The Healthy Gaming Addiction Podcast Library
Episode 16 - Holiday Thoughts Pt. 1
Setting financial boundaries during the holiday season is difficult enough, but it's part of knowing your limits. Gaming addicts have difficulty setting boundaries with themselves, but loving relationships are the best place to practice. Listen to find out the host's thoughts on boundaries during the holidays.
Episode 15 - The Tough Questions
Have you ever felt like everything you try as a parent does nothing to help your gaming addicted kid? Have you ever thought that maybe you're contributing to the problem? Find out what needs to change as the host directly talks to the support system of video game addicts.
Episode 14 - The Beginnings of Gaming Addiction Counseling
The beginnings of any long term project fantasize about its end, but rarely is the path taken the same as the one envisioned. The host talks about why he specialized in video game addiction, why he became a marriage and family therapist, and what he has learned so far from his practice; Gaming Addiction Counseling
Episode 13 - Update on Activision Blizzard Lawsuit from DFEH
The host discusses updates on Activision Blizzard and his thoughts about the gaming company, their behavior, and how their stock has been affected.
Episode 12 - Identity Development and Video Games
The host reveals what he believes is the primary reason people resort to video games for relief and how playing video games becomes a surrogate environment to develop and form identity.
Episode 11 - Needs and Wants Fulfilled By Gaming
Do you know what needs are being fulfilled or missed by gaming? Maybe you know a person that spends most of their time grinding away in their favorite video game. Here is an insider's perspective on what video games give and take away.
Episode 10 - Getting Past The Pain
Once the choice to take pain of pleasure, what happens if the pain becomes to great? Seems quite a bit easier to just keep doing the same stuff. At least we know what to expect. Or is the thought of doing the same grind day after day too much. Take a listen and see if the pain is really too much to tolerate.
Episode 9 - What Else Is There To Do?
Is there anything more exciting to do than play video games? At the heart of gaming addiction is this question, but what is the question asking? Find out the answer as the Host sheds light on it.
Episode 8 - Boundaries and Limits
Boundaries in gaming can be skewed; however, boundaries in life are tested all the time. What does it mean to have boundaries for yourself, and how do you know when your personal limits are being tested? Find out in this podcast as the Host of The Healthy Gaming Zone takes you through his own realizations about boundaries and limits.
Episode 7 - #Gamergate
#Gamergate was very polarizing...and misunderstood, as well as politicized. I try to explain the timeline, and how the negative conclusions came about. Join me in diving through the harassment, backlash, and results of #Gamergate as I take a midline position removing the conspiracies and political leanings from the facts. Find out if video games and gamers are disgusting, or if there is more going on then meets the eye.
Episode 6 - Lasting Change
Do you find it hard to make lasting change in your life? Find out the kind of change personality you have, and where you can stand to make a change.
Episode 5 - Digital Entertainment Detox
Digital entertainment is everywhere (sometimes when we don't want it). When's the last time you went a day without digital entertainment? What about a Week? Find out how to Digital Detox and find out who you were before you had a smart phone.
Episode 4: Minimizing the Negative Effects of Gaming
Like anything else, gaming can be taken too far; however, there is a balance that can be struck, but are you willing to find what that balance is, and implement it? Find out what the negative effects of excessive gaming can be, and what can be done about it.