{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sober.Coffee Podcast","title":"Unseeing Sobriety - coffee with Paige Calentino","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1478,"description":"Podcast Summary: \"Unseeing Sobriety\"\nShow/Segment: Coffee with Paige Calentino\nHosts: Mike & Glenn (sober.coffee)\nGuest: Paige Calentino – Sober Curious Coach and TikTok Creator\nEpisode Overview\nPaige Calentino rejoins Mike and Glenn in the sober.coffee shop to dive deep into what has evolved from a personal recovery path into a shared life mission. For all three, sobriety required a total shift—a mandated \"psychic change\" and a 180-degree identity transformation. Today, they view their work not just as a job, but as life-saving service.\nKey Discussion Points\n1. The Coaching Framework & \"Identity Expansion\"\nPaige utilizes a structured approach to help clients rewrite their relationship with alcohol, focusing heavily on shifting how they view themselves.\nThe Entry Point: A 3-month coaching container designed as the foundation for a long-term relationship.\nThe Process: Rewiring the brain through structured modules, education, journaling, self-discovery, real-world experiences, and targeted homework.\nThe Goal: Moving from restriction to identity expansion—evolving into someone who simply does not want to drink, rather than someone who is fighting the urge.\nThe Result: Discovering that we are capable, competent, and fully able to connect and survive without a substance.\n2. Handling Slips and Relapses\nInstead of viewing relapses or slips as absolute failures, the team reframes them as valuable data.\nSlips provide direct insight into specific triggers and highlight the exact areas that still need emotional or behavioral work.\nA major focus of coaching is navigating changing social dynamics to protect and sustain sobriety.\n3. Pathways to Sobriety: Modern Coaching vs. Traditional AA\nPaige’s coaching is presented as another vital option alongside programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).\nThe hosts note that while all programs have a process and many work, finding highly qualified coaches in a crowded marketplace is key.\nMindful Drinking vs. Abstinence: While Paige works...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lbvonW-QZLM4NmaZlNyZ24zW1GAeM2iURuVyAh7wbrc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE5NDE2LzE2MTU1/OTcyNTUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}