TAM+ EP 17 Harmonizing Life: The Art of Caring About What Truly Matters
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.7 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Join hosts Duane and Eric Osterlind in this enlightening episode of "The Addicted Mind Plus," where they explore the vital role of values in achieving a harmonious and fulfilling life. Understanding and defining your values is likened to setting a rudder on your life's boat, guiding you through the storms of stress, guilt, and dissatisfaction that come from living out of alignment with your true self. The conversation dives deep into how values serve as a North Star, aiding those in recovery or anyone seeking stability to make intentional, value-driven choices rather than reactive ones. This episode is essential for anyone feeling stuck or purposeless, offering practical advice on defining and realigning with what's truly important.
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Key Topics
- The importance of knowing and aligning with your personal values
- How values act as a guiding light in life, preventing feelings of meaninglessness
- The dynamic nature of values and the need to reassess them over time
- Common pitfalls when values are unclear or unexamined
- Practical steps for identifying and living according to your values
Key Moments
- [00:01:00] Introduction to the importance of values in life
- [00:02:00] Discussion on how misaligned values can lead to life dissatisfaction
- [00:04:00] The benefits of living a value-driven life in recovery
- [00:06:00] How emotional reactions can derail us from our value system
- [00:09:00] Strategies for defining and aligning with personal values
- [00:11:00] The impact of values on decision-making in various life areas
- [00:14:00] Conclusion and resources for further exploration of values
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Addicted Mind Plus, the podcast where recovery, mental health, and wellness take the front seat. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Dwayne Austerland, and joining me is my co-host, Eric Osterland, known for his insightful work on the Stuck Brain podcast. |
| 0:14.3 | In each episode, we'll dive into actionable, small steps to help those in recovery journey further along the path to wellness. |
| 0:22.3 | Our conversations are designed to be concise, typically around 15 minutes, though we may |
| 0:27.0 | occasionally delve deeper when the topic demands it. Our goal to provide you with practical |
| 0:32.0 | advice grounded in real experiences and expert insights to empower your recovery journey. |
| 0:38.7 | So whether you're on a break, on a walk, or just taking a moment for yourself, |
| 0:42.3 | join us as we explore the many facets of recovery and mental health, one small step at a time. |
| 0:48.1 | This is The Addicted Mind Plus, where your journey to wellness gets an extra boost. |
| 0:53.2 | So let's get started. |
| 0:55.3 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to wellness gets an extra boost. So let's get started. Hello, everyone. |
| 0:56.4 | Welcome to the Addicted Mind Plus. |
| 0:59.1 | I'm excited about today's episode. |
| 1:01.2 | We're going to talk about values and really caring about the right things to harmonize your life. |
| 1:08.6 | And so this is a really important topic because values in a way are |
| 1:13.9 | guiding light. Absolutely. Values are important to us. They're kind of like a rudder on a boat and they |
| 1:18.9 | keep us going in the right direction. Yeah. And if you don't know what your values are and they're not |
| 1:24.5 | guiding you, you don't have that rudder and you don't have that guiding light, most likely in your life, you're going to feel a lack of fulfillment. You're going to be like |
| 1:32.1 | wondering, like, what is my, what is my life about? What am I doing here? You're going to be stressed |
| 1:38.0 | out because you're going to be living maybe someone else's life, not your own, because you're |
| 1:42.7 | not guiding yourself by your values. |
| 1:44.2 | You might even feel a lot of guilt because you might be portraying your values and not even |
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