TAM+ EP 86 Unstuck & Unstoppable: Navigating Change with the Stages of Change Model
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.7 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Worksheet: Stages of Change
This episode dives into the Stages of Change Model, a powerful tool for understanding and navigating personal growth. Hosts Duane and Eric explore the six stages: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse. They emphasize the model's humanistic approach, acknowledging that change is a non-linear journey with room for setbacks and restarts. Learn how to identify your current stage, overcome obstacles, and move towards lasting positive change.
Key Topics:
- The six stages of the Stages of Change Model
- Recognizing your current stage of change
- Overcoming challenges in each stage
- Moving from contemplation to action
- The role of relapse in the change process
- Applying the model to personal growth and addiction recovery
Timestamps:
- Introduction (00:00-01:00)
- Overview of the Stages of Change Model (01:00-03:32)
- Deep Dive into the Six Stages (03:32-10:47)
- Addressing Criticisms and Benefits of the Model (10:47-12:26)
- Practical Applications and Resources (12:26-15:39)
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| 0:12.1 | Welcome to the Addicted Mind Plus, the podcast where recovery, mental health and wellness |
| 0:17.7 | take the front seat. |
| 0:19.3 | I'm Dwayne Osterlin, and joining me is my co-host, |
| 0:22.6 | Eric Osterlin. In each episode, we'll dive into actionable steps to help those in recovery |
| 0:27.7 | journey further along the path of wellness. Our conversations are designed to be concise, |
| 0:32.6 | typically around 15 minutes, though we occasionally delve deeper when the topic demands it. |
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| 1:00.8 | All right. Let's start this episode. Eric, are you ready? I am ready. Let's dive in. |
| 1:06.5 | Okay, I'm excited about this topic. We are going to talk about the stages of change model. |
| 1:12.6 | And the reason I really wanted to talk about this model is that for me, it's given me a way to look at the change process and to be able to understand how change takes place in us and how we move through that |
| 1:33.7 | process. Because when we're working with addiction, that's what we're trying to do. We're trying |
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