Dylan reflects on his organic use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles when finding his way through his own recovery and how he has begun to utilize this process in his work with others seeking recovery from addictions. This episode is a discussion of how ACT informs his approach to the first three steps of the 12 step program.
--------
48:04
Ep 65 - Control and Surrender
Dylan contemplates what it means to recognize we don't have control over our response to alcohol and how the concept of surrendering to this idea leads to recovery - and how mindful awareness of what this means can lead to a deeper experience of surrendering to a lack of control at a fundamental level.
--------
43:11
Ep 64 - Emotional Sobriety
Dylan discusses what the concept of emotional sobriety means to him as well as what it means to be in recovery and to feel comfortable within his own skin.
--------
32:35
Ep 63 - Present Moment Awareness
Dylan reflects upon the significance of being in the moment, consciously present of the here-and-now, and how this informs spirituality and the ability to enact change in life
--------
29:54
Ep 62 - A Conversation with Michelle B
Dylan sits down to talk with Michelle B about getting sober in the late 1990s, being a single mother in early sobriety, relapsing after two decades of long-term-sobriety and what it took to come back and find recovery again.
Dylan discusses sobriety, recovery, sober living and the ever elusive hope for having ‘fun in sobriety’ – sometime babbling on all by himself more often with a guest or two.
Italia