HI, I'M HEATHER!

I've always had a passion for helping people. My first "business" was a Dare to Dream (DTD) journal that I created in my closet when I was entertaining myself as a latchkey kid before my mom got home in third grade.

34 years later, I left the corporate world, returned to my dream and launched Ditched the Drink (DTD), from my closet.

I've coached thousands of women to heal themselves and their generations, both forward and backward. I'd love to help you, too. (Oh, and I've got my dream office now too!)

Hi, I am Heather Lowe, I had my first drink at age 12 and immediately loved the boozy, woozy, euphoric feeling it gave me. I continued to outsource my happiness for the next 30 years.

Alcohol did not always seem like a problem for me, but I knew I liked it more than most. I loved how it gave me a break from being myself. My loud inner critic was always yelling at me from the inside about how not good enough I was and how everything was always my fault. I told myself that whatever I was feeling, it was wrong. I thought it was my job to win the approval of everyone and never disappoint anyone. Ever.

I was walking an impossible high wire of perfection and internal pressure every single day.

I was afraid of any misstep and terrified of disappointing others. 

Alcohol gave me some relief from being myself.

As I got older, my drinking started to mess with my mental health. My depression and anxiety were escalating as my clarity and alignment were tumbling downward. This picked up speed and momentum with each sip.

When I was hit with the tragic and devastating news of the unexpected passing of multiple loved ones in a row, one after another, within a short period of time, I used alcohol to self medicate until I no longer recognized my own eyes in the mirror looking back at me.

After a series of alcohol-free experiments and trying to micromanage, project manage, and moderate my alcohol intake, I finally set down my wine glass on February 20, 2018.

It was half-full.

I had no idea if sobriety would fix my problems, but I knew alcohol was not working and I had to try something different. Wine was no longer the answer for me. The poison I was consuming to cure my problem became the biggest problem of all.

This sober awakening has been the portal to everything I ever wanted. I am no longer dumbing myself down or diluting my wild spirit with booze. Being straight up sober has been the freaking best adventure of my life.

Who knew? 

Now I'm on a mission to shout it from the rooftops to women everywhere!