LPP Podcast

By Zach Rhoads and Stanton PeeleEducation Self-Improvement

LPP Podcast episodes

August 13, 2020 Episode 28: Mindy Vincent - Utah Harm Reduction Coalition
Welcome to Episode 28!
Today's guest is Mindy Vincent.
Mindy is an addiction therapist and social worker; she is the host of the podcast "Therapeutic Madness"; and she is the founder of Utah Harm Reduction Coalition.
Mindy spoke with host Zach Rhoads about her history with drug addiction, and how she became a harm reduction practitioner and advocate.
Sadly, Mindy's sister died of a drug overdose in 2014. As if that weren't enough, her brother was also using drugs destructively at the time. At that time, Mindy had already overcome her own addiction, and she believed that traditional treatment models were the recovery gold-standard. But she noticed that her brother wasn't responsive to such ideas. So she temporarily abandoned her training in 12-steps and recovery programs, and did what was commonsensical-- she showed her brother unconditional love and always kept an open line of communication with him.
She didn't know it at the time, but she was practicing harm reduction (something that she learned about and became immersed in later on).
Happily, both Mindy and her brother are living their best non-addicted lives and Mindy has established herself as an entrepreneur, a professional, and a highly regarded leader in the harm reduction field.

Relevant discussion points from the episode:
- Harm reduction
- Family Dynamics / family communication and collaboration
- Drug addiction versus non-drug addiction
- The role of trauma in addiction
- Limitations of trauma-based therapy
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Follow Mindy
Utah Harm Reduction Coalition http://www.utahharmreduction.org/
Therapeutic Madness Podcast https://www.facebook.com/therapeuticmadness/
Rebel Recovery Utah https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Local-Business/Rebel-Recovery-Utah-312795756022335/
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1 hr 27 min
July 31, 2020 Episode 27: Zach Appears on the "REBT Advocates" Podcast
Welcome to episode 27!
Today you'll hear LPP coach and author Zach Rhoads talking with Michael Edelstein and Tommy Bateman of the show REBT Advocates about his and Stanton Peele's latest book, "Outgrowing Addiction"
The hosts ask Zach questions about the book including what addiction means in the fist place and what it means to outgrow it.
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The YouTube video of Zach's appearance on the show is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0zYnmGgR9w&t=245s
Article about natural recovery here: https://lifeprocessprogram.com/10-guiding-principles-for-maturity-and-natural-recovery/
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29 min
July 23, 2020Episode 26: Daniel Snyder-- Harm Reduction, Self-Agency and Personal Responsibility
Welcome to Episode 26!
On today's program, Zach Rhoads speaks with Daniel Snyder.
Daniel Snyder lives in Langley, British Columbia where he is a project and peer coordinator at Langley Overdose Response. He is also the founding creator of Mindful Hope, a hub of resources regarding harm reduction and sensible drug policy.
Daniel Snyder also overcame a heroin addiction which lasted 15 years. It was only after attending, being perplexed by, and "failing" at 12-step recovery programs that he found SMART Recovery. He is now living his best life, and does not consider himself "in recovery" -- a term that he broadly respects, but which he rejects as a descriptor of his own life experience.

Some discussion points from the episode:
Daniel's story of overcoming addiction

Re-defining / refining concepts like "recovery" and "relapse"

The positive aspects of the harm reduction approach taken by many American counties / cities / states around the U.S. and Canada

The downsides of some of these policies (to the extent that "one-size-fits-all" policies lead to unintended consequences

The quasi-religion of the disease model of addiction

Understanding drug benefits/the reasonable place that drugs (even illicit drugs) can have in a person's life.

Suggestions for sensible drug policy and a reasonable conceptualization of "addiction"
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Follow/Learn More About Daniel Snyder:
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielsnyder1
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DGASnyder
His Web Site: http://mindfulhope.com/
50 min
July 21, 2020 Episode 25: Will Godfrey of Filter Magazine (an online harm reduction magazine)
Welcome to episode 25!
Today's episode is the fourth of our four-part series about harm reduction.
Zach spoke with Dr. Peele in the first three episodes of the series. Here are links to those episodes, in case you missed it:
Episode 1: https://anchor.fm/lifeprocessprogram/episodes/Episode-22-The-History-of-Harm-Reduction-for-Addiction-efv3el
Episode 2: https://anchor.fm/lifeprocessprogram/episodes/Episode-23-HARM-REDUCTION-versus-NON-ABSTINENCE-eg6tei
Episode 3: https://anchor.fm/lifeprocessprogram/episodes/Episode-24-Improvement-versus-Perfection-Harm-Reduction-Series-Part-3-eggp30
Today, Zach speaks with Editor in Chief of Filter Magazine, Will Godfrey.
Filter is an online publication whose mission is to advocate, through journalism, for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights. So Will has plenty to say about the harm reduction concept.
Today Will and I talk about his best definition of harm reduction and why he believes that it is a meaningful and practical concept. And I do take him at his word since he’s created a career centered around the harm reduction concept.
The excerpt you are about to hear is taken from a long-form conversation I had with Will in my podcast The Social Exchange. You can listen to the full episode here: https://thesocialexchange.libsyn.com/episode-43-will-godfrey-filter-magazine
I hope that you’ve enjoyed all that we’ve had to say about harm reduction this month. We'll see you next week!
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23 min
July 09, 2020 Episode 24: Improvement versus Perfection (Harm Reduction Series Part 3)
Welcome to episode 24!
Today's episode is also part three of our four-part series about harm reduction. Zach and Stanton discuss several domains in which harm reduction can be useful:
- Addiction
- Policing
- Public health
- Working with children
And more. . .

And they hone in on the fact that harm reduction is based on improvement rather than only perfection. A quote from the episode:
"Harm reduction means getting on the right track for improvement so that we see benefits in the short-run. Maybe we won't reach Nirvana right away, but we're gong to move in that direction. . . "
Enjoy the show!
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10 min
July 02, 2020 Episode 23: HARM REDUCTION versus NON-ABSTINENCE
Welcome to episode 23!
This is episode #2 of a four-part series about Harm Reduction.
Last week, Stanton and Zach discussed the history of harm reduction for addiction. That episode is here:
In today's episode, Stanton wraps up his telling of Harm Reduction History and then talks about harm reduction's evolution, as a concept, into two incompatible ways of thinking:
There is "harm reduction" as the Life Process Program defines it; and then there's another way of thinking about harm-reduction-- namely, that "harm reduction = non-abstinence." Stanton and Zach make a clear distinction between the two.
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22 min
June 30, 2020 Episode 12: Monday Morning Ammunition-- Module 1 (self-reflection) with Dr. Stanton Peele
Welcome to episode 12!
For the next 8 weeks, Zach Rhoads will be talking about each of the eight LPP modules with the creator of the program, Dr. Stanton Peele. In today's episode, they discuss module 1: "Self-Reflection"
Enjoy your Monday Morning Ammunition!
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19 min
June 26, 2020 Episode 22: The History of Harm Reduction for Addiction
Welcome to episode 22!
We’ve created a new series of episodes titled, “LPP and Harm Reduction”
The series contains four segments that you’ll hear over the next four weeks. Today you’ll hear part 1: “The History of Harm Reduction For Adddiction”
Remember: If you have any comments or questions or suggestions about the episode, that you can reach us at [email protected]
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HOW TO FOLLOW / CONTACT / LEARN MORE ABOUT LPP:
Email us - [email protected]
Text us - +1 (802) - 391 - 4360
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29 min
June 20, 2020 Episode 21: Dr. Sandy Steingard -- "Critical Psychiatry"
Today you’ll hear an excerpt from my long-form discussion with Dr. Sandy Steingard. Sandy is a psychiatrist and the chief medical officer of a statewide non-profit organization in Vermont called The Howard Center.
She is also a blogger for Robert Whitaker’s online Magazine called “Mad in America” and she’s the author of a book called “Critical Psychiatry.” I sat in-person with Sandy and spoke with her for a few hours about why she is critical of psychiatry— her own field. And how she reconciles this with her role, not only as a psychiatrist, but as the chief medical officer of an organization that addresses mental health statewide.
In today's 30-minute excerpt, Sandy and I talk about psychiatric drugs and their potential to bring both utility and harm to person’s life. And we talk about how, why, and when she became skeptical of psychiatric drugs to solve overall life-problems.
Most importantly, she talks about the way in which she believes clinical work should happen: client-centered conversations; asking a person what’s going on in his or her life; helping them make sense of their problems in the context the other domains of life (things which seem commonsensical but get lost in the-- well, "madness" of day-to-day psychiatric practice).
She makes a distinction between being the kind of a psychiatrist who says, I’m the doctor, and I know just how to fix you, and being a psychiatrist who lets her client inform both the discussion and the work.
Enjoy this excerpt of my conversation with Dr. Standy Steingard!
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Listen to the full interview here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IovIelkpXUKqOjv7aYiul
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32 min
June 15, 2020 Episode 20: Dr. Robert Schwebel "The Seven Challenges"
Today you’ll get a sneak-peak from a long-form conversation I had with Dr. Robert Schwebel. Robert Schwebel is a psychologist, author, and the creator of a non 12-step program called “Seven Challenges”
Dr. Schwebel's "Seven Challenges" are a practical guide for people, young and old, to really understand their relationship with drugs and alcohol and whether they're happy with that relationship or not.
Dr. Schwebel says that-- to the extent that people decide (for themselves) that they have a problem with drugs or alcohol-- not only are the NOT powerless (as AA and other 12-step programs might have them believe) but that they have complete agency to choose the life that they want, and decide how to move away from destructive behavior and towards an overall balanced and good life.
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THE LIFE PROCESS PROGRAM-- HOW TO FOLLOW / CONTACT / LEARN MORE ABOUT LPP:
Email us - [email protected]
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33 min