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Why We Obsess Over "Figuring Out" Alcohol
A lot of people think the hardest part about changing their drinking is the alcohol itself. But honestly, for a lot of people, the real exhaustion comes from the const...
Systems Over Willpower w/ Noom CMO Dr. Jeffrey Egler
In part two, Sunnyside co-founder and CEO Nick Allen continues his conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Egler, Chief Medical Officer at Noom, with a deeper focus on behavior ...
The Strange Grief of Drinking Less
In this episode, we dig into the strange grief that can show up when you start drinking less. Not regret. Not a craving exactly. More like the quiet feeling of missing...
Why Humans Crave Altered States
In this episode, Mike digs into what anthropologists found after studying altered states across 400+ societies, why your brain can start moving toward relief before yo...
Healthy Aging: A Doctor’s Perspective on Living Better, Longer w/ Noom CMO Dr. Jeffrey Egler
Dr. Jeffrey Egler is the Chief Medical Officer at Noom, where he helps lead the company’s expansion from weight loss into healthy aging and longevity. In this conversa...
The 5-Minute Reset That Keeps You On Track
Sunnyside helps you track, plan, and stay accountable, but the numbers are only part of the story. In this episode, I’ll show you how a quick daily reset can help you ...
When Drinking Gets Hard, Write This Down
When old patterns start pulling at you, it helps to have something deeper than a vague goal to come back to. In this episode, I’ll walk you through a simple statement ...
The Breathwork Reset for Stress, Shame, and Anxiety w/ Jon Paul Crimi
Jon Paul Crimi is a former celebrity trainer and sober coach turned breathwork teacher who has worked with CEOs, Olympians, and Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy winners. In thi...
When Relief Is a Terrible North Star
In this 10 Minute Monday, I’m talking about something I had to admit in my own life: sometimes the drink at the end of the day isn’t really about the drink. It’s about...
Why Some Kava Works and Some Doesn’t w/ Morgan Smith
Join me for a conversation with Morgan Smith of Kalm with Kava, as he speaks from his farm in Hawaii about why people can have such different experiences with kava. Mo...
When Better Starts Feeling Boring
A few months into drinking less, something happened that caught me off guard. Things got better, then better became normal, and normal started feeling a lot flatter th...
Food Noise, Alcohol Noise, and the New Science of Medication-Assisted Behavior Change w/ Sunnyside CEO Nick Allen & Noom CEO Geoff Cook
Mike sits down with Geoff Cook, CEO of Noom and one of the biggest names in digital behavior change, and Nick Allen, CEO of Sunnyside, for a conversation about food no...
7 Things Most People Get Wrong About Harm Reduction
After talking with Dr. Andrew Tatarsky on the podcast more than once, and continuing the conversation outside those episodes, I kept coming back to the same thought: h...
Why You Feel So Split Around Drinking
In this episode, Mike puts a name to something that has come up again and again on the podcast: Internal Family Systems, or IFS. Drawing on ideas discussed by several ...
Why the Parts of You That Drink Are Not the Enemy w/ Beej Karpen
Beej Karpen is a mindfulness-based coach and IFS practitioner who helps people change their relationship with alcohol in a more compassionate way, without shame, label...
A Craving Is Not a Command
In this episode I talk about one idea from my conversation with Nir Eyal that I think is genuinely useful for anyone trying to drink less. He made a point about pain a...
Why You Stay Stuck Even When You Know Better w/ Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable, and he has a new book out called Beyond Belief. What I liked about this conversation is that it gets a...
7 Things Science Knows About Drinking That Most People Don't
Over the last few years I've had the chance to sit down with researchers who study drinking behavior from a lot of different angles — psychology, neuroscience, habit f...
Why Some People Are Pushing Back on Sober Curious w/ Merrilee Burke
Welcome back to Journey to the Sunnyside. Today I’m joined by Merrilee Burke, a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 20 years of experience, specializing i...
I Wanted a Drink Last Night
Last night, I found myself in a moment that felt familiar. Stress had been building, a disagreement pushed me further, and that quiet thought of a drink started turnin...
