by Duane Osterlind | Feb 3, 2026 | Addiction, Addiction Awareness, Film, Profit, Recovery, Relapse
In this powerful episode, Duane sits down with filmmaker Benjamin Flaherty to discuss his hard-hitting documentary, Shuffle. The film pulls back the curtain on the “Florida Shuffle”—a predatory cycle in the billion-dollar addiction treatment industry where...
by Duane | Jan 29, 2026 | Addiction, Addiction, Addiction Awareness
Download: OVERCOMING BLACK OR WHITE THINKING WORKSHEET Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast! Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “I’m either a success or a complete failure”? This episode is for you. In this episode, we dive deep into the...
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 26, 2026 | Addiction, Addiction Awareness, Addiction Treatment, Healing, Medical Treatment, Neuroscience, Recovery, Science
Today, let’s journey through the realms of neuroscience, addiction research, and the promising future of treatment strategies for substance use disorders. On this episode, Duane speaks with Dr. Paul Kenny, a distinguished figure in neuroscience and addiction research....
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 19, 2026 | Addiction, Menopause, Recovery, Sobriety, Sobriety Curious
In this episode, Duane Osterlind sits down with author Dana Bowman to discuss the often-overlooked intersection of long-term recovery and menopause. Dana opens up about her journey through “the second reckoning”—a period where hormonal shifts...
by Duane | Jan 15, 2026 | Addicted Mind Plus, Addiction, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Emotional Triggers, Emotions, Shame, Shame, Uncategorized
Worksheet: Meet Your Shadow Have you ever done something and then wondered, “Who was that? That wasn’t me”? Maybe it was a relapse. A hurtful comment you didn’t mean to say. Or that familiar feeling of sabotaging yourself right when things were...
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 12, 2026 | Abuse, Healing, Health, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse, Trauma
In this episode, Duane sits down with Dr. Frank Putnam, a pioneer in the study of childhood trauma with nearly 50 years of clinical and research experience. Dr. Putnam discusses his landmark 35-year longitudinal study—the Female Growth and Development...