
Radical Health Rebel
Welcome to the Radical Health Rebel Podcast (soon to be called Beyond The Pain)—your go-to show for uncovering the real root causes of chronic pain and reclaiming a life without limitations. Hosted by Leigh Brandon, a Functional Medicine Practitioner, CHEK Practitioner & Faculty Instructor, Active Release Techniques® Therapist, Emotion Code Practitioner, and author with almost three decades of clinical experience.
Each week, Leigh dives deep into the often-overlooked physical, emotional, nutritional, and environmental factors behind persistent pain. Through expert interviews and thought-provoking solo episodes, you'll discover holistic strategies that go beyond symptom management—designed to heal, empower, and transform.
Whether you're a health professional, athlete, or someone who's tried everything and still lives in pain, this podcast offers insights, hope, and practical solutions that work when conventional approaches fall short.
Tune in to learn how to break free from chronic pain and take radical steps toward lasting health and vitality.
Radical Health Rebel
42 - Lose The Booze with Teri Paterson
In this week's episode, entitled “Lose the Booze”, I spoke with Sober Coach Teri Paterson about how people can reduce their intake or take a break from alcohol to improve their health and so many areas of their life.
According to the UK's NHS, alcohol consumption has been linked to high blood pressure, strokes, pancreatitis. liver disease, liver cancer, mouth cancer, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer, depression, dementia, impotence, infertility, memory problems as well as implications such as family break-up and divorce, domestic abuse, unemployment, homelessness, and financial problems.
So, this is a very important and potentially life-saving discussion with Sober Coach Teri Paterson.
We discussed:
2:28
Teri's Journey
15:15
Denial & Addiction
21:55
The causes of excessive drinking
38:15
Reasons people eat more sugar when taking a break from alcohol
41:35
Alcohol health myths
50:42
Managing alcohol cravings
55:12
Behaviour Comes Last
1:05:10
The body's reactions to giving up alcohol
1:12:30
Teri's Top 3 Tips to taking a break from alcohol
You can find Teri @:
https://thesobernutritionist.com/
https://www.instagram.com/teri.thesobernutritionist/
https://www.instagram.com/mysobergirlfriendsbookclub/
The Sober Edge Podcast
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You can find Leigh @:
Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/
Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://bit.ly/ChronicPainValuableTips
Leigh's courses:
StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/
Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/