# A Conversation with Colleen Clifford, Author and Health/Alcohol-Free Coach Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach.md Podcast: [Becoming Your Best Version](https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450) Published: 2026-01-02T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maria-leonard-olsen/episodes/A-Conversation-with-Colleen-Clifford--Author-and-HealthAlcohol-Free-Coach-e38se7v Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8160253278.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/episodes/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach Duration seconds: 1704 ## Resource "One binge drinking moment can end a life," Colleen Clifford says. "Will it be yours?" Colleen is a former binge drinker who knows the struggle firsthand. For 34 years, she's worked as a commercial fisherwoman, a lifestyle that fueled the drinking pattern of denial she now calls the 95-5 factor. After losing her husband to an alcohol-related suicide in 2011 and later finding her own path from binge drinking to joy and freedom, Colleen turned her pain into purpose. Her upcoming book, Life Beyond the Binge , blends raw honesty, lived experience and eye-opening facts and insights for anyone ready to break free from destructive cycles. Through her compelling stories of resilience and renewal, Colleen inspires others to discover that it's never too late to change -- and to find joy and meaning beyond the binge. A commercial fisherwoman in Alaska’s Bering Sea turned health coach, Colleen now helps women break free from cravings, binge habits and destructive patterns—guiding them to build a stronger, healthier relationship with themselves, inside and out. From her year of culinary training in Paris to surviving some of the harshest seas, she shares real stories, science-backed strategies and practical tools that help women navigate cravings, emotional eating and redefine what’s possible at any stage of life. This conversation will leave you motivated, empowered and ready to make real change. Start your new year right. Colleen likes to cite this impactful quote: "All we take with us when we die is what we have become." Learn more and follow her: IG - @ purepotential.health LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pure-potential-llc-c-936735245/ https:// lifebeyondthebinge.com https://purepotential.health/ Email - Colleen@Lifebeyondthebinge.com She r… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/episodes/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/becoming-your-best-version-3288450/a-conversation-with-colleen-clifford-author-and-health-alcohol-free-coach.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.