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Three Reasons to Be Thankful for Giving

Many people see Thanksgiving as a time to appreciate friends and gatherings. We look forward to delicious food, clinking glasses, and smiling faces as we gather together. However, some people…

Donna MarksNovember 24, 2025

Mental Health Mindset

Why Gratitude is Beneficial to Mental Health

It’s easy to take things for granted; that's how the mind works. Once a need is met, focusing on the next objective is natural. Plus, with all the current focus…

Donna MarksMarch 10, 2025

Family Mindset

3 Ways to Surpass Disappointment During the Holidays

Along with the high expectations during the holidays come disappointments as well. For some, it feels like a roller coaster ride. You think you have plans, and they change or…

Donna MarksDecember 2, 2024

Mindset Thoughts

Grateful for Relationships, Family & Friends

Relationships are what make the world go round. Without them, little could be accomplished. No building, business, or family can be built without a relationship. Everything requires some type of…

Donna MarksNovember 27, 2023

Mindset Thoughts

Grateful For Mother Earth

Thanksgiving represents a time of abundance. It’s easy to sit down at the dinner table and eat, drink, and be merry. In America, it’s a time to remember our heritage…

Donna MarksNovember 20, 2023

Mindset Thoughts

A Time to be Grateful for All that We Have

November is National Gratitude Month. Even though it’s the month we celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s also a time to give thanks for all our blessings. Gratitude means that we are thankful…

Donna MarksNovember 6, 2023

Mindset

Three Keys to Happiness

When we look at the world, it seems very few people are genuinely happy, yet it seems to be something everyone strives to achieve. It’s the root of all motivation.…

Donna MarksOctober 23, 2023

Family Family Therapy Mental Health

The Best Mother’s Day Gift to Yourself – Making Peace with Mom

Some people have terrific moms. They are filled with warm memories of structure, comfort, safety, and milk and cookies after school. That was neither my experience as a child nor…

Donna MarksMay 14, 2023

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

Family Mindset

How To Be Thankful When You’re Not

Thanksgiving is the time of year when we’re supposed to be thankful for our blessings. But for some people, it’s the worst time of year.

Donna MarksNovember 30, 2021

Why Gratitude is Beneficial to Mental Health

3 Ways to Surpass Disappointment During the Holidays

Grateful for Relationships, Family & Friends

Grateful For Mother Earth

A Time to be Grateful for All that We Have

Three Keys to Happiness

The Best Mother’s Day Gift to Yourself – Making Peace with Mom

How to Stay Out of Your Way for A Successful Recovery

How To Be Thankful When You’re Not

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