{"podcast":{"title":"Rewired Sober","slug":"rewired-sober-7110186","podcast_index_feed_id":7110186,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/rewiredsober/","website_url":"https://rewiredsober.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d80d3dd9-542a-4703-8bb3-d1a805b0d894/Rewired-Sober-3.jpg","author":"Kate Vitela","episode_count":80,"summary":"Rewired Sober is a sobriety and recovery podcast for women who are tired of surface-level self-help and ready for real change. Hosted by psychiatric nurse, addiction specialist, and recovery coach Kate Vitela, RN, this podcast explores the neuroscience of addiction, emotional sobriety, mindset change, and the messy, honest reality of rebuilding your life after quitting drinking. This is not a preachy recovery podcast full of toxic positivity or shame. It’s real conversations about: women and alcohol gray area drinking anxiety and emotional regulation perfectionism and people pleasing cravings and habit loops neuroplasticity and brain rewiring identity in midlife anger, grief, and healing creativity, fashion, and self-expression in recovery relationships, boundaries, and self-trust learning how to feel your feelings without numbing them Kate combines clinical insight, lived experience, humor, and a feminist lens to help women understand why they drink, not just how to stop. Whether you’re sober curious, newly alcohol-free, or years into recovery and wondering “now what?” — this podcast is designed to help you build a life that actually feels good to live. If you’re looking for a so…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:18:31.848618+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186"},"episode":{"title":"EP 53:  Why Overachievers Drink: You’re Not Addicted to Alcohol — You’re Addicted to Avoiding Pain","slug":"ep-53-why-overachievers-drink-you-re-not-addicted-to-alcohol-you-re-addicted-to-avoiding-pain","published_at":"2025-12-23T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186/ep-53-why-overachievers-drink-you-re-not-addicted-to-alcohol-you-re-addicted-to-avoiding-pain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186","url":"https://rewiredsober.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4590b556-28f7-4345-b6be-c4f294fb3903.mp3","summary":"In this unfiltered, real-as-hell episode, Kate sits down —makeup-free and bra-free, with her messy podcast editing skills — to talk about something she sees in nearly every woman she coaches: The Overachiever Wound. If you grew up being compared, dismissed, or made to feel less-than… your nervous system learned that safety comes from performance. So you overachieved, excelled, got the degrees, the gold stars, the promotions, the “good girl” identity — all because your body believed: “If I achieve, I’m safe. If I slow down, I’m exposed.” Kate breaks down why high-achieving women struggle to rest, why the goalpost keeps moving, and why no amount of success ever feels like enough. Spoiler: it’s not because you’re broken — it’s because your brain is still protecting a younger version of you. Inside this episode: The exact childhood moment most women learn to prove their worth Why your brain ties safety to doing The feminist and generational conditioning behind female overachievement Why rest feels terrifying for women who have been performing their whole lives What you are really avoiding by staying busy The neuroscience of \"being seen\" by other women How to start unwinding the proving pattern without burning down your life This episode is messy, vulnerable, unfiltered… and exactly the medicine so many women need. If you’re tired of hustling for your existence — this one’s for you. Rewired Sober 1:1 Coaching Spots Are Open (But Fill Up Fast) Start anytime and get 3 months of guidance from Kate designed for women in sobriety. Book a discovery call to inquire: Connect with Kate @rewiredsober on all social media platforms: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rewiredsober/ Email: katevitelacoaching@gmail.com","meta_description":"In this unfiltered, real-as-hell episode, Kate sits down —makeup-free and bra-free, with her messy podcast editing skills — to talk about something she se…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2342,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rewired-sober-7110186/episodes/ep-53-why-overachievers-drink-you-re-not-addicted-to-alcohol-you-re-addicted-to-avoiding-pain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186/ep-53-why-overachievers-drink-you-re-not-addicted-to-alcohol-you-re-addicted-to-avoiding-pain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}