by Duane Osterlind | Apr 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Etel Leit, who talks about her own story of living with addiction – not her, but in her relationship – and how addiction doesn’t just impact the person struggling with addiction, but also everyone around that person. ...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog
Recovery is a long and winding journey that without resilience, it could be so easy to go back to your bad habits. But how do we build resilience in recovery? As defined by the American Psychological Association, resilience is the process of adapting well in the...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 11, 2022 | Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Depression, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Therapy, Trauma
There’s a rising popularity in the field of psychedelics as it relates to addiction treatment and healing trauma. But aren’t psychedelics addictive? On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Ronan Levy, co-founder of Field Trip Health, a company with a mission to...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog
Diagnosed with depression as early as eight years old, Justin Larson found himself in a very dark place where drinking just became his number one coping mechanism. He was feeling fearful and anxious all the time until that time he picked up a drink and it just made...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 4, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery
On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Caroline Beidler who shares her story and talks specifically about building resiliency and recovery, the importance of resiliency, especially when it relates to overcoming trauma, and how she discovered that process in her...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog
Anxiety and worry are things we all can struggle with at times and the core of those feelings is fear. But at some point, we have to realize we have our own loving power that’s bigger than our fear. And we need to claim that to free ourselves from the bondage of pain...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 28, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On this episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane speaks with Justin Larson, the director of health systems for Thrive Peer Recovery, as he shares his story about his alcoholism and recovery. Justin was diagnosed with depression at the young age of eight. He was...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 22, 2022 | Blog
We’re in the worst phase of human history where people are so stressed out, so afraid of judgment, and tentative as it relates to saying anything these days because of this “cancel culture” society. We have lost an enormous amount of substance and the ability to...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 21, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
Anxiety and worry are things we all can struggle with at times and the core of those feelings is fear. But at some point, we have to realize we have our own loving power that’s bigger than our fear. And we need to claim that to free ourselves from the bondage of pain...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog
Son of Pakistani American immigrants, Shahjehan Khan grew up as an average American young person in the suburbs of Massachusetts. When 9/11 happened, he remembers being a senior in high school, sitting in a calculus class. At that time, he was already a...
