Ryan puts Kelly in the Hot Seat | EP11

Ryan puts Kelly in the Hot Seat | EP11

How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This chat between Ryan Frankowski and Kelly Mizgorski mixes mocktails, motherhood and messy truth in a way that feels more like a late-night catch-up than a formal interview. Ryan "puts Kelly in the hot seat" with big life questions about family, career and identity.

Kelly talks honestly about parenting two young kids while her husband is away on military orders, admitting, "Sometimes I just don't feel like it's serving me" when it comes to drinking. She's thinking about taking a break from booze, leaning into non-alcoholic options like cranberry Cosmo-style mocktails and watermelon vodka sodas, and still wanting to keep the fun alive.

You’ll hear Kelly reflect on being a military wife, moving seven or eight times in ten years, and how that’s pushed her own career dreams to the back burner. Ryan opens up about considering a £7,600 Jay Shetty life coach accreditation to deepen work around sober curiosity and sobriety coaching, wondering if it’s genuine commitment or just another impulsive idea.

Kelly backs her, saying if you’re truly passionate, "I'd probably throw, like, $10,000 at that." The conversation swings from serious emotional topics to playful confession. Kelly calls herself impulsive and a bit selfish, while Ryan points out her deep empathy and devotion as a friend, daughter and mother. They talk bisexuality, the "Peter Pan effect" of never quite feeling grown up, and even laugh through a cheeky moment when Kelly names her "vibrator" as her favourite motherhood tool.

For anyone juggling kids, relationships, money and a changing relationship with alcohol, this episode offers candid reassurance that you’re not the only one feeling messy. It’s honest, funny and full of questions that might get you thinking about your own choices. So, what would you ask yourself if you were the one in the hot seat?