{"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. 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But I am building something that matters a hell of a lot more. Because the version of me who used to drink herself into invisibility… is now creating a life out loud. In this episode, I’m taking you inside the real plot twist of sobriety—what happens when you don’t just quit drinking… you actually start living. We’re talking about: Why sobriety is not small, safe, or boring (it’s actually disruptive in the best way) How rock bottom can strip you down and make you unexpectedly fearless The identity shift that happens when you stop numbing and start noticing everything Midlife power, body neutrality, and the freedom of no longer performing for approval The psychology of fashion, creativity, and self-expression in recovery Why “escaping” doesn’t go away—you just start escaping into things that expand you The stigma around addiction and what happens when you tell the truth out loud What it’s like to exist in spaces (like fashion) where sobriety “doesn’t belong”… until it does How following small “breadcrumbs” led to building something bigger than I ever planned The vision behind the Vitela Runway Project—fashion, recovery, creativity, and community Because here’s the truth no one tells you: Sobriety doesn’t shrink your life. It expands it. And yeah—it’s inconvenient. Because now you actually have to show up for it. This episode is for the woman who: Quit drinking and is now thinking… “okay, but now what?” Feels more alive, more curious, and slightly overwhelmed by it Is ready to stop playing small and start experimenting with who she actually is Wants more than just “not drinking”—she wants a life You don…","meta_description":"Every year, the first Monday in May, the world watches the Met Gala—a spectacle of fashion, identity, and storytelling through art. And this year? 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