ABOUT
Perhaps best known as the creator of the term Sober Curious, I wrote the 2018 book and hosted the million-download podcast of the same title—work that has spearheaded a global movement to reevaluate our relationship with alcohol. My other non-fiction books include Material Girl, Mystical World (2017), and The Sober Curious Reset (2020), and Women Without Kids (2023). With 25+ years’ experience as a lifestyle journalist and editor, I’m fascinated by how our individual life choices both influence and are shaped by emerging cultural movements—a perspective I also bring to my work as a proposal coach and manuscript consultant. My new book, The Content Diet, a “sober curious” approach to internet and tech addiction, is out Dec 2026.
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PODCASTS
My two podcasts are Sober Curious and Women Without Kids.
With my million-download Sober Curious podcast, I speak to all kinds of folks about their relationships to booze, as well as how to navigate life as a non-drinker in a world that loves to get wasted.
Women Without Kids features research interviews with leading authors, philosophers, healers, activists, anthropologists, and social scientists, originally conducted for my book of the same title.
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Speaking
Hire me to speak on all things Sober Curious and Women Without Kids at your online or in-person conference, panel event, workshop, or retreat. I am also available for podcast interviews, and have appeared as a guest on Good Morning America, NPR, Sirius XM, and Sky News, among countless other broadcast outlets.
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In my capacity as an editor and “book doula,” I assist individuals in every step of the publishing process—from helping concept and structure their ideas, to writing their book proposal, to editing their complete manuscript. I also work with emerging authors to self-publish with Numinous Books.
“Ruby helped me wade through a sea of ideas. She then helped me organize and craft my completed manuscript in a way that could reach the masses.” – Alexandra Roxo, author, F*ck Like A Goddess
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