by Duane Osterlind | May 17, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Mental Health, Mindfulness
What most people don’t realize about addiction, whether it’s to alcohol, drugs, shopping, overeating, or porn, is that it’s not the core of the problem. The addicted person just uses it to cope with their real problem: their addicted mind or funky brain. For...
by Duane Osterlind | May 11, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Couples, Recovery
When a partner has a substance use disorder, there’s a lot of mistrust. There’s a lot of lying and hiding which damages the intimacy, connection, and faith in the relationship. Afterward, all of that has to be repaired. When you’re in recovery and in a...
by Duane Osterlind | May 11, 2021 | Blog
Do you think you’re suffering from chronic stress but you just don’t want to acknowledge it? We have many different stressors in life. The human alarm is in the brain but we are wired to ignore it because we’re wired for fight or flight. Humans evolved...
by Duane Osterlind | May 4, 2021 | Blog
Addiction is a response to pain and trauma. Reaching out and making yourself vulnerable is challenging when you’ve been traumatized. You may not trust people and you may not trust the process. Worse, if you can’t heal from the trauma that resides within...
by Duane Osterlind | May 3, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Food Addiction, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery
You could be suffering from chronic stress without knowing it. Alternatively, you might know it but are just so used to it that you think it’s normal. Well, it’s not normal. You have to act on it before it takes a toll on your health and happiness. We have many...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 26, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Depression, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Trauma
Addiction is a response to pain and trauma. Reaching out and making yourself vulnerable is challenging when you’ve been traumatized. You may not trust people and you may not trust the process. So what needs to be done to discharge the trauma off your body and...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 23, 2021 | Blog
You’ve probably heard of someone who’s suffered from chronic pain, gone to doctors, ran all the tests necessary, and surprisingly, none of the doctors could actually diagnose the problem. Andrew Hahn, Founder of Life Centered Therapy, explains how chronic pain,...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 19, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Depression, Grief & Loss, Mindfulness, Recovery, Trauma
You’ve probably heard of someone who’s suffered from chronic pain, gone to doctors, ran all the tests necessary, and surprisingly, none of the doctors could actually diagnose the problem. Andrew Hahn, Founder of Life Centered Therapy, joins today’s episode to...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog
Arlina Allen has been sober since 1994 after living a wild life of drugs, alcohol, and sex. Her tagline at the time was – “If it was in a bottle, a bag or blue jeans, I was doing it!” Alina had quite a rough childhood. She started seeing a shrink at age 9, drinking at...
by Duane Osterlind | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog
Recovery is not one size fits all. It is also not a one-and-done situation. Rather, recovery is a process and a journey. When someone gets sober and begins recovery, they are just starting to walk down the path of healing. Many of their previous feelings and...
