Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
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The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Hear what leading addiction and recovery experts are talking about addiction trends, topics and challenges as well as research, practices and advances that point the most promising way forward. Listen in on Moyers' conversations with..
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
1y ago
In this episode of Let's Talk, licensed psychologist and military veteran Dustin Brockberg, PhD, and his wife, Kerry Brockberg, PhD, also a psychologist, talk about their new book, End Your Covert Mission, with host William C. Moyers. They share some tangible advice with other veterans who want to find peace from chronic pain—in all its forms—and long-lasting recovery from addiction ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
1y ago
In this episode of Let's Talk, licensed psychologist and military veteran Dustin Brockberg, PhD, and his wife, Kerry Brockberg, PhD, also a psychologist, talk about their new book, End Your Covert Mission, with host William C. Moyers. They share some tangible advice with other veterans who want to find peace from chronic pain—in all its forms—and long-lasting recovery from addiction ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
1y ago
Shame and addiction go hand-in-hand. Because of that, some of the most important work in recovery deals with the transformation of shame into something lighter and more actionable—guilt. Then a person can understand, "I did bad things, but I am not a bad person." And they can forgive themselves and work to make things right. Senior clinician Sarah Wicks, PhD, LP, explains the key differences between shame and guilt and chronicles the healing process with host William C. Moyers ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
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Trapped in Baton Rouge when hurricane Katrina battered the coast, Aida talks about the unlikely series of events that led to her recovery—and how she gives back today ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
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Damir Utrzan, PhD, and Manuel Garcia speak about the trauma and addiction that happen alongside migration ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
1y ago
Daisy VanSlyke from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council shares how they're promoting recovery among Native Alaskan communities. Using culturally-sensitive care and native models of wellness, their organization is able to spread the messages of recovery that really stick and resonate with local communities. The key, according to VanSlyke, is to listen ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
1y ago
Indigenous children were stolen from their homes, sent to boarding schools and forced to assimilate. Thus began the cycle of trauma and addiction. Today, the Wellbreity movement responds—providing a cultural framework for healing from those injustices and breaking the cycle ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
1y ago
This episode centers around health and recovery equity within Native communities, the roles of historical and generational trauma, the rates of addiction, and the good work that’s being done to provide more hope and healing ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
1y ago
Food. Touch. Connection. Music and Laughter. These are medicines, and when a person is healthy and whole, they become good medicine to others. That’s how Celina Mahinalani Garza is bridging the health equity gap for Native communities. Tune in to hear her fascinating outlook on healing ..read more
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery
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Emi and Lina didn’t have the tools to process and make sense of their loved one’s addiction. They’re just kids, after all. But once they attended the Children’s Program, they started to speak the language of recovery—and they understood that they will never, ever be alone on this journey ..read more