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Madeleine Shaw

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Greater Good: Social Entrepreneurship for Everyday People Who Want to Change the World

Greater Good: Social Entrepreneurship for Everyday People Who Want to Change the World

The Greater Good is an inspiring guidebook for non-traditional entrepreneurs to use their values and life experiences to create impact ventures

2021

Stories

Madeleine Shaw

The Joy of Edge

What is the proverbial Edge, and what happens when we approach it, instead of sidelining it with substances and behaviours?

Sep 5

The Joy of Edge

Sep 5

Madeleine Shaw

Should We All Be in Recovery?

Quitting drinking is proving to be the beginning of addressing some other “everyday” addictions

May 9

Should We All Be in Recovery?

May 9

Madeleine Shaw

From Winer to Wise Woman

How menopause brought me the clarity and courage to quit drinking

Dec 4, 2023

From Winer to Wise Woman

Dec 4, 2023

Madeleine Shaw

8 Essential Things That Helped me Get and Stay Happily Sober

Like so many things that I have learned how to do, this is a story of trial and learning, gathering resources, seeking support, raw…

Feb 17, 2023

8 Essential Things That Helped me Get and Stay Happily Sober

Feb 17, 2023

Madeleine Shaw

5 Questions I wish that I had asked myself at the end of Dry January

My Dry January experiences were an invaluable part of my journey to sobriety, but also in hindsight also presented some pitfalls.

Jan 28, 2023

5 Questions I wish that I had asked myself at the end of Dry January

Jan 28, 2023

Madeleine Shaw

Reframing my white woman racism from ‘Not me’ to ‘Me too’

When we switch to the recognition that we are part of the problem, it empowers us to take action.

Jan 5, 2023

Reframing my white woman racism from ‘Not me’ to ‘Me too’

Jan 5, 2023

Madeleine Shaw

Nothing is Perfect; Everything is Better: my first alcohol-free anniversary

On escaping monsters, free birds and the evolving mystery of becoming a different person who is also more herself

Apr 15, 2022

Nothing is Perfect; Everything is Better: my first alcohol-free anniversary

Apr 15, 2022

Madeleine Shaw

Unwined: Reflections on 10 months of Chilling While Sober

More than just not drinking, sobriety is proving to be a different experience of being alive

Feb 25, 2022

Unwined: Reflections on 10 months of Chilling While Sober

Feb 25, 2022

Madeleine Shaw

Gratitude and an uncomfortable truth about revealing my drinking secret

Plus: language notes, white women and white wine, resource picks and (of course!) Finding Nemo

Feb 7, 2022

Gratitude and an uncomfortable truth about revealing my drinking secret

Feb 7, 2022

Madeleine Shaw

Breaking my silence about alcohol, shame and sobriety

When alcohol starts taking more than it gives, it’s time to talk.

Jan 7, 2022

Breaking my silence about alcohol, shame and sobriety

Jan 7, 2022

Madeleine Shaw

Madeleine Shaw

Book Author

Author, The Greater Good: Social Entrepreneurship for Everyday People Who Want to Change the World. Adventurer in sobriety and recovery. madeleineshaw.ca.

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