday season sober. The first one was terrifying. It was 2020, and I was less than a month sober. I spent most of...
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Kim
- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
Just wait. You'll see.
"Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful." -David Steindl-rast What does gratitude look like? How...
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Kim
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
Living in a state of blackout...
I used to write sticky notes to myself and leave them everywhere when I was drunk to remember the things I did. I would read these notes...
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Kim
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Sober for Two Years in Aruba
Sitting here watching the sunrise, listening to the waves crash on the beach, the Aruban birds call to one another, in the early morning...
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Kim
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
I did something...
So I did it. I did something bold. I did something huge. I did something that many others would never, ever do. I told the world some of...
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Kim
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
FOMO vs. JOMO
FOMO: fear of missing out. JOMO: joy of missing out. Before I quit drinking, I used to experience FOMO on a regular basis. I wanted to be...
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Kim
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Connecting with others across the world
I love hearing from so many people who have read my book. It lifts me up daily to hear how well women are relating to all aspects of my...
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Kim
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
40 Years Old and Fucking Sober
I just filled the last vase that I own with water and another beautiful bunch of cut flowers. This is the 7th bouquet that I have...
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Kim
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Bermuda ...
Guest blog post for Jazzy Book Reviews: https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2022/11/on-edge-of-shattered-by-kimberly-kearns.html I had the...
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Kim
- Nov 13, 2022
- 4 min
Telling your truth
It has been almost two weeks since my book has been out in the world. I had a launch party with some wonderful, supportive and loving...
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Kim
- Nov 3, 2022
- 4 min
"Searingly honest memoir..." and more reviews
I have received so many wonderfully positive reviews so far. Please let me know what you think and post on Amazon or Goodreads! Thank you...
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Kim
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
Today is the day!!!
I concede to the fact that I am powerless over the thoughts and actions of others. The truth will set you free. I am not responsible for...
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Kim
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
The Semi-Naked Dance
An Excerpt from On the Edge of Shattered, by Kimberly Kearns The Semi-Naked Dance (2000): Eighteen Years Old Blacking out was a regular...
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Kim
- Oct 27, 2022
- 3 min
Raising an 11 year old boy
Published on Elephant Journal... https://www.elephantjournal.com/2022/10/raising-an-eleven-year-old-boy/ I recently published this...
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Kim
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
The vulnerable pieces of my book
I originally started out by writing this book as a way of processing all sorts of things that happened to me. But I decided to publish...
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Kim
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
The Death of a Pet
Rocky the Lizard Brayden, my eleven year old, has wanted a lizard for a long time. He had been asking for months. Finally, this summer,...
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