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How I Turned The Holiday Blues Into Light

Some people find the holidays a difficult time of year. When someone is alone and lonely, it’s challenging to be bombarded with messages of cheer and joy. It appears you’re on the outside watching everyone else have a good ole…

Dr Donna MarksNovember 15, 2021

Addiction Blog

How Are A Human And A Fly Alike?

Believe it or not, this is a question on an I.Q. test. I once volunteered as a candidate for my friend who had to administer twenty such exams in her psychological testing course. In one of the processing questions, I…

Dr Donna MarksNovember 8, 2021

Blog Mindset

How Covid Created Crazy Drivers And Deranged Plane Passengers

If you’ve been in a car recently, you’ve probably found yourself taking a sharp swerve to the left or right to avoid someone who’s driving like a bat out of hell. It appears stop signs, speed limits, and legal passing…

Dr Donna MarksNovember 1, 2021

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Not My Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer, if caught early, is one of the most easily diagnosed and successfully treated cancers. Also, early detection helps to prevent extensive surgery and chemotherapy. Unfortunately, many people (like myself) fail to take…

Dr Donna MarksOctober 24, 2021

Addiction Blog Therapy

Three Factors of a Successful Intervention

There are several ways to do an intervention, but the biggest mistake anyone can make is not addressing an addiction at all. Ignoring an eating disorder or substance abuse can lead to dire consequences including death. Other addictions lead to…

Dr Donna MarksOctober 18, 2021

Blog Mindset

Four Traits of a Good Friend

Maybe you’ve heard that good friends aren’t easy to come by. Perhaps it’s not that they’re so hard to find, but instead, you don’t know what to look for in a good comrade.

Dr Donna MarksOctober 9, 2021

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Five Things To Look For In A Therapist

Choosing a therapist is one of the most important decisions anyone can make. Like tradespeople, there’s a therapist for just about everything. You don’t want to hire a plumber for an electrical problem, and you don’t want to hire the…

Dr Donna MarksSeptember 26, 2021

Blog Mental Health Psychology

Three Reasons Co-Dependency is Just Another Addiction

When the codependency label first came out, the term was paired with chemical dependency rather than addict and co-addict. At the time, the only reference to addiction was hard-core drugs like heroin. Some diagnostic manuals still don't use the word…

Dr Donna MarksSeptember 19, 2021

Addiction Blog Psychology

Four Reasons Addiction is Hard to Face

When it comes to addiction, some people spend more time resisting change than getting well. They’re more afraid of living without the vice than being fully alive.

Dr Donna MarksSeptember 13, 2021

Blog Mindset

Some Things Broken, Can’t Be Fixed

I once knocked a small figurine off my desk. It had some sentimental value, so I was upset when it shattered into hundreds of pieces. It had been broken and fixed a couple of times before, but this time, the…

Dr Donna MarksSeptember 5, 2021

How I Turned The Holiday Blues Into Light

How Are A Human And A Fly Alike?

How Covid Created Crazy Drivers And Deranged Plane Passengers

Not My Cancer

Three Factors of a Successful Intervention

Four Traits of a Good Friend

Five Things To Look For In A Therapist

Three Reasons Co-Dependency is Just Another Addiction

Four Reasons Addiction is Hard to Face

Some Things Broken, Can’t Be Fixed

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