S01E14 - Dr. Fred Muench, Partnership to End Addiction - Drugs and Mindset

On this podcast, I spoke with Dr. Fred Muench, the President of Drug-Free.org, 

Dr. Muench is a clinical psychologist who specializes in developing remote coaching and digital interventions to help individuals and families prevent and intervene in problematic substance use. 

Fred is a fascinating individual who is helping to lead research and development to help individuals that are using or abusing substances, alcohol, and drugs.

He has held faculty appointments at NYU, Columbia University Medical Center, and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and has been on numerous advisory boards to promote telehealth practices.

We talked about use, abuse, how individuals can use drugs to deal with problems, and issues, and how they might better manage themselves, through connections, technology, and other methods to better cope with life and the existential angst of our traumatic life. 

I enjoyed this conversation with Dr. Muench, it was very insightful and it offers guidance to people to help regulate through breathwork, exercise, and cognitive reframing, using behavioral health interventions.