TAM+ Episode 45: Turn Criticism into Growth: Transforming Your Response to Criticism
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Ever felt like feedback in your recovery journey hits you like a punch to the gut? You're not alone. In this eye-opening episode of The Addicted Mind Plus, hosts Duane and Eric Osterlind dive into why criticism can feel so painful during recovery and share game-changing strategies to transform those tough moments into opportunities for growth. Drawing from cutting-edge research in neuroscience and psychology, they explain how our early life experiences shape our sensitivity to criticism and why some people struggle more than others with feedback. But here's the good news: by adopting what scientists call a "growth mindset," you can learn to receive feedback differently and use it to strengthen your recovery journey. The brothers share practical, easy-to-implement strategies that can help you shift from feeling defensive and ashamed to seeing criticism as valuable feedback for your growth. Whether you're in recovery or supporting someone who is, this episode offers essential tools for turning difficult feedback into stepping stones toward lasting change.
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KEY TOPICS- Understanding why criticism hits harder for some people
- The connection between early childhood experiences and sensitivity to criticism
- How the brain's stress response system affects our reaction to feedback
- Dr. Carol Dweck's research on growth mindset
- Three practical strategies for developing a growth mindset
- The role of criticism in sustainable recovery
- Practical tools and worksheets for implementing these strategies
[00:01:07] Introduction to criticism's impact on recovery
[00:02:45] Understanding sensitivity to criticism through attachment theory
[00:06:00] Introduction to growth mindset concept
[00:08:00] Real-world examples of criticism in recovery
[00:11:11] Three practical strategies for developing growth mindset
[00:13:21] Practicing affirming statements
[00:14:57] Resources and community support information
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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 |
| 0:44.1 | facets 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. |
| 1:01.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to the next episode of the Addicted Mind Plus. I'm Dwayne Austerlund, and I'm here with my brother, Eric. Hello, everybody. I'm excited for today's |
| 1:06.8 | episode. Yes, I think this is something that can really help you grow in your recovery. So I have to |
| 1:15.9 | ask a question here. Have you ever received feedback in your recovery that felt like a punch to |
| 1:22.0 | your gut? Maybe your friend or sponsor or a coworker called you out on your behavior or maybe even a loved one |
| 1:30.3 | expressed concern about your progress and your recovery and that just stung. It just hurt. It |
| 1:36.9 | hurt to hear that feedback. You're not alone in that. Today we're going to dive into why |
| 1:42.7 | criticism hits so hard in recovery and how we can |
| 1:48.0 | change that to develop a growth mindset that can transfer those painful moments into powerful |
| 1:55.5 | opportunities for healing. Yeah, Duane, I agree. I mean, if you're human, you're going to at some point in your |
| 2:02.5 | life experience criticism. And the way you handle that is important. Developing a growth mindset |
| 2:08.4 | will help you handle criticism better, which is so important when we're struggling with recovery. |
| 2:14.3 | Yeah, absolutely. I think it's important to be able to handle criticism in a way that's |
| 2:19.2 | really going to help us. Because like you said, I mean, if we're human, we're going to experience |
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