074 | [Series] Conversations about Gossip: Uncorking the Truth about Alcohol in the Workplace with Sarah Rusbatch

In this episode, we discuss how the use of alcohol, even just low-level use, can affect your behaviour at work and can be the cause of gossip in the workplace.

Bio: Sarah Rusbatch

Sarah is the author of the best-selling book “Beyond Booze, how to create a life you love Alcohol Free’, a multi-award-winning Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach, a menopause coach and a Key-Note speaker sharing her journey to Sobriety and impact of alcohol on mental health to global audiences. Sarah works tirelessly to support women all over the world to create and live their best lives as they age.

In this episode we discuss:

• Sarah’s expertise in grey-area drinking
• Sarah’s journey with grey-area drinking
• Is it very common to go out drinking with your colleagues in Australia?
• Drinking on mine sites/FIFO (Fly In Fly Out) workers
• What advice would you give to someone who struggles with grey-area drinking? Where can they get started?
• Sobriety as a superpower
• A study about alcohol use in women (Alcohol Use Disorder)
• Normalising alcohol use in society
• Peer pressure and alcohol use
• What strategies/excuses do you give to people not to drink at a work function/business meeting?
• Does social drinking fall into the category of grey-area drinking?

Connect with Sarah

Beyond Booze Book

sarahrusbatch.com

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