by Duane Osterlind | Feb 10, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction, Love Addiction, Love Addiction, Relationships and Addiction, Sex Addiction, Sexuality, Toxic Relationships, Women Addiction
Our guest on this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast is Lacy Bentley, a recovery mentor, and coach in the areas of love and sex addictions for women. At age 13, Lacy found herself consuming erotic novels and pornographic anime called hentai. She didn’t realize it...
by Duane Osterlind | May 13, 2024 | Addiction, Bisexuality, Couples Therapy, LGBTQ, Porn Addiction, Pornography Addiction, Relationships and Addiction, Sex Addiction, Sexuality, Somatic Therapy
How does one confront the silent battles of sex addiction within the LGBTQ community? Brandon Simpson, an associate marriage and family therapist from Novus Mindful Life Institute, joins this conversation to unravel this complex issue, sharing not just...
by Duane Osterlind | Jul 3, 2023 | Addiction, LGBTQ, Mental Health
NOTE: Since the date of recording this episode, our guest for this week has decided to gender transition. While you’ll hear her referred to by her previous name (often called a ‘deadname’) in the episode, we’ve updated the show notes to reflect this. Her name is Hana...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 13, 2023 | ADD, Addiction, Addiction, ADHD, Sex Addiction, Sexuality
ENJOY THIS REBROADCAST OF EPISODE 13 DR. JOHN SEALY ! Part of the work we do to treat addiction is to work through the other preexisting conditions and environmental factors that could contribute to addictive behavior. Those who suffer from a co-morbid condition will...
by Duane Osterlind | Sep 12, 2022 | Addiction, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Sexuality
The LGBTQ community has long been underserved by the mental health care system as well as recovery supports, despite being an increasingly visible and sizable part of the general population. In part, this is due to the ongoing discrimination and prejudice that members...
by Duane | Nov 13, 2020 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Couples, Depression, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, Food Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Grief & Loss, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Porn Addiction, PTSD, Recovery, Sex Addiction, Therapy, Trauma
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane talks to author, speaker, and teacher Jenna Riemersma about internal family systems, or IFS. Jenna describes how IFS can help to transform your feelings about addictions and past trauma. Jenna talks about how IFS...
