About Colleen

Master certified life coach. Emotional sobriety pioneer. Recovering perfectionist.

Colleen Freeland is the founder of Emotional Sobriety Coaching (ESC). Her work blends evidence-based neuroscience and practical coaching tools with lived experience to help high-achieving women stop overdrinking and start trusting themselves again—without shame, surrender, or self-abandonment.

She’s the host of the top-rated podcast It’s Not About the Alcohol and the creator of The Next Chapter, a year-long coaching program that helps women unlearn the beliefs driving their drinking and build emotional clarity, agency, and self-trust. Her certification program trains the next generation of coaches in this work.

With 220k+ followers across social platforms and podcast channels, Colleen has helped thousands of women rewire their relationship with alcohol and themselves.

A Note from Colleen

Hi, my name is Colleen. And I’m not an alcoholic.

For years, I was the kind of woman who had it all together—until I didn’t. I was a smart, capable, high-achieving mom of four. And yet I was using alcohol to self-soothe, over-functioning in every part of my life, and unraveling on the inside.

I tried everything: therapy, moderation strategies, even AA. But none of it worked for me. I didn’t feel seen. I didn’t feel helped. And I didn’t feel like an “alcoholic.”

What changed everything was realizing: it’s not about the alcohol. It’s about what I believed, what I avoided, and what I didn’t trust myself to feel.

Emotional sobriety gave me the clarity and calm I didn’t even know I was missing. And coaching gave me the tools to help other women find that for themselves.

Colleen’s Credentials & Training

Master Life Coach, with a certification in addiction and recovery
MSc in Health Coaching; BS in Biology & Chemistry Education
Women’s Functional & Integrative Health Professional
Host of the It’s Not About the Alcohol podcast
Creator of her ICF-aligned Emotional Sobriety Certification Program for coaches
20+ years of experience in behavior change, curriculum design, and emotional regulation
Followed by 220k+ across social platforms and podcast channels

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