March, 2026
Codependence is a much-used term which means different things to different people. It is commonly defined by a laundry list of symptoms.
For most professionals and lay people, codependence is
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January/February, 2026
In my recent interactions with clients and in personal relationships, there is a common theme: that much of contemporary life is confusing and unpredictable. We see this throughout the
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Holiday Hope l Mark’s Blog
December, 2025
One thing can be agreed upon: December is a pretty crazy time.
We can pretty much be assured of at least a few of the following:
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November, 2025
With another November we have another Thanksgiving holiday. For some of you, that means football and (too much) turkey. For others, you make a concerted effort to stop and
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September/October, 2025
The month of September has been designated “National Recovery Month.” In honor of that I would like to address the topic of recovery.
I have worked in the field of
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August/September, 2025
In a previous post, I wrote about “healthy” shame—shame that tells us we messed up and need to course-correct.
Today, I write about toxic, or carried shame, shame that does
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September/October, 2023
The answer to the question is…yes. Both!
Unlike many in mental health and society at large, I believe in the value of shame. But not all shame—just “healthy”, or our
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August, 2023
I received two items of news this morning, within about an hour of each other. First, at my Wednesday Morning Men’s Group, a member shared of a neighbor’s
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July, 2023
Most of you are well aware of worsening mental health worldwide as a result of the Covid lockdowns beginning in 2020. The global prevalence of anxiety and depression
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