Integral Recovery: The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast

Episode 45 Scott Kiloby: A Non-dual Approach to Recovery form Alcoholism and Addiction Our guest this podcast is Scott Kiloby, teacher of non-dual recovery and founder of the Kiloby Center for Recovery. Scott speaks with clear articulation and intentionality, and with a gentle heart. It is a delight to listen. Bob, Doug and John weave […]

Episode 44 sacrifice its role in recovery and growth In this podcast, our 3 musketeers dive into the topic of sacrifice and its role in recovery and growth. Whether you are in recovery for addiction or any other condition that ails the human spirit, sacrifice can be a useful part of the journey. With humor […]

Episode 43 revealing the hidden gifts in our addiction, suffering, and pain “We can never see past the choices we don’t understand … You’ve already made the choice. Now you have to understand it.” – The Oracle, The Matrix Reloaded I spent many years, both in my active addiction, and before it, running away from […]

Episode 42 Surviving the Holidays Honoring your Recovery this Season The Holiday season is upon us again. Whether we celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, Rohatsu, something else altogether, or none of the above, the annual festivities abound. For many, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. A crisp layer of powdery snow blankets the ground, […]

Episode 41 carlos alvarez restorative practice ending the cycle of addiction and violence Are you sitting down? If not, take a seat, because what I’m about to say may shock you… I’ve made mistakes. I’m not talking about harmless accidents the occasional typo in a blog post, either. I’ve made some terrible decisions in my […]

Episode 40 something bigger than ourselves: finding meaning in recovery and life Is recovery heroic? On the outside, our heroes may be different. Some of us consider the athlete at the top of her game, like Florence Griffith Joyner, a hero. For others, a hero is an entrepreneur like Elon Musk, who persisted against all […]

Episode 39 right-sizing the ego: balancing the finite self and the infinite self In the depths of my addiction, I believed redemption, healing, and forgiveness were reserved for people who had something worthwhile to contribute to the world. I had heard plenty of stories about people who struggled with drugs, alcohol, or behavioral addiction, and […]

Episode 37 How do YOU define addiction? The Art of Holding Multiple Perspectives and the Quadrants of the AQAL Map The Price of Certainty “The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.” – Bertrand Russel “Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” – […]

Episode 36 Breaking the stigma of recovery and the boldness to walk the path of sobriety Society has a lot of ideas about addiction. And it has a lot of ideas about recovery. Most of them are wrong. Some of those wrong ideas are harmless enough, but the perception that normal, happy, fun people drink […]

Episode 35 Holly Whitaker Hip Sobriety Creating a Life you Don’t Need to Escape From Is it normal? Every time we log into our social media accounts, we see the smiling faces of our friends, families, and colleagues. We see people’s successes and celebrations. Maybe we even post a few of our own, carefully curating […]

Episode 34 Practice and Habit Building in Early Recovery Finding Motivation and Crushing Resistance Our habits shape our destinies. We are what we repeatedly do. Your brain is lazy. That’s not a personal indictment. My brain is lazy, too. In fact, all of our brains are lazy. Evolution engineered us that way for energy efficiency, […]

Episode 33 dr. charles flores, ph.d legalizing marijuana an integral exploration of a complex reality “Pot is not a crime!” I remember the rallying cry. That message, among many others, decorated the sea of poster board signs as thousands of people gathered outside the Colorado state capital building in support of marijuana legalization. For years, […]

Episode 32 dr. charles flores, ph.d breaking the chains of addiction and recovering your life Dr. Charles Flores, a true pioneer and trailblazer in the Integral approach to treatment, has facilitated healing and recovery for people with a wide array of addictions, from drug and alcohol abuse, to behavioral and interior neurochemical addictions, including sex […]

Episode 31 waking up to what? spiritual practice and finding your purpose “What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” – Abraham Maslow In the depths of addiction, there’s never enough. Almost by definition, addiction is the attempt to fill a craving that’s impossible to satisfy. The addict is […]

Episode 30: Sometimes Life Sucks (and that’s okay) Embracing Challenges in Recovery I have a confession: I was always bothered by the word “surrender”. Every time I heard it in a twelve-step meeting, I winced. Doesn’t struggle mean that we care enough to keep fighting? Doesn’t releasing our control mean we’ve given up? Not at […]

Episode 29: When Others Don’t Want us to Change The Dynamic Self, The Addict Self, and the infinite self Recovery changes us. Thank God. Our ways of being the world, our coping mechanisms, and our relationship strategies were killing us, and we needed to make some radical shifts. So with the best of intentions and […]

Episode 28: Going Home Resentments, Challenges, and Opportunities All our relationships are complex and nuanced, but perhaps none more so than our relationships with our family. And unless we learn how to navigate this inherently thorny terrain, we jeopardize our continued sobriety and unfolding evolutionary growth in every dimension of the AQAL map. No matter […]

Episode 27: Relationships A Catalyst for Growth and Recovery Here’s a theory to consider: The modern-day salute was adapted from the practice of medieval knights who, as a gesture of mutual respect when passing one another on the battlefield, would lift the visors of their helmets in greeting. It’s a romantic notion. It may or […]

Episode 26: Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D. Shadow Work: Exploration, Integration, and Turning Towards our Pain Can you be intimate with all you are? There’s a saying, in Alcoholics Anonymous, that we’re only as sick as our secrets. And most of us who’ve done the deep and challenging work of opening up, whether to a sponsor, […]

Episode 25: habit formation and goal setting recovery, discipline, and the way to mastery Our habits are powerful. But an addict in recovery hardly needs convincing of that. Our habits shaped our experience for years; an unrelenting force that caused considerable damage in our lives. As you undoubtedly know by now, practice is the core […]

Episode 24: Finding Hope in Recovery The Integral Journey of Doug Prater Before Integral Practice can lift us from the darkness of addiction, we need a compelling reason to start. To take the first step. Hope is, at its core, is the belief that a better future is possible. Without that belief, without hope, we […]

Episode 23: getting started creating a sustainable integral practice for body, mind, shadow, and spirit To change our habits, we have to interrupt our patterns. To build new habits, we need new, healthy patterns. In recovery, nothing matters more. For the recovering addict, an inpatient treatment program or wilderness program breaks us out of our […]

Episode 22: The Art of Practice Returning Again and Again Anonymity and the Stigma of Addiction The map is not the territory. A theoretical understanding will only get us so far. Integral Recovery, much like our lives, and our addictions, is about what we do. Waking up, growing up, cleaning up, and showing up are […]

Episode 21: Understanding Enneagram Types part 3 – The Challenger, The Peacemaker Introversion, Extroversion, and the Highly Sensitive Person Why study typology? What do Enneagram types have to do with recovery from addiction? The richness of the Enneagram helps us understand our strengths and challenges. It provides a window into the behavior of our partners, […]

Episode 20: Dr. Adam Gorman, Psy.D Envisioning a Better Future Though Integral Recovery Practice We’re losing the war on addiction. The statistics are in; the problem is growing. Addiction is devastating our lives, our families, and our communities. Traditional models of recovery and treatment for addiction were a necessary step in the right direction, but […]

Episode 19: Understanding Enneagram Types pt. 2 Using Typology for Transformation How well do you know yourself? Have you ever wondered why you do what you do? Or why the actions and behaviors of others seem so hard to understand? Most of us think we know ourselves pretty well. We believe our thoughts and actions […]

Episode 18: Understanding Enneagram Types pt. 1 Your Personal Road to Recovery and Growth There’s only one you. You’re unique. You have unique gifts, talents, insights, and potentials…hopes and dreams…fears and traumas…and no one else is, or will be ever be, exactly like you. Most of us have known others like us. Kindred spirits, whether […]

Episode 17: States of Consciousness Part 2 Waking Up to our True Nature What does it mean to “wake up”? Have you ever thought about it? For those in recovery, the more pressing question is usually: “How does insight into the true nature of “the self” and “the kosmos” help keep me sober?” It’s a […]

Episode 16: States of Consciousness Part 1 Pleasure, Pain, Addiction, and Recovery Hey you. Yes, you. How are you feeling today? Are you happy, sad, lethargic, energetic? Are you enthusiastic or optimistic? Bored? Lustful? Calm? Curious, perhaps? Wondering where on Earth I’m going with this? Any addict will tell you, when they peel back the […]

Episode 15: Guy du Plessis Existential Integral Recovery: Beyond the 12 Steps What are you searching for? That deep, existential feeling of longing is the common denominator of human experience. It hums in the background, permeating our lives. A hole inside, longing to be filled. Addicts have a deep, experiential knowledge of longing and craving. […]

Episode 14: Colleen Kelly, LMFT Integral Recovery in the “we” space: Plural Recovery and the Art of Healing Relationships Who have our addictions hurt? Even asking the question can feel overwhelming, but answering it honestly and taking responsibility is essential to our recovery and growth. The ravages of addiction appear in every facet of life, […]

Episode 13: The Healing Power of Forgiveness Meditation What are you holding on to? Can you let it go? The twelve-step literature discusses the perils of holding onto resentments, and why learning to let go and forgive is critical to our successful recovery. Even beyond sobriety, learning to forgive offers a powerful tool for our […]

Episode 12: Applying the Integral Stages to Recovery The View from the Second Tier One of the most insidious elements of addiction is its ability to limit our perspective as our survival is threatened. This limiting of perspective leads the developmental regression that characterizes the stereotypical behavior of the addict. Through our work in Integral […]

Episode 11: The Journey of Dr. Bob Weathers Addiction, Recovery, and Healing Addiction doesn’t discriminate. No matter how well educated or how spiritually developed we become, the disease of addiction can grab hold unless we learn to heal the traumas of our past. In this special edition of the Journey of Integral Recovery, Dr. Bob […]

Episode 10: Introduction to AQAL Stages and Developmental Levels Climbing the Ladder to Recovery and Growth We’ve heard it said that addicts are selfish and care only about themselves. In Integral Recovery, this behavioral tendency can best be understood through the lens of developmental stages. Our exploration of the AQAL map continues today as we […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Episode 9: Your Multiple Intelligences- The Four Essential Lines This is your brain on drugs. The ad campaign was memorable, for sure, but was it accurate? There’s no question that alcoholism and addiction wreak havoc on our brains, but is the addict in recovery doomed to a life of permanently […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Episode 8: Systems, Society, and Integral Recovery – Navigating the Lower-Right Quadrant Does society create addicts? Can society help addicts recover, and do they have a responsibility to do so? What is our own responsibility as individuals and co-creators of our cultural paradigm in the prevention and treatment of addiction? […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 007: The Four Essential Quadrants of Recovery Why you should listen: What if scientists developed a magic pill to cure addiction? Integral Recovery redefines, deepens, and expands our ideas of what is necessary for a truly holistic model of treatment. By examining the interdependence of the four quadrants […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 006: Growing Up -Working with the Shadow Why you should listen: When we’ve taken the critical first step of getting the drugs and alcohol out of our system, we come face to face with ourselves, our trauma, and our shadows. This shadow material, when left unchecked, can drive […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 005: Waking Up – Leaning into the Great Mystery Why you should listen: The daily practice of meditation offers us a profound tool for inner transformation, and it’s central to the Integral Recovery program. But what makes meditation so powerful, and how does the practice affect us as […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 004: Cleaning Up – What do we Recover in Recovery? Why You Should Listen: What does addiction take from us, and what do we recover? In this episode, John Dupuy, Dr. Bob Weathers, and Doug Prater examine the daily practice of “cleaning up” through an integral lens. The […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 003: The Many Causes and Forms of Addiction Why You Should Listen: In addition to its physical, neurological, and genetic roots, addiction is a disease of psychology, spirit, and relationships. In this episode, hosts John Dupuy, Dr. Bob Weathers, and Doug Prater examine the necessity of a recovery […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Episode 002: The Neurological Roots of Addiction Why You Should Listen John Dupuy, Dr. Bob Weathers, and Doug Prater discuss addiction as a neurological disease affecting the most fundamental parts of the brain. As developments in our ability to study the brain improve our usnderstanding of its function, our approach […]

The Journey of Integral Recovery Podcast Episode 001: What is Integral Recovery Why You Should Listen: John Dupuy, author of Integral Recovery: A Revolutionary Approach to the treatment of alcoholism and addition, dialogs with co-hosts Dr. Robert (Bob) Weathers and Doug Prater about Integral Recovery. At the core of Integral Recovery® is Integral Recovery Practice, […]