Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Climbing the Alps and standing in the depths of icy crevasses were normal pastimes for me as a kid. Family summer holidays were spent...
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Lucy Rocca
- Apr 10
- 4 min
How I Became A Life Coach
PART ONE.... My journey to becoming a life coach has been one of experience combined with professional learning. I truly believe this is...
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Lucy Rocca
- Feb 20
- 4 min
The Devil Inside
"We choose our own path. Our values and our actions, they define who we are." —Stefan Salvatore, The Vampire Diaries Ever one to have her...
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Lucy Rocca
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Tapestry
When you regard your life as a rich, intricate tapestry, you are able to appreciate every little stitch, each individual visual depiction...
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Lucy Rocca
- Dec 23, 2023
- 2 min
A Good Year?
It's natural to reflect at this time of year... Our human tendency to transform the twists and turns of our lives into a narrative...
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Lucy Rocca
- Oct 8, 2023
- 3 min
11.5 Years On
You all know by now, I am sure, the sordid details of my final drinking session back in 2011, when I downed so much booze that I conked...
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Lucy Rocca
- Jun 25, 2023
- 3 min
Victoria's Secret
"God, I wish somebody would’ve told me When I was younger that all bodies aren’t the same Photoshop, itty bitty models on magazine covers...
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Lucy Rocca
- Apr 4, 2023
- 3 min
After Cancer
I've always been fascinated in how the human mind deals with crises. How we gather the necessary tools and resources needed to fight our...
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Lucy Rocca
- Feb 17, 2023
- 3 min
Running Up That Hill
"And if I only could I'd make a deal with God And I'd get him to swap our places Be running up that road Be running up that hill Be...
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Lucy Rocca
- Feb 5, 2023
- 2 min
The Forest
People often find it hard to love themselves, to think back far enough to see through all their mistakes and sadness, to a place where...
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Lucy Rocca
- Jan 28, 2023
- 4 min
The Sober Revolution
"Between 2003 and 2012 the number of cases of breast cancer attributable to alcohol consumption in the UK rose from 9,100 to 13,700,...
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Lucy Rocca
- Jan 23, 2023
- 3 min
Shame & Alcohol
I generally write about how good life is as a non-drinker, how much happier and brighter the world appears now that I’m not looking at it...
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Lucy Rocca
- Dec 30, 2022
- 3 min
7 things 2022 taught me
When the shit hits the fan, you have two choices: sink or swim. Find a way to cope, or give up. This lesson is one that permeates and...
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Lucy Rocca
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
A TOOL FOR BEHAVIOUR CHANGE THIS CHRISTMAS
This time of year absolutely filled me with loathing up until about a decade ago (funnily enough, when I stopped drinking alcohol!)....
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Lucy Rocca
- Nov 12, 2022
- 3 min
When One Becomes Two
We are born into a world in which all of our needs are instantly met by others. Throughout infancy and childhood (for those of us lucky...
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Lucy Rocca
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
Alastair Campbell Guest Blog
Soberistas, celebrating its tenth birthday this year, began way back in 2012. We have always been very grateful to Alastair Campbell,...
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Lucy Rocca
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Elephant & The Magnet
I honestly don't know how I got through my twenties and most of my thirties alive and with my sanity intact. It was only after I quit...
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Lucy Rocca
- Jul 10, 2022
- 4 min
Move With The Times
Alcohol is closely tied in with nostalgia. For many of us, there are deeply entrenched associations between drinking and life events:...
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Lucy Rocca
- Jun 3, 2022
- 3 min
Make It An Alcohol-Free Jubilee Weekend!
The Jubilee bank holiday weekend is upon us here in the UK. It’s when most of the people we know will be drinking alcohol, and it’s when...
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Lucy Rocca
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
Your Reservoir Of Untapped Opportunities
Beneath the surface of you - the pre-programmed, outwardly obvious you - sits a reservoir of untapped opportunities. We mostly either...
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