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Eric Garland – Working with Addiction & Pain

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February 12, 2021

In this episode, Wendy speaks with clinical researcher and psychotherapist Eric Garland. Eric has spent his career developing effective ways to use mindfulness and other contemplative approaches for problems like addiction and chronic pain. Their conversation covers many topics, including:

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  • how early mystical experiences led him to a contemplative path;
  • the power of meditation to heal and restore well-being;
  • self-transcendence and non-dual states of consciousness;
  • the features of his intervention, Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), and its application for addiction and chronic pain;
  • how reappraisal can help in difficult situations;
  • the role of savoring and reconnecting with natural rewards;
  • deconstructing pain;
  • a large clinical trial showing how effective MORE is, and how it might work;
  • and the biggest lesson he’s learned from his work so far.
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Episode List

Below is a full list of episodes since the show began in April 2020. Enjoy!

87. Jamie Bristow – The Work That Reconnects
86. Jamie Bristow – Exploring Systems Change
85. Wendy Hasenkamp – Widening the Aperture
84. Liz Monson – Reclaiming the Magic
83. Christy Wilson-Mendenhall – Emotions in the World
82. Karen O’Brien – Why We Matter
81. Tania Singer – The Power of Two
80. Melissa Rosenkranz – Mind, Body, World
79. Otto Scharmer – Changing Systems
78. Neil Theise – Everything is Connected
77. Molly Crockett – Changing the World is a Group Project
76. Jim Coan – Our Social Baseline
75. Chuck Raison – Ancient Practices & Conscious Experience
74. Quinn Conklin – Mind-Body Connection
73. Zev Schuman-Olivier – Mindfulness, Behavior Change, and Health
72. Eve Ekman – Building Emotion Awareness
71. Dave Vago – Meditation, Neuroscience, and Self
70. Tawni Tidwell – Between Life and Death
69. Brian Dias – Epigenetics and Intergenerational Trauma
68. Jyoti Mishra – Mindfulness and Climate Trauma
67. Simon Goldberg – The Shape of Healing
66. Diana Chapman Walsh – Contemplative Leadership
65. Daniel Goleman – Beyond Emotional Intelligence
64. Robin Nusslock – How Stress Gets Under Our Skin
63. Hanne De Jaegher – Making Sense Together
62. Grant Jones – Music, Meditation, and Healing
61. Linda Carlson – Mindfulness and Cancer
60. Paul Condon – Relational Meditation
59. Marieke Van Vugt – Finding Balance
58. Emeran Mayer – Biological Interconnectedness
57. Rob Roeser – Transforming Education
56. sujatha baliga – Healing through Restorative Justice
55. Fadel Zeidan – Mindfulness and Pain
54. Brendan Ozawa-de Silva – Embodied Learning
53. Ed Taylor – Leading by Example
52. David Creswell – Exploring Equanimity
51. Jenny Mascaro – Compassion in Healthcare
50. Elissa Epel – Mind, Body, and Stress
49. Matthieu Ricard – Compassion and Care
48. Jamie Bristow – Policy, Practice, and Planet
47. Amy Cohen Varela – The Power of Undoing
46. Zindel Segal – Mindfulness and Depression
45. Randima Fernando – Humane Technology
44. Yuria Celidwen – Indigenous Wisdom
43. Norm Farb – Meditation and the Brain
42. Tish Jennings – Contemplative Education
41. Sharon Salzberg – Love and Wisdom
40. Bob Thurman – Wisdom is Bliss
39. Lasana Harris – Flexible Social Cognition
38. Jessica Morey – Healing Attachment
37. Juan Santoyo – Practice and Peace
36. Al Kaszniak – The Universe of Verbs
35. Brooke Lavelle – Courage in Community
34. Jud Brewer – Changing Habits
33. Roshi Joan Halifax – Enactive Compassion
32. Cliff Saron – Embracing Complexity
31. Bobbi Patterson – Contemplation, Place, and Resilience
30. Cortland Dahl – Integrating Science and Buddhism
29. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel – Identity as Path
28. Willoughby Britton – When Meditation Causes Harm
27. Nicholas Van Dam – Nuancing the Narrative
26. Rhonda Magee – Mindfulness, Interconnection, and Justice
25. Jon Kabat-Zinn – The Heart of Mindfulness
24. Vandana Shiva – Earth Democracy
23. David Sloan Wilson – Conscious Evolution
22. Dekila Chungyalpa – Human-Earth Connection
21. Peter Wayne – Ecology of Mind
20. Mingyur Rinpoche – Awareness, Compassion, and Wisdom
19. Buju Dasgupta – Social Context & Implicit Bias
18. Larry Barsalou – Habits of Mind
17. Sona Dimidjian – Bringing Relationship into Research
16. John Dunne – At the Crossroads of Buddhism and Science
15. Eric Garland – Working with Addiction & Pain
14. Anne Klein – The Wisdom of the Body
13. Lisa Feldman Barrett – Your Emotions Aren’t What You Think
12. Jack Kornfield – Wisdom for our Times
11. Adam Hanley – Taking Your Mind Off Autopilot
10. Andreas Roepstorff – Interacting Minds
9. Evan Thompson – Expanding Our View of the Mind
8. Doris Chang – Critical Consciousness
7. Richie Davidson – The Science of Meditation
6. Tanya Luhrmann – How Social Worlds Shape Our Minds
5. Amishi Jha – Attention, Mind Wandering, and Stress
4. john powell – Othering and Belonging
3. Willa Blythe Baker – Meditating with the Body
2. Anil Seth – How Our Minds Predict Our Reality
1. Thupten Jinpa – Cultivating Compassion