
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

Interview with Raina 4
Episode 87. Interview with Raina 4. Raina shares how her treatment has translated into her life over the past two years. She discusses some lapses she had that were short lived, due to an understanding of dialectical abstinence. As she has done more work with trauma, she appreciates how important the work she has put into experiencing body sensations has been. She shares, "It would have been a fire" if she would not have been able to regulate her body sensations. She shares how she continues to use skills from DBT now as a way to live and not just because they worked to prevent NSSIB in the past.
3 Sep 202133min




















