Positive Sobriety Podcast

Episode 156 • Food -- Medicine or Medication? -- with Ali Shapiro

An insightful conversation with Ali Shapiro, MS, CHHC, nutritionist, and host of the top 1% ranked podcast Insatiable.

Episode 155 • Physically Experiencing the Twelve Steps, with Nina Pick

A delightful conversation with Nina Pick, author of The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps: Finding Joy, Sensuality, and Pleasure in Recovery—Integrative Spiritual and Somatic Practices for Healing from Trauma and Addiction.  You can connect with Nina at ninapick.com.

Episode 154 • It’s a Soberful Life, with Veronica Valli

A delightful conversation about emotional sobriety with Veronica Valli -- podcaster, recovery coach, psychotherapist,  and author of Soberful: Uncover a Sustainable, Fulfilling Life Free of Alcohol, and Why You Drink and How to Stop.  

Episode 153 • Positive Effects of Ketamine Therapy, with Dr. Randy Malchow

David and Nate visit with Dr. Randy Malchow, Medical Director for the Tennessee Ketamine & Wellness Center, which offers compassionate and competent care for those suffering from depression, PTSD, OCD, chronic pain, and opioid dependence.

Dr. Malchow served as an anesthesiologist for 25 years in the armed forces before retiring as a colonel in 2008. He then became an associate professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where he was the first Vanderbilt physician to offer intensive ketamine infusion therapy in 2014. In 2015, he established one of the few ketamine infusion centers (KIC) in the Veteran Health Administration and the only KIC in the U.S. specifically targeting opioid cessation/reduction.

He is an acknowledged U.S. expert on ketamine administration, having presented his extensive experience with ketamine in the veteran population at the American Society of Ketamine Physicians in 2018 and has given multiple lectures regarding the use of ketamine to national audiences in 2021. Dr. Malchow has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and serves regularly on worldwide medical missions supporting those in need.

Episode 152 • Starting Over with Brendon Watt

A refreshingly candid conversation with Brendon Watt, a worldwide speaker, best-selling author, and facilitator for Access Consciousness. Brendon specializes in helping others to overcome addiction, as he too walks the path of recovery and sobriety. His first book, Relationship: Are You Sure You Want One? co-authored with Simone Milasas is an international best-seller, available in seven languages. Find Brendon every week on his podcast "One Choice from Change" on iTunes, on Amazon, and on the Access Consciousness® website. To learn more visit, www.brendonwatt.com. 

Episode 153 • Getting Past Your Past with Jason VanRuler

David and Nate chat with Jason VanRuler, Author of Get Past Your Past(Zondervan 2023).  Jason is known for his ability to relate and connect with his clients and offer hope to those who have felt hopeless. He has an engaged and rapidly growing online audience (IG, TikTok) for his insightful, short videos sharing practical tips for psychological care, self-help, and healthy relationships.

Episode 150 • The Insights of Addiction Fiction with Will Thatcher

How do you spend the fresh creative energy that shows up when you are in recovery?  Will Thatcher started writing thrillers.  He discusses addiction fiction and his first book, Killing Hurt, with Nate and David, and recommends more reading and reviews of this exciting new genre at The Sober Curator.

Episode 149 -- Becoming Alcohol-Aware with Ken Middleton

An enjoyable and enlightening conversation with Ken Middleton, author of   Bamboozled - How Alcohol Makes Fools of Us All and editor of a Medium Publication named AINYF, Alcohol is NOT Your Friend. 

Episode 148 • Getting to Know Your Sober Self -- with Ed Latimore

David and Nate talk with Ed Latimore,  a speaker, author, and former professional boxer who has been sober for almost a decade.  Ed is the author of the Amazon Bestseller "Sober Letters to My Drunken Self," well-known for his powerful TEDx talk on the link between addiction and identity.

Episode 147 • Emotional Regulation and Relapse Prevention with Dr. Laura Petracek

Dr. Laura Petracek, a clinical psychologist and author of  The DBT Workbook for Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Skills and Strategies for Emotional Regulation, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention [Jessica Kingsley Publishers; February 21, 2023] joins David and Nate for an enlightening (and very personal) conversation about recovery.  For more about Dr. Petracek, visit laurapetracekphd.com