The Untold Power of Grief in Our Mental Health Journey: Interview with Duane Osterlind LMFT

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Discover the profound impact grief can have on reshaping our perspectives and teaching us the true value of life. Through a heartfelt conversation between Nikki Eisenhauer and Duane Osterlind, delve into personal stories grief, loss, resilience, and recovery, highlighting the transformative mental health journey from deep sorrow to finding purpose and strength. Our discussion extends beyond the pain, exploring how the trials of addiction recovery, the quest for connection, and the pursuit of healing can illuminate the path to a more mindful and compassionate existence. We share insights on building resilience, the importance of seeking support, and the untold power of grief to teach us about what really matters. Join us highly sensitive people as we navigate the complexities of emotional wellness, offering guidance and hope to those on their own path to self-discovery and improving mental health. Check out Duane's podcast "The Addicted Mind" wherever you get your podcasts and at https://www.theaddictedmind.com/ RESOURCES: WORK WITH NIKKI 1:1 30 DAYS TO PEACE COURSE PATREON COMMUNITY INTRO TO BOUNDARIES THE BOUNDARIES INTENSIVE BOOK CLUB NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SIGNUP THE PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK BRAIN FM: CODE: emotionalbadass for 20% off your membership FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram Facebook TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Emotional Badass, where Moxi means mindful.
0:04.0	I'm your host Nicky Eisenhower, life coach, and psychotherapist,
0:07.5	and on today's show, I'm interviewing therapist
0:10.5	and addiction counselor Dane Austerland. Me and my wife we lost our first child. She was with us for you know one week and then she didn't make it and I think you know once again having
0:38.2	that resilience to walk through that peace and that grief I remember at that time thinking it was not survivable.
0:45.9	Like I didn't know how I would live.
0:48.6	How could we walk through that and why was life so unfair and her brief my grief informs my life. Yeah. My grief
1:03.0	Informs my life because it tells me what's valuable.
1:07.0	Yes.
1:08.0	It tells me what's important.
1:11.0	And that was her gift to the world and the other people who briefly knew her too.
1:17.0	Duane Osterland is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a certified sex
1:25.8	addiction therapist and hosts of the podcast The Addicted Mind. Today we sit down to
1:31.4	discuss grief, loss, addiction, and recognizing when to seek help.
1:35.8	Dwayne, I'm so happy to be with you today and finally have you on emotional badass.
1:48.0	Thank you so much for coming.
1:50.0	Oh, thank you for having me.
1:53.4	Nicki, I'm a huge fan of your work too,
1:56.2	so I'm kind of a little bit starstruck actually.
1:59.2	Because I look up to you a lot,
2:01.4	and I look up to you at a lot of the work you do I follow so it's
2:06.7	exciting to be here. Well that is making me blush a little bit because I look up to you
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