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Episode 214: The Making of Clean Slate with Jared Callahan
A lot of us resonate with movies because we get to learn about the world through them. Making movies is hard enough. Now, imagine a documentary of someone making a movie during their rehab journey. On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Jared Callahan about his new...
Episode 213: Embracing Recovery and Losing Anonymity with Sam Quinones
America is in the midst of a new drug crisis. Earlier this year, the CDC reported a staggering 107,000 overdose deaths in 2021. That's one every five minutes. It's up almost 15% from 2020 and nearly 70% of those deaths involved fentanyl. On today's episode, Duane...
Episode 212: From Bottomless to Sober with Jessica Dueñas: Finding Her Way Out of Pain
How do we break the stigma around addiction and mental health support? It’s important that communities are able to change the narrative around mental health so that everyone is provided the adequate support they need. On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Jessica...
Episode 211: Achieving Recovery Through Healthy Spirituality Adam Jablin
Why is it that a lot of successful people, even superstars, and athletes, end up in a downward spiral of depression? Usually, what's missing is a spiritual component of life. On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Adam Jablin, a best-selling author, inspirational...
Episode 210: Achieving Recovery Through Addressing Nutrition with Maggie Jenson
Several statistics show that children of alcoholics will grow up to either become alcoholic themselves, or marry one because they're so conditioned to that lifestyle. A huge part of that is because they could get so rooted in their own belief systems that they end up...
207: Trauma Healing Through EMDR Therapy with Dr. Korn and Michael Baldwin
Did you know that your eye movements could free you from all the trauma and pain? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR for short, is a unique type of psychotherapy proven to help people recover from trauma and improve the quality of their...
Bonus Episode: From A Slight Change of Plans: Musician Jason Isbell on the Complexities of Addiction
We’re sharing a special episode from another podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, from Pushkin Industries. In this preview, four-time Grammy Award-winning musician Jason Isbell discusses how his early career was plagued by addiction. Getting sober allowed him to...
Episode 206: The Sober Economy: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Help People in Recovery with Dr. Harold Jonas
Episode 206: The Sober Economy: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Help People in Recovery with Dr. Harold Jonas Addiction recovery is a long process that’s why we need long-term solutions to help people move into a recovery state. We need a community and we need all...
205: The Promise of a Fresh Start with Edwige Gilbert Blade
Addiction is not the problem, it's the result of not knowing how to access a safe place within – and a lot of that has to do with regulating your emotions. When you don’t have the toolbox for emotional regulation, that’s when addiction starts to arise. You start to...
Episode 204: A Roadmap to Change and Living Your Best Life with Lee LaMee
Change is possible. There is hope. You just need a roadmap toward that change. On today's episode, Duane speaks with Lee LaMee, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who has a lot of wisdom and experience in the field of change. Lee talks about his book, The...
203: Breaking the Stigma and Promoting Mental Health Among College Students with Dr. Christine Catipon
Imagine if you were in college right now, do you think you could ever survive it? Today, college students are met with so many issues. At this stage of their life where they’re exploring their identity, they’re presented with all of this information on social media...
202: Breaking the Stigma Around Addiction and Recovery in the Workplace with Cheryl Brown-Merriwether
Episode 202: Breaking the Stigma Around Addiction and Recovery in the Workplace with Cheryl Brown-Merriwether Addiction is not a new problem in the workplace. In fact, about 70% of folks that are using illicit drugs are employed in the workplace, either full-time or...
201 A Neurological Approach to the Treatment of Addiction with Dr. Michael Barta
It’s important to look at addiction from the perspective of seeing how the body operates, specifically our nervous system. By figuring out what changes can be done from a neurological approach, we then begin to heal, treat, and change for the better. If your nervous...
200 Finding Your Breath and Igniting Your Fire with Michelle Hillier
Many people get through their day always having to do something. Whether that’s getting involved in your kid’s activities, running errands, or working – you do things every day to ignite your fire. Even when you work out, you think the harder, faster, or heavier it...
199 Normalizing a Space of Sobriety with Drew Davis
Over the years, our society has normalized drinking. At almost every party or event, booze is a huge part of the celebration. No booze = no fun. But what if we could create a space where everyone can just have fun while still being their authentic self – minus the...
