Positive Sobriety Podcast

Episode 111 • Easing into Treatment with Greg Silva

Getting yourself or someone you love into addiction treatment can be a daunting task.  After losing a friend to addiction, Greg Silva dedicated himself to helping people into treatment.  Today, he is the Director of Operations for the Gravity Treatment Center in Encino, California, and he shares his experience and wisdom with our listeners.

Episode 110 • Dopamine Nation with Anna Lembke MD

Why are so many of us depressed?  Dr. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University, discusses the ground-breaking findings and recommendations contained in her bestselling book "Dopamine Nation."

Episode 109 • Altogether You with Jenna Riemersma

Internationally renowned therapist and bestselling author Jenna Riemersma shares her simplified introduction to Internal Family Systems, a leading-edge approach to addiction treatment.

Episode 108 • Evidence-Based AddictionTreatment with Dr. Sam MacMaster

Dr. Sam MacMaster, Corporate Director of Clinical Operations at Promises Behavioral Health, shares the wisdom of his long experience and research in treating addictions and co-occurring mental disorders.

Finding Clarity with Becca Ribbing

Ever feel like you are blundering your way through life, making it up as you go along, rather than moving purposefully in a meaningful direction?  Career coach Becca Ribbing, author of The Clarity Journal, helps people find their way out of the fog and into clarity.  Listen to her enlightening conversation with David and Nate.

Episode 105 • From Pain to Purpose with KL Wells

Addiction is a painful experience for plenty of people -- not just addicts.  Parents, siblings, partners, and colleagues of addicts are affected by the disease as well.  In this inspiring conversation with KL Wells, founder of Voices InCourage, we talk about the growth that loved ones can experience when they share experience, strength, and hope in a safe community.

Episode 104 • Finding Your Sober Network with Beau Mann

Wouldn't it be great if you could find new sober friends anywhere you happen to be?  And even if you didn't want to meet them face-to-face, how nice would it be nice to chat by phone with other sober people whenever you needed a little support or encouragement?  In this episode we interview Beau Mann, whose dream of a mobile sober community led to the creation of  Sober Grid, a free app that helps recovering people find connection.  

Episode 103 • Mother-and-Son Recovery with Laura and Tom Boldt

Delightful guests Laura and Tom Boldt share the family adventure detailed in their best-selling book; Unraveled: A Mother and Son Story of Addiction and Recovery.

Episode 102 • Sobriety on Campus with Rob Shearon

How do you get sober (or stay sober) in an atmosphere where everyone else is partying?  David and Nate talk with Rob Shearon, the Program Manager for CU Collegiate Recovery Center (CUCRC) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Episode101 • The Anatomy of Choice with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

Internationally renowned Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor offers unique evidence-based insight into how anyone battling an addiction makes choices -- and how we can make better ones.   (Dr. Jill is the author of the perennial bestseller My Stroke of Insight: a Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, and the groundbreaking book Whole Brain Living; The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life.)