TAM+ EP 27 Celebrating the Little Things: How Micro Wins Drive Your Recovery Journey
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Addicted Mind Plus, Duane and Eric Osterlind dive into the importance of celebrating micro wins in the journey of recovery. They discuss how small victories, often overlooked, play a crucial role in maintaining motivation and building resilience. By focusing on these tiny achievements, you can create a positive mindset that fuels your progress toward larger goals. Whether it's putting on your shoes for a walk or writing a single sentence in your journal, these micro wins can significantly boost your emotional well-being and keep you moving forward. Tune in to learn practical tips and hear inspiring insights on how to make the most of your daily successes.
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Key Topics- The significance of micro wins in recovery
- How small victories boost motivation and resilience
- Practical examples of celebrating micro wins
- The impact of savoring positive experiences
- Strategies for incorporating micro wins into daily life
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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. |
| 0:38.6 | 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, |
| 0:46.4 | one small step at a time. |
| 0:48.4 | This is The Addicted Mind Plus, where your journey to wellness gets an extra boost. |
| 0:53.2 | So let's get started. |
| 0:55.1 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Addicted Mind Plus. |
| 1:00.5 | And today, we are going to focus on micro wins. |
| 1:05.9 | This is going to be a great episode because most people overlook micro wins. |
| 1:09.9 | Yeah. And they don't really celebrate them. |
| 1:12.0 | Yeah. And as we were prepping for this episode, Eric, that was our conversation, right? |
| 1:17.0 | That so often we get lost in focusing on only the big victories that we have. And big victories, |
| 1:26.3 | you know, yes, they can be there, but they're not the thing that |
| 1:31.2 | really bring us motivation. Yeah, it's about celebrating these little victories within it |
| 1:37.3 | to actually keep the motivation going so you can get to the big goals. That's what's so ironic. So |
| 1:43.1 | this part of the equation is probably stronger than getting to the big goals. That's what's so ironic. So this part of the equation is probably |
| 1:44.8 | stronger than getting to the big goals, if you will. Yeah. And also what we were talking about, |
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