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THE HEALTHY CHARLESTON PODCAST
How to Overcome Gray-Area Drinking and NOURISH Your Nervous System with Jolene Park
Today, Jolene guides clients through the missing physiological pieces that they need to reduce excessive alcohol consumption, anxiety, and cravings. She also trains healthcare practitioners on the importance of nourishing neurotransmitters and supporting their client’s nervous system fully.
FEEL LIT ALCOHOL FREE PODCAST
Are You a Gray Area Drinker? Jolene Park Breaks It Down / EP 73
In this episode, hosts Coach Susan and Coach Ruby are thrilled to sit down with Jolene Park, a sought-after speaker, functional nutritionist, and creator of the revolutionary NOURISH Method ™ for alcohol-free living. Jolene is perhaps best known for her groundbreaking TED Talk, which introduced the concept of “gray area drinking”—the space between occasional drinking and end-stage alcohol dependency.
SOBER FIT LIFE PODCAST
Episode#12 Gray Area Drinking & Why Willpower Isn’t the Answer with Jolene Park
In this episode, Maureen and Jolene Park dive into the concept of Gray Area Drinking, a spectrum of alcohol use that doesn’t fit neatly into traditional categories.
It’s not rock-bottom drinking, but it’s also not the occasional social drink—it’s the space in between where many high-functioning, health-conscious individuals find themselves questioning their habits.
THE BAGGAGE RECLAIM SESSIONS WITH NATALIE LUE
Ep. 282: Gray Area Drinking and Our Relationship with Alcohol
Natalie chats with wellness coach (and former Baggage Reclaim student) Jolene Park about gray area drinking and understanding our relationship with alcohol.
How we consume and discuss alcohol has shifted dramatically over the last decade or so and more of us are reflecting on our relationship with alcohol but also sometimes unaware of how much the past – our emotional baggage – influences how and why we drink.
POWER UP RECOVERY WITH NUTRITION PODCAST
Breaking Free: How Functional Nutrition Transforms Gray-Area Drinking with Jolene Park
In this episode of Power Up Recovery with Nutrition, host Christina Veselak sits down with Jolene Park, a functional nutritionist, health coach, and leading authority on Gray-Area Drinking. Together, they explore how a functional approach to addiction treatment—focusing on nutrient therapy, brain biochemistry, and holistic healing—can support recovery from alcohol use disorder.
RECOVERY ROCKS
Episode 212: Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park
Tawny and Lisa talk to Jolene Park, founder of Healthy Discoveries. Jolene is a functional nutritionist and a pioneer in the area of “gray area drinking,” the kind where there’s no rock bottom, but where one drinks to manage anxiety and later regrets how often or how much they drink. They talk about Jolene’s recent Substack piece on the online sober community and how it’s changed over time, including the problems with over commercialization and misrepresentations.
CONVERSATIONS FOR HEALTH
Rethinking Drinking: Exploring the Health Benefits of an Alcohol-Free Lifestyle w/ Jolene Park
In our conversation, Jolene addresses the key characteristics of gray area drinking. She offers tactics for practitioners who are supporting patients and clients as they evaluate their alcohol intake, including the questions to ask patients that will quickly and accurately assess their alcohol consumption.
THE ADDICTION NUTRITIONIST
Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park
You will not want to miss this episode; it is near and dear to my heart! Jolene Park was one of three people who personally changed the trajectory of my life. When someone told me to check out Jolene Park’s famous TED Talk, and her resources on Gray Area Drinking, I said, “Huh? Gray Area Drinking? What the heck is that?”
LATE STARTERS CLUB
Unveiling Gray Area Drinking: An Interview with Jolene Park
In this episode, we will dive deeper into what gray area drinking is and why Jolene has made it her mission to educate healthcare practitioners on the nuances of this diagnosis.
“BUT JESUS DRANK WINE” AND OTHER STORIES THAT KEPT US STUCK
EP 41: Navigating Gray Area Drinking: The Importance of Nourishing Your Nervous System with Special Guest Jolene Park
Join Meade and Christy, two retired-over-drinkers turned freedom-from-alcohol coaches, as they explore all of the stories that kept them stuck in the nightly over-drinking cycle, including but certainly not limited to “But Jesus drank wine?”
THE SOBER MOM LIFE
Are You a Gray Area Drinker? with Jolene Park
I am honored to welcome functional nutritionist and gray area drinking specialist Jolene Park to the podcast! Jolene is one of the foremost voices on gray area drinking. In this episode, Jolene shares so many facts that will help you remove the shame of gray area drinking and instead focus on replenishing what your body actually needs when it’s craving alcohol.
SOBER YOGA GIRL
Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park
In this episode, Alex sits down with Jolene Park. Jolene Park is a sought after speaker and the leading authority on GrayArea Drinking. Her pioneering TED talk has been viewed more than 350,000 times! Wowza! She’s a functional nutritionist and health coach who provides a new and revolutionary way to rewire, replenish and repair the nervous system after quitting drinking.
SHE’S SOBER SYDNEY!
Jolene Park on Nourishing Your Nervous System and Neurotransmitters
Jolene Park joins us this episode to talk about the importance of prioritising the nourishment of your nervous system and neurotransmitters when quitting drinking. Jolene explains why a “bottom up” approach focussing on rewiring, replenishing and repairing the nervous system is vital to the success of drinking less long term.
YOU’RE GREAT
Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park
In Episode 28, I had the pleasure of chatting with Jolene Park, an expert in Gray Area Drinking. Jolene helps explain what Gray Area Drinking is and what alcohol does to the human body. Pssst. Cancer is just one of the many downstream issues caused by drinking. Jolene Park is a sought after speaker and leading authority on Gray-Area Drinking.
ELEVATE YOUR ENERGY
Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park
Evelyne Lambrecht interviews Jolene Park about gray area drinking.
Jolene Park is a sought-after speaker and leading authority on Gray-Area Drinking. Her pioneering TED talk has been viewed more than 350,000 times.
MIDLIFE AF PODCAST #3
Jolene Park – Why the Body Matters
In this episode of midlife, we meet the Queen, the thought leader, the godmother of grey area drinking and coaching – Jolene Park. Jolene has a TED talk, which has had over 300,000 downloads. We are talking about the importance of nourishing our neurotransmitters, and supporting our nervous systems when we are looking to change our relationship with alcohol.
SUN & MOON SOBER LIVING PODCAST #22
Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park, Functional Nutritionist, Health Coach, and Speaker
Jolene Park is a sought-after speaker and leading authority on Gray-Area Drinking. Her pioneering TED talk has been viewed more than 300,000 times! She’s a functional nutritionist and health coach who provides a new and revolutionary way to rewire, replenish and repair the nervous system after quitting drinking. Her NOURISH method is applicable to anyone questioning their drinking, or who has already quit — especially those who don’t have a crash-and-burn drinking story.
NUTRITION GATEWAY
Are you a Gray Area Drinker? with Jolene Park
Identifying within yourself that you are a Gray Area Drinker is a powerful yet overwhelming realisation. Jolene Park has walked this path in 2014 when she recognised her unhealthy habits with alcohol and stopped drinking, forever.
THEOLOGY ON TUESDAYS
Alcohol & the Christian Life
In this episode, Justin is joined by functional nutritionist and health coach Jolene Park as they discuss the topic of alcohol from a Christian and physiological perspective. Alcohol is a timely topic and one that Justin and Jolene approach from the Scriptures, science, and history in order to try to offer a balanced view of how to have a healthy relationship with alcohol as Christians.
GETTING BAC 2 ZERO
Jolene Park: Gray Area Drinking
Getting BAC 2 Zero was formed in 2020 as Sober Support Community embracing all paths to recovery and all who desire to pursue a life of sobriety. Getting BAC 2 Zero goal is to provide a ‘home’ for all to come and explore the many issues and options that we may encounter on our road to recovery. By sharing information on all topics related to sobriety, we hope to allow each individual to tailor their own specific formula to best aid their journey. In this interview, Jeff talks with Jolene Park, a functional nutritionist who specializes in gray area drinking.
PRESENT AND SOBER PODCAST
Jolene Park: Why ‘Mind Work’ is Not Enough
Jolene Park is a functional nutritionist specializing in ‘gray area drinking’ a term she coined that many of our listeners may be familiar with as it speaks to the truth of the spectrum of alcohol use, dependency, and addiction. Jolene’s work around the somatic or ‘body’ piece, is incredibly powerful in setting people free and helping them to understand what feeling good in their bodies actually feels like. If it wasn’t for Jolene’s amazing work, this podcast simply would not exist as it was on Jolene’s coach training just over a year ago that Ellie and I met. Be sure to check out all of Jolene’s awesome resources including her viral Ted Talk below. It’s a special one, don’t miss it!
YOU’RE SOBER NOW WHAT? PODCAST
Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park
Tamar Medford uses neuroscience and her experience to empower those in recovery to master their mind, so they can overcome their limiting beliefs and create a life so good for themselves they never want to go back to their old way of living. On this episode, Tamar talks with Jolene Park, a sought-after speaker and leading authority on Gray Area Drinking. Park’s pioneering TED talk on Gray Area Drinking has been viewed more than 300,000 times. A functional nutritionist, health coach, and former gray area drinker, Park provides a new and revolutionary way to use nutrition, somatic experiencing techniques, and the latest neuroscience to stop drinking and stay stopped.
ONE DAY AT A TIME PODCAST
What is Gray Area Drinking & How To End the Back & Forth
This podcast is about recovery from alcoholism, drug addiction, sobriety and the journey of recovery, community and healing. The stories are inspiring, funny and touching. They will provide hope and help others to feel like they are not alone. Today is the day to start living the life of your dreams and be who you were meant to be! On this episode, Arlina talks with Jolene Park, who has been practicing functional nutrition for over 20 years and specializes in gray area drinking.
WHAT THE FUNC?! PODCAST
Gray Area Drinking with Jolene Park
Laura & Clayton chat with “Gray Area Drinking” specialist Jolene Park. A functional nutritionist, health coach and TEDx speaker, Jolene shares her personal alcohol and anxiety story and explains the importance of replenishing neurotransmitters and nourishing our nervous systems in a comprehensive and consistent way.
MILE HIGH RECOVERY CHAT
Gray Area Drinking with TEDX Speaker Jolene Park
In this episode of the Mile High Recovery Chat, the CEO of Denver’s Mile High Continuing Care talks with TEDX Speaker Jolene Park about Gray Area Drinking. Jolene is a functional nutritionist and an expert in the craving brain.
HOME PODCAST
The Craving Brain
In this episode, the girls talk to Jolene Park, a functional nutritionist, and an expert in the craving brain. They talk about the intricate connections between anxiety, depression, trauma, nutrition, addiction, relationships and more. Jolene is a goldmine of experience and resources, and she’s got a compelling personal story to back it up. What’s more, Jolene’s personal story is common, but not often heard: successful woman approaching middle-age comes to terms with closing the window on her idealized image of a family and marriage, and, in the process, develops an unhealthy but ‘high-bottom’ relationship with alcohol. In the discussion, she bravely shares her story for the first time in a public way.
HELLO SOMEDAY PODCAST
Gray Area Drinking With Jolene Park
It’s the space where most drinkers live: a place between being able to ‘take or leave’ alcohol and hitting some kind of a ‘rock bottom’.
In a world where everything seems to be black and white, where either you have a problem with drinking or you don’t, there are so many of us who try to moderate our drinking and struggle to do so.
WISE – Woman Introverts, Sensitives & Empaths
Jolene Park – Gray Area Drinking, Physiological Effects Of Alcohol & Sugar, & Mental Health
Jolene Park is a functional nutritionist, health coach and TEDx speaker. Since founding her consulting company, Healthy Discoveries® in 2001 and she has worked as a corporate wellness consultant, speaker and workshop facilitator. Jolene coaches high achieving professionals who want to eliminate alcohol and sugar cravings and reduce their anxiety by using real food, high-quality nutrients and cutting-edge mind/body techniques. In her TEDx talk about “Gray Area Drinking” she shares her personal alcohol and anxiety story and explains the importance of replenishing our neurotransmitters and nourishing our nervous systems in a comprehensive and consistent way. Following the great impact of her TEDx talk and private coaching, Jolene founded GrayAreaDrinkers.com. This online hub is a place for gray area drinkers to get support, for former gray area drinkers to unite and for coaches to learn Jolene’s exclusive techniques.
CPR NEWS
When Drinking Enters The ‘Gray Area’
LOVE SOBER PODCAST
The Craving Brain
This week on the Love Sober Podcast Mandy talked with Jolene Park. Jolene Park is a great friend of ours and hugely knowledgeable on holistic health. Her TEDx talk introduced to us the notion of “Grey Area” drinkers and the NOURISH acronym has been hugely helpful in our understanding of our own relationship with alcohol. Jolene is over in Europe facilitating workshops including our first event. Love Yourself Sober: Nuture Yourself on the 13th April in Brighton.
ONE YEAR NO BEER | HACK YOUR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE | Nutritional Balance Without Alcohol
OYNB Podcast
THIS NAKED MIND PODCAST
Naked Life Story: Jolene Park
Jolene shares her own personal story with Annie and provides some amazing tips on supporting our body’s psychology when we stop drinking. Episode Links: Jolene’s Website Jolene’s TED Talk Certified This Naked Mind Coaches.
1000 Days Sober: The Truth About Alcohol
Jolene Park Editing Our Drinking, What We Eat and Why?
REBECCA WELLER
SEXY SOBRIETY
JEFFRY GERBER MD
Brain Chemistry, Sugar Cravings & Binge Eating With Jolene Park
Sobriety Starts HERE
Jolene Park Sobriety Starts HERE Interview
Jolene Park is a functional nutritionist and founder of Healthy Discoveries and The Craving Brain online program. In her TedX Talk about Gray Area Drinking, Jolene made waves with her research on the brain and how we can leverage our own neurotransmitters to help us reduce cravings, feel better and heal from addiction. In this conversation, we go deep into Jolene’s story as she shares how she got swept up in the habit of drinking and her process of healing.
LEGAL TALK NETWORK
How Firms Can Encourage Mental, Emotional And Physical Fitness
Wellness is not just about eating health food and exercising. Hear from Jolene Park, founder of Healthy Discoveries, a corporate wellness company.
THE UNRUFFLED PODCAST
Guest Co-Host, Jolene Park
Continuing with the summer guest co-host series, Tammi gets to spend some time talking to Jolene Park. You may know Jolene from her previous interview (Ep. 49). She works as a functional nutritionist and health coach through her company, Healthy Discoveries, and also co-hosts the podcast, EDIT: Editing Our Drinking & Our Lives and leads the Nourish Your Cravings Community, an online community where former “gray area drinkers” thrive.
THE UNRUFFLED PODCAST
Gray Area Drinking And Midlife
In this episode, Tammi and Sondra talk to Jolene Park. Jolene works as a functional nutritionist and health coach through her company, Healthy Discoveries, and also co-hosts her own podcast, Editing Our Drinking & Our Lives. The ladies dive deep into the physiological reasons behind why we drink and the healthy ways we can generate those same biochemicals when we quit drinking and spoiler alert: creativity is a big one. We say this a lot, but you may want to have a pen and paper handy because this one is full of helpful information (think #midlifesolution).
SELF MADE & SOBER WITH ANDREW LASSISE
Jolene Park – Gray Area Drinking And Your Brain
With me today is Jolene Park. You can find her on YouTube and view her TEDx talk about the gray area drinkers. Jolene, how are you? I’m great. I’m great. I’m honored to be here with you. Thanks for asking me on. Yeah, definitely. And I believe I checked yesterday, you’re up to 107,000 views on that Ted Talk. It’s crazy. It’s crazy, but it’s exciting…
UNTOXICATED PODCAST
When Alcohol Stops Working With Jolene Park
Jolene Park and her friends were like the cast of Sex in the City with their nights on the town and affinity for classy wines while complaining about their relationship struggles. The dots where there, but Jolene couldn’t connect them. Until she stopped drinking.
Now Jolene is a leading voice talking about the benefits of going alcohol free, no matter where you are on the spectrum from casual drinker to falling-down drunk.
BROKEN TO BARBELL
33 – Jolene Park And Gray Area Drinking
JANEY LEE GRACE
Are You A Grey Area Drinker? With Jolene Park
Janey interviews Jolene Park on Grey Area Drinking and discusses the fact that there aren’t only two types of drinkers – rock bottom or happy social, its a spectrum.
Its TED talk week and one person I am going to give a shout out to during the talk is Jolene Park, of the TED talk ‘Gray Area Drinkers’ fame, I love her work and it seemed fitting to have her as our guest on the podcast.
EARN THAT BODY WITH KIM EAGLE
Gray Area Drinking With Jolene Park Interview
I recently learned that there is something called “Gray Area Drinking” and it seems to be impacting more women than ever before! In this podcast episode, I interview Tedx Talk speaker Jolene Park to understand what a Gray Area Drinker is, what you can do about it and how it might change your life to address this aspect of your life.
TIFFINY HAN
Calming Your Nervous System (OMGYES) With Jolene Park
This week, I’m talking with Jolene Park about something that’s SO IMPORTANT to us over-ambitious, wanna-do-it-all humans: how to calm down, reset, and nourish our nervous systems! It’s time to get out of the frantic spin, y’all, and move towards peace, progress, and the lives we really want.
COLORADO MATTERS
Alcohol & COVID-19 Anxiety
An aspiring Olympian in the heptathlon from Wheat Ridge reflects on the delay of the 2020 Olympic games in the face of COVID-19. Then, the changing way caregivers are helping. Also, what panicked purchasing of alcohol says about dealing with the anxiety of the outbreak. Plus, the new embrace of telehealth. And Colorado abolishes the death penalty.
Press + Interview Opportunities
Please reach out to connect with Jolene Park about media interviews on Gray Area Drinking.