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The Crisis of Happiness: Hurting, Addicting, & Healing with Jim Owens MA, LPC

The Crisis of Happiness: Hurting, Addicting, & Healing with Jim Owens MA, LPC

Update: 2025-08-26
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When you hear the word “addiction”, what typically comes to mind? Needles? Alcohol? Pills? As Jim Owens, MA, LPC explains, addiction is much simpler, including everything from substances to technology, screen time, work, shopping, and even sugar. Addictions and distractions are used to manage pain—but in the process, end up damaging our brains, our relationships, and our ability to find lasting happiness. Jim gives scientific evidence and practical advice for overcoming wounds, to help hurt people become healed people.

At the conclusion of this talk, you will also be able to hear a bonus sample of the CD: Know Your Story: The Love God in the Narrative of Your Life by Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT.


 

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The Crisis of Happiness: Hurting, Addicting, & Healing with Jim Owens MA, LPC

The Crisis of Happiness: Hurting, Addicting, & Healing with Jim Owens MA, LPC

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