by Duane Osterlind | May 23, 2022 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Depression, Mental Health
A lot of people who come in and seek treatment for addiction are carrying complex trauma from growing up in a narcissistic family structure. And for a lot of people who have grown up in narcissistic families, it can be hard to see the patterns that are there. ...
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 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 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...