by Duane | Oct 30, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Mental Health, TAM+, TAM+ Episode 24: Transform Your Story: The Hero’s Journey in Addiction Recovery
In this episode of “The Addicted Mind,” Duane and Eric Osterlind explore the concept of the hero’s journey and how it applies to addiction recovery. Drawing from Joseph Campbell’s work on mythology, they discuss the three phases of the...
by Duane Osterlind | Oct 27, 2025 | Burnout, Change, Health, Perfectionism, Resilience, Sacrifices, self-compassion, vulnerability
Jane Chen, the visionary mind behind Embrace Global, shares her remarkable journey from a Stanford classroom to the heart of India, where her innovative spirit and unwavering dedication gave birth to a life-saving portable infant incubator. This episode unravels...
by Duane | Oct 23, 2025 | Addiction, Attachment, Choices, TAM+, Uncategorized
Download: ATTACHMENT & RECOVERY worksheet In this episode of The Addicted Mind Plus, Duane and Eric Osterlind delve into the concept of attachment and its critical role in recovery from addiction. They discuss the different types of attachment styles—secure,...
by Duane | Oct 16, 2025 | Addicted Mind Plus, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, TAM+, Uncategorized
Download: FIRST-ORDER CHANGE VS. SECOND-ORDER CHANGE Are you making changes but feeling stuck in your recovery journey? It could be because you’re focusing on first-order changes. These are the surface-level adjustments we make – quitting a substance, changing...
by Duane | Oct 9, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Mental Health, TAM+, Uncategorized
In this episode of TAM+, hosts Duane and Eric delve into the concept of rumination, shedding light on its impact and providing practical strategies to navigate it. They define rumination as repetitive thought patterns, often negative, that loop incessantly in our...
by Duane | Oct 2, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction, Easy Steps, TAM+, Uncategorized
Worksheet: Your PERMA Recovery What if recovery isn’t just about stopping the bad stuff, but actually building something incredible? For too long, we’ve thought of recovery as simply not using. We white-knuckle our way through each day, fighting urges and...