Positive Sobriety Podcast

Positive Sobriety Podcast

Inspiration and illumination on the road to recovery.

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August 7, 2025 58 mins

This deeply compassionate episode features Dr. Carrie Wilkens, co-founder of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) and co-author of Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Wilkens offers a fresh, evidence-based approach to helping families support loved ones with substance use challenges. She debunks myths like “hitting rock bottom” and highlights the p...

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    In this soul-stirring episode of the Positive Sobriety Podcast, co-hosts welcome Dr. Samantha Blake Harte—physician, author, podcast host, and trauma survivor—whose multidisciplinary background and unflinching honesty bring a refreshing depth to the conversation about addiction and recovery.

     

    Dr. Harte shares the inspiration behind her groundbreaking book, Breaking The Circuit: How To Rewi...

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    An illuminating conversation with Kim Humphrey, Executive Director and CEO of PAL (Parents of Addicted Loved Ones).

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    An inspiring conversation with recovering addict, prison reform advocate, and best-selling author Lara Love Hardin, whose memoir, The Many Lives of Mama Love, is a 2024 Oprah Book Club pick and a New York Times bestseller. 

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    A candid conversation with Tom Farley, brother of the late Chris Farley and longtime advocate for mental health and addiction recovery. Tom has recently joined as one of the key leaders of Recovery.com, a network of 15,000+ treatment centers, helping others navigate their paths toward sobriety and wellness.

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    What happens when a physician gets treatment for addiction? In the case of Dr. Christopher Schenewerk, his practice expands as he talks about his experience and creates new opportunities for recovery.

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    An entertaining and inspiring conversation with Janice Johnson Dowd, author of Rebuilding Relationships in Recovery: How to Connect with Family and Friends After Active Alcoholism and Addiction.

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    An inspiring conversation with Brian Cuban - attorney, bestselling author, and recovery advocate (who happens to be Mark Cuban's younger brother). With 17 years of continuous sobriety from alcohol, cocaine, and bulimia, Brian offers powerful insights into addiction, recovery, and professional redemption.

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    Nate and David open the show discussing the neurology of character change, then interview journalist Hanna Seariac, who has spent 2024 investigating the fentanyl crisis in rural Utah. Drug overdose deaths in Utah involving opioids have doubled in the last five years.   In the first article of her series, “The rural Utah community at the crossroads of the fentanyl epidemic (https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/08/10/fentanyl-crisis...

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    Why should addiction treatment be restricted to late-stage addicts and expensive specialists?  Dr. Joshua D. Lee provides an alternate vision.  An associate professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and director of the NYU Fellowship in Addiction Medicine, Dr. Lee is a clinician-researcher focused on investigating addiction pharmacotherapies in primary care and criminal justice system-involved populations. He has conducted m...

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    Dually certified business and life coach, published author, trainer, and speaker Jenny Teeters models vulnerability in this remarkable conversation with David and Nate.  Her new memoir, Every Day is a New Day, is available on Amazon and in fine bookstores everywhere.

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    Need help regulating your nervous system, facing your anxiety and practicing healthy self-care?  Take a few minutes to listen to our inspiring conversation with life coach Amy Guerrero.  (You can reach her at https://www.regulatewithamy.com/)

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    An inspiring conversation with story coach and literary consultant Amy W. Vogel, author of the personal devotional Come to Me and the fantasy novel Teleosis.

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    An upbeat conversation with a remarkable motivator, James Swanwick, author of The 30-Day No-Alcohol Challenge and host of the Alcohol-Free Lifestyle Podcast.  James is the creator of Alcohol-Free Lifestyle, a coaching community for high achievers committed to sober living.

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    An entertaining and stimulating conversation with Dr. Robb Kelly, whose treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction via telehealth comes with a money-back guarantee.  More information at robbkelly.com

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    David and Nate have an inspiring and surprisingly candid conversation with model and athlete Jonathan Niziol.  Discover more about Jonathan Niziol and his compelling story on his website: jonathanniziolofficial.com/

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    What if, rather than trying harder to suppress unwanted behavior, we would approach it with open curiosity? What is it trying to tell us?  What need are we really trying to meet?  An intriguing conversation with therapist Blake Roberts.

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

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    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.  

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