Tag: Addiction

  • Conquering the Self

    Conquering the Self

    Jolinda Wade knows what it means to have a story that can be difficult to revisit. In this program, the pastor and author of In Conquering Me: A Memoir of Courage, Faith, and Transformation, looks back on addiction, homelessness, incarceration, trauma, and years of self-doubt—and on the choices that helped her build a different life. Wade…

  • Drug Wars: A New Hope

    Why do some people develop addictions and others don’t? Does that provide insight in how to mediate addictive responses and behaviors? Join The Scripps Research Institutes’ Olivier George as he talks about his research and shares insights into how the brain responds to a variety of drugs, both illicit and prescription – as well as…