Integral Recovery: The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast

Episode 12: Applying the Integral Stages to Recovery The View from the Second Tier One of the most insidious elements of addiction is its ability to limit our perspective as our survival is threatened. This limiting of perspective leads the developmental regression that characterizes the stereotypical behavior of the addict. Through our work in Integral…

Episode 11: The Journey of Dr. Bob Weathers Addiction, Recovery, and Healing Addiction doesn’t discriminate. No matter how well educated or how spiritually developed we become, the disease of addiction can grab hold unless we learn to heal the traumas of our past. In this special edition of the Journey of Integral Recovery, Dr. Bob…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Episode 002: The Neurological Roots of Addiction Why You Should Listen John Dupuy, Dr. Bob Weathers, and Doug Prater discuss addiction as a neurological disease affecting the most fundamental parts of the brain. As developments in our ability to study the brain improve our usnderstanding of its function, our approach…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 003: The Many Causes and Forms of Addiction Why You Should Listen: In addition to its physical, neurological, and genetic roots, addiction is a disease of psychology, spirit, and relationships. In this episode, hosts John Dupuy, Dr. Bob Weathers, and Doug Prater examine the necessity of a recovery…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 004: Cleaning Up – What do we Recover in Recovery? Why You Should Listen: What does addiction take from us, and what do we recover? In this episode, John Dupuy, Dr. Bob Weathers, and Doug Prater examine the daily practice of “cleaning up” through an integral lens. The…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 005: Waking Up – Leaning into the Great Mystery Why you should listen: The daily practice of meditation offers us a profound tool for inner transformation, and it’s central to the Integral Recovery program. But what makes meditation so powerful, and how does the practice affect us as…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 006: Growing Up -Working with the Shadow Why you should listen: When we’ve taken the critical first step of getting the drugs and alcohol out of our system, we come face to face with ourselves, our trauma, and our shadows. This shadow material, when left unchecked, can drive…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 007: The Four Essential Quadrants of Recovery Why you should listen: What if scientists developed a magic pill to cure addiction? Integral Recovery redefines, deepens, and expands our ideas of what is necessary for a truly holistic model of treatment. By examining the interdependence of the four quadrants…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Episode 8: Systems, Society, and Integral Recovery – Navigating the Lower-Right Quadrant Does society create addicts? Can society help addicts recover, and do they have a responsibility to do so? What is our own responsibility as individuals and co-creators of our cultural paradigm in the prevention and treatment of addiction?…

The Journey of Integral Recovery Episode 9: Your Multiple Intelligences- The Four Essential Lines This is your brain on drugs. The ad campaign was memorable, for sure, but was it accurate? There’s no question that alcoholism and addiction wreak havoc on our brains, but is the addict in recovery doomed to a life of permanently…