How to show self-compassion
A reader asked me recently how you forgive yourself for letting your husband and kids down when you were drinking. How do you move past...
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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
A Sober and Strong Mom blog serves as a healthy vessel of discovery.
To return home. To find freedom. To reclaim joy.
Join me in navigating motherhood, parenting and marriage.
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Kim
- Apr 30
- 3 min
When you get COVID and it reminds you of a hangover
Getting COVID is rather reminiscent of a hangover. Not being able to get out of bed because my head is throbbing and feeling like I have...
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Kim
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Why Drinking Could be Hurting You
I sometimes need to remind myself, that others might benefit from hearing my story. There is no courage, growth or intimacy without...
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Kim
- Mar 14
- 3 min
How did I used to view sober people?
I happened to look at the app today that calculates how many days sober I am. 470 days. When I think about the last year, 3 months and 13...
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Kim
- Mar 4
- 3 min
During all the years I drank, I wish I had known that the truth would set me free
My therapist tells me this a lot. I try to understand what she means, and most of the time I think I am listening to her. Some of what...
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Kim
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Vacationing in St. Croix
There is nothing more healing than the sounds of the ocean. The way it soothes. Rocks the body to sleep. Stills my thoughts. I find...
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Kim
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Behind the FEAR of getting sober
In our most recent interview for our podcast, I was talking to our guest about how much fun she has being sober. We talked about how this...
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Kim
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Bad luck - may as well have a drink
Have you ever had a bad day and said to yourself, "This is just my luck. I may as well have a drink." Or perhaps you had a fight with a...
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Kim
- Jan 1
- 3 min
How Do you Plan to Tackle 2022?
Happy New Year! For 2022, I plan to take a more mindful approach to my days, knowing that slowing down, breathing and staying in the...
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Kim
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Exposing ourselves, how I got sober and started writing
There have been lots of new visitors to my blog recently, so I wanted to take a moment to say hello and explain a bit about myself. I am...
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Kim
- Oct 3, 2021
- 2 min
Sunday Scaries
Sundays used to overwhelm me. I used to feel this impending doom as my weekend was coming to an end, as it mostly meant that I needed to...
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Kim
- Aug 21, 2021
- 2 min
Saturday Mornings
I peel open my left eye and look around the dimly lit room. A sliver of sunlight shines in through the curtain next to me, allowing me to...
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Kim
- Aug 1, 2021
- 2 min
Sober Sundays
I think back to the way I used to spent my weekends 8 months ago, and it is mind boggling to remember how wasteful the days were....
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Kim
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
The building blocks of living well
PERMA, according to Martin Seligman: 1. Positive emotions – feeling good 2. Engagement – being completely absorbed in activities 3....
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Kim
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
My own little nook
I finally have my own little nook. A writing place to call my own. A quiet space at the end of the house, away from all the chaos and...
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Kim
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Introvert
I am an introvert. A newly discovered one. For a long time and for most of my 20's and 30's I had myself convinced that I was a social,...
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Kim
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Summer storms
I love summer storms. Sitting on my sun porch right now, I feel content. Cozy. It was a long, tiring weekend. Physically and emotionally....
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Kim
- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
A New View
It has been a week now since we have been in the new house. The sun porch has quickly become my favorite spot . Even on the hottest days...
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Kim
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
These blue walls
I sit in the house one last morning surrounded by boxes in my favorite room, what I have come to call the blue room. It is the front...
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Kim
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
It's been a while...
I haven't written in a long time. But tonight, I felt the need to remember this day. Yesterday I got my wrist tattoo. After a small...
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