Little Addicts
Episodes
Ep 24 - What 23 Juicy Conversations Taught Me (And What's Next?)
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes: In this special episode, Kerene reflects on the journey (23 conversations diving deep into addiction, behaviour change, and what it means...
Ep 23 - Breaking Up with Diet Culture (Spoiler: It's Toxic AF) with Lotta Dann
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this refreshingly raw and witty episode, Lotta Dann—author, sobriety advocate, and anti-diet warrior—talks about the tangled web of body image,...
Ep 22 - Fighting Meth Together: A Mother-Daughter Story of Survival and Hope
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Overview: In this deeply moving episode, I speak with Izzy, a young woman in recovery from meth addiction, and her fiercely loyal mum, Lisa. T...
Ep 21 - Everybody Self-Soothes: You're Not Broken—You're Wired with Kerene and Philly
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this raw and resonant episode, Philly Powell interviews Kerene Strochnetter about Chapter One of her upcoming book. Kerene unpacks the origins of ...
Ep 20 - Addiction, Trauma & Change: A Systemic Rethink with David Hanna
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Hanna is a fifth-generation Tangata Tiriti (people of the Treaty), a leader in community-led development, and the director of Wesley Communit...
Ep 19 - Beyond the Scale: The Truth About Bariatric Surgery & Food Addiction with Bilge MacPhee
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for a fascinating chat with nutritionist Bilge MacPhee as we explore the power of food, the truth about bariatric surgery, and why ultra-proce...
Ep 18 - Shop, Snack, Sex, Repeat... or Find Inner Peace with Natalie Snooke
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breaking free from the endless cycle of craving—whether through shopping, food, or relationships—Natalie Snooke explores how self-awareness, medi...
Ep 17 - Beyond Burnout: Kicking Achievement and Exercise Addiction with Lotty Roberts
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lotty is a forward thinker in Emotional Culture, Change and Resilience, with over 20 years of experience leading and coaching people through large-sca...
Ep 16 - NEAD to Stop: Our One-Year Experiment of Not Eating After Dinner with Philly Powell
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Philly Powell, the Wellness Provocateur and founder of Wellbeing Tick. Philly helps businesses ditch burnout...
Ep 15 – Breaking the Chain: From Addiction to Spiritual Freedom with James Dear
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Dear is a recovering drug addict. He was severely addicted but has been sober for over 5 years. In 2018, he started a movement called 'Break The...
Ep 14 - Free from Addiction: How Hypnotherapy Can Transform Your Life with Meredith McCarthy
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meredith McCarthy is a clinical hypnotherapist, author, and speaker with over 30 years of experience helping individuals unlock the power of their mi...
Ep 13 - Unstuck: Mastering the Mind, Transforming Habits, and Scaling Consciousness with Carl Lemieux
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I loved this conversation with Carl Lemieux from Mindsmatter. I could talk with him for hours! Carl is an author, workplace psychologist, management c...
Ep 12 - Tripping to Heal: From Binge Drinking to Psychedelics with Zach Cotogni
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Cotogni and his sister Michaela wrote Blue Honey—Personal Experiences Using Psilocybin for Mental Health in Aotearoa, a book that challenges ...
Ep 11 - Craving, Suffering, and Buddha: Kicking Addiction with a Side of Zen (and Coffee!) with Patrick Kearney
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What I love about Buddhism is how it aligns with neuroscience (and how neuroscience proves that Buddhism is true). In this episode, I'm joined by Pa...
Ep 10 - NLP and Addiction: Breaking Free: NLP Strategies For Overcoming Addiction with Richard Bolstad
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Bolstad trains NLP Practitioners and trainers in America, Europe, Asia, and Australasia. He has written or co-written over 20 NLP books, whi...
Ep 9 - Addiction: How One Critical Incident Can Shock You Into Stopping with Gai Foskett
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gai Foskett is a Master Certified Coach and a Master NLP practitioner. She also has an MBA and works with senior leaders and managers, business owner...
Ep 8 - Rethinking Mental Health: Mushrooms as Medicine with Michaela Cotogni
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Michaela talks about her own mental health journey that led her to use MCP (Mushrooms Containing Psilocybin, commonly known as Magic ...
Ep 7 - Calmly: A Healthy Alternative to Vaping and Nicotine Addiction with Scott Pearson
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scott is the founder of Calmly, a Kiwi breathing innovation tool that supports healthy ways of relaxing, assists vapers and smokers in quitting, and h...
Ep 6 - Havening: Releasing the trauma driving addiction
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine someone saying, "You can have the worst trauma in the world, and you just think of it for a moment, and then you stroke your arms and your fac...
Ep 5 - Understanding Addiction: 'When Likes Turn to Wants and Wants Turn to Needs' with Andrew Hopgood.
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Andrew Hopgood. Andrew has been a Senior Clinician in rehabs throughout Wellington in the DHB and Private sector, setting up...
Ep4 - Living Sober: Why Quitting Drinking Was the Best Decision of My Life with Lotta Dann
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Lotta Dann. Lotta is an addiction recovery advocate who has published three best-selling books that draw on her personal expe...
EP3 - The Addicted Mind: Exploring the Roots of Suffering, Addiction and the Path to Freedom
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by an exceptional guest, colleague and dear friend of mine, Michael Bunting. Michael is the founder of the prominent leadership c...
EP2 - Sober Revelations: A Journey from Habitual Drinking to Holistic Wellbeing with Philly Powell
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first interview on the podcast and I am so happy to introduce my colleague and friend, Philly Powell. In this raw and engaging episode we ...
EP1 - Start Here: Introduction To Kerene & The Podcast
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode I thought I'd introduce myself and the reason behind the podcast before we dive into interviews. Today I also talk about the oft...
Welcome to Little Addicts - A Sneak Peak
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Little Addicts, the podcast for smart, successful people who worry that something they're doing might be becoming a problem but feel powerl...