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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addictionShortcut to Nowhere: Why Substances Hijack Motivation and Meaning in Young Brains, and What Parents Can Do, with Dr. Judith GriselABOUT THE EPISODE:From the age of 12, Dr. Judy Grisel loved every drug she tried immediately. Over the next decade of intensive use, she found herself kicked out of high school and two colleges, homeless, and contracted hepatitis C from a dirty needle. At the age of 22, she was told she would die unless she stopped drugs entirely.Judy rejected the idea of abstinence, but she developed a plan to stop using just long enough to survive. Against all odds, her experimental period of sobriety led Judy to a career as a renowned...2025-01-0949 min
Meditative StoryA more spacious response to life, by Judith GriselJudith Grisel is an internationally recognized behavioral neuroscientist and professor of psychology known for her research on the role of the brain in drug addiction. She is also a former addict. Years into her sobriety, Judy still labors to escape the painful feelings of loneliness and emptiness that have been with her since childhood. But when a friend presents her with a puzzling gift – an empty bowl – she is finally able to embrace the difficult feelings she’s spent a lifetime evading, and make peace with them.If this episode resonates with you, we’d love to hear fro...2024-11-1236 min
Sober FriendsE195: Is Alcoholism the Real Issue? Rethinking Addiction and Obesity with a Fresh PerspectiveSend us a textIn this thought-provoking episode, we dive deep into a compelling New York Times article that challenges how we view obesity—is it a disease or just a symptom of a larger issue? This sparks a broader conversation about alcoholism and addiction. Could it be that, like obesity, alcoholism is merely masking deeper, underlying problems?Join Matt and Steve as they explore their personal journeys with recovery and weight loss, drawing fascinating parallels between the two. They discuss the struggles of overcoming addiction, whether to alcohol or food, and how societal perceptions mi...2024-09-2430 min
Gnosis of the BodyModern Hysterics: What is the collective symptom for our current cultures repression? Anxiety, addiction, sexual dysfunction...Sexual repression, porn, retreat to sacred space, shamans touching men... Matthew and Katherine pick up the discussion on the role of the body in modern society. Spirituality is now the taboo sexuality was for the era of early psychiatry and psychoanalysis; Matt and Kat unpack our cultures modern "hysterics" and their collective "somatic symptoms" manifesting through our bodies.We start with concept of body as block to spirit in West but mode of divine connection in the East, how the Gods are now present in our bodies (in Jung's view) as the body is what...2024-09-2037 min
Shoeless in South DakotaNever Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of AddictionOriginally aired on Rev Left Radio - May 2021 Dr. Judith Grisel, former addict and current behavioral neuroscientist, joins Breht to discuss her life experiences and her fascinating book "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction". We discuss how addiction works at the level of the brain and how it feels at the level of experience. We also discuss multiple substances specifically, including marijuana, alcohol, caffeine, MDMA, and more. At the end, we talk about policy approaches to addiction, how America gets it wrong, how we should approach it societally, and then Judy offers some t...2024-04-221h 39
ShrubbishThe BuzzSend us a textOh no, not another podcast episode about caffeine! How many cups of coffee do you think Sarah and The Shrub had before this episode? ***Sources-Grisel, Judith. Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction. Anchor Books, 2019.-W. Bryant, Charles & Clark, Josh, hosts. “The Duality of Caffeine.” Stuff You Should Know, iHeartPodcasts, 16 Jan. 2016.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-duality-of-caffeine/id278981407?i=1000360672007-Justin Evansm John R. Richards, Amanda S. Batt...2024-04-1726 min
Confident Sober WomenNerding Out On The Science Of Addiction, Recovery And Women w/Judith GriselDo you ever wonder about the "science" behind addiction?Judy shares her history of using drugs and alcohol and even though she was doing exactly what she thought she wanted she was miserable. Today, after decades of sobriety her life is beyond what she could have ever imagined. Her neuroscience journey has been driven by her desire to understand what is different about the brains of people like her before she got started, then as she succumbed to the substances and then in recovery. Judy became curious about what was so...2024-04-1652 min