SMART Recovery® Podcast

Dr. Bill Knaus, author of over 20 books and foremost expert in the field of Psychology on the topic of Procrastination joins SMART to offer a mini-workshop in which he explains the many guises of procrastination and how it works, as well as offering concrete solutions and tips on how to defeat the wide range of procrastination issues so prevalent for all of us.  Part 1 of 2.

Dr. Michael Edelstein, author of Three-Minute Therapy: Change your Thinking, Change your Life, with David Ramsay Steele, speaks to the SMART community about how SMART Recovery® uses REBT (Albert Ellis’ Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) to help with addictions and enhance our lives.  It is a lively Q&A session with tons of helpful, practical suggestions. Foremost: PRACTICE!

Ed Garcia discusses the subtle but forceful ways in which fear and anger connect and affect us, explains how we can best handle those emotions, and uses listener questions to provide examples.

Dr. Meyers speaks to those whose loved ones misuse alcohol or other substances and how to effectively help them seek treatment and enhance their own quality and satisfaction in life. Dr. Meyers is the co-author of Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading and Threatening and a creator of the CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) approach to family treatment. Note: References to “GYLOS” refer to the book Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening by Robert J. Meyers, Ph. D. and Brenda L. Wolfe, Ph.D.

In this special presentation, Ed Garcia describes how we can focus on our thoughts or "self-talk," then analyze thoughts and self-talk, determining whether our thinking serves our interests or proves self-defeating. We have the power to change self-defeating thoughts and self-talk, and Ed Garcia tells us how to do it.