Sunsets Are The New Happy Hour™ 

A weekly show on neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and living vibrantly alcohol-free. 🎙

For anyone navigating gray area drinking, anxiety, burnout, or any habit that's quietly dimming their light.

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New episodes every Wednesday.

Coming Wednesday, May 27th 💛

The first episode of Sunsets Are The New Happy Hour™ drops on Wednesday, May 27th on YouTube.

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In the meantime, you can read the story behind the show and what's coming.

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What this show is about

Sunsets Are The New Happy Hour™ is a weekly conversation about how to feel calmer, freer, and more alive — through neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and the lived experience of living vibrantly alcohol-free.

Some episodes are solo deep-dives into the science: neuroplasticity, the vagus nerve, why walking matters more than you think, what alcohol is actually doing to your brain. Others are conversations with thinkers, coaches, and friends who've each found their own way out of the gray area.

What ties them together is this: your body is not the problem. Your nervous system is doing exactly what it was wired to do. And it can be taught something new.

Who this show is for

You don't have to identify with any particular label to get something out of this show. If any of these sound familiar, you're in the right place:

  • You feel wired-but-tired by the end of the day

  • You've quietly wondered if there's a better way to take the edge off

  • You drink more than you mean to, and you've made promises you couldn't keep

  • You're navigating gray area drinking, anxiety, burnout, or any habit that's dimming your light

  • You're already alcohol-free and want science-backed tools to keep growing

Just honest, science-grounded conversations told the way I'd tell a close friend across the kitchen table. No shame. No rock-bottom required. No willpower required either.

Meet kristin

I'm Kristin Horstman — Gray Area Drinking & Health Coach, founder of Brighten Your Life™ Coaching, and host of Sunsets Are The New Happy Hour™. I've been alcohol-free since January 2021, and I've spent the last four-plus years helping people use neuroscience and nervous system regulation to live calmer, freer, and more alive. This show is the culmination of everything I've learned in that time, distilled into weekly conversations I hope feel like a friend across the kitchen table.

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