Pathological Dopamine Patterns with Ann Schissel, PhD, LP
Release Date: 11/23/2023
Forgiveness with Teesie Vallero
Set Yourself Free
Justin sits down with Teesie Vallero this week to discuss philosophies of forgiveness, a transformation into native american recovery culture, and her story of coming out in the 90s to live her most authentic life. Teesie frequently runs spiritual retreats, is a reiki master, and is a fabulous specialist of the Dan Anderson Renewal Center (DARC) - located at the mothership of recovery - Hazelden Betty Ford's Center City, MN campus - a 300 bed behavioral hospital deep in the northwoods of minnesota. DARC followed a loyal to the Hazelden heritage 12-step based format called the Lodge Program -...
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Beau Elkington - Zen Monk Part 2
Set Yourself Free
Discussion on addiction treatment philosophy, AA, and a recovery without a higher power. Beau is a dually licensed therapist in an outpatient hospital addiction program.
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Disease of Addiction with Joe Caravella
Set Yourself Free
Joe's first interview on the Set Yourself Free podcast, where he tells his story of recovery in reverse, goes into the origin story of his new treatment protocol, and talks about what it's like to be a counselor at Hazelden Betty Ford. Take a peek inside his world. #recoveryjourney #addictionrecovery #podcast #holisticaddictionrecovery #recoveryispossible #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #addictionscience #addiction #opioidcrisis #recoveryjourney #addictionrecovery #podcast Check out Joe Caravella's book The Disease of addiction.
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Beau Elkington - Zen Monk and Virtual Therapist
Set Yourself Free
Beau Elkington, Zen Monk and Addiction Therapists shares his recovery story and talks about Recovery Dharma in this interview with Justin the Addiction Guy. #recoveryispossible #recoverytalks #recovery #buddhism #zen #artofhappiness #meditation #recoverystory #addictiontreatment
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Rise Up with Tiffany Neuharth
Set Yourself Free
For Christmas I interviewed Tiffany Neuharth, founder of Rise Up! Recovery to hear her story of what led her to spend a year in MN Adult & Teen Challenge and to discover what she has done to help the Hastings, MN community with her organization that helps those who fall through the cracks of the addiction treatment infrastructure.
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Tent Cities to Treatment Centers with Andy Muhlenburg
Set Yourself Free
In this episode, Justin discusses Minnesota's innovative protocol in tackling the homelessness problem that shows superior results compared to the rest of the United States. Andy Muhlenburg is on the show today bringing her experiences with street outreach and working in homeless shelters in Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Pathological Dopamine Patterns with Ann Schissel, PhD, LP
Set Yourself Free
My Differential Diagnosis professor from graduate school at Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies joins us for an exploration of addictive behaviors from sexual related to meth, and how mental disorders can change or fade in the long term as we age out of the energy it takes to maintain them. Caffeine addiction, and your host's personal struggle with maintaining abstinence from caffeine is discussed for the first time. How does caffeine use in our children contribute to mental health diagnoses and possible lifelong medication implications. Background art by Robyn...
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The Prison of Your Mind with Judy Squires
Set Yourself Free
Judy Squires worked as an addictions counselor at Minnesota Corrections - Fairbault prison and Shakopee women's prison. She brought a passionate energy to her career for nearly 2 decades in her mission to set offenders free of the prison of their minds behind bars. Her experience as a mother who struggled with alcohol use which spiraled into losing her children makes for a great story of redemption and restoration to dignity. She chose to take that experience and transform her life into inspiration, creating a fulfilling career bringing dynamic healing and hope to those who need it most. Her...
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Waking up from the American Dream with James Longhenry
Set Yourself Free
Episode 2 - James Longhenry - Marketing exec with Beauterre Recovery Institute and Meridian Behavioral Health James paints a picture of every small town in America. The unfulfilled American Dream. A sinking feeling that the underlying disappointment with our lives is a toxic shame is rooted in the force-fed delusion of the American Dream. Are we self-medicating the side-effects of our shame that we’ve drifted away from instructions that are impossible to follow? Just take a look at the dream we’re sleep walking through. Milwaukee County will spend $11 million in all on projects to...
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Drugs in School with Noah Latzer
Set Yourself Free
Background cover painting by Robyn Anderson Watercolors Background Music by CarlyThomas.com Photography by Jennifer Mao Jones Noah Latzer works as a recovery support specialist at the Minnesota Recovery Connection, working individually with clients, helping run groups with Virtual Addiction Care at Allina Health and running inclusive, weekly ALL recovery meetings – and he’ll tell you more about what that means later in this episode. I first heard Noah speak at an education event at Hastings High School – it was called One Pill Can Kill organized by United Way of Hastings. He was on...
info_outlineMy Differential Diagnosis professor from graduate school at Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies joins us for an exploration of addictive behaviors from sexual related to meth, and how mental disorders can change or fade in the long term as we age out of the energy it takes to maintain them. Caffeine addiction, and your host's personal struggle with maintaining abstinence from caffeine is discussed for the first time. How does caffeine use in our children contribute to mental health diagnoses and possible lifelong medication implications.
Background art by Robyn Anderson Watercolors
Music by Carly Thomas
Photography by Jennifer Mao Jones