Episode 365: The Best Kept Secret: Building Bridges to Recovery on Tribal Lands with Doug Leech

Episode 365: The Best Kept Secret: Building Bridges to Recovery on Tribal Lands with Doug Leech

Duane Osterlind sits down with Doug Leech, founder of Ascension Recovery Services, to discuss the monumental challenge of expanding high-quality addiction treatment to “treatment deserts”—specifically rural areas and tribal lands. Doug shares his...
Episode 331: Overcoming Trauma and Addiction: Sam Thomas’s Journey of Resilience and Healing

Episode 331: Overcoming Trauma and Addiction: Sam Thomas’s Journey of Resilience and Healing

Growing up, Sam Thomas faced the harsh realities of bullying, leading him to battle bulimia in his teenage years. This challenge was only the beginning of a tumultuous journey through addiction and recovery, marked by a critical diagnosis of complex PTSD. As we sit...
Episode 326 – Invitational Interventions – The ARISE model with Jack Bloomfield

Episode 326 – Invitational Interventions – The ARISE model with Jack Bloomfield

Our guest on this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast is Jack Bloomfield, a specialist in the ARISE model of interventions. This model is an alternative to the “traditional” form of confrontational interventions created in the 1960s by Dr. Johnson. In this...