
100th Uploaded Episode
100th uploaded episode. Ulland and Jo discuss the origins and some of the difficulties with keeping the dream alive. They offer thanks to listeners, with some posts from around the world that have been shared. Ulland gives a breakdown of the top countries following the podcast.
19 Jan 202228min

Holidays 2021
Episode 93. Holidays 2021. By special request from a friend and through gratitude from a recent pre-holiday Parent University, Jo decides it's time for a holiday episode. A spur of the moment, feel the holiday spirit in your bones kind of episode. Ulland, as usual, is game for the ride. Childhood secrets are revealed and suggestions to deal with holiday stressors are offered that are more about mindset and approach rather than specific skills.
19 Dec 20211h 7min

Community Reinforcement
Episode 92. Community Reinforcement. Ulland and Jo review aspects of how to reinforce abstinence with the environment and how to replace addictive behaviors by accumulating positives. Even though it has been mentioned before, abstinence sampling is explained and reviewed. Ulland is excited by new tech--all too easy.
13 Dec 202117min

Clear Mind
Episode 91. Clear Mind. Ulland and Jo review clean mind and addict mind, and the overlap where clear mind exists. This is a similar synthesis to reasonable, emotion and wise mind. They review characteristics of clean and clear mind, many of which are provided by the DBT skills manual authored by Marsha Linehan, PhD.
6 Dec 202136min

Dialectical Abstinence
Episode 90. Dialectical Abstinence. Man, this one has a rough start. Ulland has a head cold, and probably presents as though he has viral meningitis. Ulland and Jo review Dialectical Abstinence, what it is and provide several examples from the skills manual written by Marsha Linehan, PhD. The examples provided are for planning for abstinence and harm reduction.
3 Dec 202128min

When the Crisis is Addiction
Episode 89. When the Crisis is Addiction. Ulland and Jo begin reviewing which DBT skills are often used for addictions with this brief overview defining addictions, the kinds of behaviors that can be addictive and the skills to use when the crisis is addiction.
20 Nov 202128min

AODA 7: Special Strategies to Cope
Episode 88. AODA 7: Special Strategies to Cope. Ulland and Jo review special strategies and skills that are necessary for working with substance use disorders. They do not review the skills in depth although some skills may be reviewed during later episodes more specifically.
20 Sep 202129min




















