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...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 14, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Mental Health, Recovery
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 11, 2022 | Blog
The stigma of addiction is so bad that people who are struggling with it choose to hide it. However, addiction is not the real problem, but rather the symptom of all these underlying hurts, pains, and suffering. Writer, speaker, and activist, David Poses was a...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog
A lot of people are oblivious to recurring issues they encounter in life when those are actually the result of some unresolved childhood trauma manifesting in different ways. Whether it’s addiction, alcoholism, a toxic romantic relationship, a dysfunctional...
by Duane Osterlind | Mar 7, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On today’s episode, Duane speaks with Shahjehan Khan, a voiceover artist, actor, and musician based in Boston. He is the host of the King of the World podcast, which explores his life as a Pakistani American Muslim in the post-9/11 era, 20 years later. Shahjehan...