Growing up in the era of Sex and the City and Bridget Jones, Kate Bee, our guest on today’s episode of The Great Work of Your Life Interview Series, believed her drinking was simply what successful, independent women did. After all, she was a journalist and TV producer for the BBC. Drinking after work was how people socialized.
Except, according to her professional bio, Kate was tired of feeling hungover and ashamed about what felt like more drinking than was healthy. When she decided to get sober, she was disappointed to find the only real support was designed for full-blown alcoholics. She attended a few meetings through Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. but left feeling like she didn’t fit in because she was getting sober before her drinking had negatively impacted her work or relationships. There seemed to be no middle ground. So, Kate founded The Sober School in Greater Manchester, UK, where she coaches women through early sobriety and helps them navigate alcohol-free living without feeling deprived or miserable.
Through The Sober School, Kate helps women feel inspired and empowered by their decision to stop drinking. She helps women who are ready to start living their best life learn how to do it without a glass of wine in hand. Her course helps women understand why they drink so they can change their relationship with alcohol for good.
She’s a woman on a mission and her name is Kate Bee.