TAM+ Ep 57: The Power of Values: Your Guide to Authentic Recovery
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Are you feeling stuck, unfulfilled, or like you're living someone else's life? In this powerful episode of The Addicted Mind Plus, hosts Duane and Eric Osterlind dive deep into how unclear values might be sabotaging your recovery and overall well-being. Like a rudder on a boat, your values guide you through life's challenges and decisions. Yet many people in recovery struggle because they haven't identified what truly matters to them.
The hosts explore how living without clear values can lead to anxiety, depression, and that nagging feeling that something's missing. They share practical insights on how to discover your authentic values across different life areas - from relationships to career choices. Whether you're in recovery or simply seeking a more meaningful life, this episode offers concrete strategies for aligning your actions with what truly matters to you. Plus, listeners get access to a special worksheet to help them define their personal values and start making better decisions today.
Download the worksheet: Building a Life & Recovery Guided by Your Values Worksheet
- The connection between undefined values and recovery struggles
- How misaligned values lead to anxiety, depression, and unfulfillment
- The importance of differentiating between personal values and "shoulds" from others
- How values change throughout different life stages and circumstances
- Using values as a decision-making tool in relationships and career choices
- The role of emotion regulation in living according to your values
- Practical strategies for defining values in different life domains
[00:01:14] Values as a rudder: The importance of guidance in lifeÂ
[00:02:37] Why values need regular review and refinementÂ
[00:04:31] How undefined values impact mental health and recoveryÂ
[00:06:00] Using values to make better decisions [00:09:35] Breaking down values into specific life categoriesÂ
[00:11:18] Practical examples of applying values to relationshipsÂ
[00:13:21] Access to free values worksheet and resources
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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. So whether you're on a |
| 0:39.3 | break, on a walk, or just taking a moment for yourself, join us as we explore the many facets |
| 0:44.5 | of recovery and mental health, one small step at a time. This is The Addicted Mind Plus, |
| 0:50.3 | where your journey to wellness gets an extra boost. So let's get started. |
| 1:00.8 | Quickly, before we start this episode, I want to tell you about the Addicted Mind Plus community. If you feel stuck, you feel like you're not moving forward. You feel like |
| 1:09.4 | you're not reaching your potential. |
| 1:11.6 | You're stuck in your recovery. |
| 1:13.6 | Then join the Addicted Mind Plus community. |
| 1:17.3 | In this community, we walk through the practical steps that get you to be your best self. |
| 1:26.2 | So check it out. |
| 1:31.8 | You're worth it. Go to theaddictedmind.com forward slash community and join. All right. Let's start this episode. Hello, everyone. Welcome to |
| 1:39.4 | the addicted mind. Plus, I'm excited about today's episode. We're going to talk about values and |
| 1:46.1 | really caring about the right things to harmonize your life. And so this is a really important |
| 1:53.3 | topic because values in a way are our guiding light. Absolutely. Values are important to us. |
| 1:59.5 | They're kind of like a rudder on a boat and they keep |
| 2:01.4 | us going in the right direction. Yeah. And if you don't know what your values are and they're not |
| 2:06.8 | guiding you, you don't have that rudder and you don't have that guiding light, most likely in your |
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