Rebecca Thomson

13/05/2026

What if you finally understood why the thought of a drink appears in your head at 6pm… even when you were adamant this morning you weren’t drinking tonight?

What if you understood the mental negotiation a bit more clearly?

The “shall I, shan’t I.”
The promises.
The rules.
The relief.
The guilt.
The exhausting back-and-forth that can take up far more space than women realise.

And what if changing your relationship with alcohol had less to do with willpower… and more to do with understanding what’s really happening underneath it?

What would change in your daily life if alcohol stopped taking up so much mental space?

Next Wednesday 20th May at 7pm, I’m running my free monthly live Zoom workshop exploring why so many women feel stuck in this cycle, and how to begin changing it more consciously.

Wednesday 20th May
7pm live on Zoom
Free to attend

If you’d like to be in the room, you can save your space below.

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop

11/05/2026

New episode of The Wine O’Clock Woman is live.

If you’ve been feeling exhausted, emotionally flat, overwhelmed, or like you’re constantly pushing through… this conversation matters.

In this episode, I’m joined by Sharon Buckley, The Emotional Pain Healer™, to talk about the early signs of burnout so many women ignore, normalise, or override until their body forces them to stop.

This is a gentle but important conversation about stress, emotional exhaustion, grief, nervous system overload, and why burnout rarely happens overnight.

Pop your headphones on and listen here 🎧

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ldur7o3NbJZ72DyXinISk?si=t7Gj7IY6S4-uAPmLBO1YnA

30/04/2026

No one talks about this stage of sobriety.

Everything improves…

…but it still feels underwhelming.

That’s usually when the doubts start.

And it’s also where many women quietly slip back into old patterns.

Episode 34 of The Wine O’Clock Woman explores what’s really going on at this point — and what happens next.

If you’ve been here, you’ll recognise it immediately.
🎧 Listen hear:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lNsv4ddIgmSYl5KUbguJP?si=uKW9eWboRw6jMM4FV178Vg

27/04/2026

There’s a kind of grief we don’t talk about enough.

Not loss in the obvious sense…
but the quieter kind.

The life you thought you’d have.
A version of you that’s changed.
A relationship that doesn’t feel the same anymore.

In this guest episode of The Wine O’clock Woman, I’m joined by the fabulous Dipti Tait and we explore these often unrecognised forms of loss.

Because when something feels off… heavy… unresolved…

It’s very easy to pour a drink rather than sit with it.

This conversation is about changing that.

Naming it.
Understanding it.
And finding a way through it without needing to numb it.

🎧 Episode 32: Drinking Through Grief You Haven’t Named Yet with Dipti Taite

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CegqDLuj8aYKjyB6LU7XP?si=R3sXxDJDT9GIPc4LFR4boQ

The Wine O'Clock Woman · Episode

19/04/2026

If you keep saying “not tonight”…
but still end up pouring a drink, this is why.

It’s not really about the drink.
It’s about wanting the back-and-forth in your head to stop.

That constant back and forth in your head…
“should I, shouldn’t I…”

The drink ends that.

That’s where the relief comes from.

Most women think it’s about willpower.
It’s not.

I’m running a free live workshop.
Next Wednesday, 22nd April at 7pm — live.

Women often say it’s the first time they’ve properly seen the cycle they’re stuck in.

This is only one part of it.

If you want to understand this properly, you’ll want to be there.

Click on the link save your place:

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop

15/04/2026

Some women don’t drink because they’re stressed.

They drink because the house is quiet.

Because the day is done…
and there’s nothing to move on to.

No noise.
No distraction.
Just that feeling you can’t quite put your finger on.

A bit flat or restless.
A bit lonely, if you’re honest.

That’s where the habit builds.

The drink becomes:
– the switch-off
– the marker that the day is over
– the thing that fills the space

Here, in those moments alcohol has a different job to do.

That’s the part we don’t talk about enough.

In this episode, I walk through the questions that help you see what’s really going on in those moments.

🎧 Listen to Episode 31 of The Wine O’Clock Woman here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6jThHIVRt8VFjx4Qc9bhm1?si=iSaE7J-FRMe6gGeQPVP8hw&ct=91&t=101

13/04/2026

Most women don’t have a drinking problem.

They have a pattern.

You say “not tonight.”
You still pour the glass.

It happens quickly.
It feels automatic.

Inside this free live workshop, you’ll see exactly what’s happening in real time.

Women often tell me this is where it finally clicks.

“I’ve never seen it like that before… It makes so much sense.”

Once you can see it, you can interrupt it.

If you’ve been stuck in this pattern longer than you’d like, it’s time to look at it differently.

Wednesday 22nd April | 7pm | Live on Zoom
Save your place here👇

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop

12/04/2026

You thought things would get easier when the kids left.
So why are you drinking more than ever?

There’s a stage of life no one prepares you for.

The house is quieter.
Your role shifts.
Something feels off.

It doesn’t happen overnight.
The drinking creeps in.

Not dramatically.
More often than you’d like.

In this episode, I speak with Anita McKenna about why this happens. What’s really going on beneath it.

If you’ve found yourself thinking,
“How did this become my normal?”

Episode 30 | The Wine O’clock Woman
🎧 Listen here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mrN2Q1oF0hu0sK4S2955G?si=iC4HOCToRKS-9xIzTdhXFg

08/04/2026

Most women trying to change their drinking are focused on the wrong part of the cycle.

They focus on the drink.

They try to control it.
Cut it down.
Prove they can handle it.

That is not where the problem sits.
So nothing changes.

You wake up thinking, “not tonight.”
By the evening, you’re pouring a drink anyway.

This is not about willpower.
It is about where your attention is going.

You don’t have a drinking problem.
You have a decision you haven’t made.

Until that decision is clear, the pattern continues.

This is something I see consistently with the women I work with.
If you recognise yourself in this, start there.

🎧 The Wine O’Clock Woman Episode 29: You Don’t Have a Drinking Problem (Why You Keep Binge Drinking)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kn3QxP9zLZ15ej4SxsAiQ?si=LBQE3FhRSKicFZCbSGUmUg&ct=183&t=183

04/04/2026

Choosing sobriety when everyone around you still drinks?

That’s where most people struggle.

Because it’s not just about alcohol.
It’s about fitting in, keeping the peace, being the “easy one.”

In this episode with Elizabeth Davies, we talk about what it really takes to choose differently when nothing around you has changed.

This isn’t about willpower.
It’s about who you’re becoming.

🎧 Episode 28 is live:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3a4egGJIwgD33DhMkrC871?si=bjPw19w9T5y2unAsTjxPgA&ct=448&t=448

02/04/2026

It’s not about whether you want the drink.
It’s not even about whether you need it.

It’s about needing the decision to be over.

That constant back and forth in your head…
“should I, shouldn’t I…”

The drink ends that.

That’s where the relief comes from.

Most women think it’s about willpower.
It’s not.

Women start to see why this keeps happening, and what’s actually going on for them while they’re in the workshop.

That’s where things start to change quickly.

If you recognise this pattern, come and be in the room for this.

The next workshop is on Wednesday 22nd April at 7pm.

Save your place here:

https://rebeccathomson.co.uk/workshop