Brutal recovery Q+A with Lauren McQuistin

A workshop with Lauren McQuistin, AKA @brutalrecovery and Millie Gooch. All about exploring what it truly means to come home to yourself - especially after years of escapism, self-doubt, or feeling like you’re too far gone to change.

Lauren will also be diving into the themes of her debut book No Lost Causes Club - an honest, hopeful exploration of healing, identity, and rebuilding your relationship with yourself.

In this workshop, Lauren will cover:

- Why nothing changes if nothing changes

- Looking inwards & living with the past

- Managing escapism & looking outward  

- Navigating sex, love and dating when sober

About Lauren McQuistin:

Lauren McQuistin is a London based Scottish musician and writer, whose debut book, No Lost Causes Club, is based on her multiple years of sobriety and her running of the instagram page @brutalrecovery (171k followers). She has been creating content there for five years, for recovering humans looking for identification, and a message with equal parts humour and hope. Lauren was a professional opera singer, winning the district round of the Metropolitan National Opera Competition three times. She uses her experience as a musician to teach trauma informed musicianship, and has been featured in the Journal of Singing for her research on the subject of trauma’s impact on the voice.

This is a workshop replay. If you’d like to join the next session live and interact with our speakers in real time, please head to our events for details on upcoming dates and registration!