The Gambling Brain: Featuring Dr. Natalie Spiteri

Staying Grounded in Recovery: Featuring Dr. Natalie Spiteri

In this episode, Coach Kurinn Wright sits down with Dr. Natalie Spiteri to explore what it truly means to stay grounded while navigating gambling behavior and recovery. The conversation highlights how emotional stability, self-awareness and leaning into your faith can help individuals remain centered in the face of urges, stress, and uncertainty.Dr. Spiteri also shares how her faith plays a role in maintaining perspective, discipline, and inner steadiness—offering a deeper layer of support when navigating challenging moments.

Distress Tolerance and Gambling Behavior featuring Dr Natalie Spiteri

In this episode, Coach Kurinn Wright sits down with Dr. Natalie Spiteri to explore the connection between distress tolerance and gambling behavior. Together, they unpack how the inability to sit with discomfort, stress, or emotional pressure can drive impulsive decisions and reinforce addictive patterns. Dr. Spiteri breaks down what distress tolerance really means, and how individuals can begin to build the capacity to manage urges without acting on them. The conversation highlights how emotional discomfort, when unaddressed, often becomes the gateway to repeated gambling behavior.

The Gambling Brain: Featuring Dr. Natalie Spiteri

In this episode, Coach Kurinn Wright sits down with Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Natalie Spiteri to unpack how the brain functions in the development of gambling addiction. Dr. Spiteri breaks down the neurological patterns behind risk, reward, and habit formation, while highlighting the unique vulnerability of the developing brain. The conversation explores why youth and young adults are at greater risk, particularly when decision-making is influenced by an underdeveloped frontal lobe or repeated exposure to reward-driven systems that train the brain toward addictive behavior. Dr. Spiteri also emphasizes the critical role of emotional regulation, offering insight into how unmanaged emotions can drive gambling behavior and why building these skills is essential for both prevention and recovery. This episode brings clarity to the science behind gambling addiction and reinforces the importance of awareness, early intervention, and skill-building for long-term behavioral change.

Gambling Access and Consumption Behavior

In this conversation, Coach Kurinn Wright and Dan explore the connection between gambling access and consumption behavior, unpacking how constant digital exposure, ease of entry, and reward-driven systems can shape decision-making, normalize risk, and influence long-term behavioral patterns.

Problem Gambling: Daniel Umfleet on Gen Z and Gambling Access

Coach Kurinn Wright sits down with Dan to explore the growing issue of Gen Z and gambling access, unpacking how digital culture, gaming, social media, and instant online platforms are increasing exposure to gambling behaviors at younger ages. The conversation highlights the risks, behavioral patterns, and why early awareness is critical in preventing long-term harm.