by Duane Osterlind | Feb 11, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Teens
Children who grow up in an addictive home internalize a lot of toxic shame where they lose the ability to believe in their own worth and value. For some people, it has never been instilled in them, to begin with. But there is an emotional connection between the addict...
by Duane Osterlind | Feb 4, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Teens
A lot of times, parents out there have kids struggling with addiction and they don’t know what to do or how to notice it. Unfortunately, adolescent addiction is oftentimes written off by a lot of parents because they think what they see as some crazy teenage...
by Duane | Jan 16, 2020 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Depression, Mental Health, Teens, Women Addiction
Today, we have a great conversation with Jen Sugermeyer. She shares her story of addiction and recovery, and she talks to us about overcoming her shame and her fear of reaching out, and how she managed to change her relationship with herself. Jen grew up on the...
by Duane | Dec 19, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Depression, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Mindfulness, PTSD, Recovery, Sex Addiction, Teens, Therapy, Women Addiction
Today’s guest is Maureen Stanton, the author of the memoir, Body Leaping Backwards, Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood. Maureen spent about forty years writing her book but she kept avoiding taking it to the point of getting published because there was shame in it...
by Duane | Jul 6, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Recovery, Teens, Therapy, Women Addiction
Our guest on this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast is Maureen Cavanagh, author, and founder of Magnolia New Beginnings. Maureen’s family had a long history of addiction, but since she was not personally prone to addiction, she thought that she knew the formula to...
by Duane | Mar 6, 2019 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Teens
On this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast, Duane is joined by two practitioners in and advocates for recovery high schools. Michael Durchslag leads PEASE Academy in Minneapolis and Andy Finch is an academic researcher in the field of recovery schools at Vanderbilt...
