Mindset

Are You More Like a Banyan or a Cottonwood Tree?

It’s easier for us to see certain traits in others than in ourselves. Chances are, what we notice in others, are the same characteristics we hold in ourselves. Sometimes, it’s…

Donna MarksNovember 9, 2022

Family Mindset

Four Essential Factors of a Healthy, Lasting, Relationship

There are four types of relationships: business, family, friendship, and romantic. The poem, A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime, by Brian Chalker explains why relationships aren’t forever. But regardless of the…

Donna MarksNovember 2, 2022

Addiction Mindset Recovery

Three Differences Between Addictive Feelings & Genuine Love

For example, “I love chocolate cake, cigarettes, gambling, romance, sex, shopping, sugar, work,” and so on. What they’re really saying is that they love the way these things make them…

Donna MarksOctober 17, 2022

Addiction Mindset Recovery

Why Trying to Escape Your Feelings Keeps You Trapped in Them

When I quit smoking over thirty years ago, I felt a lot of anger. I thought it was because I missed cigarettes so much, part of the “grieving process.” But…

Donna MarksOctober 10, 2022

Mindset

When It Comes to Accomplishments, Pick Your Own Method

There’s a “how to” for just about everything regarding achieving your goals. They usually entail following strict schedules and charts that allot time for marketing, writing, family, interviewing, completing tasks,…

Donna MarksOctober 3, 2022

Mindset Sober Living

Three Things You’re Entitled to With Sobriety

Some people don’t stay sober because things don’t happen fast enough. The consequences of their addiction have cost them money, jobs, respect from the community, and even family losses. Addiction…

Donna MarksSeptember 26, 2022

Mindset

Three Reasons to Forgive

It’s not always easy to forgive. When we’ve been deeply hurt, holding on to those memories can seem to protect us from getting hurt again, but they don’t. If we…

Donna MarksSeptember 19, 2022

Mindset Psychology

Three Reasons People Lie

I recently heard a report that most people lie over thirty times a day. I found this hard to believe, so I self-evaluated to see if it was true. I…

Donna MarksSeptember 13, 2022

Mindset Recovery Sober Living

How to Stay Out of Your Way for A Successful Recovery

After more than three decades of working with families suffering from addiction, it’s pretty easy to identify the winners from the losers. I’m not being critical. Winning and losing aren’t…

Donna MarksAugust 29, 2022

Mindset

Four Keys to Happiness

Do you know someone who almost always seems happy? Do you wonder if they are simply blessed with a cheery disposition while others aren’t? It’s true that some people naturally…

Donna MarksAugust 22, 2022

Are You More Like a Banyan or a Cottonwood Tree?

Four Essential Factors of a Healthy, Lasting, Relationship

Three Differences Between Addictive Feelings & Genuine Love

Why Trying to Escape Your Feelings Keeps You Trapped in Them

When It Comes to Accomplishments, Pick Your Own Method

Three Things You’re Entitled to With Sobriety

Three Reasons to Forgive

Three Reasons People Lie

How to Stay Out of Your Way for A Successful Recovery

Four Keys to Happiness

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